Historical Events In September - 01

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

1975  NYC transit fare rises from 35. to 50 on this day in history.   

1976  NASA launches space vehicle S-197 on September - 01.   

1976  Wayne L Hays, (Rep-D-Oh), resigns (scandal with Elizabeth Ray) on this day in history.   

1977  On September - 01 1st TRS-80 Model I computer sold   

1977  On September - 01 ethel Waters, actress (Beulah)/singer (Stormy Weather), dies at 76   

1978  On this day in history jacqueline Smith of Great Britain scores 10 straight dead center strikes on a 4" disk in World Parachute Championships in Yugoslavia   

1978  On this day in history olga de Haas, Dutch ballerina, dies at 33   

1979  On this day in history debbie Boone &Gabriel Ferrer wed in LA   

1979  On this day in history lA Court orders Clayton Moore to stop wearing Lone Ranger mask   

1979  Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to flyby the planet Saturn on this day in history.   

1979  Pioneer 11 makes 1st fly-by of Saturn, discovers new moon, rings on September - 01.   

1979  Doris Kenyon, silent screen actress (Alexander Hamilton), dies at 81 on September - 01.   

1981  Fiona Brothers sets women's propeller boat speed record (116.279 MPH) on September - 01.   

1981  On September - 01 albert Speer, German NSDAP-architect/minister of Army at 76   

1982  Max speedometer reading mandated at 85 MPH on September - 01.   

1982  On September - 01 palestinian Liberation Organization leaves Lebanon   

1982  Clifford M Curzon, England, pianist, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history a Soviet fighter plane downs a KAL Boeing 747 jumbo jet that veered 100 miles into Soviet airspace, killing all 269 people aboard.   

1983  Korean Boeing 747 strays into Siberia &is shot down by a Soviet jet on September - 01.   

1983  Henry "Scoop" Jackson, (Sen-D-Wash), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1984  Howland Chamberlin, actor (Force of Evil, Pickup), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1985  After 73 years the wreck of the 'Titanic' is found by Dr Robert Ballard on September - 01.   

1985  US-French expedition locates wreckage of Titanic off Newfoundland on September - 01.   

1986  On September - 01 paul McCartney releases "Press to Play" album   

1986  Murray Hamilton, actor (Rich Man Poor Man), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1988  Leonor Sullivan, (Rep-D-Missouri, 1955-77), dies at 86 on September - 01.   

1989  Major League Baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti dies of a heart attack at age 51 on September - 01.   

1989  Princess Anne &Mark Phillips announce their seperation on this day in history.   

1989  On September - 01 a Bartlett Giamatti, baseball commissioner, dies of heart attack at 51   

1991  On this day in history mark Robinson, British actor (The Girl), dies at 30   

1992  On September - 01 morris Carnovsky, US actor (Dead Reckoning), dies at 94   

1993  On this day in history gerben Wagenaar, resistance fighter/communist, dies at 80   

1994  On this day in history clifford Leofric Purdy Bishop, bishop, dies at 88   

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1286  Elisabeth Richeza of Poland, Queen of Poland (d. 1335) was born on this day in history.   

1453  Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general (d. 1515) was born on September - 01.   

1529  On this day in history birth of taddeo Zuccari, Italian painter   

1549  On this day in history birth of charles Philip of Croij, marquis of Havre/earl of Fontenoy, etc   

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  On September - 01 birth of giacomo Torelli, composer   

1651  On September - 01 birth of nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, Tsaritsa of Russia (d. 1694)   

1067  On September - 01 boudouin V, earl of Flanders/guardian of king of France, dies   

1159  Adrian IV, [Nicole Breakspear], only English pope (1154-59), dies on September - 01.   

1215  Death of Otto van Gelre, son of Otto I/earl-elect of Utrecht on this day in history.   

1256  Death of Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (b. 1218) on September - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

1557  On this day in history jacques Cartier, French explorer, dies (birth date unknown)   

1581  Death of Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (b. 1534) on this day in history.