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{{*mp}} [[1774]] – [[Thomas Gage]], royal governor of the [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]], ordered soldiers to remove gunpowder from a [[magazine (artillery)|magazine]], causing [[Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriot]]s to '''[[Powder Alarm|prepare for war]]'''.
{{*mp}} [[1774]] – [[Thomas Gage]], royal governor of the [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]], ordered soldiers to remove gunpowder from a [[magazine (artillery)|magazine]], causing [[Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriot]]s to '''[[Powder Alarm|prepare for war]]'''.
{{*mp}} [[1920]] – The '''''[[Fountain of Time]]''''' ''(detail pictured)'' opened as a tribute to the 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain following the [[Treaty of Ghent]].
{{*mp}} [[1920]] – The '''''[[Fountain of Time]]''''' ''(detail pictured)'' opened as a tribute to the 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain following the [[Treaty of Ghent]].
{{*mp}} [[1969]] – A bloodless ''coup d'état'' led by '''[[Muammar Gaddafi]]''' overthrew [[Idris I of Libya]].
{{*mp}} [[1983]] – Soviet [[interceptor aircraft|jet interceptors]] shot down the civilian airliner '''[[Korean Air Lines Flight 007]]''' near [[Sakhalin|Sakhalin Island]] in the North [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]], killing all 246 passengers and 23 crew on board.
{{*mp}} [[1983]] – Soviet [[interceptor aircraft|jet interceptors]] shot down the civilian airliner '''[[Korean Air Lines Flight 007]]''' near [[Sakhalin|Sakhalin Island]] in the North [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]], killing all 246 passengers and 23 crew on board.


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{{*mp}} [[1862]] – [[American Civil War]]: [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] forces attacked retreating [[Union Army]] troops at the '''[[Battle of Chantilly]]''' during a rainstorm in [[Chantilly, Virginia]], but the fighting ended up being tactically inconclusive.
{{*mp}} [[1862]] – [[American Civil War]]: [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] forces attacked retreating [[Union Army]] troops at the '''[[Battle of Chantilly]]''' during a rainstorm in [[Chantilly, Virginia]], but the fighting ended up being tactically inconclusive.
{{*mp}} [[1914]] – The '''[[Passenger Pigeon]]''', which once had a population of at least 3 billion birds, became [[extinction|extinct]], when [[Martha (passenger pigeon)|the last individual]] died in captivity.
{{*mp}} [[1914]] – The '''[[Passenger Pigeon]]''', which once had a population of at least 3 billion birds, became [[extinction|extinct]], when [[Martha (passenger pigeon)|the last individual]] died in captivity.
{{*mp}} [[1969]] – A bloodless ''coup d'état'' led by '''[[Muammar Gaddafi]]''' overthrew [[Idris I of Libya]].
{{*mp}} [[1972]] – American chess [[grandmaster (chess)|grandmaster]] '''[[Bobby Fischer]]''' became the 11th [[World Chess Championship|World Chess Champion]] when he [[World Chess Championship 1972|defeated]] Russian [[Boris Spassky]] in a match that was widely publicized as a [[Cold War]] confrontation.
{{*mp}} [[1972]] – American chess [[grandmaster (chess)|grandmaster]] '''[[Bobby Fischer]]''' became the 11th [[World Chess Championship|World Chess Champion]] when he [[World Chess Championship 1972|defeated]] Russian [[Boris Spassky]] in a match that was widely publicized as a [[Cold War]] confrontation.
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This is a list of selected September 1 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

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1604Sri Guru Granth Sahib, the religious text of Sikhism, was installed at Harmandir Sahib. too many quotes
1763Catherine II of Russia endorsed educator Ivan Betskoy's plans for the Moscow Orphanage (pictured), an ambitious, state-run, experimental Russian Enlightenment project to educate orphans into ideal citizens. refimprove
1902 – The first science fiction film, titled A Trip to the Moon and based on From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne, was released in France. unreferenced section
1923 – The Great Kantō earthquake, measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale, struck the Kantō region of Japan, devastating Tokyo and Yokohama, and killing over an estimated 100,000 people. unreferenced section
1939Nazi Germany invaded Poland at Wieluń and Westerplatte, starting World War II in Europe. section needs to be rewritten
1951Australia, New Zealand and the United States signed a mutual defence pact known as the ANZUS Treaty in San Francisco, agreeing to cooperate on defence matters in the Pacific Ocean area. refimprove section
1961 – The thirty-year Eritrean War of Independence began when rebels led by Hamid Idris Awate fired shots at the Ethiopian Army. refimprove

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September 1: Start of the Liturgical year in the Eastern Orthodox Church; Constitution Day in Slovakia; Independence Day in Uzbekistan (1991)

Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre (1643–1715)

  • 1715Louis XIV of France (pictured), the "Sun King", died after a reign of 72 years, longer than any other French or other major European monarch at the time.
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