September 1: Constitution Day in Slovakia
King Louis XIV
- 1529 – Sancti Spiritu, the first European settlement in Argentina, was destroyed by local natives.
- 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 at the time.
- 1831 – Pope Gregory XVI established the Order of St. Gregory the Great to recognize high support for the Holy See or for the Pope.
- 1920 – The Fountain of Time opened in Chicago as a tribute to the 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain following the Treaty of Ghent.
- 1983 – Soviet jet interceptors shot down the civilian airliner Korean Air Lines Flight 007 near Sakhalin Island in the North Pacific, killing all 246 passengers and 23 crew on board.
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