1969
The Revolution of September 1
A coup in Libya toppled the monarchy of King Idris and brought Muammar al-Qaddafi to power.
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1807
Former U.S. vice president Aaron Burr was found innocent of treason.
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1923
A devastating earthquake struck the Japanese cities of Tokyo and Yokohama. Nearly 150,000 people were killed and more than two million left homeless.
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1939
World War II began when Nazi Germany invaded Poland.
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1983
A Korean Air Lines Boeing 747 was shot down by a Soviet jet fighter, killing all 269 people aboard.
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1985
A joint U. S.-French expedition located the wreck of the Titanic 560 miles off the coast of Newfoundland.
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2004
Chechen terrorists took about 1,200 schoolchildren and others hostage in Beslan, Russia. Commandos stormed the school on Sept. 3.
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