September 1 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for September 1
In the headlines today:

2002		Actress Sarah Michelle Gellar and actor Freddie Prinze, Jr., are married. (photo credit: Inkworks)
1995	Opening ceremonies for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame take place in Cleveland, OH.
1989	major league baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti dies of a heart attack at age 51.
1983	A Soviet fighter plane downs a KAL Boeing 747 jumbo jet that veered 100 miles into Soviet airspace, killing all 269 people aboard.
1975	The NBC television network broadcasts its last Monday Night Baseball game as the Montreal Expos defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-5.
1972	Bobby Fischer of the USA defeats Boris Spassky of the USSR at the international chess championship in Reykjavik, Iceland.
1972	The O'Jays receive the first of their eventual six gold records, this one for the hit Back Stabbers.
1969	Moammar Gadhafi stages a succesful coup to become leader of Libya.
1939	Nazi troops invade Poland, beginning WWII.
1923	Tokyo and Yokohama, Japan, are rocked by an earthquake, killing over 50,000 people.
1905	Alberta and Saskatchewan become Canadian provinces.
1897	Subway service begins in Boston.
1807	Former US Vice President Aaron Burr is found innocent of treason.