On This Day in History September 1, 2023

Historical Events 1715  King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years—the longest of any major European monarch. 1878  1st female telephone operator starts work, Emma Nutt for the Edwin Holmes Telephone Despatch Company in Boston 1905  Wilfrid Laurier oversees Alberta and Saskatchewan joining the Confederation of Canada as its 8th and 9th Canadian provinces 1939  World War II starts when Germany invades Poland by attacking the Free City of Danzig 1941  Jews living in Germany are required to wear a yellow star of David 1951  US, Australia and New Zealand sign the ANZUS mutual defense treaty 1969  Colonel Muammar Gaddafi deposes King Idris in the Libyan revolution Famous Birthdays Conway Twitty 1933 - 1993 James Gordon Bennett 1795 - 1872 Johann Pachelbel 1653 - 1706 Zendaya 26th Birthday More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Jacques Cartier 1491 - 1557 Richard Steele 1672 - 1729 More Famous Deaths September 1: Bobby Fischer, The World Chess Champ The Soviet Union saw its domination of the chess world as proof of intellectual superiority. Then, on this day, American Bobby Fischer faced the Russian champion Read the Article