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| GERMANY INVADES. Rare photo of Nazi cockpit crew inside a Heinkel He 111 over a yet to be bombed Polish city, this day 1939, the day WW2 began. |
Today is Thursday, Sept. 1, the 244th day of 2024. There are 121 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Sept. 1, 1945, Americans received word of Japan’s formal surrender that ended World War II. (Because of the time difference, it was Sept. 2 in Tokyo Bay, where the ceremony took place.)
In 1715, following a reign of 72 years, King Louis XIV of France died four days before his 77th birthday.
In 1897, the first section of Boston’s new subway system was opened.
In 1942, U.S. District Court Judge Martin I. Welsh, ruling from Sacramento, California, on a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of Fred Korematsu, upheld the wartime detention of Japanese-Americans as well as Japanese nationals.
In 1969, a coup in Libya brought Moammar Gadhafi to power.
USA vs USSR. The 1972 world championship match in Reykjavik, Iceland, was mired in political overtones, during the height of the Cold War. The Soviet chess system had a monopoly on the title since 1948, and the expectations on Boris Spassky (left) were enormous. While Bobby Fischer studied chess virtually in seclusion, Spassky had the full resources of the USSR. Victor Baturinsky, head of Soviet Chess Sports Committee, said: "Basically, the Soviet leadership and the powers that be in sport, were interested in just one issue: how to stop Fischer from becoming World Champion.'' They failed.
On Sept. 1, 1983, 269 people were killed when a Korean Air Lines Boeing 747 was shot down by a Soviet jet fighter after the airliner entered Soviet airspace.
In 1985, a U.S.-French expedition located the wreckage of the Titanic on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean roughly 400 miles off Newfoundland.
In 2005, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin issued a “desperate SOS” as his city descended into anarchy amid the flooding left by Hurricane Katrina.
In 2009, Vermont’s law allowing same-sex marriage went into effect.
In 2015, invoking “God’s authority,” Rowan County, Kentucky, Clerk Kim Davis denied marriage licenses to gay couples again in direct defiance of the federal courts, and vowed not to resign, even under the pressure of steep fines or jail. (Davis would spend five days in jail; she was released only after her staff issued the licenses on her behalf but removed her name from the form.)
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| JAPAN CAPITULATES. US General Jonathan Wainwright (near) and British Lt. General A.E. Percival, both exPOWs witness General Douglas MacArthur sign the Instrument of Surrender aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. |
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| TITANIC REMAINS. Sept 1,1985 an expedition led by Robert Ballard and sponsored in part by the National Geographic Society discovered the remains of the Titanic passenger liner that struck an iceberg and sank on its maiden voyage 1912. Ballard, right, with photographer Emory Kristof. |
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| QUAKE RAVAGED. In 1923, the Japanese cities of Tokyo and Yokohama were devastated by an earthquake that claimed some 140,000 lives. |
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| ART PEPPER BORN. Music critics called Art Pepper the world’s greatest alto sax player. He was born on this date in 1925 to a 14-year-old runaway girl and a merchant seaman. Inspired by grandmother who gave him music lessons. Tragically, he fought heroin addiction most of his life yet he produced amazing music. A few of his albums are Living Legend, Art Pepper Today, Among Friends, Gettin’ Together, and Art Pepper + 11 Modern Jazz Classic. |
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