1 September
What happened today in history?
- 1914 – Martha, the world’s last passenger pigeon, dies in the Cincinnati Zoo.
- 1939 – Nazi Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War 2.
- 1952 – Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea is first published.
- 1997 – Buckingham Palace announces the death Diana, Princess of Wales.
Who was born today?
- 1875 – Edgar Rice Burroughs – American author (Tarzan)
- 1962 – Ruud Gullit – Dutch footballer and manager.
- 1966 – Tim Hardaway – American basketball player and coach.
- 1989 – Daniel Sturridge – English footballer.
Who died today?
- 1967 – Siegfried Sassoon – English captain and poet (World War 1).
- 2001 – Brian Moore – English sports commentator.
