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The following events took place on September 1. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 62 events. Showing 31 - 60.

• 1914

  The last passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
• 1920

  The Fountain of Time opens as a tribute to the 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain following the Treaty of Ghent.
• 1923

  The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.
• 1928

  Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
• 1934

  SMJK Sam Tet is founded by Father Fourgs from the St. Michael Church, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia.
• 1939

  World War II: Nazi Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.
• 1939

  General George C. Marshall becomes Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
• 1939

  The Wound Badge for Wehrmacht, SS, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe soldiers is instituted. The final version of the Iron Cross is also instituted on this date.
• 1939

  Switzerland mobilizes its forces and the Swiss Parliament elects Henri Guisan to head the Swiss Army (an event that can happen only during war or mobilization).
• 1939

  Adolf Hitler signs an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people.
• 1951

  The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty.
• 1951

  United Nations Security Council Resolution 95 relating to Arab-Israeli conflict is adopted.
• 1952

  The Old Man and the Sea, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Ernest Hemingway, is first published.
• 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.
• 1961

  The first conference of the Non Aligned Countries is held in Belgrade.
• 1967

  The Khmer–Chinese Friendship Association is banned in Cambodia.
• 1969

  A coup in Libya brings Muammar Gaddafi to power.
• 1969

  Trần Thiện Khiêm becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam under President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu.
• 1970

  Attempted assassination of King Hussein of Jordan by Palestinian guerrillas, who attack his motorcade.
• 1972

  In Reykjavík, Iceland, American Bobby Fischer beats Russian Boris Spassky to become the world chess champion.
• 1974

  The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of 1 hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1435.587 mph.
• 1979

  The American space probe Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of 21000 km.
• 1980

  Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope ends near Thunder Bay, Ontario.
• 1980

  Major General Chun Doo-hwan becomes President of South Korea, following the resignation of Choi Kyu-hah.
• 1981

  A coup d'état in the Central African Republic overthrows President David Dacko.
• 1982

  The United States Air Force Space Command is founded.
• 1983

  Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter when the commercial aircraft enters Soviet airspace. All 269 on board die, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald.
• 1985

  A joint American–French expedition locates the wreckage of the RMS Titanic.
• 1991

  Uzbekistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.

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