On this day: September 1

National days on this date

• Uzbekistan Independence DayA national holiday marking the 1991 declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.

Events

1. 1071 Battle of Manzikert 1071 battle between the Byzantine Empire and Seljuk Turks
2. 1920 Congress of the Peoples of the East 1920 multinational conference in Azerbaijan
3. 2010 Mardakert skirmishes Series of violations of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War ceasefire

Births

1. 1906 Missak Manouchian Armenian resistance fighter and poet (1906-1944)
2. 1945 Mustafa Balel Turkish translator and writer (born 1945)
3. 1948 Baktykozha Izmukhambetov Kazakhstani politician
4. 1950 Vagit Alekperov Russian businessman
5. 1971 Hakan Şükür Turkish association football player (born 1971)
6. 1978 Zaur Nudiraliyev Azerbaijani military officer
7. 1984 Samal Yeslyamova Kazakhstani actress
8. 1989 Olena Pavlukhina Ukrainian-born road cyclist competing for Azerbaijan

Deaths

1. 1910 Alexander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev Russian chemist (1841–1910)
2. 1924 Haji Zeynal Abdin Taghiyev Azerbaijani businessman (1823-1924)
3. 1993 Hasan Abdullayev Azerbaijani nuclear physicist (1918–1993)
4. 2022 Rawil Mäğänef Russian business executive, chairman of oil producer Lukoil