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 this day in history.  

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

1948  UN's World Health Organization forms on September - 01.  

1949  On September - 01 the first network detective series-Private Eyes-premiers  

1950  On this day in history west Berlin granted a constitution  

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

1951  On September - 01 wolfgang Schulze, [Wols], German drawer/painter, dies at 38  

1955  On this day in history philip Loeb, actor (Jake-Goldbergs), dies at 61  

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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  Helen Haye, actress (Girl in the Taxi, Spy in Black), dies at 83 on September - 01.  

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

1961  Eero Saarinen, Finnish/US architect (Dulles Airport), dies at 51 on this day in history.  

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

1962  UN announces Earth population has hit 3 billion on this day in history.  

1963  On September - 01 guy Burgess, British spy for the USSR  

1964  On this day in history george Georgescu, composer, dies at 76  

1967  Ilja Ehrenburg, writer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1968  On this day in history pirate Radio Marina (Netherlandsd) begins transmitting  

1968  Granville English, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1969  Libyan revolution, Col Moammar Gadhafi deposes King Idris on this day in history.  

1969  On September - 01 drew Pearson, newscaster (Drew Pearson), dies at 71  

1970  On this day in history francois Mauriac, writer, dies  

1971  On this day in history qatar declares independence from Britain  

1972  On this day in history 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 first of their eventual six gold records, this one for the hit Back Stabbers on September - 01.  

1972  On September - 01 may Aufderheide, composer, dies at 84  

1973  74-year-old Hafnia Hotel burns, killing 35 (Copenhagen, Denmark) on this day in history.  

1973  George Foreman KOs Jose Roman in the 1st to retain heavyweight title on September - 01.  

1974  The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird fighter establishes a new record by flying the Atlantic in under 2 hours on September - 01.  

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

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1286  Elisabeth Richeza of Poland, Queen of Poland (d. 1335) was born on September - 01.  

1453  On September - 01 birth of gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general (d. 1515)  

1529  On September - 01 birth of taddeo Zuccari, Italian painter  

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

1608  Giacomo Torelli, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1067  Boudouin V, earl of Flanders/guardian of king of France, dies on September - 01.  

1159  On September - 01 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  Death of Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (b. 1218) on this day in history.  

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

1414  Death of William de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros, Lord Treasurer of England (b. 1369) on September - 01.  

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

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