Independence
Day
Uzbekistan :
September 1
1991
Events
September
1
462
– Possible start
of first Byzantine
indiction cycle.
1355 – King
Tvrtko I of
Bosnia writes
In castro nostro
Vizoka vocatum
from the old
town of Visoki.
1529 – The Spanish
fort Sancti
Spiritu, the
first one built
in modern Argentina,
is destroyed
by natives.
1532 – Lady
Anne Boleyn
is made Marquess
of Pembroke
by her fiancé,
King Henry VIII
of England.
1604 – Adi Granth,
now known as
Guru Granth
Sahib, the holy
scripture of
Sikhs, was first
installed at
Harmandir Sahib.
1644 – Battle
of Tippermuir:
James Graham,
1st Marquess
of Montrose
defeats the
Earl of Wemyss's
Covenanters,
reviving the
Royalist cause.
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
1772 – The Mission
San Luis Obispo
de Tolosa is
founded in San
Luis Obispo,
California.
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.
1836 – Narcissa
Whitman, one
of the first
English-speaking
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: the 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.
1878 – Emma
Nutt becomes
the world's
first female
telephone operator
when she is
recruited by
Alexander Graham
Bell to the
Boston Telephone
Dispatch Company.
1894 – More
than 400 people
die in the Great
Hinckley Fire,
a forest fire
in Hinckley,
Minnesota.
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
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.
1920 – The Fountain
of Time opens
as a tribute
to the 100 years
of peace between
the United States
and Great Britain
following the
Treaty of Ghent.
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 and
Slovakia invade
Poland, beginning
World War II.
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).
1939 – Adolf
Hitler signs
an order to
begin the systematic
euthanasia of
mentally ill
and disabled
people.
1951 – The United
States, Australia
and New Zealand
sign a mutual
defense pact,
called the ANZUS
Treaty.
1958 – Iceland
expands its
fishing zone,
putting it into
conflict with
the United Kingdom,
beginning the
Cod Wars.
1961 – The Eritrean
War of Independence
officially begins
with the shooting
of the Ethiopian
police by Hamid
Idris Awate.
1969 – A coup
in Libya brings
Muammar al-Gaddafi
to power.
1969 – Tran
Thien Khiem
became Prime
Minister of
South Vietnam
under President
Nguyen Van Thieu.
1970 – Attempted
assassination
of King Hussein
of Jordan by
Palestinian
guerrillas,
who attacked
his motorcade.
1972 – In Reykjavík,
Iceland, American
Bobby Fischer
beats Russian
Boris Spassky
to become the
world chess
champion.
1974 – The SR-71
Blackbird sets
(and holds)
the record for
flying from
New York to
London in the
time of 1 hour,
54 minutes and
56.4 seconds
at a speed of
1,435.587 miles
per hour (2,310.353
km/h).
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 kilometres
(13,000 mi).
1980 – Terry
Fox's Marathon
of Hope ends
near Thunder
Bay, Ontario.
1980 – Major
General Chun
Doo-hwan becomes
president of
South Korea,
following the
resignation
of Choi Kyu-hah.
1981 – A coup
d'état in the
Central African
Republic overthrows
President David
Dacko.
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
die, including
Congressman
Lawrence McDonald.
1985 – A joint
American–French
expedition locates
the wreckage
of the RMS Titanic.
1991 – Uzbekistan
declares independence
from the Soviet
Union
2004 – The Beslan
school hostage
crisis commences
when armed terrorists
take children
and adults hostage
in Beslan in
North Ossetia,
Russia.
Holidays
and observances
First
day of school
in many countries
in Asia, Europe
and the Americas.
Anniversary
of the Start
of the Armed
Struggle (Eritrea)
Christian Feast
Day:
Giles
The beginning
of the new liturgical
year (Eastern
Orthodox Church
and the Eastern
Catholic Church)
September 1
(Eastern Orthodox
liturgics)
Constitution
Day (Slovakia)
Disaster Prevention
Day (Japan)
Earliest day
on which Father's
Day can fall,
while September
7 is the latest;
celebrated on
the first Sunday
in September.
(Australia,
Fiji, New Zealand,
Papua New Guinea)
Earliest day
on which Labor
Day can fall,
while September
7 is the latest;
celebrated on
the first Monday
in September.
(United States,
Canada, Palau)
Independence
Day, celebrates
the independence
of Uzbekistan
from the Soviet
Union in 1991.
Journalist Day
(Republic of
China)
Knowledge Day
(Russia)
Revolution Day
(Libya)
Teachers' Day
(Singapore)
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