September 1st, 1886

Born on September 1st, 1886

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What happened on September 1st?

September 1st, 2019

Hurricane Dorian, the most powerful Atlantic hurricane on record outside the tropics, made landfall in the Bahamas at Category 5 intensity.

September 1st, 2000

Speakers' Corner, a free speech area in Hong Lim Park in Singapore, was launched.

September 1st, 1983

A Soviet jet interceptor shot down the civilian Korean Air Lines Flight 007 near the island of Sakhalin in the north Pacific, killing all 246 passengers and 23 crew on board.

September 1st, 1973

A 76-hour multinational rescue effort in the Irish Sea resulted in the deepest sub rescue in history (pictured).

September 1st, 1972

In a match widely publicized as a Cold War confrontation, American chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer became the 11th World Chess Champion with his victory over Soviet Boris Spassky.

September 1st, 1969

Muammar Gaddafi (pictured) led a coup d'état to overthrow King Idris of Libya.

September 1st, 1967

At an Arab League summit, eight nations issued the Khartoum Resolution, declaring that there would be "no peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel, [and] no negotiations with it".

September 1st, 1952

Ernest Hemingway's novel The Old Man and the Sea, which later won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, was first published.

September 1st, 1939

German forces attacked multiple locations in Poland, including Wieluń and Westerplatte, starting World War II in Europe.

September 1st, 1914

The passenger pigeon, which once numbered in the billions, became extinct when the last individual died in captivity.

September 1st, 1911

Construction began on the Saline Valley salt tram, which during its operation was the steepest tram in the United States.

September 1st, 1902

The first science fiction film, titled A Trip to the Moon and based on From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne, was released in France.

September 1st, 1872

A small British force commanded by a surgeon fought off a surprise attack by the Maya on Orange Walk Town, British Honduras.

September 1st, 1862

American Civil War: Confederate forces attacked retreating troops (map shown) of the Union Army during a rainstorm in Chantilly, Virginia, but the battle ended inconclusively.

September 1st, 1859

A powerful solar flare caused a coronal mass ejection that struck Earth a few hours later, generating the most intense geomagnetic storm ever recorded and causing bright aurorae visible in the middle latitudes.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 1st

Born on September 1st, 1886

86

Tarsila do Amaral

Brazilian painter (1886-1973)

*September 1st, 1886, Capivari †January 17th, 1973, São Paulo

70

Othmar Schoeck

Swiss composer (1886-1957)

*September 1st, 1886, Brunnen †March 8th, 1957, Zurich

70

Shigeyasu Suzuki

Japanese general

*September 1st, 1886, Ishikawa Prefecture †June 11th, 1957

55

David Albala

Serbian military officer, physician, diplomat, and Jewish community leader

*September 1st, 1886, Belgrade †April 4th, 1942, Washington, D.C.

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Born in 1886

67

Willi Worpitzky

German footballer-manager (1886-1953)

*August 25th, 1886, Pankow †October 10th, 1953, Berlin

64

Al Jolson

Lithuanian-born American entertainer, actor, and singer (1886–1950)

*May 26th, 1886, Seredžius †October 23rd, 1950, San Francisco

87

David Ben-Gurion

Israeli politician, Zionist leader, prime minister of Israel (1886–1973)

*October 16th, 1886, Płońsk †December 1st, 1973, Ramat Gan

93

Oskar Kokoschka

Austrian dramatic, painter and writer (1886-1980)

*March 1st, 1886, Pöchlarn †February 22nd, 1980, Montreux

40

Jenő Károly

Hungarian association football player and manager (1886-1926)

*January 15th, 1886, Kaposvár †July 28th, 1926, Turin

91

Manne Siegbahn

Swedish physicist (1886-1978)

*December 3rd, 1886, Örebro †September 26th, 1978, Engelbrekt church parish

49

Marthe Hanau

French fraudster

*January 10th, 1886, Paris †July 14th, 1935, Fresnes

97

Clemens Holzmeister

Austrian architect and stage designer (1886–1983)

*March 27th, 1886, Fulpmes †June 12th, 1983, Hallein

61

August Meyszner

Austrian Gendarmerie officer and right-wing politician (1886-1947)

*January 1st, 1886, Graz †January 24th, 1947, Belgrade

29

Harold Chapin

British writer

*February 15th, 1886, Brooklyn †September 26th, 1915, Loos-en-Gohelle

54

Alfonso XIII

King of Spain from 1886 to 1931

*May 17th, 1886, Madrid †February 28th, 1941, Villanueva Mesía

29

Jean Angeli

French writer

*January 3rd, 1886, Ambert †June 11th, 1915, Hébuterne

83

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

German architect (1886–1969)

*March 27th, 1886, Aachen †August 17th, 1969, Chicago

81

John Davidson

Actor (1886-1968)

*December 25th, 1886, New York City †January 16th, 1968, Los Angeles

47

Eric Powell

British rower and artist (1886-1933)

*May 6th, 1886, Edmonton †August 17th, 1933, Piz Roseg

90

Archibald Hill

English physiologist and biophysicist (1886-1977)

*September 26th, 1886, Bristol †June 3rd, 1977, Cambridge

64

Hermann Broch

Austrian writer (1886-1951)

*November 1st, 1886, Vienna †May 30th, 1951, New Haven

89

Zhu De

Marshal of the People's Republic of China (1886－1976)

*December 1st, 1886, Zhu De's Former Residence †July 6th, 1976, Beijing

86

Edward Calvin Kendall

American chemist (1886-1972)

*March 8th, 1886, South Norwalk †May 4th, 1972, Princeton

48

Sergei Kirov

Soviet politician and Bolshevik revolutionary (1886–1934)

*March 15th, 1886, Urzhum †December 1st, 1934, Saint Petersburg

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1886 is a normal year and no leap year.

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