On This Day in History
September 1
Historical Events
1715 King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years, the longest of any major European monarch
1878 First female telephone operator starts work, Emma Nutt, for the Edwin Holmes Telephone Dispatch Company in Boston
1905 Wilfrid Laurier oversees Alberta and Saskatchewan joining the Confederation of Canada as its 8th and 9th provinces, both separated from the Northwest Territories
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1939 World War II starts when Germany invades Poland by attacking the Free City of Danzig
1951 US, Australia and New Zealand sign the ANZUS mutual defense treaty
1969 Colonel Muammar Gaddafi deposes King Idris in the Libyan Revolution
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Famous Birthdays
Also Gloria Estefan (68)
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Famous Deaths
Bobby Fischer, The World Chess Champ
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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
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