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On This Day in History September First
September 1, 2013 marks the 244th day of the year with 121 remaining. The feature lists key events and birthdays from 1939 to present including World War II begin in Poland, Louis XIV’s death, and notable deaths and tributes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Louis XIV
France
Aaron Burr
Burr
Georges Melies
Meh-Lee-Ehz
George Bernard Shaw
St. James's Theatre
London
Berlin
Tokyo
Yokohama
New York City
James J
Jimmy” Walker
U.S. District Court
Martin I. Welsh
Sacramento
Bobby Fischer
Reykjavik
Iceland
Boris Spassky
Soviet Union
Montreal
Canada
Korean Air Lines
Louis Freeh
FBI
Richfield
Ohio
George W. Bush
Arab TV
Saddam Hussein
Najaf
Iraq
Rand Brooks
Scarlett O'Hara
Santa Ynez
Calif
Louisiana
New Orleans
St. Paul
Minn
John McCain
Alaska
Sarah Palin
Bristol
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Reed
Nashville
Don LaFontaine
Los Angeles
Barack Obama
Mitt Romney
Hal David
Burt Bacharach
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
George Maharis
Seiji Ozawa
Alan Dershowitz
Lily Tomlin
Don Stroud
Leonard Slatkin
Archie Bell
Barry Gibb
Greg Errico
Dr. Phil McGraw
Gloria Estefan
White House
Dee Dee Myers
Boney James
Grant Lee Phillips
Grant Lee Buffalo
Charlie Robison
Tim Hardaway
Spigg Nice
Lost Boyz
Ricardo Antonio Chavira
JD Fortune
Scott Speedman
Presley
Pistol Annies
Joe Trohman
Margaret Drabble