What happend on 1st September

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1979

The American Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of 21,000 km.

1976

The Meadowlands racetrack in East Rutherford, New Jersey opens.

1975

The last original episode of the American television series Gunsmoke airs on CBS after a record 20-year run.

1972

In Reykjavík, Iceland, American Bobby Fischer beats Russian Boris Spassky and becomes the world chess champion.

1970

The last episode of the television sitcom I Dream of Jeannie airs on NBC. The show premiered on September 18, 1965.

1969

A coup in Libya brings Col. Moammar Qaddafi to power, ousting King Idris I.

1962

Channel Television launches to 54,000 households in the Channel Islands.

1960

Disgruntled railroad workers effectively halt operations of the Pennsylvania Railroad, marking the first shutdown in the history of the company.

1954

Paul "Bear" Bryant opens his infamous 10-day football mini-camp in Junction, Texas: The Junction Boys.

1951

The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty.