Major Events
- 1715 King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years, the longest of any major European monarch
- 1878 First female telephone operator starts work, Emma Nutt, for the Edwin Holmes Telephone Dispatch Company in Boston
- 1905 Wilfrid Laurier oversees Alberta and Saskatchewan joining the Confederation of Canada as its 8th and 9th provinces, both separated from the Northwest Territories
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- 1972 American chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer defeats Russian champion Boris Spassky 12.5-8.5 in Reykjavik, Iceland, in the most publicized world title match ever played; Fischer becomes the first American to win the title
- 2016 NFL San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneels in protest during the US national anthem before pre-season game against the Chargers at San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium, objecting to racial injustice and police brutality in the US
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Fun Fact About September 1
The last passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo in Ohio
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