31BC – Battle of Actium: decisive naval battle that effectively ends the Roman Republic. Octavian’s forces defeat those under Mark Antony and Cleopatra off the western coast of Greece.
1192 – Sultan Saladin and King Richard the Lionheart of England sign treaty over Jerusalem, at end of the Third Crusade
1666 – Great Fire of London begins at 2am in Pudding Lane, 80% of London is destroyed
1792 – September Massacres of the French Revolution: In Paris rampaging mobs slaughter 3 Roman Catholic bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers.
1864 – Union General William T. Sherman captures and burns Atlanta during Savannah Campaign (US Civil War)
1944 – Holocaust diarist Anne Frank sent to Auschwitz concentration camp
1945 – V-J Day, formal Surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri marks the end of World War II (Japanese date, 1st September in US)
1993 – Central African Republic ex-emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa freed
1996 – A peace agreement is signed between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Moro National Liberation Front in Malacañang Palace.
2018 – Major fire at the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro destroys most of its 20 million artifacts
2020 – Press conference with body camera evidence brings to light death of African American Daniel Prude after being retrained by police back in March
Film & TV:
1931 – Bing Crosby makes his solo radio debut
1949 -“The Third Man”, directed by Carol Reed, starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli and Orson Welles, is released in the United Kingdom (Academy Awards Best Cinematography 1950)
Music:
1972 – Rod Stewart’s 1st #1 hit single in the UK, “You Wear it Well”
Sport:
1965 – Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits his MLB 400th career HR (off Curt Simmons) in Chicago’s 5-3 win v St. Louis at Wrigley Field; Simmons also gave up Willie Mays’ 400th HR in 1963
