September 1:
1775: Britain's King George III rejected the Olive Branch Petition sent by the Continental Congress. It was a last ditch effort for peace in the War for Independence.
1807: Aaron Burr acquitted of treason.
1864: Union forces under Gen. Sherman took Atlanta.
1939: Germany invaded Poland starting WWII.
1964: The first Japanese player debuted in MLB.
1969: Muammar al-Qaddafi's coup in Libya.
1972: Bobby Fisher won the World Chess Championship.
1983: The Soviets shot down KAL 007, killing everyone on board.
1985: Robert Ballard discovered the wreckage of the
RMS Titanic.
2004: Chechen terrorists seized a Russian school and took over 1,000 people hostage. It did not go well for anyone there.
“Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.”
I Corinthians 10:31