ON THIS DAY - 1 SEPTEMBER 1159 – Rome – Pope Adrian IV died. 1181 – Rome – Cardinal Ubaldo Allucingoli became Pope Lucius III. 1271 – Rome – Cardinal Tebaldo Visconti became Pope Gregory X. 1529 – Argentina – Spanish fort Sancti Spiritu destroyed. 1532 – England – Lady Anne Boleyn made Marquess of Pembroke by Henry VIII. 1644 – Scotland – Battle of Tippermuir. 1715 – France – Louis XIV died. 1774 – America – Powder Alarm at Massachusetts Bay. 1836 – USA – Narcissa Whitman arrived at Walla Walla, Washington, one of the first english speaking women to settle in this area. 1859 – USA, Europe & Japan – Aurora Borealis seen. 1862 – USA – Battle of Chantilly (American Civil War). 1870 – France – Battle of Sedan (Franco-Prussian War). 1878 – USA – Emma Nutt became first female telephone operator at Telephone Despatch Company, Boston. 1888 – New Zealand – Earthquake measuring 7.3Mw, epicentre in Canterbury. 1894 – USA – Great Hinckley Fire, Minnesota, 400+ killed. 1897 – USA – Boston Subway opened. 1914 – Russia – St. Petersburg changed name to Petrograd. 1920 – USA - Fountain of Time opened in Washington Park, Chicago, Illinois. 1923 – Japan – Earthquake measuring 7.9Mw, epicentre in Kantō region, 143,000 killed. 1939 – Slovakia & Poland – Invaded by Nazi Germany (WWII). 1951 – USA/ Australia & New Zealand - ANZUS Treaty signed. 1994 – USA – Earthquake measuring 7.1Mw, epicentre in Cape Mendocino, California. 1991 – Uzbekistan – Independence from USSR. 2004 – Russia – Beslan School hostage situation started.
Posted on: Sun, 01 Sep 2013 08:22:40 +0000
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