Saturday, September 1, 2012

September 1st in History



1532 - Lady Anne Boleyn is made Marquess of Pembroke by her fiancé, King Henry VIII of England.

1715 - King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years - the longest of any major European monarch.

1763 - Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow

1804 - Juno, one of the largest main belt asteroids, is discovered by German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding.


1914 - St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.

1914 - The last passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.

1939 - World War II: Nazi Germany and Slovakia and Russia Soviet Union invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.

1939 - Adolf Hitler signs an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people.

1958 - Iceland expands its fishing zone, putting it into conflict with the United Kingdom, beginning the Cod Wars.


1961 - The Eritrean War of Independence officially begins with the shooting of the Ethiopian police by Hamid Idris Awate.

1969 - A coup in Libya brings Muammar al-Gaddafi to power.

1981 - A coup d'état in the Central African Republic overthrows President David Dacko.

1991 - Uzbekistan declares independence from the Soviet Union

Famous Birthdays:

1588 - Henry II, Prince of Condé

1651 - Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, Tsaritsa of Russia, consort of Tsar Alexei I of Russia

1711 - William IV, Prince of Orange

1818 - José María Castro Madriz, first President of Costa Rica and founder of the Republic

1908 - Amir Elahi, cricketer

1926 - Abdur Rahman Biswas, former President of Bangladesh

1946 - Roh Moo-hyun, President of South Korea

1962 - Tony Cascarino, footballer

1966 - Tim Hardaway, basketball player

1982 - Jeffrey Buttle, figure skater








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