September 1





September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). There are
121 days remaining.

Events

   * 1666 - The Great London Fire begins
   * 1666 - Great Fire of London begins spreading
   * 1772 - Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa founded in San Luis Obispo,
     California
   * 1807 - Aaron Burr acquitted of treason
   * 1836 - Narcissa Whitman, first white woman to settle west of the Rocky
     Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington
   * 1862 - Battle of Chantilly, Virginia - unable to drive Union forces out
     of Virginia, Robert E. Lee turns his army northwards, towards Antietam,
     Maryland
   * 1864 - Confederates evacuate Atlanta, Georgia
   * 1874 - Molly Maguires, violent anti-owner coal mine labor activists,
     disband following a murder conviction
   * 1897 - Boston subway opens
   * 1905 - Alberta and Saskatchewan join Canadian confederation
   * 1914 - St. Petersburg, Russia changes its name to Petrograd
   * 1923 - Earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama
   * 1928 - Zogu I of Albania takes the throne of Albania
   * 1939 - Nazi Germany attacks Poland, beginning World War II
   * 1945 - Japan officially surrenders, ending World War II. But in Japan
     August 14 is well recognized as the day of the Pacific War ended.
   * 1951 - Conclusion of the Australia, New Zealand, United States security
     treaty
   * 1969 - Coup in Libya brings Moammar Qaddafi to power
   * 1971 - Qatar declares its independence
   * 1983 - Korean Air flight KAL-007 shot down by Soviet Union
   * 1995 - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opens in Cleveland, Ohio

Births

   * 1653 - Johann Pachelbel, German composer († 1706)
   * 1854 - Engelbert Humperdinck, composer († 1921)
   * 1875 - Edgar Rice Burroughs, American writer, creator of Tarzan
     († 1950)
   * 1887 - Blaise Cendrars, writer († 1961)
   * 1906 - Joaquin Balaguer, Dominican politician and president
   * 1907 - Walter Reuther, labor union leader († 1970)
   * 1913 - Christian Nyby, director, film editor († 1993)
   * 1920 - Richard Farnsworth, actor († 2000)
   * 1921 - Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer († 1995)
   * 1922 - Yvonne DeCarlo, actress
   * 1922 - Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor († 2000)
   * 1923 - Rocky Marciano, boxer († 1969)
   * 1928 - George Maharis, actor
   * 1928 - Robert M. Pirsig, author, creator of the Metaphysics of Quality
   * 1933 - Conway Twitty, country music singer († 1993)
   * 1933 - Ann Richards, Texas politician
   * 1935 - Seiji Ozawa, conductor
   * 1939 - Lily Tomlin, actress, comedienne
   * 1946 - Barry Gibb, singer
   * 1955 - Billy Blanks, martial arts expert
   * 1957 - Gloria Estefan, singer
   * 1962 - Ruud Gullit, Dutch football player
   * 1966 - Tim Hardaway, American basketball player

Deaths

   * 1159 - Pope Adrian IV
   * 1914 - Martha - the last passenger pigeon
   * 1957 - Dennis Brain, French horn player
   * 1969 - Drew Pearson, newspaper columnist
   * 1970 - Francois Mauriac, author
   * 1977 - Ethel Waters, singer, actress
   * 1981 - Albert Speer, Nazi official
   * 1983 - Henry Jackson, former Senator from Washington
   * 1989 - A. Bartlett Giamatti, baseball commissioner