Page 7: Historical Events In September - 01
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
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 this day in history. 

1945 Jacobus W G Balfoort, Dutch actor (Heimwee, Head On), dies at 57 on this day in history. 

1948 Communist's form the North China People's Republic on September - 01. 

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

1949 The first network detective series-Private Eyes-premiers on September - 01. 

1950 On this day in history west Berlin granted a constitution 

1951 On September - 01 uS, Australia &New Zealand sign ANZUS treaty 

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

1955 Philip Loeb, actor (Jake-Goldbergs), dies at 61 on September - 01. 

1956 On September - 01 indian state of Tripura becomes a territory 

1957 Excursion train crashed into a ravine killing 175, injuring 400 on September - 01. 

1957 The birth of Gloria Estefan, Cuban born Pop singer on September - 01. 

1957 On September - 01 helen Haye, actress (Girl in the Taxi, Spy in Black), dies at 83 

1961 USSR tests nuclear bombs in central Asia on this day in history. 

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

1962 On September - 01 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 September - 01. 

1964 George Georgescu, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history. 

1967 Ilja Ehrenburg, writer, dies at 76 on September - 01. 

1968 On September - 01 pirate Radio Marina (Netherlandsd) begins transmitting 

1968 On September - 01 granville English, composer, dies at 69 

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

1969 Drew Pearson, newscaster (Drew Pearson), dies at 71 on this day in history. 

1970 Francois Mauriac, writer, dies on September - 01. 

1971 On September - 01 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 on September - 01. 

1972 On this day in history 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 this day in history. 

1973 On this day in history 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 on this day in history. 

1975 On this day in history gunsmoke goes off the air 

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