1715: King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years, the longest of any major European monarch

1878: First female telephone operator starts work, Emma Nutt, for the Edwin Holmes Telephone Dispatch Company in Boston

1905: Wilfrid Laurier oversees Alberta and Saskatchewan joining the Confederation of Canada as its 8th and 9th provinces, both separated from the Northwest Territories

1939: World War II starts when Germany invades Poland by attacking the Free City of Danzig

1941: Jews living in Germany are required to wear a yellow Star of David

1951: US, Australia and New Zealand sign the ANZUS mutual defense treaty

1969: Colonel Muammar Gaddafi deposes King Idris in the Libyan Revolution

Source: Onthisday.com