eso ha pasado un 01 Septiembre
1923 : Great Kantō earthquakeOn 1 September 1923, an earthquake of 7.9 magnitude struck the Kanto plain on the island of Honshu in Japan. It lasted about 10 minutes. Shortly afterwards, a typhoon, accentuated by the earthquake, hit the Tokyo Bay. The whole area around Tokyo was devastated and 140,000 people were killed. |
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1939 : Germany envades PolandOn 1 September 1939, Germany attacked Poland. 1.5 million German troops entered Poland while all airfields in the country were bombed. Hitler wanted to conquest the territory and reduce the Poles, he considered inferior, to slavery. |
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1969 : Coup of Muammar al-Gaddafi in LibyaOn 1 September 1969, Captain Muammar Gaddafi and a group of officers abolished the monarchy and established a republic. Muammar Gaddafi granted himself the rank of colonel. He remained 42 years in power. At first, time, Gaddafi, who claimed Nasser as a model, made reforms to improve the living standards of the Libyans. However, he quickly established a repressive regime. In addition, he developed strong relationships with many terrorist groups. |
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1983 : 007 shot down by the SovietsOn 1 September 1983, Korea Airlines (KAL) flight 007 is shot down by Soviet fighters while flying over the Kamchatka Peninsula. The 269 passengers and crew were killed. Flight 007 had moved away from its course and the Soviets, after unsuccessfully attempting to contact the cockpit, thought the aircraft was a U.S. spy plane. |
Actualidad del día : 01 Septiembre
Independence Day in Uzbekistan September 1st is Independence Day in Uzbekistan, which commemorates its independence gained in 1991 when the Soviet Union collapsed. |
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Disaster Prevention Day in Japan September 1 is the Disaster Prevention Day in Japan. September 1 is the anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake on the island of Honshu in 1923, a disaster that destroyed whole regions and caused the death of 140,000 people. During the day, exercises for prevention and evacuation are held throughout the country. |
Cita del día : 01 Septiembre
Mouammar Kadhafi I cannot recognise either the Palestinian state or the Israeli state. The Palestinians are idiots and the Israelis are idiots. |
Cumpleaños : 01 Septiembre
Johann Pachelbel, Compositor alemán (1653) | |
José María Castro, Primero presidente de Costa Rica (1818) | |
James J. Corbett, Boxeador estadounidense (1866) | |
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Escritor americano (1875) | |
Francis Aston, Químico y físico inglés, Premio Nobel de Química (1877) | |
Blaise Cendrars, Escritor suizo (1887) | |
Richard Arlen, Actor americano (1899) | |
Joaquín Balaguer, Presidente de la República Dominicana (1906) | |
Liz Carpenter, Escritora estadounidense (1920) | |
Yvonne De Carlo, Actriz canadiense (1922) | |
Vittorio Gassman, Actor italiano (1922) | |
Rocky Marciano, Boxeador estadounidense (1923) | |
Michel Serres, Filósofo francés (1930) | |
Seiji Ozawa, Conductor japonés (1935) | |
C. J. Cherryh, Escritora americana (1942) | |
Barry Gibb, Cantante inglés (Bee Gees) (1946) | |
Roh Moo-hyun, 16 º Presidente de Corea del Sur (1946) | |
Gloria Estefan, Cantante cubana americana (1957) | |
Christopher Ferguson, Astronauta americano (1961) | |
Tony Cascarino, Futbolista irlandés (1962) | |
Nils Tavernier, Director de cine francés (1965) | |
Mohamed Atta, Terrorista egipcio (1968) | |
Padma Lakshmi, Actriz india (1970) | |
Lââm, Cantante francesa (1971) | |
Ram Kapoor, Actor indio (1973) | |
Filip Nikolic, Cantante y actor francés (1974) | |
David Albelda, Futbolista español (1977) | |
Jeffrey Buttle, Patinador canadiense (1982) | |
Gaël Monfils, Jugador de tenis francés (1986) | |
Bill Kaulitz, Cantante alemán (Tokio Hotel) (1989) | |
Tom Kaulitz, Músico alemán (Tokio Hotel) (1989) |
Nos han dejado un 01 Septiembre
Louis XIV , Rey de Francia (1715) | |
Siegfried Sassoon, Poeta inglés (1967) | |
François Mauriac, Escritor francés (1970) | |
Luis W. Alvarez, Físico americano, Premio Nobel (1988) | |
Jerry Reed, Músico estadounidense (2008) |
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