Historical Events In September - 01

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

1945  On this day in history japan surrenders ending WW II (US date, 9/2 in Japan)  

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

1948  On September - 01 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 September - 01 west Berlin granted a constitution  

1951  US, Australia &New Zealand sign ANZUS treaty on September - 01.  

1951  Wolfgang Schulze, [Wols], German drawer/painter, dies at 38 on this day in history.  

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

1956  On this day in history indian state of Tripura becomes a territory  

1957  On this day in history excursion train crashed into a ravine killing 175, injuring 400  

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 this day in history.  

1961  USSR tests nuclear bombs in central Asia on September - 01.  

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

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

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

1963  On this day in history guy Burgess, British spy for the USSR  

1964  George Georgescu, composer, dies at 76 on September - 01.  

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

1968  On September - 01 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 September - 01.  

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

1970  Francois Mauriac, writer, dies on this day in history.  

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  The O'Jays receive the first of their eventual six gold records, this one for the hit Back Stabbers on this day in history.  

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

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

1973  On this day in history george Foreman KOs Jose Roman in the 1st to retain heavyweight title  

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 September - 01.  

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

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

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

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

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

1215  On this day in history death of otto van Gelre, son of Otto I/earl-elect of Utrecht  

1256  On this day in history death of kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (b. 1218)  

1406  On this day in history johanna, duchess of Brabant/Limburg (Joyful Entry), dies at 84  

1414  On this day in history death of william de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros, Lord Treasurer of England (b. 1369)  

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

1581  On this day in history death of guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (b. 1534)