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This Day in History for 1st September


Famous Deaths

The Sun King Louis XIV (1715)


1067 - Baldwin V, Count of Flanders/guardian of King of France, dies
1159 - Adrian IV, [Nicole Breakspear], only English pope (1154-59), dies
1215 - Otto van Gelre, son of Otto I/earl-elect of Utrecht
1256 - Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (b. 1218)
1406 - Johanna, duchess of Brabant/Limburg (Joyful Entry), dies at 84
1414 - William de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros, Lord Treasurer of England (b. 1369)
1557 - Jacques Cartier, French explorer, dies (birth date unknown)
1581 - Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (b. 1534)
1600 - Tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician (b. 1525)
1615 - Étienne Pasquier, French lawyer (b. 1529)
1648 - Marin Mersenne, French mathematician (Number of Mersenne), dies at 59
1666 - French Neck, portrait painter (Women Portrait), dies at about 86
1671 - Hugues de Lionne marquis de Berny, French ambassador to Rome, dies
1685 - Leoline Jenkins, Welsh lawyer (b. 1625)
1687 - Henry More, English philosopher (b. 1614)
1715 - Louis XIV, the sun king of France (1643-1715), dies at 76
1715 - François Girardon, French sculptor (b. 1628)
1731 - Pierre Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 50
1777 - Johann Ernst Bach, composer, dies at 55
1780 - Reynier de Klerk, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies (1777-1800), dies at 69
1801 - Robert Bage, English writer (Hermsprong), dies
1814 - Erik Eriksson Tulindberg, composer, dies at 53
1838 - William Clark, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 68
1862 - Isaac Ingalls Stevens, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 44
1862 - Oliver Tilden, of the Bronx, killed in Civil War in Virginia
1862 - Philip "Phil" Kearny, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 48
1867 - Edward Hodges, composer, dies at 71
1880 - Antoon Jurgens, margarine maker, dies at 75
1896 - Johannes Habert, composer, dies at 62
1903 - Charles Renouvier, French philosopher (neo criticism), dies
1912 - Sam[uel E] van Beem, actor (Dollar Princess), dies at 62
1912 - Samuel Coleridge Taylor, African-British composer, dies at 37
1914 - Martha, last known passenger pigeon, dies at Cincinnati Zoo
1941 - Benjamin Dwight, US tennis championship umpire, dies
1943 - Charles Atangana, Cameroonian chief (b. 1880)
1945 - Jacobus W G Balfoort, Dutch actor (Heimwee, Head On), dies at 57
1947 - Frederick Russell Burnham, father of the international Scouting movement (b. 1861)
1951 - Wolfgang Schulze, [Wols], German drawer/painter, dies at 38
1953 - Bernard O'Dowd, Australian poet (b. 1866)
1955 - Philip Loeb, actor (Jake-Goldbergs), dies at 61
1957 - Helen Haye, actress (Girl in the Taxi, Spy in Black), dies at 83
1957 - Dennis Brain, English musician (b. 1921)
1961 - Eero Saarinen, Finnish/US architect (Dulles Airport), dies at 51
1961 - William S Foster, chairman (US Communist Party, 1945-57), dies at 80
1963 - Guy Burgess, British spy for the USSR
1963 - Jean Canneel, Flemish sculptor, dies at 73
1964 - George Georgescu, composer, dies at 76
1967 - Ilja Ehrenburg, writer, dies at 76
1967 - Siegfried L Sassoon, English poet/writer (Counterattack), dies at 80
1967 - James Dunn, actor (Tree Grows in Brooklyn, 6 Gun Law), dies at 61
1967 - Ilse Koch, Nazi war criminal (b. 1906)
1968 - Granville English, composer, dies at 69
1969 - Drew Pearson, newscaster (Drew Pearson), dies at 71
1969 - William Flanagan, composer, dies at 46
1970 - Francois Mauriac, writer, dies
1972 - May Aufderheide, composer, dies at 84
1977 - Ethel Waters, actress (Beulah)/singer (Stormy Weather), dies at 76
1978 - Olga de Haas, Dutch ballerina, dies at 33
1979 - Doris Kenyon, silent screen actress (Alexander Hamilton), dies at 81
1981 - Albert Speer, German NSDAP-architect/minister of Army at 76
1981 - Ann Harding, actress (When Ladies Meet, Devotion), dies
1981 - Bui Thanh Liem, Vietnam, cosmonaut, dies in Mig-21 crash at 32
1982 - Clifford M Curzon, England, pianist, dies at 75
1982 - Wladislaw Gomulka, Polish partisan/party leader, dies at 76
1982 - Haskell Curry, American mathematician (b. 1900)
1983 - Henry "Scoop" Jackson, (Sen-D-Wash), dies at 71
1983 - Lennox Brown, cricket leg spinner (3 wickets at 63 for South Africa), dies
1983 - Larry McDonald, American congressman (b. 1935)
1984 - Howland Chamberlin, actor (Force of Evil, Pickup), dies at 73
1985 - Stefan Bellof, German race car driver (b. 1957)
1985 - Jay Youngblood, American wrestler (b. 1955)
1986 - Murray Hamilton, actor (Rich Man Poor Man), dies at 63
1988 - Leonor Sullivan, (Rep-D-Missouri, 1955-77), dies at 86
1989 - A Bartlett Giamatti, baseball commissioner, dies of heart attack at 51
1989 - Tadeusz Sendzimir, American inventor (b. 1894)
1991 - Mark Robinson, British actor (The Girl), dies at 30
1991 - Steve Kemp, British light enterpeneur, dies
1992 - Morris Carnovsky, US actor (Dead Reckoning), dies at 94
1993 - Gerben Wagenaar, resistance fighter/communist, dies at 80
1993 - Hew Lorimer, British sculptor, dies at 86
1993 - Jacqueline Wijchers, film publicist (Havenloods, Sextant), dies at 89
1994 - Clifford Leofric Purdy Bishop, bishop, dies at 88
1994 - Pieter C "Piet" Author, sailor/corrector, dies at 71
1994 - Wallis Mathias, cricketer (scored 783 in 21 Tests for Pakistan), dies
1994 - Boris Malenko, American professional wrestler (b. 1933)
1995 - Elizabeth Brown, minister healer/writer, dies at 32
1995 - Ernest Charles Melvin Patrick Ekundio Marke, club Owner, dies at 93
1996 - Brother Adam Kehrle, benedictine monk/beekeeper, dies at 98
1996 - Charles Daniels, archaeologist, dies at 63
1996 - George Levy, antique dealer/heritage campaigner, dies at 69
1996 - Vagn Holmboe, composer, dies at 86
1998 - Józef Krupiński, Polish poet (b. 1930)
1998 - Cary Middlecoff, American golfer (b. 1921)
1999 - W. Richard Stevens, Zambian computer scientist (b. 1951)
2001 - Brian Moore British sports commentator (b. 1932)
2003 - Sir Terry Frost, British artist (b. 1915)
2004 - Ahmed Kuftaro, Grand Mufti of Syria (b. 1915)
2005 - R. L. Burnside, American musician (b. 1926)
2005 - Thanos Leivaditis, Greek actor (b. 1934)
2006 - Sir Kyffin Williams, Welsh landscape painter (b. 1918)
2006 - Bob O'Connor, mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (b. 1944)
2006 - Nellie Connally, wife of Texas governor John Connally (b. 1919)
2006 - Warren Mitofsky, American pollster (b. 1934)
2007 - Roy McKenzie, New Zealand philanthropist (b. 1922)
2008 - Don LaFontaine, American voice actor (b. 1940)
2009 - Jang Jin-young, South Korean actress (b. 1974)
2010 - Wakanohana Kanji I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 45th Yokozuna (b. 1928)
2012 - Smarck Michel, Haitian Prime Minister, dies from a brain tumour
2012 - Hal David, American Lyricist, dies at 91

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This Day in History for 2nd September


Historical Events

                                   
Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar            26th US President                                 US President George H. W. Bush
                                                               Theodore Roosevelt

                                   
Jewish Victim & Diarist of the                Hall of Fame MLB shortstop                         Singer Rod Stewart
Holocaust Anne Frank                                     Ernie Banks

                 
Comedian Jerry Lewis                          Minister and Civil Rights Activist
                                                                        Al Sharpton


44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion.
44 BC - The first of Cicero's Philippics (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of them
            over the next several months.
31 BC - Final war of the Roman Republic: Battle of Actium - off the western coast of Greece, forces
            of Octavian defeat troops under Mark Antony and Cleopatra.
911 - Viking-monarch Oleg of Kiev-Russia signs treaty with Byzantines
1192 - Sultan Saladin & King Richard the lion hearted sign cease fire
1519 - 1st Battle of Tehuacingo, San Salvador vs Mexico
1537 - King Christian III publishes "Ordinance on the Danish Church"
1644 - Battle at Lostwithiel: Robert Devereux' infantry surrenders
1649 - The Italian city of Castro is completely destroyed by the forces of Pope Innocent X, ending
           the Wars of Castro.
1666 - Great Fire of London begins at 2am in Pudding Lane, 80% of London is destroyed
1686 - Habsburgse armies occupy Buda on Turks
1732 - Pope Clement XII renews anti-Jewish laws of Rome
1743 - England/Austria/Savoye-Sardinia sign Treaty of Worms
1752 - Last Julian calendar day in US & Britian/British colonies (no Sept 3-Sept 13th)
1789 - US Treasury Department established by Congress
1792 - September Massacres of the French Revolution: In Paris rampaging mobs slaughter 3 Roman
           Catholic bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist
           sympathizers.
1796 - Jews of the Netherlands are emancipated
1806 - A side of Rossberg Peak collapses into Goldau Valley Switz, kills 500
1807 - The Royal Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent
           Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon.
1839 - Salon of Varietes opens in Amsterdam
1856 - Tianjing's struggle Incident in Nanjing, China.
1859 - Gas lighting introduced to Hawaii
1859 - A solar super storm affects electrical telegraph service.
1864 - Union General William T Sherman captures and burns Atlanta
1867 - 1st Girl School opens in Haarlem Neth
1870 - Napoleon III surrenders to Prussian armies
1885 - In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who were struggling to unionize so they could
           strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers, killing 28,
           wounding 15, and forcing several hundred more out of town.
1894 - -3] Amsterdam Municipal theater opens
1894 - Forest fires destroy Hinckley Minnesota: about 600 die
1897 - "McCall-magazine 1st published
1898 - Battle of Omdurman: Lord Kitchener retakes Sudan for Britain
1898 - Machine gun 1st used in battle
1900 - Telegraph use between Germany & US begins
1901 - VP Theodore Roosevelt advises, "Speak softly & carry a big stick"
1902 - "A Trip To The Moon," the 1st science fiction film released
1908 - Tommy Burns KOs Bill Lang in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1909 - English King Edward VII signs South Africa Bill
1911 - Joao Chagas forms Portuguese government
1913 - Amsterdam reroutes sewage of canals to South Seas
1914 - -3] Gen von Hausen & countess of France regime flees to Bordeaux
1917 - Deutsche Vaterlands Party forms (by admiral Tirpitz)
1919 - Communist Party of America organizes in Chicago
1919 - Italy agress to general voting right/proportional representation
1919 - National Commission recommends a best-of-9 World Series
1920 - W Somerset Maugham's "East of Suez," premieres in London
1922 - Pres Ebert declares "Deutschland uber alas" as German national anthem
1924 - 44th US Mens Tennis: William Tilden beats William Johnston (61 97 62)
1924 - Rudolf Friml's "Rose Marie" opens to rave reviews in NYC
1925 - The U.S. Zeppelin the USS Shenandoah crashes, killing 14.
1926 - Italy signs treaty with Yemen
1927 - Rumour starts that Yankee Lou Gehrig will be traded to Tigers
1929 - Unilever forms by merger of Margarine Union & Lever Bros
1929 - WOR (NYC) ends affiliation with CBS radio network
1930 - 1st non-stop airplane flight from Europe to US (37 hrs)
1935 - A hurricane slams Florida Keys killing 423
1936 - 1st transatlantic round-trip air flight
1937 - US Housing Authority created by National Housing Act
1940 - 23rd PGA Championship: Byron Nelson at Hershey CC Hershey Pa
1940 - Great Smoky Mountains National Park dedicated
1941 - Academy copyrights Oscar statuette
1942 - German troops enter Stalingrad
1944 - Belgium's Emissie bank closes
1944 - During WW II, George Bush ejects from a burning plane
1944 - Holocaust diarist Anne Frank was sent to Auschwitz
1944 - US leaders meet in Belgium
1945 - 59th US Womens Tennis: Sarah P Cooke beats Pauline Betz (36 86 64)
1945 - Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam independence from France (National Day)
1945 - V-J Day; formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri (WW II ends)
1946 - Johnny Neun replaces Bill Dickey as Yankee manager
1946 - Nehru forms government in India
1949 - Fire in riverfront area kills 1,700 (Chungking China)
1951 - Australia, NZ & US sign ANZUS-pact
1952 - Dr Floyd J Lewis 1st uses deep freeze technique in heart surgery
1954 - Hurricane Edna batters NE US, killing 20
1954 - WTVD TV channel 11 in Raleigh-Durham, NC (ABC) begins broadcasting
1955 - KCRA TV channel 3 in Sacramento, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1956 - Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India)
1956 - Orioles trailing Red Sox 8-0 come back to win 11-10 in 9 innings
1956 - Washington-Jackson cable line replaced by bus service
1957 - 1st edition newspaper the Ware Time (in Suriname), 1,700 die
1957 - Milwaukee Braves' Frank Torre scores 6 runs in 1 game
1957 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1958 - Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1958 - Henry Verwoerd appointed PM of South Africa
1958 - KAYS TV channel 7 in Hays, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting
1958 - Minn announces $9 million bond issue to improve Metropolitan Stadium
1958 - National Defense Education Act was signed
1958 - U.S. Air Force C-130A-II is shot down by fighters over Yerevan, Armenia when it strays into
           Soviet airspace while conducting a sigint mission. All crew lost.
1959 - US President Eisenhower arrives in Paris
1960 - Tamara & Irina Press (USSR) become 1st sisters to win olympic gold
1960 - William Walton's 2nd Symphony, premieres
1960 - The first election of the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration, in history of Tibet.
           The Tibetan community observes this date as the Democracy Day.
1962 - Stan Musial's 3,516th hit moves over Tris Speaker into 2nd place
1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1963 - Alabama Gov George C Wallace prevents integration of Tuskegee HS
1963 - CBS & NBC expand network news from 15 to 30 minutes
1963 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Idaho Centennia Golf Tournament
1964 - Indonesian paratroopers lands in Malaysia
1964 - Norman Manley scores 2-consecutive holes-in-one at Del Valley, Cal
1965 - Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits his 400th HR (off Curt Simmons)
1965 - Treblinka trial in Dusseldorf ends
1966 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Ladies' World Series of Golf
1967 - KUHI (now KSNF) TV channel 16 in Joplin, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting
1967 - The Principality of Sealand is established, ruled by Prince Paddy Roy Bates.
1968 - Jerry Lewis' 3rd Muscular Dystrophy telethon
1969 - NY Yankee Joe Pepitone is reinstated
1969 - Ralph Houk signs 3-year contract to manage Yankees at $65,000 a season
1969 - The first automatic teller machine in the United States is installed in Rockville Center, New
           York.
1970 - 1st tennis tie break at a Grand Slam (US Open) (9 pt sudden death)
1971 - Cesar Cedeno hits an inside-the-park grand slammer
1971 - Chris Evert & Jimmy Connors win their 1st US Open tennis matches
1971 - NY's Electric Circus Club goes out of business
1972 - Chicago White Sox Milt Pappas no-hits SD Padres, 1-0
1972 - Renate Stecher runs 100m European female record (11.07 sec)
1972 - Rod Stewart's 1st #1 hit (You Wear it Well)
1972 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1973 - Billy Martin fired as manager of Tigers
1973 - Netherlands wins hockey world's championship
1973 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Charity Golf Classic
1974 - Jerry Lewis' 9th Muscular Dystrophy telethon
1974 - Prest Gerald Ford signs Employee Retirement Income Security Act
1978 - Graham Salmon set worlds record for 100 meters by a blind man
1978 - John McClain performs 180 outside loops in an airplane over Houston
1978 - Reggie Jackson is 19th player to hit 20 HR in 11 straight years
1979 - "I Remember Mama" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 108 perfs
1979 - 79th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Mark O'Meara
1980 - John Arlott calls his last game, England v Australia at Lord's
1981 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1982 - Rolling Stone Keith Richard's house burns down
1983 - Yitzhak Shamir (Herut) endorsed by Menachem Begin for Israeli PM
1984 - "Zorba" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 362 performances
1985 - Betsy King wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
1985 - Jerry Lewis' 20th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $33,100,000
1986 - Cathy Evelyn Smith sentenced to 3 years for death of John Belushi
1987 - Donald Trump takes out a full page NY Times ad lambasting Japan
1987 - Kevin Bass is 1st NLer to switch hit HRs in a game twice in 1 season
1987 - Philips introduces CD-video
1987 - West German pilot Mathias Rust, who flew a private plane from Helsinki Finland, to Moscow's
           Red Square, forms trial in Russia
1988 - Amnesty International's Human Rights Now! tour begins in Wembley
1989 - Rev Al Sharpton leads a civil rights march through Bensonhurst
1990 - "Grapes of Wrath" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 188 performances
1990 - Steve Allen, installed as a new abbot of Hartford St Zen Center, SF
1991 - Jerry Lewis' 26th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $45,071,657
1991 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
1991 - US officially recognizes independence of Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania
1992 - Nicaragua struck by earthquake/floodings; 118 die
1992 - US dollar valued at 156.50 guilder (record)
1993 - 10th MTV Awards: Pearl Jam, En Vogue wins
1993 - Central African Republic ex-emperor Bokassa freed
1993 - Day of Peace in South Africa
1994 - Miguel Indurain bicycles world record time (53,040 km)
1995 - Frank Bruno beats Oliver McCall in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1995 - Southern California begins using new area code 562
1996 - Jerry Lewis' 31st Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $49,200,000
1996 - Michelle McGann wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic
1996 - Soyuz TM-24, lands
1996 - A peace agreement is signed between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and
           the Moro National Liberation Front in Malacañang Palace.
1997 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Montreal Canada on CHOM 97.7 FM
1997 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Toronto Canada on CILQ 107.1 FM
1998 - Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia. All 229 people on board are killed.
1998 - The UN's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former
           mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide.
2012 - A decades-long ban on veiled female news presenters is lifted from State television in Egypt
2012 - 15 people are killed by a car bomb attack at a refugee camp in Sbeineh, Palestine

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This Day in History for 2nd September


Famous Weddings

1922 - "Gone With The Wind" author Margaret Mitchell (21) weds Red Berrien Upshaw
1978 - George Harrison marries Olivia
1978 - Gloria Fajardo (21) marries Emilio Estefan (25) (Miami Sound Machine)
1989 - NBA basketball star Michael Jordan (26) weds Juanita Vanoy (30) at the Little White Chapel in
           Las Vegas
1995 - Actor Charlie Sheen (30) weds model Donna Peele (25) in Malibu, California
2000 - "The Backstreet Boys" lead vocalist Brian Littrell (25) weds actress Leighanne Wallace (31) at
           Peachtree Christian Church in Atlanta, Georgia
2005 - "Single White Female" actress Jennifer Jason Leigh (43) weds director and writer Noah
           Baumbach (36) in Los Angeles
2006 - Former "EastEnders" actress Hannah Waterman (31) weds actor Ricky Groves (38) at a
           country church in Inwardleigh, England
2006 - "Color Me Badd" singer Sam Watters (36) weds American Idol first season finalist Tamyra
           Gray (27) on a cliff on the island of Capri
2006 - "7th Heaven" actor Jeremy London (33) weds actress Melissa Cunningham at Hidden Chateau
           and Garden in West Hills, California
2006 - "Rodney" actress Jennifer Aspen (32) weds actor David O'Donnell in Los Angeles

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This Day in History for 2nd September


Famous Birthdays

                                   
Nobel Laureate Chemist                         Heavyweight Boxing Champion                Actress Salma Hayek (1966)
Frederick Soddy (1877)                                 Lennox Lewis (1965)


1243 - Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (d. 1295)
1548 - Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (d. 1616)
1661 - Georg Bohm, German organist/composer
1675 - William Somervile, English poet (d. 1742)
1716 - Johann Trier, composer
1731 - Johann F von Cronegk, German playwright (Olint und Sophronia)
1750 - Pehr Frigel, composer
1753 - Marie Josephine Louise of Savoy, queen of France (d. 1810)
1763 - Caroline von Schelling, [Michaelis], German author
1778 - Leopold FJJJ van Sassen Ysselt, Dutch politician
1778 - Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland (d. 1846)
1798 - Thomas Holliday Hicks, (Union Gov) died in 1865
1805 - Esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer (d. 1851)
1810 - William Seymour Tyler, American educator and historian (d. 1897)
1814 - Ernst Curtius, German archaeologist/historian
1830 - William P. Frye, American politician (d. 1911)
1837 - James Harrison Wilson, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1925
1838 - Liliuokalani, [Lydia Paki], last queen of Hawaii (1891-93)
1839 - Henry George, land reformer/writer (Progress & Poverty)
1847 - Roger Wolcott, 39th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1900)
1850 - Albert Spaulding, baseball player/founded Spaulding sports company
1850 - Eugene Field, author/journalist (Little Boy Blue)
1850 - Woldemar Voigt, German physicist (d. 1919)
1852 - Paul Bourget, French novelist and critic (d. 1935)
1853 - Wilhelm Ostwald, Germany, physical chemist (Nobel 1909)
1854 - Hans Jæger, Norwegian writer and political activist (d. 1910)
1856 - Yang Hsiu-ch'ing, commander in chief of Taiping Rebellion
1857 - Thomas Groube, Australian cricketer (d. 1927)
1862 - Franjo Krežma, Croatian violinist (d. 1881)
1866 - Hiram Johnson, (Gov-Progressive-Cal)
1870 - Marie Ault, [Mary Cragg], Wigan England
1870 - Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (d. 1947)
1877 - Frederick Soddy, Eastbourne, England, chemist, Nobel laureate, (d. 1956)
1878 - Werner von Blomberg, German minister of Reichswehr
1879 - An Jung-geun, Korean assassin of Ito Hirobumi (d. 1910)
1883 - Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria, "The Red Archduchess" (d. 1963)
1884 - Frank Laubach, Benton Pa, educator, taught reading through phonetics
1892 - Felix Wolfes, composer
1894 - Joseph Roth, Austria, journalist/writer (Hotel Savoy)
1901 - Andreas Embirikos, Greek surrealist poet (d. 1975)
1901 - Adolph Rupp, American college basketball coach (d. 1977)
1904 - Vera Vague, [Barbara Jo Allen], NYC, actress (Follow the Leader)
1908 - Barbara Jo Allen, NYC, actress (Ice Capades Revue, Rosie the Riveter)
1910 - Bruce Boyce, singer/teacher
1911 - Eileen Way, actress (Les Miserables, Rainbow, Vikings, Assassin)
1911 - Rene Amengual, composer
1911 - Romare Bearden, African American painter (d. 1988)
1912 - Johan Daisne, [Herman Thiery], Belgian writer (magic realism)
1912 - Ernest Bromley, Australian cricketer (d. 1967)
1913 - Bill Shankly, English Football Manager (d. 1981)
1914 - Booker T Laury, blues pianist/vocalist
1914 - Tom Glazer, American folk singer and songwriter (d. 2003)
1915 - Dai-Keong Lee, composer
1915 - Hans Joachim Koellreutter, composer
1915 - Meinhardt Raabe, actor, notable as Munchkin Coroner on The Wizard of Oz
1915 - Benjamin Aaron, American labor law expert (d. 2007)
1916 - Dorothy May Bundy-Cheney, winner of more than 141 US tennis titles
1916 - Penny Santon, Greenwich Village NY, actress (Roll Out, Matt Houston)
1917 - Cleveland Amory, Nahant Mass, conservationist/TV reviewer (TV Guide)
1917 - Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian guitarist (developed bossa nova)
1918 - Allen Drury, author (Advise & Consent-1960 Pulitzer Prize)
1918 - Laurindo Almeida, composer/guitarist
1918 - Martha Mitchell, wife of Attorney General John Mitchell
1919 - Gideon William Waldrop, composer
1919 - Marge Champion, Los Angeles California, dancer (Marge & Gower Champion Show)
1923 - Rene Thom, French mathematician (d. 2002)
1924 - Daniel arap Moi, President of Kenya
1925 - Ronnie Stevens, London England, actor (Rodney-Dick & Duchess)
1925 - Hugo Montenegro, American composer and bandleader (d. 1981)
1927 - Francis Matthews, British actor (On the Bowery, Paul Temple)
1927 - Leonard Katzman, TV producer
1927 - Trudi Jochum-Beiser, Austria, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1952)
1927 - Tzvi Avni, composer
1928 - Miloslav Istvan, composer
1928 - Peter Mansfield, writer
1929 - Hal Ashby, American film director (d. 1988)
1930 - Andrey Pavlovich Petrov, composer
1931 - Alan K Simpson, minority whip (Sen-R-WY, 1979- )
1931 - Pierre Huyskens, Dutch radio host
1933 - Victor Spinetti, Welsh actor, (d. 2012)
1934 - Michael Sahl, composer
1934 - Hilla Becher (née Wobeser), Potsdam Germany, German artist, worked collaboratively with
           Bernd Becher her husband
1935 - Jim Moody, (Rep-D-WI, 1983- )
1936 - David Leonard Blake, composer
1936 - Joan Kennedy, 1st wife of Mass Senator, Ted
1936 - Andrew Grove, American computer chip manufacturer
1937 - Peter Ueberroth, organized LA Olympics (1984)/baseball commissioner
1937 - Derek Fowlds, British actor
1938 - Glyn Worsnip, broadcaster
1939 - Bobby Purify, rocker
1939 - Robert Lee Dickey, US singer (I'm your puppet)
1939 - Sam Gooden, Chattanooga Tenn, rock vocalist (Impressions-Gypsy Woman)
1940 - Beverly Sanders, Hollywood California, actress (Lotsa Luck, CPO Sharkey)
1940 - Jimmy Clanton, Baton Rogue, La, rock vocalist (Just a Dream)
1940 - Mike Pyne, jazz Pianist
1941 - Tommy Aycock, Edinburg TX, PGA golfer (1994 Las Vegas Senior-5th)
1943 - Glenn Sather, NHL coach (Edmonton Oiler)
1943 - Joe Simon, US singer (Power of Love)
1943 - Rosalind Ashford, Detroit, rock vocalist (Martha Reeve & Vandellas)
1944 - Claude Nicollier, Vevey Switzerland, astronaut (STS 61-K, 46, 61, 75)
1946 - Luis Avalos, Havana Cuba, actor (Condo, E/R, I Had 3 Wives)
1946 - Marty Grebb, Chicago, rocker (Buckinghams)
1946 - Billy Preston, Houston, Texas, American soul musician/singer and pianist, 5th Beatle (David
           Brenner Show)
1947 - Richard Coughlan, English drummer and percussionist (Caravan)
1948 - Sharon Christa Corrigan McAuliffe, teacher/astronaut (STS 25)
1948 - Terry Bradshaw, NFL QB (Pittsburgh Steelers)/announcer (CBS, FOX)
1949 - Albert West[laken], Dutch singer (Dumb Willie)
1950 - Rosanna DeSoto, American actress
1950 - Michael Rother, German musician (Neu!, Kraftwerk, Harmonia, Cluster)
1950 - Yuen Wah, Chinese actor and stuntman
1951 - Mark Harmon, Burbank California, actor (Dr Caldwell-St Elsewhere)
1951 - Michael Gray, Chicago Ill, actor (Ronnie-Brian Keith Show)
1951 - Mike Kaminsky, rocker
1951 - Jim DeMint, American politician
1952 - Earl Pomeroy, (Rep-D-North Dakota)
1952 - Jimmy Connors, tennis brat (US Open-78, 82, 83 Wimbledon-74, 82)
1953 - Gerhard P J Thiele, Brenz Germany, astronaut
1953 - Ahmad Shah Massoud, Afghan commander and a war hero (d. 2001)
1953 - John Zorn, American musician
1955 - Linda Purl, Greenwich Ct, actress (Gloria-Happy Days, Matlock)
1956 - Mario Tremblay, Canadian hockey player and coach
1956 - Angelo Fusco, Provisional Irish Republican Army member
1957 - Steve Porcaro, LA Cal, rock keyboards/vocalist (Toto-Roseanna, Africa)
1957 - Tony Alva, American skateboarder
1958 - Marlene Janssen, Rock Island Ill, playmate (Nov, 1982)
1959 - Esther Oosterbeek, Dutch singer (Dolly Dots)
1959 - Guy Laliberté, founder of Cirque du Soleil
1960 - Eric Dickerson, Texas, NFL halfback (LA Rams, Colts/2,105 yds in 1984)
1960 - Rex Hudler, Tempe AZ, outfielder (NY Yankees, California Angels)
1960 - Kristin Halvorsen, Norwegian politician
1960 - John S. Hall, American poet and spoken-word artist
1961 - Jeff Russell, Cincinnatti OH, pitcher (Texas Rangers)
1961 - Carlos Valderrama, Colombian footballer
1962 - Prachya Pinkaew, Thai film director
1962 - Eugenio Derbez, Mexican comedian and actor
1962 - Jon Berkeley, author and illustrator
1963 - Sam Mitchell, NBA forward (Minn Timberwolves)
1964 - Keanu Reeves, Beirut, actor (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Speed)
1965 - Doug Linton, Santa Ana CA, pitcher (KC Royals)
1965 - Lennox Lewis, London England, heavyweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1988, WBC boxing champ)
1965 - Partho Sen-Gupta, Indian filmmaker
1966 - Salma Hayek, Veracruz, Mexico, actress (Desparado)
1966 - Dino Cazares, American musician
1966 - Olivier Panis, French race car driver
1966 - Tuc Watkins, American actor
1967 - Andreas Möller, German footballer
1968 - Ricardo de Jongh, soccer player (Dordrecht '90)
1968 - Cynthia Watros, American actress
1969 - Mark Brettschneider, Cincinnati Oh, actor (Jason-One Life to Live)
1969 - Russell Freeman, NFL tackle (Oakland Raiders)
1969 - Shani Waugh, Bunbury Aust, LPGA golfer (Aust sub-jr champ-1986, 87)
1969 - Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey, American singer
1969 - Chris Kuzneski, American bestselling author
1969 - Stephen Peall, Zimbabwean cricketer
1971 - Rich Aurilia, Brooklyn NY, infielder (SF Giants)
1971 - Shauna Sand, San Diego California, actress (Renegade)
1971 - Tommy Maddox, NFL quarterback (NY Giants)
1971 - Kjetil André Aamodt, Norwegian skier
1971 - Pawan Kalyan, Indian actor
1971 - Tom Steels, Belgian cyclist
1972 - James Willis, NFL linebacker (Philadelphia Eagles)
1972 - Katarina Studenikova, Bratislava Slovak Rep, tennis star
1973 - Matthew Dunn, Leeton NSW Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1973 - Jason Blake, American hockey player
1974 - Jason Lawson, NBA center (Orlando Magic)
1974 - Karina Wieland, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1974 - Daniel Southworth, American actor and stunt performer
1976 - Phil Lipscomb, American musician (Taproot)
1976 - Erin Hershey, American actress.
1977 - Ramiro Muñoz, Colombian musician
1977 - Frédéric Kanouté, Malian footballer
1979 - Tomer Ben Yosef, Israeli footballer
1979 - Ron Ng, Hong Kong actor
1980 - Ashley Witmer, Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA (1997)
1980 - Hiroki Yoshimoto, Japanese racing driver
1980 - Dany Sabourin, French Canadian Goaltender in the National Hockey League
1981 - Katie Teft, Grand Rapids Mich, gymnast (Olympics-96)
1981 - Fariborz Kamkari, Iranian film director/producer
1981 - Chris Tremlett, English cricketer
1981 - Bracha van Doesburgh, Dutch actress
1982 - Joey Barton, English footballer
1982 - Mandy Cho, Hong Kong actress
1982 - Jason Hammel, American baseball player
1983 - Mark Foster, English rugby player
1984 - Jack Peñate, English/Spanish singer
1987 - Spencer Smith, American musician (Panic at the Disco)
1988 - Ishant Sharma, Indian Cricketer
1989 - Alexandre Pato, Brazilian footballer
1989 - Ishmeet Singh Sodhi, Indian Playback Singer (d. 2008)
1990 - Marcus Ericsson, Swedish Racing Driver

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This Day in History for 2nd September


Famous Deaths

Writer and Academic
 J. R. R. Tolkien (1973)


490 BC - Pheidippides, Greek hero and inspiration for the modern marathon
421 - Flavius Constantine III, Emperor of Western Roman Empire, dies at about 51
1031 - Saint Emeric of Hungary
1274 - Prince Munetaka, Japanese shogun (b. 1242)
1384 - Louis I, duke of Anjou/king of Naples (Battle of Poitiers), dies
1397 - Francesco Landini, Italian composer
1418 - Jan III Chalon, prince of Orange/gov of Burgundy, dies
1540 - Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1501)
1547 - Hernan Cortes, Spanish general defeated Aztec Indians
1566 - Taddeo Zuccari, Italian painter, dies at 37
1606 - Carel van Mander, Flemish painter/art historian, dies at 58
1645 - lady Alice Lisle, English widow of John Lisle, beheaded
1680 - Per Brahe, Swedish soldier and statesman (b. 1602)
1688 - Robert Viner, Lord Mayor of London (b. 1631)
1690 - Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (b. 1615)
1698 - Justus Vingboons, Architect, buried
1715 - Constantin Christian Dedekind, composer, dies at 87
1764 - Nathaniel Bliss, English Astronomer Royal (b. 1700)
1765 - Henry Bouquet, Swiss-born British army officer (b. 1719)
1768 - Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician (b. 1703)
1779 - Onno Zwier van Hairs, Fries poet (Agon), dies at 66
1790 - Johann N von Hontheim, German religious historian/Bishop, dies
1813 - Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1763)
1820 - Jiaqing, Emperor of China (b. 1760)
1832 - Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach, Austrian astronomer (b. 1754)
1834 - Thomas Telford, Scottish civil engineer (b. 1757)
1862 - Thornton F Brodhead, US lawyer/politician/brig-general, dies at 40
1870 - Charles Victor Arthur Saint-Leon, composer, dies at 48
1872 - Nicolai Grundtvig, Danish writer and philosopher (b. 1783)
1877 - Constantine Kanaris, Greek admiral, freedom fighter and politician (b. 1793)
1891 - Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger, composer, dies at 76
1896 - Nat Thomson, Australian cricketer (b. 1839)
1898 - Hubert Howard, British journalist (Times), dies through friendly fire
1898 - Wilford Woodruff, fourth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b.
           1807)
1905 - Walter Cecil Macfarren, composer, dies at 79
1906 - Guiseppe Giacosa, Ital screenwriter (libretti opera Puccini), dies
1910 - Henri "le Douanier" Rousseau, French ambassador/painter, dies
1915 - August Stramm, writer, dies at 41
1921 - Henry Austin Dobson, English poet (b. 1840)
1921 - Anthony Francis Lucas Croatian-born oil pioneer (b. 1855)
1934 - Ruggiero de Rudolpho "Russ" Columbo, US singer/violist, dies at 26
1934 - Alcide Nunez, American musician (b. 1884)
1934 - James Allan, New Zealand rugby union player, All Black (b. 1860)
1937 - Esther de Farmer-of Rich, actress (Kniertje-On hope of blessing), dies
1937 - Pierre de Coubertin, baron/revivor of Olympics, dies at 74
1942 - Tom Williams, Irish republican (b. 1924)
1944 - George W Norris, US senator (lame duck-amendement), dies
1944 - Bella Rosenfeld, subject of many of Marc Chagall paintings (b. 1895)
1948 - Sylvanus Morley, American archaeologist and spy (b. 1883)
1953 - Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV, U.S. general (b. 1883)
1955 - Rudolf Kattnigg, composer, dies at 60
1957 - William A Craigie, Scottish lexicographer, dies at 90
1961 - Greet Koeman, Dutch singer, dies at 54
1962 - William Wilkerson, Founder of the Hollywood Reporter, The Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas and
           nightclubs such as Ciro's (b. 1890)
1964 - Francisco H Craveiro Lopes, Portuguese gen/pres (1951-58), dies at 70
1964 - Morris Ankrum, actor (Kronos, Earth vs Flying Saucers), dies at 67
1964 - Glenn Albert Black, American archaeologist (b. 1900)
1964 - Alvin York, American soldier (b. 1887)
1965 - Johannes Bobrowski, writer, dies at 48
1968 - Ernest Claes, Belgium, author (The White), dies at 82
1969 - Harry Williams Millard, producer, dies of cancer at 41
1970 - Allan Walker, actor/writer (Red Buttons Show), dies at 64
1970 - Cornelis L "Kees" van Baaren, Dutch composer (Hollow Men), dies at 63
1973 - John R R Tolkien, British story writer (Hobbit), dies of an ulcer at 81
1973 - Carl Dudley, American film director (b. 1910)
1976 - Stanisław Grochowiak, Polish writer (b. 1934)
1979 - Felix Aylmer, actor (Quartet, Hamlet, Dreaming Lips), dies at 90
1979 - Otto P. Weyland, American military figure (b. 1903)
1980 - William Douglas Denny, composer, dies at 70
1982 - Jay Novello, actor (Harum Scarum, Rebel Breed), dies of cancer at 78
1982 - Tom Bakker, actor (Golden Voyage of Sinbad), dies of a drug overdose at 42
1984 - Manos Katrakis, Greek actor (b. 1908)
1985 - Abe Lenstra, Dutch soccer star, dies at 64
1985 - Jay Youngblood, American professional wrestler
1989 - A Bartlett Giamatti, baseball commisioner, dies at 51
1991 - Alfonso Garcia Robles, Mexican foreign minister (Nobel 1982), dies
1991 - Concetto Lo Bello, Italian intl soccer judge, dies
1992 - Barbara McClintock, US, geneticist (Nobel 1983), dies at 90
1992 - Piotr Jaroszewicz, premier of Poland (1970-80), dies
1993 - Eric Berry, English/US actor (Pippin, 49th Parallel), dies at 80
1993 - John/Eoin Higgins, N Ire supreme court justice (1984-93), dies at 66
1994 - Detlef Macha, German DR cyclist (5x world champ), dies at 35
1994 - Harry Vincent Kemp, poet, dies at 82
1994 - Mildred Mcafee Horton, US 1st head mistress of WAVES, dies
1994 - Richard M Major, US anti-terror specialist (CIA Red Book), dies at 72
1994 - Roy Castle, entertainer, dies at 62
1995 - Vaclav Neummann, conductor, dies at 74
1996 - Cyril Reuben, violinist, dies at 69
1996 - Emily Kngwarreye, artist, dies at 86
1996 - Kenneth M Stewart, euro MP for Merseyside West, dies at 71
1996 - Otto Luening, composer, dies at 96
1996 - Paddy Clift, cricketer (Rhod & Leicester all-rounder 1970-88), dies
1997 - Rudolf Bing, opera manager (NY Met Opera), dies at 95
1997 - Viktor Frankl, psychotherapist (Man's Search for Meaning), dies at 92
1998 - Allen Drury, American author (b. 1918)
1998 - Jackie Blanchflower, Irish footballer (b. 1933)
2000 - Elvera Sanchez, Puerto Rican dancer (b. 1905)
2000 - Curt Siodmak, German-born author (b. 1907)
2001 - Christiaan Barnard, South African heart surgeon (b. 1922)
2001 - Troy Donahue, American actor (b. 1936)
2002 - Dick Reynolds, Australian rules footballer and coach (b. 1915)
2004 - Joan Oró, Catalan scientist (b. 1923)
2004 - Eleni Zafeiriou, Greek actress (b. 1916)
2005 - Bob Denver, American actor (Gilligan's Island), dies of complications from treatment for
           cancer at 70
2006 - Bob Mathias, American athlete and congressman, dies of cancer at 75
2006 - Willi Ninja, dancer and choreographer (b. 1961)
2007 - Max McNab, National Hockey League executive (b. 1924)
2007 - Franz-Benno Delonge, German game designer (b. 1957)
2007 - Rajae Belmlih, Morrocan singer (b. 1962 in Casablanca)
2008 - Bill Meléndez, American character animator (b. 1916)
2009 - Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, India (b. 1949)
2011 - Felipe Camiroaga, Chilean character animator, Chile (b. 1966)
2011 - Roberto Bruce, Chilean journalist (b. 1979)

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This Day in History for 3rd September


Historical Events

                                   
Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar            Abolitionist Frederick Douglass               Dictator of Nazi Germany
                                                                                                                                   Adolf Hitler

                                   
Jewish Victim & Diarist of the                US Attorney General                               Vietnamese Politican 
Holocaust Anne Frank                             Robert Francis Kennedy                          Nguyen Van Thieu

                 
NBA Player Oscar Robertson                     Actress Mary Tyler Moore


36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus
            Pompeius, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate.
301 - San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in
         existence, is founded by Saint Marinus.
590 - St Gregory I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1189 - 30 Jews are massacred at King Richard I (lion hearted) coronation
1189 - England's King Richard I (the Lion-Hearted) crowned in Westminster
1260 - Battle of Ain Djaloet, Palestine defeats Mongols army
1483 - Utrecht surrenders to Habsburgs army
1543 - Cardinal Beaton replaces earl Arran as regent for Mary of Scotland
1632 - Battle at Nurnberg: Duke wallenstein beats Sweden
1650 - Battle at Dunbar: England vs Scotland
1651 - Battle at Worcester-Oliver Cromwell destroys English royalists
1658 - Richard Cromwell succeeds his father as English Lord Protector
1683 - Turkish troops break through defense of Vienna
1697 - King William's War in America ends with Treaty of Ryswick
1709 - 1st major group of Swiss/German colonists reaches NC/SC
1725 - England, France, Hannover & Prussia sign Covenant of Hannover
1731 - Willem KH Friso installed as viceroy of Friesland
1752 - This day never happened nor next 10 as England adopts Gregorian Calendar. People riot
           thinking the government stole 11 days of their lives
1752 - US adopts Gregorian calender (becomes Sept 14)
1777 - Cooch's Bridge - Skirmish of American Revolutionary war in New Castle County, Delaware
           where the Flag of the United States was flown in battle for the first time.
1779 - Earl d'orvilliers (French/Spanish Armada) sails back to Brest
1783 - Treaty of Paris signed (ending US Revolutionary War)
1791 - French Constitution passed by French National Assembly
1798 - Weeklong battle of St. George's Caye begun between Spanish and British off the coast of
           Belize.
1803 - English scientist John Dalton started using symbols to represent the atoms of different
           elements.
1826 - USS Vincennes leaves NY to become 1st warship to circumnavigate globe
1832 - Rebellious slaves set fire to Paramaribo Suriname
1833 - NY Sun begins publishing (1st daily newspaper)
1838 - Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery disguised as a sailor
1849 - California State Constitutional Convention convenes in Monterey
1852 - Anti Jewish riots break out in Stockholm
1855 - Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under American General William S. Harney avenge the
          Grattan Massacre by attacking a Sioux village, killing 100 men, women, and children.
1861 - Confederate forces enter Kentucky, thus ending its neutrality
1864 - Battle of Berryville, VA
1864 - US, British, French & Dutch naval officer sails Staits of Simonoseki
1865 - Army commander in SC orders Freedmen's Bureau to stop seizing land
1874 - The congress of the state of México elevates Naucalpan to the category of Villa, with the title
           of "Villa de Juárez".
1878 - England's Princess Alice sinks; 645 die
1881 - 1st US Mens Tennis: Richard D Sears beats William E Glyn (60 63 62)
1881 - Anton Bruckner completes his 6th Symphony
1882 - French/Vietnamese/Chinese battle at Hanoi, 100s die
1888 - East Africa Company political & commercial rights
1888 - Queen Victoria grants William Mackinnons Imperial British
1890 - Oliver S Campbell wins US Tennis Open
1891 - 11th US Mens Tennis: Oliver S Campbell beats C Hobart (26 75 79 61 62)
1891 - Cotton pickers organize union & staged strike in Texas
1891 - John Stephens Durham, named minister to Haiti
1895 - 1st pro football game played, Latrobe beats Jeanette 12-0 (Penn)
1900 - British annex Natal (South Africa)
1901 - Boer General Smuts enters Kiba Drift in Cape Colony
1902 - Pittsburgh Pirates, win earliest pennent (full season)
1902 - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Illustrious Client"
1903 - Resolute beats Shamrock III (England) in 13th America's Cup
1904 - St Louis Olympics closes
1906 - Phila Giants win Negro Championship Cup in Phila before 10,000 fans
1906 - Yanks win 2nd game on a forfeit over A's; 2nd forfeit win
1908 - James Barries "What Every Woman Knows," premieres in London
1911 - 31st US Mens Tennis: Wm A Larned beats Maurice E McLoughlin (64 64 62)
1912 - Arnold Schoenberg's "Funf Orchesterstucke," premieres
1912 - World's 1st cannery opens in England to supply food to the navy
1914 - British expeditionary army/general Lanrezacs army attacks the Marne
1914 - Cardinal Giacome della Chiesa becomes Pope Benedict XV
1914 - French troops vacate Reims
1914 - Prince Wilhelm von Wied leaves Albania
1916 - Allies turned back Germans in WW I's Battle of Verdun
1917 - 1st night bombing of London by German fighter planes
1917 - German troops over run Riga Latvia
1917 - Grover Cleveland Alexander pitches complete wins in a doubleheader
1917 - Utrecht soccer team Holland forms
1918 - 38th US Mens Tennis: R L Murray beats William T Tilden (63 61 75)
1918 - 5 soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot of 1917
1918 - Allies forced Germans back across Hindenburg Line
1921 - 16th Davis Cup: USA beats Japan in New York (5-0)
1921 - KPB, Communist Party of Belgium forms
1923 - Dorothys Donelly's "Poppy," premieres in NYC
1924 - Civil war breaks out in China (Gen Tsi moves to Shanghai)
1924 - L Stallings & M Anderson's "What Price Glory?," premieres in NYC
1925 - 1st international handball match held
1925 - Dirigible "Shenandoah" crashed near Caldwell Ohio, 13 die
1928 - Baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb got his 4,191th & final career hit
1929 - Dow Jones hits a record peak of 381.17
1929 - Dow Jones Industrial Average reached all time high at the time (381.17), which was shortly
           followed by the Crash of 1929.
1930 - Hurricane kills 2,000, injures 4,000 (Dominican Republic)
1932 - Ellsworth Vines beats Henri Cochet for US Tennis title
1932 - Jimmie Foxx of A's hits 50th & 51st HRs to become 3rd to hit 50
1933 - Yevgeniy Abalakov reaches the highest point of the Soviet Union - Communism Peak (7495
           m).
1934 - Tunisia began its move for independence
1935 - 1st automobile to exceed 300 mph, Sir Malcolm Campbell (301.337 mph)
1935 - Andrew Varipapa sets bowling record of 2,652 points in 10 games
1936 - 3rd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 7, Detroit 7 (76,000)
1938 - 1940 Olympic site changed from Tokyo Japan to Helsinki Finland
1939 - German U-boat sinks British passenger ship Athenia
1939 - Great Britain & France declare war on Germany after invasion of Poland
1939 - Yanks beat Red Sox on a forfeit, their 4th forfeit win
1939 - Britain declares war on Germany. France follows 6 hours later quickly joined by Australia, NZ,
           South Africa & Canada
1940 - 1st showing of high definition color TV
1940 - 39.4 CM rainfall at Sapulpa Oklahoma (state record)
1940 - Hitler orders invasion in England on Sept 21 (Operation Seelöwe/Sealion)
1940 - Neth government in exile of Gerbrandy forms London
1940 - Sicherheits police bans Free masons, Rotary & Red Cross
1940 - US gives Britain 50 destroyers in exchange for Newfoundland base lease
1941 - 1st use of Zyclon-B gas in Auschwitz (on Russian prisoners of war)
1941 - KYW TV channel 3 in Philadelphia, PA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1943 - British 8th army lands in South Italy (Messina)
1943 - General Castellano signs cease fire treaty in Sicily
1944 - 58th US Womens Tennis: P Betz beats Margaret Osborne duPont (63 86)
1944 - 68th & last transport of Dutch Jews (including Anne Frank) leaves for Auschwitz
           concentration camp
1944 - Canadian troops liberate Abbeville, France
1944 - Frank Parker beats Bill Talbert for US Tennis title
1944 - French troops liberate Lyon
1944 - Last transport from Westerbork to Auschwitz
1944 - Prince Bernhard appointed supreme commander of Neth Domestic Arm Force
1944 - Tank division of British Guards free Brussels
1945 - 65th US Mens Tennis: Sgt Frank A Parker beats Wm Talbert (14-12 61 62)
1945 - Japanese forces in Philippines surrender to Allies
1947 - Phila A's Bill McCahan no-hits Wash Senators, 3-0
1947 - Yanks get 18 singles to beat Red Soxs 11-2
1948 - W Gomulka deposed as general secretary of Polish Worker's party
1949 - Fire in Chiang-king, China, destroys 7,000 lives
1950 - "Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian
           Grand Prix.
1951 - TV soap opera "Search for Tomorrow" debuts on CBS
1953 - European Convention on Human Rights goes into effect
1953 - French minister Francois Mitterrand, resigns due to colonial policy
1954 - China begins artillery bombing on Quemoy & Amoy
1954 - Espionage & Sabotage Act of 1954 signed
1954 - Pope Pius X canonized a saint
1954 - The People's Liberation Army begin shelling the ROC-controlled islands of Quemoy.
1954 - The German U-Boat U-505 began its move from a specially constructed dock to its final site
           at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.
1955 - KTBS TV channel 3 in Shreveport, LA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1956 - Tanks are deployed against racist demonstrators in Clinton, Tennessee
1957 - Dodgers play last game in Jersey City (11-4 in NJ)
1957 - KTCA TV channel 2 in St Paul-Minneapolis, MN (PBS) begins broadcasting
1957 - Warren Spahn sets record for a lefty pitcher with 41st shut-out
1962 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Spokane Golf Open
1964 - US attorney general Robert Kennedy resigns
1964 - Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B Johnson
1965 - Curt Flood's record of 568 straight chances without an error begins
1965 - Garcia Godoy forms government in Dominican Republic
1965 - Jim Hickman becomes 1st NY Met to hit 3 HRs in a game
1965 - Pope Paul VI publishes encyclical Mysterium Fidei
1965 - Preparing a move to Anaheim, Angels change their name from LA to Calif
1966 - 24th World SF Convention honors Gene Roddenberry
1966 - Donovan hits #1 with "Sunshine Superman"
1967 - Final episode of "What's My Line?," hosted by John Charles Daly
1967 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Ladies' World Series of Golf
1967 - Last broadcast of "What's My Line" on CBS TV
1967 - Nguyen Van Thieu elected President of South Vietnam under a new constitution
1967 - Sweden begins driving on right-hand side of road
1967 - WJPM TV channel 33 in Florence, SC (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 - Chicago White Sox set AL record of 39 loses by 1 run
1970 - After NL record 1,117 consec games, Billy Williams asks to sit out
1970 - Bill Halley & Comets reject $30,000 for 15 date tour of Australia
1970 - Indonesian president Suharto visits Netherlands
1971 - John Lennon leaves UK for NYC, never to return
1971 - Manlio Brosio resigns as sect-gen of NATO
1971 - Qatar regains complete independence from Britain
1971 - Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg's doctor's office
1973 - General Walters, ends term as acting director of CIA
1973 - Jerry Lewis' 8th Muscular Dystrophy telethon
1974 - Giants John Montefusco makes his major league debut
1974 - NBA guard Oscar Robertson retires
1974 - US & German DR establish diplomatic relations
1975 - Chartered 707 crashes in Atlas Mts of Morocco, 188 die
1975 - Steve Garvey begins his NL record 1,207 consecutive game streak
1976 - Viking 2 soft lands on Mars (Utopia), returns photos
1977 - Japan's Sadaharu Oh hits 756th HR to surpass Hank Aaron's total
1977 - Last broadcast of "Mary Tyler Moore Show" on NBC-TV
1978 - Crew of Soyuz 31 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 29
1978 - Leonid Mossejev becomes European marathon champ (2:11:57.5)
1978 - Pope John Paul I officially installed as 264th supreme pontiff
1979 - Hurricane David, a strong Atlantic storm kills over 1,000
1979 - Iran army conquerors Mahabad
1979 - Jerry Lewis' 14th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $30,000,000
1979 - Jo Ann Washam wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
1981 - Gerald P Remy of Boston gets 6 hits in a baseball game
1981 - Longest game in Fenway Park, suspended in 19, Mariners-7, Red Sox-7
1982 - Jorgensen government in Denmark resigns
1984 - 28 year old Chicagoan wins $40 million in Illinois state lottery
1984 - Bruce Sutter breaks NL record for saves in a season with his 38th
1984 - Cindy Hill wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
1984 - Jerry Lewis' 19th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $32,074,566
1984 - South Africa adopts constitution
1985 - 20th Space Shuttle Mission (51-I)-Discovery 6-returns to Earth
1985 - England regain Cricket Ashes by beating Australia at The Oval
1985 - NY Met Gary Carter hits 3 consecutive HRs in a game
1986 - Alan Ayckbourn's "Woman in Mind," premieres in London
1986 - Astros & Cubs use a record 53 players in an 18 inning game
1987 - Coup in Burundi suspends constitution
1988 - Dennis Eckersley sets A's record with his 37th save en route to 45
1989 - "Into the Woods" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 764 perfs
1989 - Iljushin-62 crashes down on residential area of Havana, 170 die
1989 - Chris Evert defeats 15-year-old Monica Seles for her 101st & last US Tennis Open singles
           victory
1990 - 9th no-hitter of 1990: Blue Jay Dave Steib beats Cleve 3-0
1990 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
1990 - Helen Hudson sings national anthem in 26th park of year (San Diego)
1990 - Jerry Lewis' 25th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $44,172,186
1990 - White Sox reliever Bobby Thigpen sets save record at 47 en route to 57
1992 - Jerry Lewis' 27th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $45,759,368
1994 - Circulation of Neth Telegraph/News of the Day reaches 800,000
1995 - Carolina Panthers lose their 1st NFL game (Atlanta-23 Carolina-20 OT)
1995 - Jacksonville Jaguars lose their 1st NFL game (Houston-10, Jaguars-3)
1995 - NY Yankee Tony Fernandez hits for the cycle
1995 - Soyuz TM-22, launched into orbit
1995 - eBay founded.
1996 - Slowinski & Gage discovers 2^1257787-1 (34th known Mersenne prime)
1997 - A Vietnam Airlines Tupolev TU-134 crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
2004 - The Beslan school massacre ends in the deaths of approximately 344 people, mostly teachers
           and children.
2012 - 3 people are killed and 19 wounded by a car bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan
2012 - Typhoon Bolaven kills 48 people in North Korea
2012 - New Zealand announces its withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan

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This Day in History for 3rd September


Famous Weddings

1921 - American author and journalist Ernest Hemingway (22) marries 1st wife Hadley Richardson
           (29)
1977 - "I Dream of Jeannie" actress Barbara Eden (43) weds Charles Donald Fegert
1999 - "The Steve Harvey Show" actor Cedric The Entertainer (35) weds Lorna Wells (33)
2000 - "Will & Grace" actress Debra Messing (32) weds actor-screenwriter Daniel Zelman (33) at a
           private estate in Santa Barbara, California
2000 - American feminist and journalist Gloria Steinem (66) weds environmentalist David Bale (59) in
           Adair County, Oklahoma
2004 - "Baywatch" actress Gena Lee Nolin (32) weds NHL hockey player Cale Hulse (30) at the Royal
           Palms Resort in Phoenix, Arizona
2005 - Former "Saturday Night Live" cast member Kevin Nealon (51) weds actress Susan Yeagley
           (33) inside the town hall in Bellagio, Italy
2007 - Oscar winning actor Ben Kingsley (63) weds Brazilian actress Daniela Lavender (33) in North
           Leigh, Oxfordshire
2011 - English DJ and musician Mark Ronson (36) weds french actress Josephine De La Baume (27)
           in Aix-en-Provence, France

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 3rd September


Famous Divorces

2010 - Pop singer Cheryl Cole (27) divorces England soccer player Ashley Cole (29) due to
           unreasonable behavior after 3 and a half years of marriage

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This Day in History for 3rd September


Famous Birthdays

                 
Nobel Laureat Physicist                          Actor Charlie Sheen (1965)
Carl David Anderson (1905)


1034 - Emperor Go-Sanjō of Japan (d. 1073)
1499 - Diane de Poitiers, mistress of Henry II of France (d. 1566)
1568 - Adriano Banchieri, composer
1596 - Nicolo Amati, Italy, violin maker (Stradivari & Guarneri)
1600 - Dirck Graswinckel, Dutch States-General court clerk
1608 - Pieter Stockmans, Flemish chairman of military
1675 - Paul Dudley, Attorney-General of Massachusetts (d. 1751)
1693 - Charles Radclyffe, British politician (d. 1746)
1695 - Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Italian violinist/composer
1703 - Johan-Theodoor van Bayern, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal
1710 - Abraham Trembley, Swiss naturalist (d. 1784)
1719 - Ferdinand Zellbell, composer
1724 - Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, British soldier and Governor of Quebec (d. 1808)
1757 - Charles X, Versailles France, Duke of Prussia
1778 - Jean Nicolas Auguste Kreutzer, composer
1781 - Eugène de Beauharnais, son of Josephine de Beauharnais (d. 1824)
1789 - Ludvig Anton Edmund Passy, composer
1803 - Alexander L'vovich Gurilyov, composer
1803 - Prudence Crandall, founder (School for "young ladies of colour")
1810 - Paul Kane, Canadian painter (d. 1871)
1811 - John Humphrey Noyes, Vt, found Oneida Community (Perfectionists)
1820 - George Hearst, American businessman and father of William Randolph Hearst (d. 1891)
1825 - Armistead Lindsay Long, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1891
1825 - William Wallace Burns, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
1835 - William Gaston Lewis, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
1840 - Jacob Fabricius, composer
1841 - Tom Emmett, England cricketer (d. 1904)
1849 - Sarah Orne Jewett, Maine, author (Country of the Pointed Firs)
1851 - Olga Konstantinovna of Russia, Queen of Greece (d. 1926)
1856 - Louis Henri Sullivan, Boston Mass, father of modern US architecture
1859 - AAJ Jean Jaurès, French socialist (L'Humanité, Les Preuves)
1860 - Edward Albert Filene, merchant, established US credit union movement
1864 - Hale Ascher VanderCook, composer
1865 - Wilhelm Bousset, German theologist/historian
1875 - Ferdinand Porsche, German car inventor (Porsche, Volkswagen)
1882 - Johnny Douglas, England cricketer and boxer (d. 1930)
1887 - Frank Christian, American musician (d. 1973)
1889 - Cecil Weston, South Africa, actor (Dude Ranch, Huckleberry Finn)
1890 - J Patrick O'Malley, Forest City PA, actress (Courage of Black Beauty)
1891 - Bessie Annie Elizabeth Delany, dentist writer
1893 - Florrie Rodrigo, Dutch dancer/choreography/teacher (Schepelingen)
1897 - Cecil Parker, Hastings England, actor (Indiscreet, Tale of 2 Cities)
1897 - Francisco Paolo Mignone, composer
1897 - Sally Benson, American writer (d. 1972)
1900 - Urho K Kekkonen, premier/president Finland (1956-81)
1901 - Eduard A van Beinum, Dutch musician/conductor
1902 - Mantan Moreland, Monroe LA, comedian (Charlie Chan, Spirit of Youth)
1903 - Willem Kooiman, Dutch theologist/church historian
1905 - Carl David Anderson, NYC, physicist (1936 Nobel Prize for physics), (d. 1991)
1905 - Robert Ruthenfranz, composer
1907 - Andrew Brewin, Canada, lawyer/cofound New Democratic Party
1907 - Loren Eiseley, professor of Anthropology (Animal Secrets)
1908 - Lev Semenovich Pontryagin, Russian mathematician (d. 1988)
1910 - Dorothy Maynor, Norfolk Va, soprano/founder (Harlem School of Arts)
1910 - Kitty Carlisle, American actress and television personality (d. 2007)
1911 - Bernard Mammes, American cyclist (d. 2000)
1913 - Alan Ladd, Hot Springs AR, actor (Shane, Carpetbaggers)
1914 - Kitty Carlisle Hart, New Orleans La, actress (Animal Crackers)
1914 - Dixy Lee Ray, American politician (d. 1994)
1915 - Abel Ehrlich, composer
1915 - Knut Nystedt, composer
1916 - Memphis Slim, [Peter Chatman], rocker
1917 - Eddie "Brat" Stanky, Phil Rizzuto's nemisis/2nd baseman (Dodgers)
1917 - Peter Winter, naval commander
1918 - Helen Wagner, Lubbock Tx, actress (Nancy-As The World Turns)
1921 - Marguerite Higgins, American reporter and war correspondent, Pulitzer prize winner (d. 1966)
1921 - Thurston Dart, English harpsichordist and conductor (d. 1971)
1922 - Rosendo Ejercito Santos, composer
1923 - Mort Walker, cartoonist (Beetle Bailey, Hi & Lois)
1923 - Terry Wilson, California, actor (Bill-Wagon Train)
1925 - Bengt Lindström, Swedish artist (d. 2008)
1925 - Shoista Mullodzhanova, Shashmakom singer
1925 - Hank Thompson, American singer (d. 2007)
1926 - Alison Lurie, US, novelist (War Between the Tates)
1926 - Anne Jackson, Penn, actress (Dirty Dingus Magee, Angel Levine)
1926 - Bill Flemming, sportscaster (ABC's Wide World of Sports)
1926 - Irene Papas, Corinth Greece, Greek actress (Zorba the Greek, Attila The Hun)
1926 - Joe Kolter, (Rep-D-PA, 1983- )
1926 - John R[obert] Jones, US, sci-fi author (White Regiment, Lizard War)
1928 - Gaston Thorn, President of the European Commission(d. 2007)
1929 - Carlo Clerici, Swiss cyclist (d. 2007)
1930 - Cherry Barbara Grimm, [Lockett], NZ, sci-fi author (Nearest Fire)
1930 - Haty Tegelaar-Boonacker, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA)
1931 - Dick Motta, NBA coach (856 wins, Its not over 'til the fat lady sings)
1931 - Mitzi Gaynor, Chicago IL, actress/vocalist (Les Girls, South Pacific)
1931 - Rudolf Kelterborn, composer
1931 - Albert DeSalvo, The Boston Strangler (d. 1973)
1932 - Richard Tyler, NYC, actor (Henry Aldrich-Aldrich Family)
1932 - Eileen Brennan, Los Angeles, California, American actress (Laugh-In, Pvt Benjamin)
1933 - Roland Kayn, composer
1933 - Tompall Glaser, Spalding Neb, singer (Glaser Bros-Getting to Me Again)
1934 - Xavier Darasse, composer
1934 - Freddie King, Gilmer Tx, blues singer (Hideaway)
1935 - Otto Ketting, trumpeter/composer (Passacaglia)
1936 - John W Olver, (Rep-D-Massachusetts)
1936 - Zine al-Abidine Ben Ami, general/president of Tunisia (1987- )
1938 - Eileen Brennan, American actress
1938 - Caryl Churchill, English playwright
1938 - Ryoji Noyori, Japanese chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1940 - Pauline Collins, London England, actress (Shirley Valentine)
1940 - Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist
1941 - Sergei Dovlatov, Russian writer (d. 1990)
1942 - Al Jardine, Lima Oh, guitarist/singer (Beach Boys-Surfin, In My Room)
1942 - John Shrapnel, English actor
1943 - Dave Eichelberger, Waco TX, PGA golfer (1971 Greater Milwaukee Open)
1943 - Don Brewer, rocker
1943 - Michael D Barnes, (Rep-D-MD, 1979-86)
1943 - Mick Farren, UK, sci-fi author (Synaptic Manhunt, Citizen Phaid)
1943 - Valerie Perrine, Galveston, Texas, American actress and model (Steam Bath, Superman,
           Lenny)
1943 - Frank Lister, English footballer
1944 - Gary Leeds, Glendale Ca, rocker (Walker Brothers)
1944 - Sherwood C "Woody" Spring, Hartford Ct, Col USA/astronaut (STS 61B)
1945 - George Biondo, rocker (Steppenwolf)
1945 - Mike Harrison, keyboardist (Spooky Tooth-It's All About)
1946 - Peter Morris, historian of France
1947 - Eric Bell, rock guitarist (Thin Lizzy Belfast, N Ireland
1947 - Michael Huffington, US oil millionaire (Rep-R-California, 1992-94)
1947 - Kjell Magne Bondevik, Norwegian politician
1948 - Donald Brewer, Flint Mich, rock drummer (Grand Funk Railroad)
1948 - Minouche Janmaat-Abee, Dutch MP (CDA)
1948 - Ronald W Harris, Canton Oh, lightweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1968)
1948 - Tara Oedayraj Singh Varma, 1st black woman in Dutch 2nd Chamber
1948 - Levy Mwanawasa - Zambian Politician (d. 2008)
1949 - Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria (d. 2004)
1949 - José Pekerman, Argentine football manager
1950 - Aaron Smith, rocker (Romeo Void)
1950 - Doug Pinnick, American bassist and singer (King's X)
1953 - Khabib Munir, Syria, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-3 backup)
1953 - M H Habib, Syria, cosmonaut
1953 - Jean-Pierre Jeunet, French film director
1955 - Steve Jones, London, rock guitarist (Sex Pistols)
1956 - Hans-Georg Beyer, German DR, team handball player (Olympic-gold-1980)
1956 - Patrick McGeown, politician
1957 - Garth Ancier, American television executive
1959 - Merritt Butrick, American actor (d. 1989)
1961 - Brian Thomas Kamm, Rochester NY, PGA golfer (1994 Bell Canadian-6th)
1961 - Greg Petersen, Iowa City IA, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Klondike-6th)
1961 - Rene Gonzales, Austin TX, infielder (Texas Rangers)
1962 - Dave Clark, Tupelo MS, outfielder (Pittsburgh Pirates)
1962 - Costas Mandylor, Australian-born actor
1963 - Eric Plunk, Wilmington CA, pitcher (Oakland A's, NY Yankees, Indians)
1963 - Mubarak Ghanim, UAE footballer
1964 - Ernest Givins, NFL wide receiver (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1964 - Glenn Joyner, Ferntree Gully VIC, Australasia golfer
1964 - Toshiyuki Sakai, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
1964 - Adam Curry, Internet entrepreneur
1964 - Spike Feresten, American television writer
1964 - Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani singer
1964 - Holt McCallany, American actor
1965 - Charlie Sheen, [Carlos Estavez], NYC, actor (Wall St, Platoon)
1965 - Maurizio Mansi, hockey forward (Team Italy 1998)
1965 - Todd Lewis, musician (Toadies)
1966 - Bennie Blades, NFL safety (Detroit Lions)
1966 - Pat Eilers, NFL safety (Chic Bears)
1966 - Shawn Daniels, CFL fullback (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1966 - Vladimir Ryzhkov, Russian politician
1967 - Chris Gatling, NBA forward (NJ Nets)
1967 - Luis Gonzalez, Tampa Fla, outfielder (Chicago Cubs)
1968 - David Pichler, Butler Pa, diver (Olympics-6th-96)
1968 - Dawn Allinger, Salt Lake City UT, team handball back court (Oly-1996)
1968 - Matt Hamon, SF California, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1968 - Robert Bailey, NFL cornerback (Dallas Cowboys)
1969 - Noah Baumbach, Brooklyn, New York, writer, director and independent film maker (The Squid
           and the Whale)
1969 - Keith Traylor, NFL defensive tackle (KC Chiefs, Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
1969 - John Fugelsang, American actor
1970 - George Lynch, NBA forward (Vancouver Grizzlies)
1970 - Uzooma Okeke, CFL guard (Montreal Alouettes)
1970 - Jeremy Glick, American United Airlines Flight 93 passenger (d. 2001)
1970 - Gareth Southgate, English footballer
1971 - Chabeli Iglesias, Madrid Spain, daughter of Julio Iglesias
1971 - Glen Housman, Rockhampton QLD Aust, swimmer (Olympics-silv-92, 96)
1971 - Tonja Marie Christensen, Salt Lake City Utah, playmate (Nov, 1991)
1971 - Trevor St. John, American actor
1972 - Antonius Bonner, CFL defensive back (Toronto Argonauts)
1972 - Martin Straka, Pizen CZE, NHL forward (Team Czech Rep, Florida)
1972 - Roland Ramoser, hockey forward (Team Italy 1998)
1972 - Shim Eun-ha, South Korean actress
1973 - Brian Thure, NFL tackle (Washington Redskins)
1973 - Chen Hsiao-Fen, Miss Universe-Taiwan ROC (1996)
1973 - Damon Stoudamire, NBA guard (Toronto Raptors)
1973 - Joanette Kruger, Johannesburg South Africa, tennis star
1973 - Norihiko Hibino, Japanese composer
1974 - Rebecca Bailey, Christchurch NZ, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1974 - Sergei Yerkovich, hockey defenseman (Team Belarus 1998)
1974 - Clare Kramer, American actress
1975 - Ava Lovell, Miss Universe-Belize (1996)
1975 - Christobal Huet, hockey goalie (Team France 1998)
1976 - Ashley Jones, American actress
1976 - Jevon Kearse, American football player
1976 - Vivek Oberoi, Indian actor
1977 - Tami Tyler, Santa Clara California, dance skater (& Jonathan Nichols)
1977 - Rui Marques, Angolan footballer
1977 - Olof Mellberg, Swedish footballer
1977 - Nate Robertson, American baseball player
1978 - John Curtis, English footballer
1978 - Paul Moor, English ten-pin bowler
1978 - Michal Rozsival, Czech ice hockey player
1978 - Nick Wechsler, American actor
1978 - Valfar, Norwegian heavy metal vocalist/musician (Windir) (d. 2004)
1979 - Tomo Miličević, Croatian-born American musician (30 Seconds to Mars)
1980 - The B.G., American rapper
1980 - Daniel Ruben Bilos, Argentinian footballer
1980 - Cone McCaslin, Canadian bassist (Sum 41)
1980 - Jennie Finch, American softball player
1981 - Fearne Cotton, British television presenter
1982 - Andrew McMahon, American singer and songwriter
1982 - Kaori Natori, Japanese singer and model
1983 - Augusto Farfus, Brazilian racing driver
1983 - Nicky Hunt, English footballer
1983 - Marcus McCauley, American football player
1983 - Valdas Vasylius, Lithuanian basketball player
1984 - Garrett Hedlund, American actor
1985 - Scott Carson, English footballer
1985 - Kelvin Wilson, English footballer
1986 - Shaun White, San Diego, California, snowboarder (Olympic gold - 2006, 2010)
1987 - Chris Fountain, English actor
1993 - Rina Koike, Japanese junior idol

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 3rd September


Famous Deaths

1189 - Jacob of Orleans, Rabbi, killed in anti Jewish riot in London England
1205 - Petrus van Poitiers, French theologist (Sententiarum libri V), dies
1402 - Gian Galeazzo Visconti, duke/tyrant of Milan (1395-1402), dies at 51
1420 - Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, regent of Scotland
1592 - Robert Greene, English writer (b. 1558)
1634 - Edward Coke, English Chief Justice/politician, dies
1642 - Elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I/Charlotte, dies at 65
1653 - Claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguistic, dies at 65
1655 - Jan W van Brederode, Dutch governor/field marshal, dies at 56
1658 - Oliver Cromwell, British general (1653-58)/Lord Protector, dies at 59
1662 - William Lenthall, English politician (b. 1591)
1667 - Alonso Cano, Spanish painter/sculptor/architect, dies at 66
1675 - Pieter Boel, Flemish painter/etcher, dies
1708 - Christian Liebe, composer, dies at 53
1720 - Henri de Massue, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1648)
1722 - Ivan Skoropadsky, Hetman of Ukraine (b. 1646)
1729 - Jean Hardouin, French scholar (b. 1646)
1739 - George Lillo, English dramatist (Fatal Curiosity), dies at 46
1766 - Archibald Bower, Scottish historian (b. 1686)
1790 - Thomas Norris, composer, dies at 49
1808 - John Montgomery, American Continental Congressman (b. 1722)
1811 - Ignaz Franzl, composer, dies at 75
1843 - Cornelis PJ Elout, military/pres of West Sumatra, dies at 47
1849 - Earnest Freiherr von Feuchtersleben, Austria writer/physician, dies
1857 - M Heinrich C Lichtenstein, German zoologist/explorer, dies at 77
1857 - John McLoughlin, Canadian trapper (b. 1784)
1860 - Aleksey Khomyakov, Russian poet (b. 1804)
1866 - Konstantin Flavitsky, Russian painter (b. 1830)
1871 - Vaclav Horak, composer, dies at 71
1876 - Felix, cricketer (legendary All-England player), dies
1877 - Adolphe Thiers, 1st president of 3rd French Rep (1871-77), dies at 80
1883 - Iwan Turgenjew, writer, dies at 64
1886 - William W. Snow, American politician (b. 1812)
1890 - Charles-A Chatrian, French writer (Waterloo), dies at 63
1890 - Willem Linnig Jr, Flemish painter/graphic artist, dies
1893 - James Harrison, Scottish-born inventor (b. 1816)
1903 - Joseph Skipsey, British poet (b. 1832)
1908 - Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk, gov-gen (Dutch East-Indies), dies
1914 - Ferdinand AR Cabrera, Spanish/German of emperor Wilhelm II, dies at 58
1914 - Lucien-Denis-Gabriel-Alberic Magnard, composer, dies at 49
1917 - Fanya Kaplan, Russian who shot at Lenin on Aug 30th, executed
1935 - Johannes Aengenent, bishop of Haarlem (1928-35), dies at 62
1936 - Nikita Balieff, Armenian vaudevillian and impressario (b. 1876 or 1877)
1938 - Bart de Ligt, anti military theologist, dies at 77
1940 - Otto V Ekelund, Swedish poet/writer (Hafvets Stjorna), dies at 59
1944 - Frantisek Alois Drdla, composer, dies at 75
1946 - Carl Emil Paul Lincke, composer, dies at 79
1948 - Eduard Benesj, president Czechoslovakia (1921-22, 35-48), dies
1951 - Arnold Warren, cricketer (only Test for England), dies
1951 - Robert Franz Richard Hernried, composer, dies at 67
1954 - Eugene Pallette, actor (It's a Date, My Man Godfrey), dies at 65
1960 - Joseph Lamb, composer, dies at 72
1961 - Robert E. Gross, American businessman (b. 1897)
1962 - Anton Mauve, Dutch painter, dies at 63
1962 - e[dward] e cummings, US poet (Tulips & Chimneys), dies at 67
1963 - Cruys Voorbergh, actor/director (Vliegende Hollander), dies at 64
1963 - Frico Kafenda, composer, dies at 79
1964 - Joseph Marx, Austrian composer, dies at 82
1964 - Stewart Holbrook, American author (b. 1893)
1965 - Otto Lederer, actor (Jazz Singer), dies at 79
1967 - David Cohen, historian/chairman (Jewish Council), dies at 84
1968 - Isabel Withers, American actress (b. 1896)
1969 - Ho Chi Minh [Nguyễn Sinh Cung], Vietnamese communist revolutionary and President of North
           Vietnam (1946-69), dies at 79 of heart failure
1969 - John Lester, American cricketer (b. 1871)
1970 - Al Wilson, "Blind Owl", guitarist/vocalist (Canned Heat), dies at 27
1970 - Jochen Rindt, German race car driver, dies at 28
1970 - Vince Lombardi, football coach (Packers), dies in Washington DC at 57
1971 - Percy Holmes, cricketer (Yorks opener, 7 Tests for Eng 1921-32), dies
1971 - Veronica Turleigh, actress (Promoter), dies at 68
1974 - Harry Partch, American composer (b. 1901)
1980 - Barbara O'Neil, actress (Tower of London, Stella Dallas)
1980 - Duncan Renaldo, actor (Cisco Kid, Guns of Fury), dies at 76
1980 - Fabian von Schlabendorff, German resistance fighter/judge, dies at 73
1980 - Dirch Passer, Danish actor (b. 1926
1981 - Alec Waugh, English writer (b. 1898)
1982 - Della Chiesa, Italian general/mafia fighter, murdered
1982 - Michael Thoma, actor (8 is Enough, Fame), dies at 55
1983 - Ellie Lambeti, Greek actress (b. 1926)
1984 - Arthur Schwartz, producer (Inside USA with Chevrolet), dies at 83
1984 - Duncan Renaldo, actor (Cisco Kid), dies at 80
1985 - Joe Jones, drummer, dies at 73
1985 - John Herbert McDowell, composer, dies at 58
1987 - Morton Feldman, US composer, dies at 61
1987 - Viktor P Nekrasov, Ukraine architect/author (Soldiers), dies at 76
1987 - Vokopach Stalingrada/Kira Georgijevna, dies at 76
1990 - David Acer, Florida dentist, dies of AIDs after infecting 5 patients
1991 - Frank Capra, director (It's a Wonderful Life), dies at 94
1991 - Henri de Lubac, French theologist/antifascist, dies
1992 - Johannes van Capel, oldest man in Netherlands (Born 4/22/1884), dies
1993 - Leon Liebgold, Pol/US actor/chairman (Hebrew Actors Union), dies at 83
1994 - Billy Wright, English soccer player (World Champion 1950), dies at 70
1994 - James Aubrey, actor (Riders of the Storm), dies of heart attack at 75
1994 - Major Lance, soul singer, dies at 55
1994 - Marijke Vetter, Dutch journalist, dies at 82
1994 - Nikos Ghika, artist, dies at 88
1994 - Roswell Gilbert, who mercy killed his ailing wife, dies at 85
1994 - William Ambrose Right, footballer, dies at 70
1995 - Alex Brown, snooker player, dies at 87
1995 - Alfred Earle Birney, poet, dies at 91
1995 - Donald Cuthbert Coleman, economic historian, dies at 75
1995 - Mary Adshead, muralist/painter, dies at 91
1995 - Peter Michalke, journalist, dies at 40
1995 - Roye England, modeller/museum curator, dies at 88
1996 - John Cheek, Falkland Islands advocate, dies at 56
1996 - Julian Amery, politician, dies at 77
1996 - Robert Croften Brown, politician, dies at 75
2000 - Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter (b. 1914)
2001 - Pauline Kael, American film critic (b. 1919)
2001 - Thuy Trang, American actress (b. 1973)
2002 - W. Clement Stone, American entrepreneur (b. 1902)
2003 - Paul Jennings Hill, American anti-abortion murderer (b. 1954)
2005 - Richard S.R. Fitter, British ornithologist and botanist (b. 1913)
2005 - William Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1924)
2007 - Jane Tomlinson, British charity fund raiser (b. 1964)
2007 - Steve Ryan, American actor (b. 1947)
2007 - Syd Jackson, Māori activist and trade unionist (b. 1939)
2007 - Carter Albrecht, Musician (b. 1973)
2008 - Donald Blakeslee, American aviator, led 4th Fighter Group during World War II. (b.1918)
2010 - Robert Schimmel, American stand-up comedian (b. 1950)
2012 - Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor, dies from respiratory failure at 54
2012 - Sun Myung Moon, Korean evangelist, dies at 92

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 4th September


Historical Events

                                   
Commercial Steamboat Inventor           Children's Author Beatrix Potter               Aviator Charles Lindbergh
Robert Fulton

                                   
Spanish Dictator                                     Dictator of Nazi Germany                        33rd US President                                         
Francisco Franco                                     Adolf Hitler                                             Harry Truman

                 
Comedian Jerry Lewis                            American Baseball Player Roger Maris


422 - St Boniface I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
476 - Romulus Augustulus, last Roman emperor in west, is deposed
1024 - Conrad II the Sailor chosen German king
1260 - Battle at Montaperti-Guelfen vs Ghibellijnen
1282 - King Pedro III of Aragonorth annexes Sicily
1414 - Peace of Atrecht: John the fearless & Armagnacs
1479 - King Alfonso I of Portugal recognizes Isabella as queen of Castile
1571 - Catholic coup in Scotland
1609 - Navigator Henry Hudson discovers island of Manhattan [or Sep 11]
1618 - "Rodi" avalanche destroys Plurs Switzerland, 1,500 killed
1682 - English astronomer Edmund Halley sees his namesake comet
1695 - French garrison of castle Names surrenders for Willem III
1778 - City of Amsterdam signs trade agreement with US rebels
1781 - Los Angeles founded by 44 in Bahia de las Fumas, (Valley of Smokes)
1786 - -5] Orange troops plunder Hattem/Elburg
1805 - 1st edition of Batavian State-Current published
1807 - Robert Fulton begins operating his steamboat
1813 - 1st US relig newspaper (Religious Remembrancer (Christian Observer))
1833 - 1st newsboy hired (Barney Flaherty, 10 years old-NY Sun)
1842 - Work on Koln cathedral recommences after 284-year hiatus
1854 - English/French assault on Petropavlovsk Kamchatka
1862 - General Lee invades North with 50,000 Confederate troops
1862 - North Beach & Mission Railway Company organized in SF
1862 - Maryland Campaign (Antietam Campaign)
1864 - Bread riots in Mobile, Alabama
1866 - 1st Hawaiian daily newspaper published
1870 - 3rd French republic proclaimed as French overthrow their king
1882 - 1st district lit by electricity (NY's Pearl Street Station)
1884 - Britain ends its policy of penal transportation to New South Wales in Australia.
1885 - 1st cafeteria opens (NYC)
1886 - Apache Chief Geronimo surrenders ending last major US-Indian war
1888 - George Eastman patents 1st roll-film camera & registers "Kodak"
1893 - English author Beatrix Potter 1st tells the story of Peter Rabbit
1894 - In NYC, 12,000 tailors went on strike protesting sweat shops
1894 - Soccer team Veendam 1894 forms
1899 - 8.3 earthquake shakes Yakutat Bay Alaska
1904 - Dali Lama signs treaty allowing British commerce in Tibet
1906 - NY Highlanders win 5th straight doubleheader
1908 - Caledonia & Hillhurst Football Clubs play for Central Alberta Rugby Football League
          championship
1911 - Garros sets world altitude record of 4,250 m (13,944 ft)
1912 - 1st accident (collision) in Londoner Underground: 22 injured person
1914 - British, French & Russian government sign Pact of London, against Germany
1914 - General von Moltke ceases German advance in France
1916 - Christy Mathewson & Mordecai Brown final baseball game
1918 - Jhr Ch Ruys de Beerenbrouck becomes 1st Dutch Catholic premier
1918 - US troops land in Archangel, Russia, stay 10 months
1919 - 39th US Mens Tennis: William M Johnston beats Wm T Tilden (64 64 63)
1919 - British intervene in Petrograd
1919 - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to
           make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace.
1920 - Last day of Julian civil calendar (in parts of Bulgaria)
1922 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 2000m (5:26.3)
1923 - A Charlot & N Cowards revue "London Calling," premieres in London
1923 - NY Yankee Sad Sam Jones no-hits Phila A's, 2-0
1923 - Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USS Shenandoah.
1927 - Charles Lindbergh visits Boise, Idaho, on his cross-country tour
1930 - Cambridge Theater opens in London
1932 - 15th PGA Championship: Olin Dutra at Keller GC St Paul Minn
1933 - 1st airplane to exceed 300 mph (483 kph), JR Wendell, Glenview, Il
1933 - Coup on Cuban president De Cespedes by Fulgencio Batista
1934 - Bradman scores 149* Aust v Eng XI, 104 mins, 17 fours 4 sixes
1936 - Franco troops conquer Irun & Talavera de la Reina Spain
1936 - Largo Caballero becomes Spanish premier
1937 - Doris Kopsky, becomes 1st NABA woman cycling champion (4:22.4)
1938 - Vainio Muinonen wins 2nd European marathoner (2:37:28.8 )
1939 - Dutch 2nd Chamber affirms Neth's in a State of War
1939 - German submarine U-30 sinks British passenger ship Athenia
1939 - German troops move into Danzig
1939 - Netherlands & Belgium declare neutrality
1939 - Polish ghetto of Mir is exterminated
1939 - RAF bombs Wilhelmshafen
1940 - CBS begins broadcasting TV as station W2XAB
1940 - Gerbrandy becomes premier of Dutch government in exile
1940 - Nazi collaborator Mussert puts the fate of Neth in Hitler's hands
1941 - NY Yankees, win earliest AL pennent (full season)
1941 - US destroyer Greer fires on German submarine U-652
1941 - Yanks beat Red Sox 6-3 & clinch their 12th & earliest pennant
1942 - Transport nr 28 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
1943 - British 8th army lands at Taranto South Italy
1944 - 2,087 Jews transported for Westerbork to KZ-Lower Theresienstadt
1944 - 64th US Mens Tennis: Frank Parker beats Wm F Talbert (64 36 63 63)
1944 - British 11th Armoured Division frees Antwerp during WWII
1944 - Finland breaks diplomatic contact with nazi-Germany
1944 - US 1st Army frees Namen
1945 - Ruben Fine wins 4 simultaneous rapid chess games blindfolded
1945 - US regains possession of Wake Island from Japan
1948 - "Angel in the Wings" closes at Coronet Theater NYC after 308 perfs
1948 - Queen Wilhelmina abdicates Dutch throne
1949 - Marie Robie sinks 393 yd hole-in-one (1st hole in Furnace Brook)
1950 - 1st helicopter rescue of American pilot behind enemy lines
1950 - D McI Hodgson of St Ann Bay, Nova Scotia catches a 997 lb tuna
1950 - Heavy typhoon strikes Japan, kills about 250
1950 - Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR
           race.
1951 - 1st transcontinental TV broadcast, by Pres Harry Truman
1951 - 71st US Mens Tennis: F A Sedgman beats Elias V Seixas Jr (64 61 61)
1951 - NBC extends to become a 61 station coast-to-coast network
1951 - Pres Harry Truman addresses opening of Japanese Peace Treaty Conference
1953 - WATR (now WTXX) TV channel 20 in Waterbury, CT (NBC) begins
1953 - WGEM TV channel 10 in Quincy-Hannibal, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 - Yanks become 1st team to win 5 consecutive championship
1954 - 1st passage of McClure Strait, fabled Northwest Passage completed
1954 - Peter B Cortese of US achieves a one-arm deadlift of 370 lbs; 22 lbs over triple his body
           weight, at York, Pennsylvania
1956 - The IBM RAMAC 305 is introduced, the first commercial computer that used magnetic disk
           storage.
1957 - Ford Motor Co introduces Edsel
1957 - Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, calls out National Guard to stop 9 black students from
           entering a Little Rock high school
1960 - -12] Hurricane Donna, kills 148 in Caribbean & US
1961 - Carol Burnette-Richard Hayes Show premieres on CBS radio
1961 - US authorizes Agency for International Development
1962 - Beatles record "How Do You Do It" at EMI
1962 - French president De Gaulle visits German FR
1963 - Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board.
1964 - Eduardo Frei elected president of Chile
1964 - Longest bridge in Europe opens (Scottish Forth Road Bridge)
1964 - NASA launches its 1st Orbital Geophysical Observatory (OGO-1)
1965 - Beatles' "Help!," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks
1965 - KREZ TV channel 6 in Durango, CO (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting
1965 - Rock group Who's wan is vandalized with $10,000 in equipment stolen
1966 - Houston Oilers holds Denver Broncos to no 1st downs winning 45-7
1966 - Jim Hogan wins Europe marathon (2:20:04.6)
1967 - 6.5 earthquake of Kolya Dam India, kills 200
1967 - Jerry Lewis' 2nd Muscular Dystrophy telethon
1967 - Train crash at Arnhem Neth, kills 5
1968 - Nigerian troops conquer Aba Biafra
1970 - -5) 29.0 cm rainfall at Workman Creek, Arizona (state record)
1970 - George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord" single
1970 - Russian ballerina Natalia Makarova gets political asylum
1970 - Salvador Allende wins presidential election in Chile
1971 - Alaskan 727 crashes into Chilkoot Mountain, kills 109 (Alaska)
1972 - US swimmer Mark Spitz becomes 1st athlete to win 7 olympic gold medals
1972 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1972 - Thieves steal 18 paintings from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in what was at the time the
           largest art theft in North America.
1973 - William E Colby, becomes 10th director of CIA
1974 - Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
1975 - The Sinai Interim Agreement relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict is signed.
1976 - Palestinians hijack KLM DC-9 to Cyprus
1977 - "Godspell" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 527 performances
1977 - Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Rail Muscular Dystrophy Golf Classic
1978 - Jerry Lewis' 13th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $29,074,405
1978 - NY Yankee pitcher Ron Guidry wins his 20th (on way to 25-3 season)
1978 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
1979 - India need 438 to win v England, game ends at 8-429
1979 - Iran army conquerors Baneh
1980 - Yes performs its last concert (Madison Square Garden)
1981 - Longest game at Fenway Park completed in 20, Mariners-8, Red Sox-7
1981 - Newscaster David Brinkley is released by NBC
1981 - Seattle Mariners beat Boston Red Sox, 8-7, in 20 inn (started 9/3)
1981 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1982 - Arson fire engulfs apt-hotel in LA, 25 die
1982 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1983 - "Joseph & the Amazing Dreamcoat" closes at Royale NYC after 747 perfs
1983 - 83rd US Golf Amateur Championship won by Jay Sigel
1983 - Greg LeMond becomes only American to win cycling's Road Championship
1983 - Scott Michael Pellaton sets barefoot waterski speed rec (119.36 mph)
1984 - Nigerian singer Fela Kuti sentenced to 2 years
1985 - Igor Paklin of USSR set a new high jump world record at 7-11 12
1985 - NY Mets Gary Carter's 2 HRs ties record of 5 HRs in 2 games
1986 - 189.42 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
1986 - Claude Brochu becomes CEO of Montreal Expos
1988 - Mike Tyson crashes a silver BMW into a tree near Catskills NY
1988 - Phoenix Cardinals play 1st regular-season NFL game
1989 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
1989 - Jerry Lewis' 24th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $42,737,219
1991 - "Most Happy Fella" opens at NY State Theater NYC
1991 - Rte 35 Theater in Hazlit, last drive-in in NJ, closes
1991 - Panel of 8 baseball experts vote to drop asterisk next to Roger Maris HR record & determine
           an official no hitter must go at least 9 innings
1992 - "Scared Silent" is 1st non news program to be seen on 3 networks simultaneously. (CBS,
           NBC & PBS), about child abuse hosted by Oprah
1993 - Jim Abbott pitches 4-0, no-hit win over Indians at Yankee Stadium
1993 - Miklos Horthy appointed Hungarian admiral
1993 - Mats Wilander defeats Mikael Pernfors 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 1-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-4 in 4 hrs 1 min US
           Open Tennis match concluding at 2:26 AM
1994 - Bulgarian government of Berov falls
1994 - Cleveland Browns is 1st team in NFL to score a 2-point conversion
1994 - Kansai International airport officially opens
1995 - Jerry Lewis' 30th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $47,800,000
1995 - Mary Beth Zimmerman wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic
1995 - The Fourth World Conference on Women opens in Beijing with over 4,750 delegates from 181
           countries in attendance.
1996 - 13th MTV Awards: Alanis Morrisett & Smashing Pumpkins wins
1997 - 14th MTV Awards
1997 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Louisville KY on WTFX 100.5 FM
2010 - Canterbury earthquake: a 7.1 magnitude earthquake which struck the South Island of New
           Zealand at 4:35 am causing widespread damage and several power outages.
2012 - 42 people are killed and 25 injured as a passenger bus falls down a ravine in Morocco
2012 - 25 people are killed at a funeral suicide bombing in Nangarhar, Pakistan
2012 - Pauline Marois becomes the first female premier of Quebec
2012 - Carpet that can help prevent falls in elderly by warning them after detecting unusual footsteps
           is developed

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This Day in History for 4th September


Famous Weddings

1993 - Five-time U.S. national champion figure pair skater Jerod Swallow (26) weds his partner
           Elizabeth Punsalen
1996 - Judy Garland's daughter Lorna Luft (44) weds musician and musical director Colin Freeman
          (30) at Highclere Castle in Hampshire, United Kingdom
1998 - "Sex and The City" actress Kim Cattrall (42) weds audio designer Mark Levinson
2004 - Rap singer Juvenile (29) weds Shadonna Jones at The Victory Fellowship Church in Metairie,
           Louisiana
2006 - Television presenter Sally Meen (41) weds show business agent Russ Lindsay at Great
           Fosters Hotel in Egham, Surrey
2009 - Singer and actress Christina Milian (27) weds singer-songwriter The-Dream (31) at the Little
           White Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada
2011 - Fashion model and designer Lauren Bush (28) weds David Lauren (40), son of fashion
           designer Ralph Lauren at the 17,000 acre farm in Colorado

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This Day in History for 4th September


Famous Birthdays

                                   
Mr Jaguar William Lyons (1901)           Nazi Physician Eduard Wirths (1909)         Singer Beyonce Knowles (1981)


1241 - Alexander III of Scotland (d. 1286)
1249 - Amadeus V de Great, count of Flanders/Savoy
1383 - Amadeus VIII, duke of Savoye/last antipope (Felix V (1439-48)
1454 - Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (d. 1483)
1557 - Sofie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin , queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1631)
1563 - Wanli, Emperor of China (d. 1620)
1596 - Constantine Huygens, Dutch poet/diplomat (Delightful Folly)
1622 - Jacob Hintze, composer
1647 - Gerard Noodt, Dutch lawyer
1717 - Job Orton, English minister (d. 1783)
1736 - Robert Raikes, England, Sunday school pioneer
1746 - Bernardus Bosch, Dutch Patriot/poet/writer, baptised
1755 - Count Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish Army officer, diplomat and statesman. (d.
          1810)
1761 - Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer
1768 - Francois René de Chateaubriand, France, poet/novelist (Atala)
1778 - Louis Napoleon, French king of Netherlands (1806-10)
1793 - Edward Bates, Atty Gen (Union), died in 1869
1795 - Friedrich [August] von Alberti, German geologist (Triasic Age)
1802 - Marcus Whitman, missionary, led to US securing Oregon
1803 - Sarah Childress Polk, 1st lady (1845-1849)
1810 - Donald McKay, US naval architect, built fastest clipper ships
1815 - Andreas I Schaepman, archbishop of Utrecht 1868-82
1815 - Mihaly Mosonyi, composer
1816 - Francois-Emmanuel-Joseph Bazin, composer
1824 - Anton Bruckner, Ansfelden, Austria, Wagner disciple and "monumental bore"/composer
1824 - Phoebe Cary, Cincinnati, American poet (Poems of Alice & Phoebe Cary)
1825 - Dadabhai Naoroji, 1st Indian in British parliament
1826 - Martin Wiberg, Swedish computer pioneer (d. 1905)
1832 - Antonio Agliardi, Italian diplomat (d. 1915)
1843 - Charles Wentworth Dilke, English under minister of Foreign affairs
1843 - Jan Levoslav Bella, composer
1846 - Daniel Burnham, US, architect/built skyscrapers
1848 - Lewis H Latimer, inventor/engineer
1848 - Jennie Lee, American actress (d. 1925)
1850 - Luigi Cadorna, Italian fieldmarshal/earl (WW I-Caporetto)
1851 - John Dillon, Irish nationalist/British Lower house member
1853 - Hermann von Wissmann, German Africa explorer/governor East-Africa
1859 - Edoardo Mascheroni, composer
1869 - Geert A D Wumkes, Frisian theologist/writer (Frision Movement)
1870 - Friedrich Panzer, German germanist (Das Nibelungenlied)
1872 - [Rosalie] Julia Cuypers, Flemish actress/wife of Joseph of Lyre
1874 - Johanna M "Lena" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Bruno Gerlach
1880 - Leo Bittermieux, Flemish missionary (Congo)
1885 - Dimitrios Loundras, Greek gymnast (d. 1971)
1885 - Antonio Bacci, Italian cardinal (d. 1971)
1886 - Albert Orsborn, General of The Salvation Army (d. 1967)
1888 - Oskar Schlemmer, German painter/sculptor
1892 - Darius Milhaud, Aix-en-Provence France, composer (Maximilien)
1893 - Henry Schultz, US, farm commune leader
1895 - Nigel Bruce, British/US actor (Dr Watson-Sherlock Holmes)
1896 - Agnes Ayres, [Hinkle], US, actress (Sheik, Souls at Sea)
1896 - Antonin Artaud, Marseilles France, songwriter/dir (Theatre Seraphin)
1900 - Cornelis Verolme, Dutch ship builder
1901 - Paul Osborn, playwright (Mornings at 7)
1901 - William Lyons, Blackpool, British industrialist (Jaguar cars), (d. 1985)
1902 - Lorna Johnstone, England, equestrian dressage (Olympic-13th-1968)
1902 - Thomas Mitchell, England cricketer (d. 1996)
1904 - Julian Hill, research chemist
1904 - Maudet Christian-Jacques, film director
1905 - Mary Renault, [Mary Challens], writer (King Must Die, Funeral Games)
1906 - Alexander Moyzes, composer
1906 - Antanas Raciunas, composer
1906 - Hendrikus G "Han" Hoekstra, poet (Ongerijmde life)
1907 - Leo Castelli, Trieste, American art dealer
1907 - Maurice Ashley, historian
1908 - Edward Dmytryk, director (Carpetbaggers, Young Lions, Caine Mutiny)
1908 - Richard Wright, US, author (Native Son, Uncle Tom's Children)
1909 - Karel Horky, composer
1909 - Eduard Wirths, Geroldshausen, German Empire, Nazi physician (Auschwitz), (d. 1945)
1912 - Alexander Liberman, editor/painter/photographer (639)
1913 - Stanford Moore, US biochemist (Nobel 1977)
1913 - Mickey Cohen, American gangster (d. 1976)
1914 - Rudolf Leiding, German auto executive, third postwar chairman of Volkswagen (d. 2003)
1915 - Dick Thomas, Phila Pa, TV host (Village Barn)
1915 - Rudolf Schock, German opera/operette singer
1916 - Robert [Augustine] W[ard] Lowndes, US, sci-fi author (Puzzle Planet)
1917 - Henry Ford II, automaker (Ford Motor Co)
1918 - Gerald Wilson, Shelby Miss, orchestra leader (Redd Foxx)
1918 - Paul Harvey, Tulsa Oklahoma, news commentator (Rest of the story)
1918 - William Talbert, tennis doubles champ (US 1942, 45, 46, 48)
1919 - Howard Morris, NYC, comedic actor (High Anxiety)
1920 - Craig Claiborne, food columnist (NY Times Cookbook)
1920 - Teddy Johnson, British singer
1920 - Clemar Bucci, Argentine racing driver
1922 - Per Olof Sundman, Swedish writer and politician (d. 1992)
1924 - Joan Aiken, Romania, writer of children's songs
1925 - Forrest Carter, American author (d. 1979)
1926 - Robert J Lagomarsino, (Rep-R-CA, 1974- )
1926 - Bert Olmstead, Canadian ice hockey player
1927 - Aleksandr Nikolayevich Matinchenko, Russia, cosmonaut
1928 - Dick York, Fort Wayne Ind, actor (Darrin-Bewitched, Inherit the Wind)
1928 - Donald E Petersen, Minn, exec (Ford Motors)
1929 - Thomas F Eagleton, (Sen-D-MO, 1968-86/VP candidate-D-1972)
1930 - Jerry Ragavoy, US songwriter/producer (Wonderful Dream)
1930 - Mitzi Gaynor, actress (Bird & Vees, Anything Goes, South Pacific)
1932 - Carlos Romero-Barcel, (Rep-D-Puerto Rico)
1932 - Dinsdale Landen, English actor (d. 2003)
1933 - Richard Castellano, Bronx, actor (Godfather, Lovers & Other Stranger)
1934 - Clive Granger, Welsh-born economist, Nobel laureate
1937 - Dawn Fraser, NSW Australia, 100m freestyle (Olympic-gold-1956, 60, 64)
1937 - Mikk Mikiver, Estonian actor and director (d. 2006)
1938 - Leonard Frey, Brooklyn New York, American actor (Best of West, Mr Smith)
1941 - Marilena Chaui, Brazilian philosopher
1941 - Sushilkumar Shinde, Indian politician
1941 - Joanna Van Gyseghem, English actress
1941 - Ramesh Sethi, East African cricketer
1942 - Bob Filner, (Rep-D-California)
1942 - Merald "Bubba" Knight, Atlanta Ga, singer (Gladys Knights & Pips)
1942 - Raymond Floyd, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, American PGA golfer (1986 US Open)
1942 - Jerry Jarrett, American professional wrestling promoter
1943 - Giuseppi Gentile, Italy, triple jumper (Olympic-bronze-1968)
1944 - Gene Parsons, rock drummer (Byrds, Gene Clark Group)
1944 - Christopher Needler, English sand industrialist (TCG Materials)
1944 - Jennifer Salt, Los Angeles California, actress (Sisters, Soap, Wedding Party)
1944 - Ron Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
1945 - Daniel Wood Gatton, guitarist
1946 - David Liebman, rocker
1946 - Gary Duncan, [Grubb], San Diego Ca, rock guitarist (Quicksilver)
1946 - Greg Elmore, San Diego Ca, rock drummer (Quicksilver)
1947 - Alan Greisman, Sally Field's husband/producer (Fletch, Surrender)
1948 - Marian H J Soutendijk, Dutch MP (CDA)
1948 - Samuel Hui, Hong Kong singer
1949 - Thomas Sturges Watson, KC MO, PGA golfer (1975 Byron Nelson)
1949 - Tom Watson, KC Mo, golfer (British Open 1975, 77, 80, 82, 83)
1949 - Dean Pees, National Football League defensive coordinator
1950 - Doyle Alexander, American baseball player
1950 - Ehteshamuddin, Pakistani cricketer
1951 - Judith Ivey, El Paso Texas, actress (Lady in Red, Hello Again)
1951 - Martin Chambers, rock drummer (Pretenders)
1951 - Nicu Ceausescu, playboy
1951 - Marita Ulvskog, Swedish politician
1952 - Rishi Kapoor, Indian actor
1953 - Kengo Kimura, [Takashi Kimura], wrestler (NJPW)
1953 - Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs, NYC, actor (Freddie-Welcome Back Kotter)
1953 - Michael Stean, chess player
1954 - José Castro, Swedish actor.
1955 - Brian Schweitzer, American politician, governor of Montana
1956 - Candy Loving Oswego KS, playmate (Jan, 1979)
1956 - Shane Gould, freestyle swimmer (Olympics-3 Gold-1972)
1956 - Blackie Lawless, American musician, lead singer in W.A.S.P.
1957 - Khandi Alexander, American actress
1957 - Patricia Tallman, American actress
1958 - Ray Freeman, Greensboro NC, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 Coast Carolina)
1958 - Shiro Koshinaka, wrestler (WAR/NJPW)
1958 - George Hurley, American drummer (Minutemen)
1959 - Armin Kogler, Austria, skier (2-time winner of jumping World Cup)
1959 - William Kennedy Smith, Kennedy accused of rape in Florida (1991)
1959 - Kevin Harrington, Australian actor
1960 - Damon Wayans, actor/comedian (In Living Color, Major Payne, Blankman)
1960 - Peter Virgile, soap actor (Hostage, Popeye Doyle)
1960 - Kim Thayil, American guitarist (Soundgarden, Probot)
1961 - Kevin Kennedy, English actor
1961 - Rizwan-uz-Zaman, Pakistani cricketer
1962 - Kiran More, Indian cricketer
1962 - Ulla Tørnæs, Danish politician
1963 - Donna Wilkins, Miami FL, LPGA golfer (1987 S&H Golf Classic-5th)
1963 - John Vanbiesbrouck, Detroit MI, NHL goalie (Team USA, Florida)
1963 - Sam Yaffa, Finnish musician (Hanoi Rocks, New York Dolls)
1964 - Guy Donald Boros, Ft Laud FL, PGA golfer (1994 Deposit Guaranty-3rd)
1964 - Tomas Sandstrom, NHL forward (Anaheim, Team Sweden 1998)
1964 - René Pape, German bass
1965 - Terri Lynn Doss, Chicago Ill, playmate (Jul, 1988)
1966 - Debra Lewin, South Burlington Vermont, Miss Vermont-America (1991)
1966 - Jearl A Miles, Gainesville FL, 400m/long jumper (Olympics-gold-96)
1967 - Darrin Murray, New Zealand cricketer
1968 - Carlette Guidry-White, 100m/long jumper
1968 - John Preston, Utah, actor (Greg-General Hospital)
1968 - Mike Piazza, Norristown PA, catcher (LA Dodgers)
1968 - Rick McNair, Berkeley California, water polo 2m defender (Olympics-96)
1968 - Phill Lewis, American actor
1968 - John DiMaggio, American actor
1969 - Alexander Coe, Welsh DJ and record producer
1969 - Noah Taylor, English-born actor
1970 - Cari Read, Edmonton Alberta, synchro swimmer (Olympics-silver-96)
1970 - Igor Cavalera, Brazilian pop drummer (Sepultura)
1970 - Ione Skye, [Leitch], Hertfordshire England, actress (Say Anything)
1970 - Janae Lautenschlager, Canoga Park California, diver (Olympics-96)
1970 - Jennifer Nakken, Cedar City Utah, Miss Utah-America (1991)
1970 - Luis Lopez, infielder (San Diego Padres)
1970 - Dave Buchwald, American hacker and film maker
1971 - Brian Storey, Richmond BC, 470 yachter (Olympics-96)
1971 - John Thierry, NFL defensive end (Chic Bears)
1971 - Monty Grow, NFL safety (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1971 - Tyrone Johnson, NFL wide receiver (Atlanta Falcons)
1971 - Maik Taylor, Northern Irish footballer
1971 - Anita Yuen, Hong Kong actress
1972 - Daniel Nestor, Belgrade Yugo, Canadian tennis player (Olympics-96)
1972 - Danny Ponce, Waltham Mass, actor (Willie-Valerie/Hogan Family)
1972 - Jason Fisk, NFL defensive tackle (Minnesota Vikings)
1972 - Myra Katherine Hale, Lincoln Nebraska, Miss America-Nebraska (1996)
1972 - Norman Hand, NFL defensive tackle (Miami Dolphins)
1972 - Françoise Yip, Canadian actress
1973 - Robert Couch, NFL tackle (Atlanta Falcons)
1973 - Stacy Sanches, Dallas TX, playmate (Mar, 1995)
1974 - Jean Lavertue, Montreal Quebec, weightlifter (Olympics-96)
1974 - Nona Gaye, daughter of Marvin Gaye/singer
1974 - Carmit Bachar, American musician (Pussycat Dolls)
1974 - Lincoln Roberts, West Indian cricketer
1975 - Nikolaos Lyberopoulos, Greek footballer
1976 - Diana Maria Urdareanu, Miss Romania Universe (1997)
1976 - Helen Denman, Perth Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1976 - Katreeya English, Thai singer, actress, model
1976 - Clinton R. Nixon, American game designer
1977 - Sun-Woo Kim, Korean Major League Baseball player
1977 - Mark Ronson, English DJ/Producer and co-founder of Allido Records
1977 - Lucie Silvas, English musician
1978 - Christian Walz, svensk soulartist.
1978 - Wes Bentley, American actor
1979 - Suzan Dandeneau, Miss Idaho Teen USA (1996)
1979 - Pedro Camacho, Portuguese composer
1979 - Kosuke Matsuura, Japanese racing driver
1979 - Maxim Afinogenov, Russian ice hockey player
1979 - Kristina Krepela, Croatian actress
1980 - Hitomi Shimatani, Japanese singer
1980 - Pat Neshek, American baseball player
1981 - Richard Garcia, Australian footballer
1981 - Beyoncé Knowles, Houston Texas, singer (Destiny's Child)
1981 - Lacey Mosley, American singer (Flyleaf)
1983 - Yuichi Nakamaru, Japanese idol, (member of KAT-TUN)
1983 - Tareq Aziz, Bangladeshi cricketer
1984 - Hamish McIntosh, Australian football player
1984 - Camila Bordonaba, Argentine actress, singer and composer
1986 - James Younghusband, Philippine footballer
1988 - John Tyler Hammons, American politician
1991 - Carter Jenkins, American actor
2179 - Nyota Uhura, Nairobi Kenya, communications officer (Star Trek)

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This Day in History for 4th September


Famous Deaths

                       
Baseball Player                                           Naturalist and TV Star
Hank Greenberg (1986)                                    Steve Irwin (2006)


422 - St Boniface I, Italian Bishop of Rome, dies
454 - Dioscorus van Alexandria, patriarch (council of Efeze), dies
799 - Musa al-Kazim, Shia Imam (b. 745)
1037 - King Bermudo III of Leon (b. 1010)
1063 - Toghrül, Turkish conqueror of Persia and Baghdad
1085 - Irmgarde van Keulen, German countress of Aspel/saint, dies
1199 - Joan of England, Queen consort of Sicily, wife of William II of Sicily (b. 1165)
1537 - Johann Dietenberger, German theologian (b. c. 1475)
1553 - Cornelia da Nomatalcino, monk converted to Judaism, burned at stake
1571 - Earl of Lennox, regent of Scotland, murdered
1588 - Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester, dies at 87
1644 - John Wtenbogaert, theologist (Kerckelicke history), dies at 87
1709 - Jean-Francois Regnard, French comedic poet/slave in Algeria, dies
1759 - Girolamo Chiti, composer, dies at 80
1767 - Charles Townshend, English politician (b. 1725)
1780 - John Fielding, English magistrate and social reformer (b. 1721)
1784 - Cesar F Cassini "the Thury", French astronomer (geodesic labor), dies
1794 - John Hely-Hutchinson, Irish statesman (b. 1724)
1804 - Richard Somers, American naval officer
1828 - Cornelis Stevens, Belgian RC foreman/polemist, dies at 80
1845 - Pierre P Royer-Collard, French attorney/philosopher, dies at 82
1852 - William MacGillivray, Scottish naturalist and ornithologist (b. 1796)
1853 - Jonathan Blewitt, composer, dies at 71
1864 - John Hunt Morgan, American Confederate military leader (b. 1825)
1903 - Herman Zumpe, composer, dies at 53
1905 - Pierre de Braza, founder (French Congo), dies
1907 - Edvard Grieg, composer, dies at 64
1907 - Edvard Hagerup Grieg, Norwegian composer (Peer Gynt Suite), dies at 64
1916 - José Echegaray y Eizaguirre, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)
1918 - Max Dauthendy, German painter/author (Raubmenschen), dies at 51)
1922 - Georges Sorel, French social philosopher, dies at 74
1937 - Giovanni Salviucci, composer, dies at 29
1938 - Clifford Dempsey, actor (Salute), dies at 73
1944 - Izaak van der Horst, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
1946 - Paul Lincke, German composer/conductor (Lysistrata), dies at 79
1960 - Alfred E Green, director (Copacabana), dies after long illness at 71
1963 - Robert Schuman, French premier/chair (European Parliament), dies at 77
1964 - W Bergengruen, writer, dies at 71
1965 - Albert Schweitzer, German/French missionary (Nobel 1954), dies at 90
1970 - James M Taylor, USAF/astronaut, dies at 39
1972 - Alan Kippax, cricketer (1st-class batting average 67), dies
1974 - Creighton W Abrams, US general/army staff chief (Vietnam), dies at 59
1974 - Marcel Achard, French dramatist (La forges the Paris), dies at 75
1974 - Lewi Pethrus, Swedish politician (b. 1884)
1975 - Walter Tetley, cartoon voice (Sherman-Bullwinkle Show), dies at 60
1977 - Stelios Perpiniadis, Greek musician (b. 1899)
1977 - E. F. Schumacher, German economist and statistician (b. 1911)
1977 - Jean Rostand, French biologist (b. 1894)
1979 - Jef van de Wiele, Belgian politician, dies at 76
1979 - Canuplin, Filipino magician and bodabil entertainer (b. 1904)
1980 - Wolfgang Gentner, German nuclear physicist, dies at 74
1981 - Verne Rowe, actor (Verne-Fernwood 2 Night), dies at 59
1985 - George O'Brien, actor (Daniel Boone, Salute), dies of a stroke at 85
1985 - Isabel Jeans, actress (Suspicion, Easy Virtue, Tovarich), dies at 93
1986 - Hank Greenberg, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers) dies aged 75
1989 - Georges Simenon, Belgian/French writer/director (Maigret), dies at 86
1989 - Ronald Syme, New Zealand-born classicist and historian (b. 1903)
1990 - Henry Faas, [Wandelganger], Dutch journalist (Volkskrant), dies
1990 - Irene Dunne, actress (5 oscars), dies of heart failure at 91
1991 - Charlie Barnet, saxophonist (Cherokee), dies of pneumonia at 77
1991 - Dottie West, country singer (Here Comes my Baby), dies at 58 in a car
1991 - Margaret Ramsay, vocalist, dies
1991 - Thomas Tryon, actor (Cardinal)/writer (Other), dies at 65
1992 - John van Dreelen, [Jacques T van Drielen Gimberg], actor (Topaz), dies
1993 - Clyde Adler, voice (White Fang/Black Tooth-Soupy Sales), dies
1993 - Herve Villechaize, actor (Fantasy Island), shoots self to death at 50
1993 - Mehmet Sincar, Turkish/Kurd MP, murdered
1994 - Laurentius LM "Laurens" van Deenen, (pathed)physiologist, dies at 66
1994 - Louis Myers, blues guitarist /harmonica player, dies at 64
1995 - Chuck Greenberg, new age musician (Shadowfax), dies at 45
1995 - Edmond Jouhaud, general, dies at 90
1995 - John Megna, actor (To Kill a Mocking Bird), dies at 42
1995 - William Moses Kunstler, UCLA attorney (Chicago 7), dies at 78
1996 - Sam Cook, cricketer (Gloucestershire slow bowler with one Test for England), dies
1997 - Belle Stewart, singer, dies at 91
1997 - Aldo Rossi, Italian architect (b. 1931)
1998 - Elizabeth Kata, Australian writer, A Patch of Blue (b. 1912)
2001 - Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, American radio personality (b. 1962)
2002 - Vlado Perlemuter, Lithuanian pianist (b. 1904)
2003 - Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist and conductor (b. 1921)
2003 - Lola Bobesco, Romanian-born violinist (b. 1921)
2004 - Alphonso Ford, American basketball player (b. 1971)
2004 - Moe Norman, Canadian golfer (b. 1929)
2004 - James O. Page, American paramedic (b. 1936)
2006 - Colin Thiele, Australian author and educator (b. 1920)
2006 - Steve Irwin, Australian naturalist and television personality attacked and killed by a stingray
           (b. 1962)
2006 - Astrid Varnay, Swedish-born soprano (b. 1918)
2006 - Giacinto Facchetti, Italian footballer (b. 1942)
2011 - Lee Roy Selmon, American football player (b. 1954)

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 5th September


Historical Events

                                   
Russian Tsar Peter the Great                    32nd US President                                  Cuban President and Dictator
                                                                Franklin D. Roosevelt                                     Fulgencio Batista

                                   
Comedian Jerry Lewis                             US President John F. Kennedy                    Singer Whitney Houston

                 
Anti-apartheid activist/                          Tennis Player Pete Sampras
South African President
Nelson Mandela


1198 - Philips van Zwaben Hohenstaufen crowned king of Roman Catholic Germany
1519 - 2nd Battle of Tehuacingo, Mexico: Hernan Cortes vs Tlascala Aztecs
1550 - William Cecil appoints himself English minister of foreign affairs
1590 - Alexander Farnese's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris.
1596 - Dutch fleet commander Cornelis de Houtman taken hostage in Java
1622 - Richelieu becomes cardinal
1634 - -6] Battle at Nordlingen: King Ferdinand III & Spain beat Sweden & German protestants
1644 - Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Sas of Gent
1661 - French superintendant of Finance Nicolas Fouquet arrested
1666 - Great Fire of London ends, leaving 13,200 houses destroyed and 8 dead
1698 - Russia's Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards
1750 - Decree issued in Paderborn Prussia allows for annual search of all Jewish homes for stolen or
           "doubtful" goods
1774 - 1st Continental Congress assembles, in Philadelphia
1781 - Battle of Virginia Capes, French defeat British, traps Cornwallis
1786 - Montplaisir Ceramic factory opens in Schaarbeek Belgium
1793 - In the French Revolution, the "Reign of Terror" begins
1795 - US-Algiers sign peace treaty
1796 - General Salicetti orders equal rights for Jews of Bologna Italy
1798 - New conscription law goes into effect in France
1800 - Malta surrenders to British after they blockade French troops
1814 - -15] Battle at Masurische Meren: Germans chase Russ out of E Prussia
1816 - Louis XVIII has to dissolve the Chambre introuvable ("Unobtainable Chamber").
1836 - Sam Houston elected president of Republic of Texas
1838 - Central Museum opens in Utrecht Netherlands
1839 - The First Opium War begins in China.
1844 - Iron ore discovered in Minnesota's Mesabi Mountains
1862 - Lee crosses Potomac & enters Maryland
1863 - Bread revolt in Mobile Alabama
1864 - British, French & Dutch fleets attacked Japan in Shimonoseki Straits
1864 - Achille François Bazaine becomes Marshall of France.
1877 - Southern blacks led by Pap Singleton settle in Kansas
1882 - 10,000 workers march in 1st Labor Day parade in NYC
1885 - 1st gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer (Ft Wayne, Ind)
1887 - Gas lamp at Theater Royal in Exeter catches fire killing about 200
1895 - George Washington Murray elected to Congress from SC
1900 - France proclaims a protectorate over Chad
1901 - National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues forms
1905 - Lillian Mortimer's "No Mother to Guide," premieres in Detroit
1905 - Treaty of Portsmouth USA, ends Russo-Japanese War
1906 - 1st legal forward pass (Brandbury Robinson to Jack Schneider)
1908 - Dodger Nap Rucker no-hits Boston Braves, 6-0
1910 - Jack Coombs begins a record streak of 53 shutout innings
1913 - Phillies & Braves tie record of only 1 run in a double header, Phillies win 1st game 1-0, then a
           scoreless tie into 10th
1914 - Battle of Marne (WW I) begins: Germans chase out Russians
1914 - French headquarters move to Chatillon-sur-Seine
1914 - Gr Britain/France/Belgium/Russia sign pact of London
1914 - Proclamation prohibits Canadian mint from issuing gold coins
1915 - 35th US Mens Tennis: William Johnston beats McLoughlin (16 60 75 108)
1915 - Anti-war conference in Zimmerwald, Switzerland
1916 - 36th US Mens Tennis: R N Williams III beats Johnston (46 64 06 62 64)
1918 - Due to WW I, 15th World Series begins a month early
1918 - Decree "On Red Terror" is published in Russia
1920 - Iron monument unveiled at Stone churches, Flanders
1921 - Walter Johnson sets strikeout mark at 2,287
1922 - 17th Davis Cup: USA beats Australasia in New York (4-1)
1922 - Yankees final game at Polo Grounds (played there 7 years)
1923 - Flyweights Gene LaRue & Kid Pancho KO each other simultaneously
1925 - 112 F (44°C), Centerville, Alabama (state record)
1925 - 29th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Bobby Jones
1927 - Red Sox beat Yankees 12-11 in 18 innings
1929 - French premier A Briand requests a US of Europe
1932 - The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger.
1936 - Red Sox turn a triple-play on Yankees
1937 - Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls.
1939 - 34th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Haverford (3-2)
1939 - FDR declares US neutrality at start of WW II in Europe
1939 - US declare itself neutral
1942 - Battle at Alam Halfa ends
1942 - British & US bomb Le Havre & Bremen
1943 - 57th US Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats A Louise Brough (63 57 63)
1943 - US airland at Nadzab, New-Guinea
1944 - "Mad Tuesday" 65,000 Dutch nazi collaborators flee to Germany
1944 - 5 resistance fighter executed in Terneuzen
1944 - Allies liberate Brussels
1944 - Belgium, Luxembourg & Netherlands sign unity treaty
1944 - British premier Churchill travels to Scotland
1944 - Dutch Armed Forces forms, under prince Bernhard
1946 - "Yours Is My Heart" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 36 performances
1946 - Joe Garagiola plays his 1st major league baseball game
1948 - In France, Robert Schuman becomes President of the Council while being Foreign minister, As
           such, he is the negotiator of the major treaties of the end of World War II.
1949 - 63rd US Womens Tennis: M Osborne duPont beats Doris Hart (64 61)
1949 - 69th US Mens Tennis: Pancho Gonzales beat Schroeder (1618 26 61 62 64)
1950 - 64th US Womens Tennis: Margaret Osborne duPont beats D Hart (63 63)
1950 - 70th US Mens Tennis: Art Larsen beats Herbert Flam (63 46 57 64 63)
1950 - 98.3 cm rainfall at Yankeetown, Florida (state record)
1951 - 65th US Womens Tennis: Mo Connolly beats Shirley J Fry (63 16 64)
1951 - 71st US Mens Tennis: Frank A Sedgman beats Elias Seixas Jr (64 61 61)
1952 - General Carlos Ibáñez elected president of Chile
1953 - 1st privately operated atomic reactor-Raleigh NC
1953 - US give Persian premier Zahedi $45 million aid
1954 - Dutch Super Constellation crashes at Shannon, 28 die
1955 - Fred Kaps becomes world champion magician
1955 - Dodger Don Newcombe hits NL pitcher record 7th HR of season
1955 - WKRG TV channel 5 in Mobile, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting
1955 - WTTW TV channel 11 in Chicago, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1956 - 20 die in a train crash in Springer NM
1957 - Cuban dictator Batista bombs Cienfuegos uprising
1957 - Yugoslavia bans Milovan Djilas' book "new class marine officers"
1958 - "Doctor Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak published in US
1958 - 1st color video recording on magnetic tape presented, Charlotte NC
1958 - WKPC TV channel 15 in Louisville, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
1959 - Wash Senator Jim Lemon is 7th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (3rd)
1960 - Cassius Clay captures Olympic light heavyweight gold medal
1960 - President Kasavubu fires premier Lumumba of Congo
1960 - Wilma Rudolph wins her 2nd gold medal
1960 - The poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is elected as the first President of Senegal.
1961 - JFK begins underground nuclear testing
1961 - President Kennedy signs law against hijacking (death penalty)
1961 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1962 - Atletico Madrid wins 2nd Europe Cup II
1962 - Cubs Ken Hubbs sets 2nd base record for consecutive errorless games at 78 & consecutive
           errorless chances (418), he errors in the 4th
1966 - Jerry Lewis' 1st Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $15,000
1966 - WRLK TV channel 35 in Columbia, SC (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967 - -23] Hurricane Beuleah, kills 54 in Caribbean, Mexico & Texas
1967 - KMEG TV channel 14 in Sioux City, IA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1967 - WEBA TV channel 14 in Allendale, SC (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 - 21 killed by hijackers aboard a Pan Am jet in Karachi Pakistan
1968 - 82nd US Womens Tennis: Virginia Wade beats Billie Jean King (64 64)
1968 - 88th US Mens Tennis: Arthur Ashe beats Tom Okker (1412 57 63 36 63)
1968 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1969 - Frente Obrero wins Dutch Antilles national elections
1970 - Estimated 15 cm (6") of rainfall, Bug Point, Utah (state record)
1971 - Astros pitcher J R Richard debut, strikes out 15 Giants in a 5-3 win
1971 - NY Mets Don Hahn hits 1st inside the park homer at Phillies Vet
1972 - 11 Israeli athletes are slain at Munich Olympics by Black Sept
1972 - Chemical spill with fog sickens hundreds in Meuse Valley Belgium
1972 - Jerry Lewis' 7th Muscular Dystrophy telethon, John & Yoko appear
1972 - Palestinian terrorists kill 11 Israelis at 1972 Munich Olympics
1973 - "Desert Song" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 15 performances
1973 - 1st one-day Cricket international for WI (v Eng) - lose by 1 wicket
1975 - Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme attempts to assassinate Ford in Sacramento
1975 - Portugal premier Goncalvez resigns
1975 - Wings release "Letting Go"
1976 - "Rex" closes at Lunt-Fontaine Theater NYC after 48 performances
1976 - "Very Good Eddie" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 307 performances
1976 - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Golf Classic
1977 - Cleveland Indians stage 1st "I hate the Yankee Hanky Night"
1977 - Jerry Lewis' 12th Muscular Dystrophy telethon
1977 - RAF kidnap West German work chairman Schleyer
1977 - Voyager 1 (US) launched toward fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn
1978 - Sadat, Begin & Carter began peace conference at Camp David, Md
1979 - A's Matt Keough A's beats Brewers 6-1 for 1st win after 14 straight losses, ended 1978 with
           4 loses (1 shy of the record 19)
1979 - Canada puts its 1st gold bullion coin on sale
1979 - Earl of Mountbatten funeral held in London
1979 - Iran army occupies Piranshahr
1979 - Roscoe Tanner fires 11 aces, breaks the net with his bullet serve & upsets top-seeded Bjorn
           Borg in US Tennis Open quarterfinals
1980 - Poland party leader Edward Gierek resigns
1980 - World's longest auto tunnel, St Gotthard in Swiss Alps, opens
1982 - 82nd US Golf Amateur Championship won by Jay Sigel
1982 - Eddie Hill sets propeller-driven boat water speed record of 229 mph
1983 - 8th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 3-lands at Edwards AFB
1983 - Elmer Trettr sets record for highest terminal velocity at 201.34 mph
1983 - Jerry Lewis' 18th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $30,691,627
1983 - Lauri Peterson wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
1984 - 12th Space Shuttle Mission (41-D) -Discovery 1- lands at Edwards AFB
1986 - 3rd MTV Awards: Whitney Houston wins
1986 - Karachi Pakistan army storms hijacked US B-747, 19 killed
1986 - MTV Music Awards - Dire Straits "Money For Nothing" wins
1986 - NASA awards study contracts to 5 aerospace firms
1986 - NASA launches DOD-1
1987 - Carlton Fisk clubs his 300th career HR off Danny Jackson
1987 - John McEnroe is fined $17,500 for tirades at US Tennis Open
1988 - Betsy King wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
1988 - Jerry Lewis' 23rd Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $41,132,113
1988 - CFL's Earl Winfield (Ham) scores TDs on 101-yd punt return, 100-yd kickoff return & 58-yd
           pass reception
1989 - Chris Evert last US Open match, she is defeated by Zina Garrison
1989 - Deborah Norville becomes news anchor of Today Show
1990 - Iraqi Pres Saddam Hussein urges Arabs to rise against the West
1990 - Pete Sampras ends Ivan Lendl's bid for 9th straight US Open final
1991 - 8th MTV Awards: REM
1991 - Nelson Mandela chosen president of South African ANC
1991 - US trial of former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega begins
1992 - Dan O'Brien sets world record decathlon (8891 pts)
1993 - "Fool Moon" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC after 207 perfs
1993 - "Jelly's Last Jam" closes at Virginia Theater NYC after 569 perfs
1993 - "Will Rogers Follies" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 983 perfs
1993 - F Murray Abraham released from hospital after car accident
1993 - Largest US Tennis Open 2 sessions (total) daily gate (43,502)
1993 - Noureddine Morceli runs world record mile (3:44,39)
1994 - Barb Mucha wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic
1994 - Jerry Lewis' 29th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $47,100,000
1994 - Jingyi Le swims world record 100m women's freestyle (54.01 sec)
1994 - Kirgizia government resigns
1994 - SF 49'er Jerry Rice catches NFL record 127th touchdown pass
1995 - Cal Ripken Jr ties Gehrig's record of playing in 2,130 straight games
1996 - "Summer & Smoke" opens at Criterion Theater NYC
1996 - MTV Video Music Awards
1997 - Athen's Greece selected for 2004 Olympics
1997 - Orioles beat Yankes 13-9 in longest 9 inning game
1998 - Women's championship at US Tennis Open
2000 - The Haverstraw-Ossining Ferry makes its maiden voyage.
2005 - Mandala Airlines Flight 091 crashes into a heavily-populated residential of Sumatra, Indonesia,
           killing 104 people on board and at least 39 persons on ground.
2007 - Three terrorists suspected to be a part of Al-Qaeda are arrested in Germany after allegedly
           planning attacks on both the Frankfurt International airport and US military installations.
2009 - Denmark celebrates the first national flagday, in memory of the fallen Danes in international
           operations since 1948.
2012 - 54 people are killed and 50 injured after a firecracker factory explodes in Nadu
2012 - Austerity measure requires Greece to increase its maximum working days to six per week
2012 - 25 are killed and 4 wounded after an ammunition store exploded in Afyon, Turkey