September 1 in history
Events on September 1
Notable events that happened on September 1 in past years.
- 2008
Iraq War: The United States Armed Forces transfers control of Anbar Province to the Iraqi Armed Forces.
Wikipedia article: Iraq War - 1983
Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet jet fighter after the commercial aircraft strayed into Soviet airspace, killing all 269 on board, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald.
Wikipedia article: Cold War - 1974
The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of one hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1,435.587 miles per hour (2,310.353 km/h).
Wikipedia article: Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird - 1961
TWA Flight 529 crashes shortly after takeoff from Midway Airport in Chicago, killing all 78 people on board. At the time, it was the deadliest single plane disaster in U.S. history.
Wikipedia article: TWA Flight 529 - 1939
J. Robert Oppenheimer and his student Hartland Snyder publish the Oppenheimer–Snyder model, proving for the first time in contemporary physics how black holes could develop.
Wikipedia article: J. Robert Oppenheimer - 1894
Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
Wikipedia article: Great Hinckley Fire - 1873
Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
Wikipedia article: Cetshwayo - 1859
Carrington Event started - the most intense geomagnetic storm in recorded history.
Wikipedia article: Carrington Event - 1831
The Order of St. Gregory the Great is established by Pope Gregory XVI of the Vatican State to recognize high support for the Vatican or for the Pope, by a man or a woman, and not necessarily a Roman Catholic.
Wikipedia article: Order of St. Gregory the Great - 1772
The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California.
Wikipedia article: Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa - 1645
English Civil War: Scottish Covenanter forces abandon their month-long Siege of Hereford, a Cavalier stronghold, on news of Royalist victories in Scotland.
Wikipedia article: English Civil War - 1604
Adi Granth, now known as Guru Granth Sahib, the holy scripture of Sikhs, is first installed at Harmandir Sahib.
Wikipedia article: Guru Granth Sahib - 1355
King Tvrtko I of Bosnia writes In castro nostro Vizoka vocatum from the Old town of Visoki.
Wikipedia article: Tvrtko I of Bosnia - 1173
The widow Stamira sacrifices herself in order to raise the siege of Ancona by the forces of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa.
- 396 BC
The Temple of Juno Regina (Aventine) is dedicated in Rome by Marcus Furius Camillus.
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