Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 1
- 1715 - Louis XIV of France the "Sun King" died after a reign of 72 years, longer than any other French or other major European monarch.
- 1923 - Great Kanto earthquake devastated Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 100,000 people.
- 1939 - After staging the Attack on Sender Gleiwitz the day before, Nazi Germany attacked Poland and started World War II.
- 1951 - Australia, New Zealand and the United States signed a mutual defense pact known as the ANZUS Treaty.
- 1983 - The civilian airliner Korean Air Flight 7, carrying 246 passengers and 23 crew, was shot down by Soviet fighters.