TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 01, 2020

1914-St. Petersburg, Russia changes name to Petrograd

1923-Earthquake strikes Tokyo & Yokohama, kills 106,000

1941-Yellow star becomes obligatory for Jews to wear under the Third Reich

1945-Japan surrenders ending WW II (US date, 9/2 in Japan)

1948-Communists form North China People's Republic

1948-U.N'.s World Health Organization forms

1956-Indian state of Tripura becomes a territory

1962-10,000 die in an earthquake in western Iran

1962-U.N. announces Earth's population has hit 3 billion

1969-Libyan revolution, Col. Muammar Gadhafi deposes King Idris

1971-Qatar declares independence from Britain

1972-Bobby Fischer (U.S.) defeats Boris Spassky (USSR) for world chess title

1973-George Foreman KOs Jose Roman in the first round to retain heavyweight title

1982- Palestinian Liberation Organization leaves Lebanon

1983-Korean Boeing 747 strays into Siberia & is shot down by a Soviet jet

1985-U.S.-French expedition locates wreckage of Titanic off Newfoundland

1989-Princess Anne & Mark Phillips announce their separation