Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 1
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September 1: Start of the Liturgical year in the Eastern Orthodox Church; Constitution Day in Slovakia; Independence Day in Uzbekistan.
- 1715 - Louis XIV of France (pictured), the "Sun King", died after a reign of 72 years, longer than any other French or other major European monarch.
- 1923 - The Great Kanto earthquake devastated Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 100,000 people.
- 1939 - Germany launched the Polish Campaign and attacked Poland at Wieluń and Westerplatte, starting World War II.
- 1951 - Australia, New Zealand and the United States signed a mutual defence pact known as the ANZUS Treaty.
- 1983 - The civilian airliner Korean Air Flight 007, carrying 246 passengers and 23 crew, was shot down by Soviet fighter aircraft near Sakhalin island.
