Top Historical Events That Happened on September 01

1949  The inaugural network detective series-Private Eyes-premiers   

1950  West Berlin granted a constitution.   

1951  US, Australia and New Zealand sign ANZUS treaty.   

1951  Wolfgang Schulze, [Wols], German drawer/painter, dies at 38.   

1955  Philip Loeb, actor (Jake-Goldbergs), dies at 61.   

1956  Indian state of Tripura is recorded as becoming a territory   

1957  Excursion train crashed into a ravine killing 175, injuring 400   

1957  Gloria Estefan, Cuban born Pop singer is born.   

1957  Helen Haye, actress (Girl in the Taxi, Spy in Black), dies at 83.   

1961  USSR tests nuclear bombs in central Asia.   

1961  Eero Saarinen, Finnish/US architect (Dulles Airport), dies at 51   

1962  10000 die in an earthquake in western Iran.   

1962  UN announces Earth population has hit 3 billion   

1963  Guy Burgess, British spy for the USSR   

1964  George Georgescu, composer, dies at 76.   

1967  Ilja Ehrenburg, writer, dies at 76.   

1968  Pirate Radio Marina (Netherlandsd) begins transmitting.   

1968  Granville English, composer, dies at 69.   

1969  Libyan revolution, Col Moammar Gadhafi deposes King Idris   

1969  Drew Pearson, newscaster (Drew Pearson), dies at 71   

1970  Francois Mauriac, writer, dies.   

1971  Qatar declares independence from Britain.   

1972  Bobby Fischer of the USA defeats Boris Spassky of the USSR at the international chess championship in Reykjavik, Iceland.   

1972  The O'Jays receive the inaugural of their eventual six gold records, this one for the hit Back Stabbers   

1972  May Aufderheide, composer, dies at 84   

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

1973  George Foreman KOs Jose Roman in the 1st to retain heavyweight title.   

1974  The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird fighter establishes a new record by flying the Atlantic in under 2 hours   

1975  Gunsmoke goes off the air   

1975  NBC-TV broadcasts its last Monday Night Baseball game as the Montreal Expos defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-5.   

1975  NYC transit fare rises from 35. to 50.   

1976  NASA launches space vehicle S-197   

1976  Wayne L Hays, (Rep-D-Oh), steps down (scandal with Elizabeth Ray)   

1977  1st TRS-80 Model I computer sold.   

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1286  Elisabeth richeza of poland: Queen of poland   

1453  Gonzalo fernández de córdoba: Spanish general   

1529  Taddeo zuccari: Italian painter   

1549  Charles philip of croij: Marquis of havre/earl of fontenoy, etc   

1566  Edward alleyn: English actor   

1588  Henry ii: Prince of condé, french nobleman   

1608  Giacomo torelli: Composer   

1651  Nataliya kyrillovna naryshkina: Tsaritsa of russia   

1067  Boudouin v: Earl of flanders/guardian of king of france,   

1159  Adrian iv: [nicole breakspear], only english pope (1154-59),   

1215  Otto van gelre: Son of otto i/earl-elect of utrecht   

1256  Kujo yoritsune: Japanese shogun (b. 1218)   

1406  Death of Johanna: Duchess of brabant/limburg (joyful entry),   

1414  Death of William de ros: 7th baron de ros, lord treasurer of england (b. 1369)   

1557  Jacques cartier: French explorer,   

1581  Death of Guru ram das: Fourth sikh guru (b. 1534)