September 1
Activity of the day
Today is . . .
- Revolution Day in Libya
- Random Act of Kindness (RAK) Day in New Zealand
- Knowledge Day in Russia
- Teachers' Day in Singapore
- Constitution Day in Slovakia
- Independence Day in Uzbekistan
- First day of Spring in Australia and New Zealand
- Feast Day of St Giles, patron saint of beggars
On this day . . .
- One of the first s cience fiction films, A Trip to the Moon, is released in France (1902)
- HG Wells' The Shape of Things to Come is published (1933)
- Germany invades Poland, starting World War II (1939)
- Britain's first supermarket opens in London (1951)
- The wreck of the
RMS Titanic is located (1985)
Births
- Edgar Rice Burroughs, American novelist (1875)
- Rocky Marciano, American heavyweight boxer (1923)
- Barry Gibb, English-born rock musician (1946)
- Gloria Estefan, Cuban/American singer (1957)
Deaths
- Pope Adrian IV, the only English pope (1159)
- Louis XIV, the 'Sun King' of France (1715)
- Siegfried Sassoon, English writer (1967)