TODAY in HISTORY

Today is Saturday, September 1, the 244th day of 2018. There are 121 days left in the year.

1355 King Tvrtko I of Bosnia writes In castro nostro Vizoka vocatum from the Old town of Visoki. 1449 Tumu Crisis: Mongols capture the Emperor of China.

1529 The Spanish fort of Sancti Spiritu, the first one built in modern Argentina, is destroyed by natives. 1532 Lady Anne Boleyn is made Marquess of Pembroke by her fiancé, King Henry VIII of England. 1604 Adi Granth, now known as Guru Granth Sahib, the holy scripture of Sikhs, was first installed at Harmandir Sahib. 1715 King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years, which is the longest of any major European monarch. 1763 Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy’s plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow.

1772 The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California. 1774 Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.

1804 Juno, one of the largest asteroids in the Main Belt, is discovered by the German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding. 1836 Narcissa Whitman, one of the first English- speaking white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington. 1870 Franco- Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.

1880 The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo- Afghan War.

1906 The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.

1911 The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.

1939 World War II: Nazi Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.

1951 The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty. 1958 Iceland expands its fishing zone, putting it into conflict with the United Kingdom, beginning the Cod Wars. 1969 Tran Thien Khiêm becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam under President Nguyen Van Thieu.

1982 The United States Air Force Space Command is founded. 1991 Uzbekistan declares independence from the Soviet Union. 2004 The Crisis in Beslan commences when armed terrorists take schoolchildren and school staff hostage in North Ossetia ( Russia)