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09-01-2010, 05:47 AM
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This Date in History - September 1st
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* 462 Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle.
* 1355 Tvrtko I writes in castro nostro Vizoka vocatum from old town Visoki.
* 1532 Lady Anne Boleyn is made Marchioness of Pembroke by her fiancι, King Henry VIII of England.
* 1644 Battle of Tippermuir: Montrose defeats Elcho's Covenanters, reviving the Royalist cause.
* 1715 King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 yearsthe longest of any major European monarch.
* 1763 Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow
* 1772 Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa founded in San Luis Obispo, California.
* 1804 Juno, one of the largest main belt asteroids, is discovered by German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding.
* 1836 Narcissa Whitman, one of the first English-speaking white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington.
* 1862 American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly Confederate forces attack retreating Union troops in Chantilly, Virginia.
* 1864 American Civil War: Confederate General John Bell Hood evacuates Atlanta, Georgia after a four-month siege by General Sherman.
* 1870 Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
* 1873 Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
* 1875 A murder conviction effectively forces the violent Irish anti-owner coal miners, the "Molly Maguires", to disband.
* 1878 Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she was recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
* 1894 More than 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
* 1897 The Boston subway opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
* 1902 A Trip to the Moon, considered one of the first science fiction films, is released in France.
* 1905 Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
* 1906 The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
* 1911 The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
* 1914 St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.
* 1914 The last passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
* 1920 The Fountain of Time opens as a tribute to the 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain following the Treaty of Ghent.
* 1923 The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.
* 1928 Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
* 1934 SMJK Sam Tet is founded by Father Fourgs from the St. Michael Church, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia.
* 1939 World War II: Nazi Germany invades Poland, beginning the war in Europe.
* 1939 George C. Marshall becomes Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
* 1939 The Wound Badge for Wehrmacht, SS, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe soldiers is instituted. The final version of the Iron Cross is also instituted on this date.
* 1939 Switzerland mobilizes its forces and the Swiss Parliament elects Henri Guisan to head the Swiss Army (an event that can happen only during war or mobilization).
* 1951 The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty.
* 1961 The Eritrean War of Independence officially begins with the shooting of the Ethiopian police by Hamid Idris Awate.
* 1962 Channel Television reaches 54,000 households in the Channel Islands.
* 1964 The Indian Oil Corporation forms after the merger of the Indian Oil Refineries and the Indian Oil Company.
* 1969 A revolution in Libya brings Muammar al-Gaddafi to power, which is later transferred to the People's Committees.
* 1969 Tran Thien Khiem became Prime Minister of South Vietnam under President Nguyen Van Thieu.
* 1970 Attempted assassination of King Hussein of Jordan by Palestinian guerrillas, who attacked his motorcade.
* 1972 In Reykjavνk, Iceland, American Bobby Fischer beats Russian Boris Spassky and becomes the world chess champion.
* 1974 The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of 1 hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds.
* 1979 The American space probe Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of 21,000 km.
* 1980 Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope ends in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
* 1980 Major General Chun Doo-hwan becomes president of South Korea, following the resignation of Choi Kyu-hah.
* 1981 A coup d'ιtat in the Central African Republic overthrows President David Dacko.
* 1982 Canada adopts the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as part of its Constitution.
* 1982 The United States Air Force Space Command is founded.
* 1983 Cold War: Korean Air Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter when the commercial aircraft enters Soviet airspace. All 269 on board die, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald.
* 1985 A joint AmericanFrench expedition locates the wreckage of the RMS Titanic.
* 1990 The Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist is founded, following a split from the Communist Labour Party of Turkey.
* 1991 Uzbekistan declares independence from the Soviet Union
* 1992 The Constitution of Slovakia is ratified
* 2004 Beslan school hostage crisis commences when armed terrorists take children and adults hostage in Beslan in North Ossetia, Russia.
* 2006 Luxembourg becomes the first country to complete the move to all digital television broadcasting.
* 2007 Hang-Out-With-Pat/Chelsea-All-Day-Day started at the University of New Haven in which Patrick Wellington and Chelsea Keel hang out with each other as often as possible in a one day period. The event brings many of joyous laughs, fun and smiles. It is suggested to continue for at least several years after the completion of their collegiate years, because it has now become a tradition and without it, life isn't as awesome. Fact.
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This Date in History - September 1st
c/p from Wikipedia
* 462 Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle.
* 1355 Tvrtko I writes in castro nostro Vizoka vocatum from old town Visoki.
* 1532 Lady Anne Boleyn is made Marchioness of Pembroke by her fiancι, King Henry VIII of England.
* 1644 Battle of Tippermuir: Montrose defeats Elcho's Covenanters, reviving the Royalist cause.
* 1715 King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 yearsthe longest of any major European monarch.
* 1763 Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow
* 1772 Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa founded in San Luis Obispo, California.
* 1804 Juno, one of the largest main belt asteroids, is discovered by German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding.
* 1836 Narcissa Whitman, one of the first English-speaking white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington.
* 1862 American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly Confederate forces attack retreating Union troops in Chantilly, Virginia.
* 1864 American Civil War: Confederate General John Bell Hood evacuates Atlanta, Georgia after a four-month siege by General Sherman.
* 1870 Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
* 1873 Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
* 1875 A murder conviction effectively forces the violent Irish anti-owner coal miners, the "Molly Maguires", to disband.
* 1878 Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she was recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
* 1894 More than 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
* 1897 The Boston subway opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
* 1902 A Trip to the Moon, considered one of the first science fiction films, is released in France.
* 1905 Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
* 1906 The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
* 1911 The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
* 1914 St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.
* 1914 The last passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
* 1920 The Fountain of Time opens as a tribute to the 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain following the Treaty of Ghent.
* 1923 The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.
* 1928 Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
* 1934 SMJK Sam Tet is founded by Father Fourgs from the St. Michael Church, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia.
* 1939 World War II: Nazi Germany invades Poland, beginning the war in Europe.
* 1939 George C. Marshall becomes Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
* 1939 The Wound Badge for Wehrmacht, SS, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe soldiers is instituted. The final version of the Iron Cross is also instituted on this date.
* 1939 Switzerland mobilizes its forces and the Swiss Parliament elects Henri Guisan to head the Swiss Army (an event that can happen only during war or mobilization).
* 1951 The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty.
* 1961 The Eritrean War of Independence officially begins with the shooting of the Ethiopian police by Hamid Idris Awate.
* 1962 Channel Television reaches 54,000 households in the Channel Islands.
* 1964 The Indian Oil Corporation forms after the merger of the Indian Oil Refineries and the Indian Oil Company.
* 1969 A revolution in Libya brings Muammar al-Gaddafi to power, which is later transferred to the People's Committees.
* 1969 Tran Thien Khiem became Prime Minister of South Vietnam under President Nguyen Van Thieu.
* 1970 Attempted assassination of King Hussein of Jordan by Palestinian guerrillas, who attacked his motorcade.
* 1972 In Reykjavνk, Iceland, American Bobby Fischer beats Russian Boris Spassky and becomes the world chess champion.
* 1974 The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of 1 hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds.
* 1979 The American space probe Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of 21,000 km.
* 1980 Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope ends in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
* 1980 Major General Chun Doo-hwan becomes president of South Korea, following the resignation of Choi Kyu-hah.
* 1981 A coup d'ιtat in the Central African Republic overthrows President David Dacko.
* 1982 Canada adopts the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as part of its Constitution.
* 1982 The United States Air Force Space Command is founded.
* 1983 Cold War: Korean Air Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter when the commercial aircraft enters Soviet airspace. All 269 on board die, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald.
* 1985 A joint AmericanFrench expedition locates the wreckage of the RMS Titanic.
* 1990 The Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist is founded, following a split from the Communist Labour Party of Turkey.
* 1991 Uzbekistan declares independence from the Soviet Union
* 1992 The Constitution of Slovakia is ratified
* 2004 Beslan school hostage crisis commences when armed terrorists take children and adults hostage in Beslan in North Ossetia, Russia.
* 2006 Luxembourg becomes the first country to complete the move to all digital television broadcasting.
* 2007 Hang-Out-With-Pat/Chelsea-All-Day-Day started at the University of New Haven in which Patrick Wellington and Chelsea Keel hang out with each other as often as possible in a one day period. The event brings many of joyous laughs, fun and smiles. It is suggested to continue for at least several years after the completion of their collegiate years, because it has now become a tradition and without it, life isn't as awesome. Fact.
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