September 1

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

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1 Events

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