Historical Events In September - 01

1941  Benjamin Dwight, US tennis championship umpire, dies on this day in history.   

1945  Japan surrenders ending WW II (US date, 9/2 in Japan) on September - 01.   

1945  Jacobus W G Balfoort, Dutch actor (Heimwee, Head On), dies at 57 on September - 01.   

1948  On this day in history communist's form the North China People's Republic   

1948  UN's World Health Organization forms on this day in history.   

1949  On this day in history the first network detective series-Private Eyes-premiers   

1950  On this day in history west Berlin granted a constitution   

1951  US, Australia &New Zealand sign ANZUS treaty on this day in history.   

1951  On this day in history wolfgang Schulze, [Wols], German drawer/painter, dies at 38   

1955  On September - 01 philip Loeb, actor (Jake-Goldbergs), dies at 61   

1956  Indian state of Tripura becomes a territory on this day in history.   

1957  Excursion train crashed into a ravine killing 175, injuring 400 on this day in history.   

1957  On September - 01 the birth of Gloria Estefan, Cuban born Pop singer   

1957  On this day in history helen Haye, actress (Girl in the Taxi, Spy in Black), dies at 83   

1961  On this day in history uSSR tests nuclear bombs in central Asia   

1961  On September - 01 eero Saarinen, Finnish/US architect (Dulles Airport), dies at 51   

1962  On this day in history 10,000 die in an earthquake in western Iran   

1962  On this day in history uN announces Earth population has hit 3 billion   

1963  Guy Burgess, British spy for the USSR on this day in history.   

1964  On September - 01 george Georgescu, composer, dies at 76   

1967  On September - 01 ilja Ehrenburg, writer, dies at 76   

1968  Pirate Radio Marina (Netherlandsd) begins transmitting on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history granville English, composer, dies at 69   

1969  On September - 01 libyan revolution, Col Moammar Gadhafi deposes King Idris   

1969  On this day in history drew Pearson, newscaster (Drew Pearson), dies at 71   

1970  On September - 01 francois Mauriac, writer, dies   

1971  On this day in history qatar declares independence from Britain   

1972  On September - 01 bobby Fischer of the USA defeats Boris Spassky of the USSR at the international chess championship in Reykjavik, Iceland.   

1972  On September - 01 the O'Jays receive the first of their eventual six gold records, this one for the hit Back Stabbers.   

1972  May Aufderheide, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1973  74-year-old Hafnia Hotel burns, killing 35 (Copenhagen, Denmark) on September - 01.   

1973  George Foreman KOs Jose Roman in the 1st to retain heavyweight title on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird fighter establishes a new record by flying the Atlantic in under 2 hours   

1975  Gunsmoke goes off the air on this day in history.   

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1286  On this day in history birth of elisabeth Richeza of Poland, Queen of Poland (d. 1335)   

1453  On this day in history birth of gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general (d. 1515)   

1529  On this day in history birth of taddeo Zuccari, Italian painter   

1549  On this day in history birth of charles Philip of Croij, marquis of Havre/earl of Fontenoy, etc   

1566  On this day in history birth of edward Alleyn, English actor (d. 1626)   

1588  On this day in history birth of henry II, Prince of Condé, French nobleman (d. 1646)   

1608  On September - 01 birth of giacomo Torelli, composer   

1651  Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, Tsaritsa of Russia (d. 1694) was born on this day in history.   

1067  On September - 01 boudouin V, earl of Flanders/guardian of king of France, dies   

1159  Adrian IV, [Nicole Breakspear], only English pope (1154-59), dies on this day in history.   

1215  Death of Otto van Gelre, son of Otto I/earl-elect of Utrecht on this day in history.   

1256  Death of Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (b. 1218) on this day in history.   

1406  On September - 01 johanna, duchess of Brabant/Limburg (Joyful Entry), dies at 84   

1414  Death of William de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros, Lord Treasurer of England (b. 1369) on this day in history.   

1557  Jacques Cartier, French explorer, dies (birth date unknown) on September - 01.   

1581  Death of Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (b. 1534) on this day in history.