Historical Events In September - 01

1918  On this day in history sgt. John Gilroy Grant, 1st Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment, won the Victoria Cross at Bancourt France  

1918  SS City of Glasgow, a Ellerman Lines ship of 6457 grt and built in 1906, she was torpedoed by German submarine UB118 21 miles east of Tuskar Rock in St George's Channel whilst en-route from Manchester to Montreal in ballast. 12 of the crew were lost on September - 01.  

1918  On this day in history uS troops land in Vladivostok, Siberia, stay until 1920  

1919  On September - 01 frank Wedekind's "Herakles," premieres in Munich  

1920  On September - 01 lebanon created by France, Beirut becoming the capital  

1920  France creates Lebanon on September - 01.  

1920  Hubert Lampo, Flemish writer/essayist (Coming of Joachim Stiller) on September - 01.  

1921  Nederlander Theater opens at 208 W 41 St NYC (Billy Rose, Trafalgar) on this day in history.  

1921  On September - 01 matt Higgins Doran, composer  

1922  On September - 01 nYC law requires all "pool" rooms to change name to "billards"  

1922  NYC law requires all "pool" rooms to change name to "billiards" on September - 01.  

1922  On this day in history melvin R Laird, (Rep-R-Mich), US Secretary of Defense (1969-73)  

1923  On this day in history earthquake strikes Tokyo &Yokohama, kills 106,000  

1923  On this day in history tokyo and Yokohama, Japan, are rocked by an earthquake, killing over 50,000 people.  

1923  US beats Australia in tennis, for their 4th straight Davis Cup on September - 01.  

1923  18th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1) on September - 01.  

1923  Rocky Marciano, heavyweight champion boxer (1952-56) on September - 01.  

1923  Great Kanto earthquake in Japan killing 143,000 people on September - 01.  

1924  On this day in history kenchoji Rinzai temple in Kamakur Japan, heavily damaged by earthquake  

1925  Pierre de Coubertin steps down as chairman of Intl Olympic Committee on this day in history.  

1925  On September - 01 art[hur E] Pepper, US, alto saxophonist  

1926  Abdur Rahman Biswas, President of Bangladesh on this day in history.  

1927  Tommy Evans, rocker (Drifters) on this day in history.  

1928  On this day in history albania becomes a kingdom, with Zogu I as king  

1928  George Maharis, actor (Rich Man, Poor Man, Route 66) on September - 01.  

1931  "Boxcar" Willie, singer on this day in history.  

1932  NYC Mayor James J "Gentleman Jimmy" Walker resigns (graft charges) on this day in history.  

1933  H.G Wells publishes 'The Shape of the Things to Come' on this day in history.  

1939  German army invades Poland, marking the beginning of World War II on this day in history.  

1939  On this day in history nazi troops invade Poland, beginning WWII.  

1939  On this day in history physical Review publishes 1st paper to deal with "black holes"  

1939  On this day in history wW II starts, Germany invades Poland, takes Danzig  

1941  Jews in all of the Third Reich are required to wear the yellow Star of David on September - 01.  

1941  On this day in history yellow star becomes obligatory for Jews in the Reich to wear  

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1286  On September - 01 birth of elisabeth Richeza of Poland, Queen of Poland (d. 1335)  

1453  Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general (d. 1515) was born on this day in history.  

1529  Taddeo Zuccari, Italian painter was born on September - 01.  

1549  Charles Philip of Croij, marquis of Havre/earl of Fontenoy, etc was born on this day in history.  

1566  Edward Alleyn, English actor (d. 1626) was born on this day in history.  

1588  Henry II, Prince of Condé, French nobleman (d. 1646) was born on this day in history.  

1608  Giacomo Torelli, composer was born on September - 01.  

1651  On this day in history birth of nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, Tsaritsa of Russia (d. 1694)  

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

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

1215  On September - 01 death of otto van Gelre, son of Otto I/earl-elect of Utrecht  

1256  On September - 01 death of kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (b. 1218)  

1406  Johanna, duchess of Brabant/Limburg (Joyful Entry), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

1414  On September - 01 death of william de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros, Lord Treasurer of England (b. 1369)  

1557  On this day in history jacques Cartier, French explorer, dies (birth date unknown)  

1581  Death of Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (b. 1534) on September - 01.