All Events

Historical Events on September 1

  • American Civil War

    1862

    American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly: Confederate Army troops defeat a group of retreating Union Army troops in Chantilly, Virginia.

  • St. Petersburg

    1914

    St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.

  • World War II

    1939

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

  • George C. Marshall

    1939

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

  • Adolf Hitler

    1939

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

  • Iceland

    1958

    Iceland expands its fishing zone, putting it into conflict with the United Kingdom, beginning the Cod Wars.

  • Cold War

    1983

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

  • RMS Titanic

    1985

    A joint American-French expedition locates the wreckage of the RMS Titanic.

  • Beslan school hostage crisis

    2004

    The Crisis in Beslan commences when armed terrorists take schoolchildren and school staff hostage in North Ossetia (Russia); by the end of the siege three days later more than 385 people are dead (including hostages, other civilians, security personnel and terrorists).

All Births

Famous Birthdays on September 1

All Deaths

Famous Deaths on September 1

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