At the age of five, Louis XV becomes king of France in succession to his great-grandfather, King Louis XIV. Louis XV, often called Louis the…
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1 September 1894
Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota. The Great Hinckley Fire was a devastating wildfire that occurred…
1 September 1939
J. Robert Oppenheimer and his student Hartland Snyder publish the Oppenheimer–Snyder model, proving for the first time in contemporary physics how black holes could develop….
1 September 1894
Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
1 September 1961
The Eritrean War of Independence officially begins with the shooting of Ethiopian police by Hamid Idris Awate.
1 September 1914
The last known passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
1 September 1985
A joint American–French expedition locates the wreckage of the RMS Titanic. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Titanic’]
1 September 1914
The last known passenger pigeon, Martha, dies in the Cincinnati Zoo. Martha 1885 – September 1, 1914 was the last known living passenger pigeon; she was named…
1 September 1969
A military coup brings Muammar Gaddafi to power in Libya. Muammar al-Qaddafi, a 27-year-old Libyan army captain, leads a successful military coup against King Idris…
1 September 1905
Alberta and Saskatchewan became part of Canada. The two provinces; Alberta and Saskatchewan were originally part of Rupert’s land. On September 1st, 1905, the Saskatchewan…