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Events

Births

Deaths

Holidays and observances

Religious observances

References

External links

Events

★ 5509 BC - Epoch of the late Byzantine calendar.

★ 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle.

★ 1355 - Tvrtko I writes ''in castro nostro Vizoka vocatum'' from old town Visoki.

★ 1532 - Lady Anne Boleyn is created Marchioness of Pembroke by her fiancée, King Henry VIII of England.

★ 1644 - Battle of Tippermuir, Montrose defeats Elcho's Covenanters, reviving Royalist cause.

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

★ 1752 - The Liberty Bell arrives in Philadelphia.

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

★ 1772 - Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa founded in San Luis Obispo, California.

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

★ 1807 - Former US Vice President Aaron Burr is acquitted of treason.

★ 1836 - Narcissa Whitman, one of the first white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington.

★ 1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly - Confederate forces attack retreating Union troops in Chantilly, Virginia.

★ 1864 - American Civil War: Confederate General John Bell Hood evacuates Atlanta, Georgia after a four-month siege by General Sherman.

★ 1870 - Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.

★ 1873 - Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.

★ 1875 - A murder conviction effectively forces the violent Irish anti-owner coal miners, the "Molly Maguires", to disband.

★ 1894 - Great Hinckley Fire: A forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota, kills more than 400 people.

★ 1897 - The Boston subway opens, becoming the first underground metro in North America.

★ 1902 - ''A Trip to the Moon'', considered one of the first science fiction films, is released in France.

★ 1905 - Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.

★ 1906 - the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI) is established.

★ 1910 - Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, from Brazil, is founded.

★ 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.

★ 1923 - The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 100,000 people.

★ 1928 - Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.

★ 1934 - SMJK Sam Tet was founded by Father Fourgs from the St. Michael Church, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia.

★ 1939 - World War II: Nazi Germany attacks Poland, beginning the war. (See Invasion of Poland.)

★ 1939 - 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 was also instituted on this date.

★ 1939 - Switzerland mobilises its forces and parliament elects Henri Guisan as head of army (an event that can only happen during war or during mobilisation)

★ 1943 - World War II: Italy accepts armistice terms.

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

★ 1960 - Disgruntled railroad workers effectively halt operations of the Pennsylvania Railroad, marking the first shutdown in the history of the company.

★ 1962 - Channel Television launches to 54,000 households in the Channel Islands.

★ 1964 - Indian Oil Corporation formed after merging Indian Oil Refineries and Indian Oil Company.

★ 1969 - A revolution in Libya brings Col. Muammar al-Gaddafi to power, which was later transferred to the People's Committees.

★ 1970 - Attempted assassination of King Hussein of Jordan by Palestinian guerillas, who attacked his motorcade.

★ 1972 - In Reykjavík, Iceland, American Bobby Fischer beats Russian Boris Spassky and becomes the world chess champion.

★ 1974 - The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London: 1 hour 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds.

★ 1975 - The last original episode of the American television series ''Gunsmoke'' airs on CBS after a record 20-year run.

★ 1979 - The American space probe Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of 21,000 km.

★ 1980 - Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope ends in Thunder Bay, Ontario.

★ 1980 - Chun Doo-hwan becomes president of South Korea after the resignation of Choi Kyu-ha.

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

★ 1982 - Canada adopts a Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as part of its Constitution.

★ 1982 - The United States Air Force Space Command is founded.

★ 1983 - Cold War: Korean Air Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter when the commercial aircraft enters Soviet airspace. All 269 on board are killed, includung US Congressmen Lawrence McDonald.

★ 1985 - A joint American-French expedition locates the wreck of the RMS ''Titanic''.

★ 1988 - YTV was launched.

★ 1990 - The Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist is founded, following a split from the Communist Labour Party of Turkey.

★ 1991 - Uzbekistan declares independence from the Soviet Union

★ 1996 - Daniel Komen breaks the 3000 metres world record in Rieti, Italy

★ 2001 - Almost every single commercial television station in Vancouver, British Columbia switches network affiliations after a round of ownership changes in 2000 - the largest change in North America.

★ 2001 - The first orca calf (later named Nakai) is born through artificial insemination, to parents Kasatka and Tillikum.

★ 2004 - The Beslan school hostage crisis begins when armed terrorists take hundreds of school children and adults hostage in the Russian town of Beslan in North Ossetia.

★ 2005 - Seven members and former members of the AFL-CIO form a new trade union organization, the Change to Win Federation.

★ 2007 - Appalachian State becomes the first ever team in the college football division formerly known as 1-AA to defeat an AP top 25 team, upsetting Michigan 34 to 32.

★ 2007 - Clay Buchholz becomes the first rookie to throw a no-hitter for the Boston Red Sox as they beat the Baltimore Orioles 10-0

Births

★ 1453 - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general (d. 1515)

★ 1566 - Edward Alleyn, English actor (d. 1626)

★ 1588 - Henry II, Prince of Condé, French nobleman (d. 1646)

★ 1651 - Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, Tsaritsa of Russia (d. 1694)

★ 1653 - Johann Pachelbel, German composer (d. 1706)

★ 1711 - William IV, Prince of Orange (d. 1759)

★ 1795 - James Gordon Bennett, Sr., American newspaper publisher (d. 1872)

★ 1848 - Auguste-Henri Forel, Swiss entomologist (d. 1931)

★ 1854 - Engelbert Humperdinck, German composer (d. 1921)

★ 1855 - Innokenty Annensky, Russian poet (d. 1909)

★ 1856 - Sergei Winogradsky, Russian scientist (d. 1953)

★ 1866 - James J. Corbett, American heavyweight boxer (d. 1933)

★ 1868 - Henri Bourassa, French Canadian politician and publisher (d. 1952)

★ 1871 - J. Reuben Clark, Jr., American Undersecretary of State (d. 1961)

★ 1875 - Edgar Rice Burroughs, American writer (d. 1950)

★ 1876 - Harriet Shaw Weaver, English political activist (d. 1961)

★ 1877 - Francis William Aston, Nobel laureate (d. 1945)

★ 1883 - Didier Pitre, French Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1934)

★ 1884 - Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and filmdirector (d. 1947)

★ 1887 - Blaise Cendrars, Swiss writer (d. 1961)

★ 1888 - Andrija Štampar, Croatian physician (d. 1958)

★ 1889 - Richard Arlen, American actor (d. 1976)

★ 1895 - Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar, Indian musician (d. 1974)

★ 1896 - A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian theologian (d. 1977)

★ 1897 - Andy Kennedy, Irish footballer (d. 1963)

★ 1899 - Andrei Platonov, Russian writer (d. 1951)

★ 1904 - Johnny Mack Brown, American actor (d. 1974)

★ 1905 - Elvera Sanchez, Puerto Rican dancer (d. 2000)

★ 1906 - Joaquín Balaguer, President of the Dominican Republic (d. 2002)

★ 1906 - Franz Biebl, German composer (d. 2001)

★ 1907 - Walter Reuther, American labor union leader (d. 1970)

★ 1909 - E. Herbert Norman, Canadian diplomat (d. 1957)

★ 1913 - Christian Nyby, American director and film editor (d. 1993)

★ 1920 - Richard Farnsworth, American actor (d. 2000)

★ 1921 - Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer (d. 1995)

★ 1922 - Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-born actress (d. 2007)

★ 1922 - Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor (d. 2000)

★ 1923 - Rocky Marciano, American boxer (d. 1969)

★ 1923 - Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian businessman (d. 2006)

★ 1925 - Art Pepper, American musician (d. 1982)

★ 1926 - Abdur Rahman Biswas, President of Bangladesh

★ 1926 - Gene Colan, American comic book artist

★ 1928 - Clifford Lincoln, Canadian politician

★ 1928 - George Maharis, American actor

★ 1929 - Anne Ramsey, American actress (d. 1988)

★ 1931 - Boxcar Willie, American country musician (d. 1999)

★ 1933 - Ann W. Richards, American politician (d. 2006)

★ 1933 - Conway Twitty, American singer (d. 1993)

★ 1935 - Seiji Ozawa, Japanese conductor

★ 1937 - Ron O'Neal, American actor, director and screenwriter (d. 2004)

★ 1937 - Al Geiberger, American golfer

★ 1939 - Lily Tomlin, American actress and comedian

★ 1942 - C. J. Cherryh, American writer

★ 1943 - Don Stroud, American actor

★ 1944 - Leonard Slatkin, American conductor

★ 1945 - Mustafa Balel, Turkish writer

★ 1946 - Barry Gibb, English singer (Bee Gees)

★ 1946 - Roh Moo-Hyun, President of South Korea

★ 1946 - Greg Errico, American drummer (Sly & the Family Stone)

★ 1947 - Al Green, American politician

★ 1948 - Józef Życiński, Polish archbishop and philosopher

★ 1949 - P.A. Sangma, Indian politician

★ 1950 - Phillip Fulmer, American football coach

★ 1950 - Dr. Phil McGraw, American talk show host

★ 1951 - Nicu Ceauşescu, Romanian politician (d. 1996)

★ 1952 - Phil Hendrie, American radio personality

★ 1954 - Dave Lumley, Canadian professional ice hockey player

★ 1955 - Billy Blanks, American martial artist

★ 1955 - Bruce Foxton, English bassist (The Jam)

★ 1957 - Gloria Estefan, Cuban singer

★ 1957 - Duško Ivanović, Montenegrin basketball coach

★ 1958 - Armi Aavikko, Finnish singer (d. 2002)

★ 1959 - Kenny Mayne, American sports journalist

★ 1961 - Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow, American professional wrestler (d. 2007)

★ 1962 - Ruud Gullit, Dutch footballer

★ 1962 - Tony Cascarino, Irish footballer

★ 1963 - Carola Smit, Dutch singer

★ 1964 - Brian Bellows, Canadian ice hockey player

★ 1964 - Cécilia Rhode, Swedish model

★ 1966 - Tim Hardaway, American basketball player

★ 1967 - David Whissell, Quebec politician

★ 1968 - Mohammed Atta, Egyptian terrorist (d. 2001)

★ 1969 - Henning Berg, Norwegian footballer

★ 1970 - Hwang Jeong-min, South Korean actor

★ 1970 - Vanna, Croatian singer

★ 1970 - Mitsou, Quebec singer, television and radio host, actress

★ 1971 - Ricardo Antonio Chavira, American actor

★ 1971 - Yoshitaka Hirota, Japanese composer

★ 1971 - Lââm, French singer

★ 1971 - Jimmy Snuka, Jr., American professional wrestler

★ 1971 - Hakan Şükür, Turkish footballer

★ 1973 - J. D. Fortune, Canadian singer (INXS)

★ 1973 - Zach Thomas, American football player

★ 1974 - Jason Taylor, American football player

★ 1974 - Jhonen Vasquez, American comic book artist

★ 1975 - Scott Speedman, American actor

★ 1975 - Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Australian singer (Rogue Traders)

★ 1975 - Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Puerto Rican guitarist

★ 1976 - Jada Fire, American pornographic actress

★ 1976 - Marcos Ambrose, Australian racing driver

★ 1976 - Erik Morales, Mexican boxer

★ 1976 - Polly Shannon, Canadian actress

★ 1977 - Aaron Schobel, American football player

★ 1977 - Raffaele Giammaria, Italian racing driver

★ 1977 - Shoshana Bean, American stage actress

★ 1977 - David Albelda, Spanish footballer

★ 1978 - Max Vieri, Australian soccer player

★ 1979 - Robert P. Olsson, Swedish actor

★ 1979 - James O'Connor, Irish footballer

★ 1980 - Chris Riggott, English footballer

★ 1980 - Sammy Adjei, Ghanaian footballer

★ 1981 - Clinton Portis, American football player

★ 1981 - Adam Quick, Australian basketball player

★ 1982 - Ryan Gomes, American basketball player

★ 1982 - Paul Dumbrell, Australian racing driver

★ 1982 - Jeffrey Buttle, Canadian figure skater

★ 1983 - José Antonio Reyes, Spanish footballer

★ 1984 - Joseph Trohman, American musician (Fall Out Boy)

★ 1984 - Nick Noble, American soccer player

★ 1986 - Gaël Monfils, French tennis player

★ 1987 - Dann Hume, New Zealand musician (Evermore)

★ 1987 - Ayman Ashraf, Bangladeshi Politician

★ 1989 - Tom Kaulitz, German lead guitarist (Tokio Hotel)

★ 1989 - Bill Kaulitz, German singer (Tokio Hotel)

★ 1989 - Juliana Lohmann, Brazilian actress

★ 1993 - Ilona Mitrecey, French singer

★ 1994 - Bianca Ryan, American singer

Deaths

★ 1067 - Baldwin V of Flanders

★ 1159 - Pope Adrian IV (b. 1100)

★ 1256 - Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (b. 1218)

★ 1414 - William de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros, Lord Treasurer of England (b. 1369)

★ 1557 - Jacques Cartier, French explorer (b. 1491)

★ 1581 - Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (b. 1534)

★ 1600 - Tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician (b. 1525)

★ 1615 - Étienne Pasquier, French lawyer (b. 1529)

★ 1648 - Marin Mersenne, French mathematician (b. 1588)

★ 1685 - Leoline Jenkins, Welsh lawyer (b. 1625)

★ 1687 - Henry More, English philosopher (b. 1614)

★ 1715 - François Girardon, French sculptor (b. 1628)

★ 1715 - King Louis XIV of France (b. 1638)

★ 1818 - Robert Calder, British naval officer (b. 1745)

★ 1943 - Charles Atangana, Cameroonian chief (b. 1880)

★ 1957 - Dennis Brain, English musician (b. 1921)

★ 1967 - Siegfried Sassoon, English poet (b. 1886)

★ 1967 - Ilse Koch, Nazi war criminal (b. 1906)

★ 1969 - Drew Pearson, American newspaper columnist (b. 1897)

★ 1970 - François Mauriac, French writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1885)

★ 1977 - Ethel Waters, American singer (b. 1896)

★ 1981 - Albert Speer, Nazi official (b. 1905)

★ 1981 - Ann Harding, American actress (b. 1901)

★ 1982 - Haskell Curry, American mathematician (b. 1900)

★ 1982 - Wladyslaw Gomulka, Polish communist leader (b. 1905)

★ 1983 - Henry M. Jackson, American politician (b. 1912)

★ 1983 - Larry McDonald, American congressman (b. 1935)

★ 1985 - Stefan Bellof, German race car driver (b. 1957)

★ 1985 - Jay Youngblood, American wrestler (b. 1955)

★ 1986 - Murray Hamilton, American actor (b. 1923)

★ 1988 - Luis Alvarez, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1911)

★ 1989 - A. Bartlett Giamatti, American baseball commissioner (b. 1938)

★ 1989 - Tadeusz Sendzimir, American inventor (b. 1894)

★ 1994 - Boris Malenko, American professional wrestler (b. 1933)

★ 1998 - Józef Krupiński, Polish poet (b. 1930)

★ 1998 - Cary Middlecoff, American golfer (b. 1921)

★ 1999 - W. Richard Stevens, Zambian computer scientist (b. 1951)

★ 2001 - Brian Moore British sports commentator (b. 1932)

★ 2003 - Sir Terry Frost, British artist (b. 1915)

★ 2004 - Ahmed Kuftaro, Grand Mufti of Syria (b. 1915)

★ 2005 - R.L. Burnside, American musician (b. 1926)

★ 2005 - Thanos Leivaditis, Greek actor (b. 1934)

★ 2006 - Sir Kyffin Williams, Welsh landscape painter (b. 1918)

★ 2006 - Bob O'Connor, mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (b. 1944)

★ 2006 - Nellie Connally, wife of Texas governor John Connally (b. 1919)

★ 2006 - Warren Mitofsky, American pollster (b. 1934)

Holidays and observances

★ In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the new liturgical year begins on September 1. Also see September 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).

★ Church of England - Saint Giles.

★ Cameroon - Jour d'Union Nationale Camerounaise.

★ Libya - Revolution Day (1969).

★ New Zealand - National R.A.K. (Random Act of Kindness) Day

★ Russia - Knowledge Day.

★ Singapore - Teachers' Day.

★ Slovakia - Constitution Day.

★ Uzbekistan - Independence Day (from USSR, 1991).

★ Start of the season when oysters are fit to eat (when month names contain an "R").

★ Start of the partridge-shooting season ("St. Partridge").

★ Deadline day of summer transfer window for all European Football Leagues

★ First day of Spring in Australia and New Zealand.

Religious observances

★ Aaron, brother of Moses^[1]

★ Aitillaha of Bet-Nuhadra, a companion of Acepsimas of Hnaita

★ Saint Giles

References

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★ Holweck, F. G. ''A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints''. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924.

External links

★ BBC: On This Day

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★ On This Day in Canada
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