1 September 1715

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…

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 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…