Today in History – September 1st

Published September 1, 2012 |

1529, The Spanish fort Sancti Spiritu, the 1st one built in modern Argentina, is destroyed by natives.
1532, Lady Anne Boleyn is made Marquess of Pembroke by her fiance, King Henry VIII of England.
1557, Jacques Cartier, French explorer (b. 1491) died.
1653, Johann Pachelbel, German composer (d. 1706) was born.
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
1774, Massachusetts colonists rise up in bloodless Powder Alarm.
1804, Juno, one of the largest main belt asteroids, is discovered by German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding.
1818, Jose Maria Castro Madriz, first President of Costa Rica and founder of the republic (d. 1892) was born.
1838, William Clark, American explorer, part of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (b. 1770) died.
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 4-month siege by General Sherman.
1868, Henri Bourassa, French Canadian politician and publisher (d. 1952) was born.
1873, Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
1875, Edgar Rice Burroughs, American writer (d. 1950) was born.
1894, More than 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
1897, The Boston subway opens, becoming the 1st underground rapid transit system in North America.
1902, A Trip to the Moon, considered one of the 1st science fiction films, is released in France.
1905, Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
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.
1920, The Fountain of Time opens as a tribute to the 100 years of peace b/w US and Great Britain following the Treaty of Ghent.
1928, Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
1931, Boxcar Willie, American country musician (d. 1999) was born.
1933, Ann Richards, 45th Governor of Texas (d. 2006) was born.
1933, Conway Twitty, American singer (d. 1993) was born.
1939, Adolf Hitler signs an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people.
1939, George C. Marshall becomes Chief of Staff of the US Army.
1939, WWII: Nazi Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of WWII.
1951, The US, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty.
1969, A coup in Libya brings Muammar al-Gaddafi to power.
1970, Attempted assassination of King Hussein of Jordan by Palestinian guerrillas, who attacked his motorcade.
1980, Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope ends near Thunder Bay, Ontario.
1981, Albert Speer, Nazi official (b. 1905) died.
1982, The US Air Force Space Command is founded.
1985, A joint AmericanaE”French expedition locates the wreckage of the RMS Titanic.

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