Page 7: Historical Events In September - 01
Monday, 12 January 2026
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 Communist's form the North China People's Republic on this day in history. 

1948 On this day in history uN's World Health Organization forms 

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

1950 West Berlin granted a constitution on this day in history. 

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

1956 Indian state of Tripura becomes a territory on this day in history. 

1957 On September - 01 excursion train crashed into a ravine killing 175, injuring 400 

1957 On this day in history the birth of Gloria Estefan, Cuban born Pop singer 

1957 On this day in history helen Haye, actress (Girl in the Taxi, Spy in Black), dies at 83 

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

1961 Eero Saarinen, Finnish/US architect (Dulles Airport), dies at 51 on September - 01. 

1962 On September - 01 10,000 die in an earthquake in western Iran 

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

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

1964 On September - 01 george Georgescu, composer, dies at 76 

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

1968 Pirate Radio Marina (Netherlandsd) begins transmitting on this day in history. 

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 September - 01. 

1971 Qatar declares independence from Britain on September - 01. 

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

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 On this day in history may Aufderheide, composer, dies at 84 

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

1973 On September - 01 george Foreman KOs Jose Roman in the 1st to retain heavyweight title 

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

1975 On this day in history gunsmoke goes off the air 

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