On this day in History - Sep. 1
- 5509 BC - The world was created, according to the Byzantine Empire.
- 0462 - possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle.
- 0921 - Richard, Duke of Burgundy dies.
- 1067 - Baldwin V of Flanders dies.
- 1157 - King Richard I of England was born (d. 1199).
- 1159 - Pope Adrian IV dies.
- 1256 - Kujo Yoritsune dies (b. 1218). Japanese shogun.
- 1414 - William de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros dies (b. 1369). Lord Treasurer of England.
- 1453 - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba was born (d. 1515). Spanish general.
- 1532 - Lady Anne Boleyn is created Marchioness of Pembroke by her fiancée, King Henry VIII of England.
- 1557 - Jacques Cartier dies (b. 1491). French explorer.
- 1566 - Edward Alleyn was born (d. 1626). English actor.
- 1574 - Guru Amar Das dies (b. 1479). Third Sikh Guru.
- 1581 - Guru Ram Das dies (b. 1534). Fourth Sikh Guru.
- 1588 - Henry II, Prince of Condé was born (d. 1646). French nobleman.
- 1600 - Tadeáš Hájek dies (b. 1525). Czech physician.
- 1615 - Étienne Pasquier dies (b. 1529). French lawyer.
- 1648 - Marin Mersenne dies (b. 1588). French mathematician.
- 1651 - Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina was born (d. 1694). Tsaritsa of Russia.
- 1653 - Johann Pachelbel was born (d. 1706). German composer.
- 1685 - Leoline Jenkins dies (b. 1625). Welsh lawyer and diplomat.
- 1687 - Henry Morse dies (b. 1614). English philosopher.
- 1711 - William Boyce was born (d. 1779). English composer.
- 1715 - King Louis XIV of France (b. 1638) dies after a reign of 72 years — longer than any major European monarch.
- 1715 - François Girardon dies (b. 1628). French sculptor.
- 1734 - Joseph Wright of Derby was born (d. 1797). English painter.
- 1752 - The Liberty Bell arrives in Philadelphia.
- 1772 - Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa founded in San Luis Obispo, California.
- 1795 - James Gordon Bennett, Sr. was born (d. 1872). American newspaper publisher.
- 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.
- 1818 - Robert Calder dies (b. 1745). British naval officer.
- 1821 - Antoine Gouan dies. French botanist.
- 1836 - Narcissa Whitman, one of the first white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington.
- 1848 - Auguste-Henri Forel was born (d. 1931). Swiss entomologist.
- 1851 - Cuba, es fusilado en La Habana el dirigente de la insurrección cubana Narciso López.
- 1854 - Engelbert Humperdinck was born (d. 1921). German composer.
- 1855 - Innokenty Annensky was born (d. 1909). Russian poet.
- 1856 - Sergei Winogradsky was born (d. 1953). Russian scientist.
- 1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly - Confederate forces attack retreating Union troops in Chantilly, Virginia.
- 1863 - João Pinheiro Chagas was born. Portuguese politician and journalist.
- 1864 - American Civil War: Confederate General John Bell Hood evacuates Atlanta, Georgia after a four-month siege by General Sherman.
- 1866 - James J. Corbett was born (d. 1933). American heavyweight boxer.
- 1868 - Henri Bourassa was borm (d. 1952). French Canadian politician and publisher.
- 1871 - J. Reuben Clark, Jr. was born (d. 1961). American Undersecretary of State.
- 1873 - Dinko Šimunović was born (d. 1933). Croatian writer and poet.
- 1875 - A murder conviction effectively forces the violent Irish anti-owner coal miners, the "Molly Maguires", to disband.
- 1875 - Edgar Rice Burroughs was born (d. 1950). American writer.
- 1876 - Harriet Shaw Weaver was born (d. 1961). English political activist.
- 1877 - Francis William Aston was born (d. 1945). English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate in 1922.
- 1882 - Ulises Heureaux assumes the Presdency of Dominican Republic.
- 1883 - Didier Pitre was born (d. 1934). French Canadian ice hockey player.
- 1884 - Sigurd Wallén was born (d. 1947). Swedish actor and film director.
- 1885 - D H Lawrence was born (d. 1930). English writer.
- 1886 - Tarsila do Amaral was born. Brazilian painter.
- 1887 - Blaise Cendrars was born (d. 1961). Swiss writer.
- 1888 - Andrija Štampar was born (d. 1958). Croatian physician and World Health Organization diplomat.
- 1889 - Richard Arlen was born (d. 1976). American actor.
- 1895 - Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar was born (d. 1974). Indian musician.
- 1896 - A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada was born (d. 1977). Indian theologian.
- 1897 - Andy Kennedy was born (d. 1963). Irish footballer.
- 1899 - Andrei Platonov was born (d. 1951). Russian writer.
- 1902 - A Trip to the Moon, considered one of the first science fiction films, is released in France.
- 1905 - Elvera Sanchez was born (d. 2000). Puerto Rican dancer.
- 1906 - the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI) is established.
- 1906 - Joaquín Balaguer was born (d. 2002). President of the Dominican Republic.
- 1906 - Franz Biebl was born (d. 2001). German composer.
- 1907 - Walter Reuther was born (d. 1970). American labor union leader.
- 1909 - E. Herbert Norman was born (d. 1957). Canadian diplomat.
- 1910 - Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, from Brazil, is founded.
- 1910 - William Osgood Aydelotte was born. American sociologist.
- 1910 - James Frederick Bonner was born. American scientist.
- 1911 - Emilio Estrada becomes President of Ecuador.
- 1912 - Leonidas Plaza Gutiérrez assumes for the second term the Presidency of Ecuador
- 1913 - Christian Nyby was born (d. 1993). American director and film editor.
- 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.
- 1918 - Alfredo Ceschiatti was born. Brazilian sculptor.
- 1918 - Otacílio dos Santos Colares was born. Brazilian writer and journalist.
- 1920 - José Luis Tamayo becomes President of Ecuador.
- 1920 - Jacinto do Prado Coelho was born (d. 2007). Portuguese professor and essayst.
- 1920 - Richard Farnsworth was born (d. 2000). American actor.
- 1921 - Willem Frederik Hermans was born (d. 1995). Dutch writer.
- 1922 - Yvonne De Carlo was born. Canadian actress.
- 1922 - Vittorio Gassman was born (d. 2000). Italian actor.
- 1923 - Rocky Marciano was born (d. 1969). American boxer.
- 1923 - Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet was born (d. 2006). Canadian businessman.
- 1924 - Gonzalo S. Córdova becomes President of Ecuador.
- 1924 - Gustavo Bueno Martínez was born. Spanish philosopher.
- 1925 - Banco de México is inaugurated.
- 1925 - Art Pepper was born (d. 1982). American musician.
- 1926 - Abdur Rahman Biswas was born. President of Bangladesh.
- 1926 - Gene Colan was born. American comic book artist.
- 1928 - Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
- 1928 - Clifford Lincoln was born. Canadian politician.
- 1928 - George Maharis was born. American actor.
- 1929 - Anne Ramsey was born (d. 1988). American actress.
- 1931 - Boxcar Willie was born (d. 1999). American country musician.
- 1933 - Ann W. Richards was born (d. 2006). American politician.
- 1933 - Conway Twitty was born (d. 1993). American country music singer.
- 1934 - SMJK Sam Tet was founded by Father Fourgs from the St. Michael Church, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia.
- 1934 - José María Velasco Ibarra sworns as President of Ecuador.
- 1935 - Seiji Ozawa was born. Japanese conductor.
- 1937 - Francisco Pinto Balsemão was born. Portuguese politician, journalist and entrepreneur.
- 1937 - Ron O'Neal was born (d. 2004). American actor, director and screenwriter.
- 1937 - Al Geiberger was born. American golfer.
- 1939 - World War II: Nazi Germany attacks Poland, beginning the war. (See Polish September Campaign).
- 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).
- 1939 - Lily Tomlin was born. American actress and comedian.
- 1940 - Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río sworns, for a second term, as President of Ecuador.
- 1942 -António Lobo Antunes was born. Portuguese writer.
- 1942 - C. J. Cherryh was born. American writer.
- 1943 - Charles Atangana dies. Cameroonian chief.
- 1943 - Don Stroud was born. American actor.
- 1944 - Leonard Slatkin was born. American conductor.
- 1945 - Mustafa Balel was born. Turkish writer.
- 1946 - Barry Gibb was born. English singer (Bee Gees).
- 1946 - Roh Moo-Hyun was born. President of South Korea.
- 1947 - Al Green was born. American politician.
- 1948 - Galo Plaza Lasso becomes President of Ecuador.
- 1948 - Józef Życiński was born. Polish archbishop and philosopher.
- 1949 - P.A. Sangma was born. Indian politician.
- 1950 - Phillip Fulmer was born. American football coach.
- 1950 - Dr. Phil McGraw was born. American talk show host.
- 1951 - Nicu Ceauşescu was born (d. 1996). Romanian politician.
- 1951 - The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty.
- 1952 - Phil Hendrie was born. American radio personality.
- 1954 - Paul "Bear" Bryant opens his infamous 10 day football mini-camp in Junction, Texas: The Junction Boys.
- 1954 - Dave Lumley was born. Canadian professional ice hockey player.
- 1955 - Billy Blanks was born. American martial artist.
- 1955 - Bruce Foxton was born. English bassist (The Jam).
- 1957 - Gloria Estefan was born. Cuban singer.
- 1957 - Dennis Brain dies (b. 1921). English French horn player.
- 1958 - Armi Aavikko was born (d. 2002). Finnish singer.
- 1959 - Kenny Mayne was born. American sports journalist.
- 1960 - Disgruntled railroad workers effectively halt operations of the Pennsylvania Railroad, marking the first shutdown in the history of the company.
- 1961 - Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow was born (d. 2007). American professional wrestler.
- 1962 - Ruud Gullit was born. Dutch footballer.
- 1962 - Tony Cascarino was born. Irish footballer.
1963 - Carola Smit was born. Dutch singer.
1964 - Indian Oil Corporation formed after merging Indian Oil Refineries and Indian Oil Company. - 1964 - Brian Bellows was born. Canadian ice hockey player.
- 1964 - Cécilia Rhode was born. Swedish model.
- 1966 - Tim Hardaway was born. American basketball player.
- 1967 - David Whissell was born. Quebec politician.
- 1967 - Siegfried Sassoon dies (b. 1886). English poet and author.
- 1967 - Ilse Koch dies (b. 1906). Nazi war criminal.
- 1968 -José María Velasco Ibarra sworns as President of Ecuador for the 5th term.
- 1968 - Mohammed Atta was born (d. 2001). Egyptian terrorist.
- 1969 - Henning Berg was born. Norwegian footballer.
- 1969 - Drew Pearson dies (b. 1897). American newspaper columnist.
- 1970 - Attempted assassination of King Hussein of Jordan by Palestinian guerillas, who attacked his motorcade.
- 1970 - Hwang Jeong-min was born. South Korean actor.
- 1970 - Mitsou was born. Quebec singer, television and radio host, actress.
- 1970 - Francois Mauriac dies (b. 1885). French author. 1952 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate.
- 1970 - The last episode of the television sitcom I Dream of Jeannie airs on NBC. The show premiered on September 18, 1965.
- 1970 - Vanna was born. Croatian singer.
- 1971 - Ricardo Antonio Chavira was born. American actor.
- 1971 - Jimmy Snuka, Jr. was born. American professional wrestler.
- 1971 - Yoshitaka Hirota was born. Japanese composer.
- 1971 - Lââm was born. French singer.
- 1972 - In Reykjavík, Iceland, American Bobby Fischer beats Russian Boris Spassky and becomes the world chess champion.
- 1973 - J. D. Fortune was born. Canadian singer (INXS).
- 1973 - Zach Thomas was born. American football player.
- 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.
- 1974 - Jason Taylor was born. American football player.
- 1974 - Jhonen Vasquez was born. American comic book artist.
- 1975 - The last original episode of the American television series Gunsmoke airs on CBS after a record 20-year run.
- 1975 - Scott Speedman was born. American actor.
- 1975 - Natalie Bassingthwaighte was born. Australian singer (Rogue Traders).
- 1975 - Omar Rodriguez-Lopez was born. Puerto Rican guitarist.
- 1976 - Jada Fire was born. American pornographic actress.
- 1976 - Marcos Ambrose was born. Australian racing driver.
- 1976 - Erik Morales was born. Mexican boxer.
- 1977 - Raffaele Giammaria was born. Italian racing driver.
- 1977 - Shoshana Bean was born. American stage actress.
- 1977 - David Albelda was born. Spanish footballer.
- 1977 - Aaron Schobel was born. American football player.
- 1977 - Ethel Waters dies (b. 1896). American singer and actress.
- 1978 - Max Vieri was born. Australian soccer player.
- 1979 - The American Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of 21,000 km.
- 1979 - Robert P. Olsson was born. Swedish actor.
- 1979 - James O'Connor was born. Irish footballer.
- 1980 - Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope ends in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
- 1980 - Chris Riggott was born. English footballer.
- 1981 - Gregorio Conrado Álvarez Armelino assumes the Presidency of Uruguay.
- 1981 - Clinton Portis was born. American football player.
- 1981 - Adam Quick was born. Australian basketball player.
- 1981 - Albert Speer dies (b. 1905). Nazi official.
- 1981 - Ann Harding dies (b. 1901). American actress.
- 1982 - The United States Air Force Space Command is founded.
- 1982 - Ryan Gomes was born. American basketball player.
- 1982 - Paul Dumbrell was born. Australian racing driver.
- 1982 - Jeffrey Buttle was born. Canadian figure skater.
- 1982 - Haskell Curry dies (b. 1900). American mathematician.
- 1982 - Wladyslaw Gomulka dies (b. 1905). Polish communist leader.
- 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.
- 1983 - José Antonio Reyes was born. Spanish footballer.
- 1983 - Henry M. Jackson dies (b. 1912). U.S. Senator from Washington.
- 1983 - Larry McDonald dies (b. 1935). American congressman.
- 1984 - Joseph Trohman was born. American musician (Fall Out Boy).
- 1984 - Nick Noble was born. American soccer player.
- 1985 - A joint American-French expedition locates the wreck of the RMS Titanic.
- 1985 - Ciara-Camile Roque Velasco was born. American singers.
- 1985 - Stefan Bellof dies (b. 1957). German race car driver.
- 1985 - Jay Youngblood dies. American wrestler.
- 1986 - Murray Hamilton dies (b. 1923). American actor.
- 1986 - Jorge Alessandri dies. President of Chile.
- 1987 - Ayman Ashraf was born. Bangladeshi politician.
- 1988 - YTV was launched.
- 1988 - Luis Alvarez dies (b. 1911). American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate.
- 1989 - Bill Kaulitz was born. German singer (Tokio Hotel).
- 1989 - Tom Kaulitz was born. German lead guitarist (Tokio Hotel).
- 1989 - Juliana Lohmann was born. Brazilian actress and model.
- 1989 - A. Bartlett Giamatti dies (b. 1938). Baseball commissioner.
- 1989 - Tadeusz Sendzimir dies (b. 1894). American inventor.
- 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.
- 1991 - The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is released in North America.
- 1993 - Ilona Mitrecey was born. French singer.
- 1994 - Bianca Ryan was born. American singer.
- 1994 - Boris Malenko dies (b. 1933). American professional wrestler.
- 1998 - Józef Krupiński dies (b. 1930). Polish poet.
- 1998 - Cary Middlecoff dies (b. 1921). American golfer.
- 1999 - A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 74, including 10 on the ground.
- 1999 - W. Richard Stevens dies (b. 1951). Zambian computer scientist.
- 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 Anerica.
- 2001 - The first orca calf (later named Nakai) is born through artificial insemination, to parents Kasatka and Tillikum.
- 2001 - Brian Moore dies (b. 1932). British sports commentator.
- 2003 - Sir Terry Frost dies (b. 1915). British artist.
- 2004 - Ahmed Kuftaro dies (b. 1915). Grand Mufti of Syria.
- 2004 - The Beslan school hostage crisis begins when armed terrorists take hundreds of schoolchildren and adults hostage in the Russian town of Beslan in North Ossetia.
- 2004 - Martin Torrijos assumes the Presidency of Panamá.
- 2004 - Ahmed Kuftaro dies (b. 1915). Grand Mufti of Syria.
- 2005 - Seven members and former members of the AFL-CIO form a new trade union organization, the Change to Win Federation.
- 2005 - R.L. Burnside dies (b. 1926). American musician.
- 2005 - Thanos Leivaditis dies (b. 1934). Greek actor.
- 2006 - Portugal: The last number of the newspaper O Independente is published.
- 2006 - Sir Kyffin Williams dies (b. 1918). Welsh landscape painter.
- 2006 - Bob O'Connor dies (b. 1944). Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- 2006 - Nellie Connally dies (b. 1919). Wife of Texas governor John Connally.
- 2006 - Warren Mitofsky dies (b. 1934). American pollster.
- 2007 - The first Eurovision Dance Contest takes plane in London, United Kingdom.
- Deadline day of summer transfer window for all European Football Leagues.
- In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the new liturgical year begins on September 1.
- Libya - Revolution Day (1969).
- Uzbekistan - Independence Day (from USSR, 1991).
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