01 SEPTEMBER

1715 King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years—the longest of any major European monarch.

1939 World War II starts as Germany invades Poland by attacking the Free City of Danzig

1941 Jews living in Germany are required to wear a yellow star of David

1945 V-J Day, formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri marks the end of WW II (US date, 2nd September in Japan)

1951 US, Australia and New Zealand sign the ANZUS mutual defence treaty

1969 Colonel Muammar Gaddafi deposes King Idris in the Libyan revolution

Famous Birthday's

Johann Pachelbel
(1653 - 1706)

Rocky Marciano
(1923 - 1969)

Gloria Estefan
60th Birthday

Famous Deaths

Jacques Cartier
(1491 - 1557)

Louis XIV
(1638 - 1715)

William Clark
(1770 - 1838)

Famous Weddings

1730 US Founding Father Benjamin Franklin establishes a common-law marriage with Deborah Read

1843 Prime Minister of Canada John A. Macdonald (28) weds his cousin Isabella Clark

1940 Actor Harry Morgan (25) weds Eileen Detchon

1945 Author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (23) weds childhood sweetheart Jane Marie Cox

1970 "The Bee Gees" singer Barry Gibb (24) weds former Miss Edinburgh Linda Ann Gray