Event:
Bobby Fischer (U.S.) defeats Boris Spassky (U.S.S.R.) for world chess title
More Notable Events on September 1:
1995 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opens in Cleveland, Ohio
1985 U.S. - French expedition locates wreckage of Titanic off Newfoundland
1983 Korean Boeing 747 strays into Siberia and is shot down by a Soviet jet
1977 1st TRS-80 Model I computer sold
1858 1st transatlantic cable fails after less than 1 month
