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September 1

4 sourced moments from September 1 in history: Emma Nutt, the first female telephone operator (1878); The Great Kanto earthquake devastated Tokyo and Yokohama (1923); The German invasion of Poland began World War II (1939), plus 1 more.

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4 things happened on September 1

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1985 Earth & Climate · Oceans

The Titanic wreck was found 73 years after it sank

After seventy-three years lost in the dark, the Titanic gave itself away with a single rusted boiler.

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1939 History · War & Conflict

The German invasion of Poland began World War II

At dawn on September 1, 1939, German guns opened fire on Poland and pulled the world into its deadliest war.

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1923 Earth & Climate · Natural Disasters

The Great Kanto earthquake devastated Tokyo and Yokohama

A noon earthquake toppled two cities in 1923, but it was the firestorms that killed most of the dead.

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1878 Technology · Inventions

Emma Nutt, the first female telephone operator

The teenage boys running early switchboards were rude and impatient, so a Boston company tried a woman instead and never looked back.

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