Sept 1 in history
In 1939, World War II began as Nazi Germany invaded Poland.
In 1715, following a reign of 72 years, King Louis XIV of France died four days before his 77th birthday.
In 1807, Aaron Burr acquitted of treason.
In 1864, Atlanta falls to Union forces during Civil War.
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 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 1969, a coup in Libya brought Moammar Gadhafi to power.
In 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 1988, fed regulation makes automobile airbags mandatory.
In 2005, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin issued a “desperate SOS” as his city descended into anarchy amid the flooding left by Hurricane Katrina. (The AP 09/01/23)
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