WHAT HAPPENED ON 1. SEPTEMBER
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The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1. September 1880)

Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota. (1. September 1894)

The Boston subway opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America. (1. September 1897)

A Trip to the Moon, considered one of the first science fiction films, is released in France. (1. September 1902)

Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation. (1. September 1905)

The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established. (1. September 1906)

The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship. (1. September 1911)

St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd. (1. September 1914)

The last Passenger Pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo. (1. September 1914)

The Fountain of Time opens as a tribute to the 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain following the Treaty of Ghent. (1. September 1920)

The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people. (1. September 1923)

Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king. (1. September 1928)

SMJK Sam Tet is founded by Father Fourgs from the St. Michael Church, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia. (1. September 1934)

World War II: Nazi Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II. (1. September 1939)

General George C. Marshall becomes Chief of Staff of the United States Army. (1. September 1939)

The Wound Badge for Wehrmacht, SS, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe soldiers is instituted. The final version of the Iron Cross is also instituted on this date. (1. September 1939)

Switzerland mobilizes its forces and the Swiss Parliament elects Henri Guisan to head the Swiss Army (an event that can happen only during war or mobilization). (1. September 1939)

Adolf Hitler signs an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people. (1. September 1939)

The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty. (1. September 1951)

The Old Man and the Sea, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Ernest Hemingway, is first published. (1. September 1952)