Vikash ks
1st September 2009, 09:45 AM
This Day In History - 1st September
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 made Marchioness of Pembroke by her fiancι, 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 yearsthe 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, is 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 English-speaking white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington.
1859 A solar superstorm affects electrical telegraph service.
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 rapid transit system 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.
1911 The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
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 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 attacks Poland, beginning the war in Europe. (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 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).
1951 The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty.
1961 The Eritrean War of Independence officially begins with the shooting of the Ethiopian police by Hamid Idris Awate
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 is later transferred to the People's Committees.
1970 Attempted assassination of King Hussein of Jordan by Palestinian guerillas, who attacked his motorcade.
1972 In Reykjavνk, 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.
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.
1981 A coup d'ιtat 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, including United States Congressman Lawrence McDonald.
1985 A joint AmericanFrench expedition locates the wreck of the RMS Titanic.
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
2004 Beslan school hostage crisis commences when armed terrorists take children and adults hostage in the Russian town of Beslan in North Ossetia.
2006 Luxembourg became the first country to complete the move to all digital television broadcasting.
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 made Marchioness of Pembroke by her fiancι, 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 yearsthe 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, is 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 English-speaking white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington.
1859 A solar superstorm affects electrical telegraph service.
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 rapid transit system 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.
1911 The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
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 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 attacks Poland, beginning the war in Europe. (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 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).
1951 The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty.
1961 The Eritrean War of Independence officially begins with the shooting of the Ethiopian police by Hamid Idris Awate
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 is later transferred to the People's Committees.
1970 Attempted assassination of King Hussein of Jordan by Palestinian guerillas, who attacked his motorcade.
1972 In Reykjavνk, 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.
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.
1981 A coup d'ιtat 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, including United States Congressman Lawrence McDonald.
1985 A joint AmericanFrench expedition locates the wreck of the RMS Titanic.
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
2004 Beslan school hostage crisis commences when armed terrorists take children and adults hostage in the Russian town of Beslan in North Ossetia.
2006 Luxembourg became the first country to complete the move to all digital television broadcasting.