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This Day in History for 19th September


Famous Birthdays

                                   
Mathematician/Astronomer                        Nobel Laureate and Novelist                  Actor Jeremy Irons (1948)
Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (1749)            William Golding (1911)         


86 - Antoninus Pius, 15th Roman emperor (138-161)
866 - Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912)/writer (Problematica)
1377 - Albert IV, Duke of Austria (d. 1404)
1551 - Henry III, duke of Anjou/king of Poland/France (1573/4-89)
1655 - Jan Luyts, Netherlands, scholar/physicist/mathematician/astronomer
1705 - Henri-Jacques de Croes, Flemish composer/band master
1714 - Charles Humphreys, American delegate to the Continental Congress (d. 1786)
1737 - Charles Carroll, signed Decl of Ind
1749 - Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer (The History of
           Astronomy), (d. 1822)
1754 - John Ross Key, commissioned officer in the Continental Army, judge, lawyer and the father of
           Francis Scott Key (d. 1821)
1759 - William Kirby, English entomologist (d. 1850)
1769 - Joseph Comb, missionary to Molukkas
1770 - Johann G Repsold, German instrument maker
1778 - Henry Peter Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1868)
1796 - Hartley Coleridge, English poet (d. 1849)
1799 - René Caillé, French explorer (d. 1838)
1800 - William Wister McKean, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1865
1802 - Louis Kossuth, Hungary, President of Hungary (1849)
1803 - Maria Anna of Savoy, Empress of Austria and queen of Hungary and Bohemia (d. 1884)
1811 - Orson Pratt, American religious leader (d. 1881)
1822 - Joseph Rodman West, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1824 - Carl Ignaz Franz Umlauf, composer
1828 - Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 1880)
1837 - Adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld, composer
1862 - Adeline De Walt Reynolds, Benton County IA, actress (Son of Dracula)
1867 - Arthur Rackham, England, artist/illustrator (Grimm's Fairy Tales)
1871 - Fritz Schaudinn, German animal expert (examined syphilis)
1882 - Paul-Marie Masson, composer
1882 - Christopher Stone, first disc jockey in the United Kingdom (d. 1965)
1887 - Lovie Austin, American jazz pianist (d. 1972)
1887 - Lynne Overman, American actor (d. 1943)
1888 - Porter Hall, Cincinnati OH, actor (Half-Breed, Double Indenity)
1888 - J. W. Alexander, American mathematician (d. 1971)
1889 - Ernest Truex, KC Mo, actor (Pop-Pete & Gladys, Mr Peepers)
1889 - Sarah Delany, author/teacher
1894 - Cornelis Rijnsdorp, writer (Kings Children)
1898 - Giuseppe Saragat, president of Italy (1964-71)
1900 - Ricardo Cortez [Jacob Krantz], New York City, New York, American actor and director (The
           Maltese Falcon)
1900 - Solomon Pimsleur, composer
1901 - Joseph Pasternak, film producer (Anchors Aweigh, Date With Judy)
1902 - James Van Alen, created Simplified Scoring System for tennis
1902 - Pieter John Bouman, sociologist/historian
1904 - Bergen Evans, Ohio, English professor ($64,000 Question)
1904 - Karen Aabye, Danish author (Less bedstemor there jomfru)
1905 - Betty Garde, Phila, actress (Aggie-Real McCoys)
1905 - James Holland, artist/exhibition organiser
1905 - Leon Jaworski, American Watergate scandal special prosecutor (d. 1982)
1906 - Dalibor Cyril Vackar, composer
1906 - Massimo Freccia, composer
1907 - Lewis F Powell Jr, Va, Supreme Court justice (1972-87)
1908 - Mika Waltari, novelist (Egyptian)
1908 - Tatsuo Shimabuku, founder of Isshinryu Karate (d. 1975)
1909 - Ferry Porsche, Austrian automobile pioneer (d. 1998)
1910 - Margaret Lindsay, Dubuque Iowa, actress (Take a Guess)
1911 - Gustaf Allan Pettersson, composer
1911 - Weldon Hart, composer
1911 - William Golding, Cornwall England, novelist (Lord of the Flies-Nobel 1983), (d. 1993)
1912 - Emma "Nono" Batenburg, actress (Noah)
1914 - Frances Farmer, Seattle WA, actress (Son of Fury, Among the Living)
1914 - Rogers Morton, Louisville Ky, US Secretary of Interior (1968-75)
1915 - Germán Valdés, Mexican actor, singer and comedian (d. 1973)
1917 - Joe Pasternak, Transylvania Hungary, producer (Spinout, Big City)
1919 - Blanche Thebom, Monessen Penn, mezzo-soprano (Amneris-Aida)
1919 - Harry Shorto, linguist
1920 - Karen Khachiturian, composer
1921 - Billy Ward, US songwriter/singer/pianist/arranger (Dominoes)
1921 - Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator & writer (d. 1997)
1922 - Catherine Mary Hall, nurse
1922 - Damon [Francis] Knight, US, sci-fi author (CV, Beyond the Barrier)
1922 - Dana Zatopek, Czechoslavakia, javelin thrower (Olympic-gold-1952)
1922 - Emil Zatopek, Czechoslavakia, 5K/10K/marathon (Olympic-gold-1952)
1924 - Ernest Tomlinson, composer
1926 - Arthur Wills, composer
1926 - Edwin "Duke" Snider, Bkln Dodger centerfielder (406 HRs)
1926 - Lurieen Wallace, (Gov-D-Ala, 1966-68)
1926 - Pierre Janssen, art museum director
1926 - James Lipton, American actor, writer and host of Inside the Actors Studio
1927 - William Hickey, Brooklyn, New York, American actor (Prizzi's Honor, The Nightmare Before
           Christmas)
1927 - Rosemary Harris, English actress
1928 - Adam West, Walla Walla Wash, actor (Batman, Last Precinct)
1929 - 10th duke of Richmond, English large landowner/art collector
1929 - Margaret S Roukema, (Rep-R-New Jersey, 1981- )
1929 - Timothy Colman, Engl manufacturer/multi-millionaire (Reckitt & Colman)
1930 - Muhal Richard Abrams, composer
1930 - Rosemary Harris, Ashby Suffolk England, actress (Holocaust)
1930 - Antonio Margheriti, Italian filmmaker (d. 2002)
1930 - Bullett Bob Turley, Troy, Illinois, MLB pitcher (World Series MVP, 1958), (d. 2013)
1931 - Brook Benton, soul vocalist (Rainy Night in Georgia)
1931 - Ray Danton, NYC, actor/director (Longest Day, Psychic Killer)
1931 - Jean-Claude Carrière, French screenwriter and actor
1932 - Mike Royko, Chicago, journalist (Chic Daily News)/author (Boss)
1933 - David McCallum, Glasgow Scot, actor (Ilyla Kuryakin-Man From UNCLE)
1934 - Brian Epstein, rock manager (Beatles)
1935 - Esmond Bulmer, English cider brewer/Conservative Lower house leader
1935 - Nick Massi, Newark NJ, rocker (4 Seasons-Sherry)
1935 - Robert Kruger, (Sen-D Texas)
1935 - Thomas W Ewing, (Rep-R-Illinois)
1935 - Benjamin Hacker, American naval aviator (d. 2003)
1936 - Al Oerter, Astoria NY, discus thrower (Olympics-gold-56, 60, 64, 68)
1937 - Abner Haynes, American football player
1938 - Zygmunt Krauze, composer
1940 - Bill Medley, Santa Ana Cal, rocker (Righteous Bros-Up Where We Belong)
1940 - Paul Williams, Omaha NE, singer/composer/actor (Planet of the Apes)
1940 - Sylvia Tyson, rocker
1941 - "Mama" Cass Elliot, Balt Maryland, rock vocalist (Mamas & The Papas)
1941 - Jim Fox, England, pentathlete (Olympics-1972)
1941 - Umberto Bossi, Italian politician
1942 - Freda Payne, American singer and actress
1943 - Chris Joyce, photographer
1943 - Christi Haas, Austria, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1964)
1943 - Joe Morgan, Bonham, Texas, American MLB 2nd baseman (Reds)/commentator (ESPN)
1944 - Ard Schenk, 500, 1500, 5000k speed skater (Olympics-gold-1972)
1944 - Anders Björck, Swedish politician
1944 - Jean Succar Kuri, Lebanese-born Mexican businessman
1945 - David Bromberg, Phila, musician (Demon in Disguise)
1945 - Freda Payne, Detroit Mich, vocalist (Band of Gold)
1945 - Jane Blalock, Portsmouth NH, LPGA golfer (1972 Colgate-Dinah Shore
1945 - Lee Dorman, St Louis Mo, rock bassist (Iron Butterfly)
1945 - Randolph Mantooth, Sacramento California, actor (Emergency, Loving)
1946 - Hans van de Berg, actor (Ciske the Rat)
1946 - John Coghlan, London, rock drummer (Status Quo)
1946 - Brian Henton, English racing driver
1947 - Gerard Schwarz, Weehawken NJ, trumpeter/conductor (LA Chamber Orch)
1947 - Lol Creme, [Lawrence Creme], England, rock vocalist/guitarist (10cc)
1947 - Larry Brown, NFL runningback (3rd to rush over 4,000 yards)
1947 - Steve Bartlett, (Rep-R-TX, 1983- )
1947 - Tanith Lee, UK, sci-fi author (Don't Bite the Sun)
1948 - Jeremy Irons, Isle of Wight, England, actor (Reversal of Fortune, The Lion KIng)
1948 - Michael Cooper, SF California, sodomizer (FBI Most Wanted List)
1948 - Nadezhda Tkachenko, USSR, pentathlete (Olympic-gold-1980)
1948 - Mihai Timofti, Director, actor, musician from Moldova-Chisinau
1949 - Twiggy Lawson, [Leslie Hornby], England, model/actress (Boyfriend, W)
1949 - Barry Scheck, American lawyer, co-founder Innocence Project
1950 - Joan Lunden, Fair Oaks California, news host (Good Morning America)
1950 - Rudy Ramos, Lawton Oklahoma, actor (Wind-High Chaparral)
1951 - Daniel Lanois, Canadian record producer
1952 - Nile Rodgers, Bronx NY, rock guitarist (Honeydrippers)
1952 - Rhys Chatham, composer
1952 - Scott Colomby, Bkln, actor (Stash-Sons & Daughters, Szysznyk)
1952 - Bernard de Dryver, Belgian racing driver
1952 - Gunnar Hökmark, Swedish politician
1955 - Rex Smith, Jacksonville, Florida, American actor and singer (Pirates of Penzance, You Take My
           Breath Away)
1955 - Richard Burmer, American composer and musician (d. 2006)
1956 - Juan Manuel Fangio II, Argentine racing driver
1957 - Richard M Linnehan, Lowell Mass, astronaut (STS 78, sk: 90)
1958 - Lita Ford, London England, vocalist (Kiss Me Deadly, Runaways)
1958 - Kevin Hooks, Phila, actor (Sounder, Aaron Loves Angela)
1958 - Azumah Nelson, Ghanaian boxer
1960 - Julianna Young, Ft Campbell KY, playmate (Nov, 1993)
1960 - Loïc Bigois, French engineer
1962 - Randy Myers, Vancouver WA, pitcher (Chicago Cubs, Baltimore Orioles)
1962 - Tonja Walker, Huntington WV, actress (Alex-One Life to Live)
1962 - Cheri Oteri, American actress and comedian
1962 - Ken Rosenthal, American sportswriter
1963 - Alessandra Martines, Italian entertainer
1963 - Jarvis Cocker, English musician (Pulp)
1963 - David Seaman, English footballer
1964 - Kim Richards, LI NY, actress (Nanny & Prof, James at 15)
1964 - Trisha Yearwood, Monticello GA, country singer (Sweetest Gift)
1964 - Patrick Marber, British playwright
1964 - Bob Papa, American sportscaster
1965 - Debbye Turner, Miss America (1990)
1965 - Katrina McClain, Charleston SC, basketball forward (Olympics-gold-96)
1965 - Alexandra Vandernoot, Belgian actress
1965 - Sabine Paturel, French singer
1966 - El Samurai, [Osamu Matsuda], wrestler (WAR/NJPW)
1966 - Michael Campbell, CFL defensive tackle (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1966 - Soledad O'Brien, American journalist
1966 - Eric Robert Rudolph, American criminal
1966 - Yoshihiro Takayama, Japanese professional wrestler
1967 - Jim Abbott, Flint, Michigan, American MLB pitcher (California Angels, NY Yankees)
1967 - Alexander Karelin, Russian wrestler
1969 - Candy Dulfer, Amsterdam Holland, saxophonist (Lily Was Here)
1969 - Matthew L Perry, actor (Friends)
1969 - Alkinoos Ioannidis, Greek-Cypriot singer and composer
1969 - Tapio Wilska, Finnish singer
1970 - Antii Tormenen, Espoo FIN, NHL forward (Finland Oly-B-98, Ottawa)
1970 - Takanori Nishikawa, Japanese pop/rock singer
1970 - Victor Williams, American actor
1971 - Colleen Coyne, ice hockey defenseman (USA, Oly-98)
1971 - Jeremy Nunley, NFL defensive tackle/defensive end (Houston Oilers)
1971 - Sanaa Lathan, American actress
1972 - Amy Frazier, St Louis Mo, tennis star
1972 - David Tamburrino, Saratoga Springs NY, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
1972 - Eric van de Merwe, soccer player (Dordrecht '90)
1972 - Fred McCrary, NFL fullback (Philadelphia Eagles)
1973 - Jeremy Jordan, singer
1973 - Nick Colgan, Irish footballer
1973 - Cristiano da Matta, Brazilian racing car driver
1974 - Victoria Silverstedt, Skelleftehamn, Västerbottens län, Swedish model (1997 Playmate of the
           Year)
1974 - Jimmy Fallon, American actor and comedian
1976 - La Chanda Jenkins, Miss District of Columbia USA (1996)
1976 - Alison Sweeney, American actress
1976 - Jim Ward, American musician (At the Drive-In, Sparta)
1976 - Jessica York, television personality
1977 - Ryan Dusick, American drummer (Maroon 5)
1977 - Akash Chopra, Indian cricketer
1978 - Michelle Alves, Brazilian supermodel
1978 - Nick Johnson, baseball player
1978 - Nigel Mitchell, Quizmania and Capital Disney presenter
1978 - Jorge López Montaña, Spanish footballer
1979 - Dannielle Brent, British actress
1979 - Noémie Lenoir, French supermodel and actress
1980 - Sara Quin, Canadian singer/songwriter (Tegan and Sara)
1980 - Tegan Quin, Canadian singer/songwriter (Tegan and Sara)
1981 - Damiano Cunego, Italian cyclist
1981 - Scott Baker, American baseball player
1981 - Rick DiPietro, American ice hockey player
1982 - Eleni Daniilidou, Greek tennis player
1982 - Columbus Short, American actor and choreographer
1982 - Jordan Parise, American ice hockey player
1982 - Nicole Voss, American model
1983 - Matt Wiman, American mixed martial artist
1983 - Joey Devine, American baseball player
1983 - Charlie Haeger, American baseball player
1984 - Eamon, American pop singer
1984 - Kevin Zegers, Canadian actor
1986 - Gerald Ciolek, German cyclist
1986 - Ken Gushi, Japanese racing driver
1986 - Peter Vack, American voice actor
1987 - Danielle Panabaker, American actress
1990 - Saki Fukuda, Japanese actress
1991 - Demelza Reveley, Australian model
1994 - Alex Etel, British actor

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This Day in History for 19th September


Famous Deaths

                   
US President                                     Businessman Orville Redenbacher (1995)
James Garfield (1881)


690 - Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 602)
1180 - Louis VII, the Younger, King of France (1137-80), dies at 59
1339 - Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (b. 1288)
1356 - Gautier de Brienne, duke of Athens/French supreme commander, dies
1356 - Geoffroy de Charny, French nobleman, dies in battle
1356 - Jean de Clermont, French marshal, dies in battle
1356 - Peter I, Duke of Bourbon, killed at the Battle of Poitiers (b. 1311)
1668 - William Waller, English soldier
1693 - Janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (b. 1641)
1710 - Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer (b. 1644)
1719 - Frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/lord of the manor, executed at 59
1719 - Jan Weenix, Dutch painter, buried
1756 - Josef Antonin Sehling, composer, dies at 46
1761 - Peter Musschenbroek, physician/physicist (Leidse Bottle), dies at 69
1830 - Stanislas Champein, composer, dies at 76
1836 - Carl Friedrich Ebers, composer, dies at 66
1843 - Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French scientist (b. 1792)
1862 - [Lewis] Henry Little, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 45
1863 - Preston Smith, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 39
1864 - Archibald Campbell Godwin, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle
1864 - David Allen Russell, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 43
1864 - Robert Emmet Rodes, US Confederate gen-major, dies in battle at 35
1868 - William Sprague, American minister and politician from (b. 1809)
1881 - James A Garfield, 20th President (1881), dies of gunshot wound at 49
1882 - Andreas I Schaepman, archbishop of Utrecht (1868-82), dies at 67
1893 - Alexander Tilloch Galt, Canadian politician, a father of Canadian Confederation (b. 1817)
1902 - Maria Hendrika, Queen of the Belgians, dies
1905 - Thomas John Barnardo, Irish philanthropist (b. 1845)
1906 - Maria Georgina Grey, British writer and founder of the Girls' Day School Trust (b. 1816)
1918 - Liza Nina Mary Frederica Lehmann, composer, dies at 56
1924 - Alick Bannerman, cricketer (28 Tests for Australia, 1108 runs), dies
1927 - Michael Peter Ancher, Danish painter (b. 1849)
1935 - Jules M Cambron, French gov-gen to Algeria/ambassador, dies
1935 - Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky, Russian rocket scientist (b. 1857)
1936 - Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musician (b. 1860)
1938 - Pauline Frederick, American actress (b. 1883)
1942 - Condé Nast, American publisher (b. 1873)
1944 - David Lord, British lieutenant/Dakota-pilot DFC/VC, dies in battle
1944 - Hilary Barlow, British colonel, dies
1944 - John AC Fitch, British lt-colonel, dies in battle in Arnhem
1949 - Will Cuppy, American humorist (b. 1884)
1949 - George Shiels, Irish dramatist (b. 1886)
1952 - Giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer (Presento il mio Ticino), dies
1954 - Tibor Harsanyi, composer, dies at 56
1955 - John D. Dingell, Sr., U.S. Congressman from Michigan (b. 1894)
1961 - Helen Kimble, fictional wife of Dr Richard Kimble (Fugitive)
1961 - Pieter Tesch, mine engineer/geology (Pedestal of Netherlands), dies
1962 - Pogodin, writer, dies
1967 - Martin Block, TV announcer (Chesterfield Supper Club), dies at 64
1967 - Zinaida Serebriakova, Russian painter (b. 1884)
1967 - Monica Proietti, Canadian criminal (b. 1940)
1968 - Chester F Carlson, inventor (photocopying), dies at 62
1968 - Red Foley, country singer (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), dies at 58
1969 - Bert [Lambertus] Bakker, director Free Netherland/inventor, dies
1969 - Rex Ingram, actor/director (Elmer Gantry), dies of heart attack at 73
1970 - Greville Stevens, cricketer (10 Tests for England 1922-29), dies
1972 - Robert Casadesus, French pianist (b. 1899)
1973 - Bob Gilbert, actor (Never the Twain Shall Meet), dies of hepatitis 75
1973 - Gram Parsons, rocker (Byrds), dies of OD at 26
1974 - Eve March, actress (Adam's Rib, Danny Boy), dies at 63
1978 - Rolf Gunther, East German priest, self imolation
1978 - Étienne Gilson, French philosopher and historian (b. 1884)
1981 - Joke Kool-Smit, Dutch feminist, dies
1982 - Fred Badcock, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ 1930-33, 16 wkts), dies
1982 - Samuel L M Barlow, composer, dies at 90
1984 - June Preisser, dancer/actress (Babes in Arms), dies in car crash at 61
1985 - Italo Calvino, sci-fi author (T-Zero, Mr Palomar), dies at 61
1986 - Vivian Duncan, entertainer (Duncan Sisters), dies
1987 - Einar Gerhardsen, Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1897)
1988 - Oren Lee Staley, 1st pres of Natl Farmers Org (1955-79), dies at 65
1989 - Guido de Moor, actor (Flanagan, Because of the Cats), dies
1989 - Willie Steele, American Olympic gold medalist (b. 1923)
1990 - Werner Janssen, US composer (New Years Eve in NY), dies at 91
1992 - Frederick Combs, playwright/director, dies of AIDS at 57
1992 - Jacques Pic, french restaurant owner, dies
1993 - Bruce Ferden, US conductor (NY, Washington, Amsterdam), dies at 44
1993 - Richard Landau, US screenwriter (Back to Bataan), dies at 79
1994 - Frankie Kennedy, flute player, dies at 38
1994 - Sandra Fisher, painter, dies at 47
1995 - Louis "Mr Bo" Collins, blues SInger, dies at 63
1995 - Orville Reddenbacher, popcorn magnate, drowns in bathtub at 88
1995 - Walter Shlomo Gross, journalist, dies at 83
1995 - Yevgeni Nikolayevich Khludeyev, Russia, cosmonaut, dies at 55
1995 - Orville Redenbacher, American businessman (Orville Redenbacher's Gourmet Popcorn) dies
           aged 88
1996 - Douglas Hyde, socialist/Christian, dies at 85
1996 - Timothy Nicholson, journalist, dies at 32
1997 - Clive Brain, educationalist, dies at 57
1997 - Kathy Keeton Guccione, CEO (General Media Intl), dies at 58
1997 - Malcolm Hughes, artist, dies at 77
1997 - Rich Mullins, American singer (b. 1955)
2000 - Anthony Robert Klitz, British artist (b. 1917)
2002 - Robert Guéï, ruler of Côte d'Ivoire (b. 1941)
2003 - Slim Dusty, Australian singer (b. 1927)
2004 - Eddie Adams, American photographer (b. 1933)
2004 - Árpád Bogsch, Hungarian-born American civil servant (b. 1919)
2004 - Skeeter Davis, American singer (b. 1931)
2004 - Ellis Marsalis, Sr., American businessman, musician, and activist
2006 - Elizabeth Allen, American actress (b. 1929)
2006 - Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist (b. 1950)
2006 - Chuck Rio, American singer and saxophonist (The Champs) (b. 1929)
2006 - Hugh Kawharu, New Zealander Ngāti Whātua Māori chief (b. 1927)
2006 - Martha Holmes, American photographer (b. 1923)
2009 - Eduard Zimmermann, German broadcaster (b. 1929)
2011 - Thomas Capano, attorney, criminal (b. 1949)
2011 - Johnny Răducanu, Romanian jazz pianist (b. 1931)

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This Day in History for 20th September


Historical Events

                                   
King of England King Charles I                  Naturalist Charles Darwin                     King of Sardinia and Italy
                                                                                                                                  Victor Emmanuel II

                                   
Baseball Great Babe Ruth                         Pacifist and Spiritual Leader                    Hall of Fame MLB shortstop
                                                                   Mahatma Gandhi                                           Ernie Banks

                                   
American Baseball Player                        US President John F. Kennedy                 Actor Bruce Willis
Roger Maris                                 


NFL Running Back Walter Payton


368 - Emperor Valentinianus visits Nijmegen
451 - General Aetius defeats Attila the Hun at Chalons-sur-Marne
622 - Prophet Mohammed/Abu Bakr arrives in Jathrib (Medina)
1066 - Battle of Fulford, Yorkshire: Harald III Hardrada of Norway defeats Northern Saxon Earls
           Edwin and Morcar
1187 - Saladin begins the Siege of Jerusalem.
1258 - Salisbury Cathedral inaugurated
1378 - Robert de Geneve, "butcher of Cesena" crowned anti-pope Clemens VII
1519 - Ferdinand Magellan starts 1st successful circumnavigation of world
1530 - Luther advises protestant monarch compromise
1565 - Spaniards capture Fort Caroline Fla & massacre the French
1596 - Diego de Montemayor founded the city of Monterrey in New Spain.
1604 - Spanish army under Spinola recaptures Oostende
1620 - Battle at Jassy: Turks beat king Sigismund III of Poland
1643 - 1st battle at Newbury: King Charles I vs Robert Devereux' armies
1664 - Maryland passes 1st anti-amalgamation law to stop intermarriage of English women & black
           men
1674 - 2nd West Indies Company forms
1688 - French troops occupies Palts
1697 - Peace of Saki (ends 9 years war)
1737 - Runner Edward Marshall completes his journey in the Walking Purchase forcing the cession of
           1.2 million acres (4,860 km²) of Lenape-Delaware tribal land to the Pennsylvania Colony.
1746 - Bonnie Prince Charlie flees to France from Scotland
1777 - Paoli massacre
1787 - Prince Willem V returns to Hague
1792 - French defeat Prussians at Valmy
1793 - British troops under Major-general Williamson lands on (French) Haiti
1797 - US frigate Constitution (Old Ironsides) launched in Boston
1830 - 1st Negro Convention of Free Men agree to boycott slave-produced goods
1833 - Charles Darwin rides horse to Buenos Aires
1835 - Farroupilha's Revolution begins in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
1839 - 1st railroad in Netherland opens (Amsterdam-Haarlem)
1848 - The American Association for the Advancement of Science is created.
1850 - Slave trade abolished in DC, but slavery allowed to continue
1854 - Battle of the Alma: first major battle of Crimean War. British and French alliance defeat the
           Russians
1859 - George Simpson patents electric range
1860 - First British royalty to visit US, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII)
1861 - Battle of Lexington, MI-captured by Union
1863 - Battle of Shepardstown VA
1863 - Civil War Battle of Chickamauga, near Chattanooga Tenn, ends
1870 - Italian army under Victor Emmanuel II seizes Rome from the French
1870 - Mayor William Tweed accused of robbing NY treasury
1870 - Pope Pius IX surrenders to King Victor Emmanuel
1871 - Bishop John Coleridge Patteson martyred on the island of Nukapu, a Polynesian outlier island
           now in the Temotu province of the Solomon Islands. He was the first bishop of Melanesia.
1873 - Panic sweeps NY Stock Exchange (railroad bond default/bank failure) NY shut banks for 10
           days due to a bank scandal
1876 - Ottawa Football Club forms
1877 - Chase National Bank opens in NYC (later merges into Chase Manhattan)
1879 - US Grants come to SF for elaborate extended visit
1881 - Chester A Arthur sworn in as 21st president
1884 - 6.2 mile Arlberg railroad tunnel completed in Austria
1884 - Equal Rights Party nominates female candidates for Pres & VP
1891 - The first gasoline-powered car debuts in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States.
1902 - Chicago White Sox Jim Callahan no-hits Detroit Tigers, 3-0
1904 - George Ade's "College Widow," premieres in NYC
1904 - Orville & Wilbur Wright fly a circle in their Flyer II
1905 - Cleveland makes AL record 7 errors in an inning
1906 - Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania is launched at the Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard
           in Newcastle, England.
1907 - Pitts Nick Maddox no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 2-1
1908 - Chicago White Sox Frank Smith 2nd no-hitter, beats Phila 1-0
1911 - Yanks set team record 12 errors in a double header
1913 - 19th US Golf Open: Francis Ouimet shoots a 304 at The Country Club MA
1917 - British assault on Polygon Forest, France
1917 - Paraguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1918 - Royal Dutch Blast furnace & Steel factory opens in Hague
1919 - 2nd PGA Championship: Jim Barnes at Engineers CC Roslyn NY
1919 - Babe Ruth ties Ned Williamson's major league mark of 27 HRs
1919 - Booth Tarkington's "Clarence," premieres in NYC
1920 - Foundation of the Spanish Legion.
1922 - Goodman & Atteridge's musical "Passing Show," premieres in NYC
1922 - Rogers Hornsby ends hitting streak of 33 games
1922 - Franco Ventriglia, Fairfield, Connecticut,opera singer, (d. 2012)
1924 - Carl Mays is 1st pitcher to win 20 games seasons for 3 different teams
1924 - Cub's Grover Cleveland Alexander beats NY Giants to win 300th game
1927 - NY Yankee Babe Ruth hits record 60th HR of season off Tom Zachry
1930 - Syro-Malankara Catholic Church is formed by Archbishop Mar Ivanios.
1931 - Lou Gehrig's 4 RBIs break his old RBI mark of 175 en route to 184
1932 - Chicago Cubs clinch the NL pennant
1932 - Dutch South Seas rebaptized in IJsselmeer
1932 - Gandhi begins hunger strike against treatment of untouchables
1933 - Pittsburgh Steelers (as Pirates) play 1st NFL game, lose 23-2
1935 - Pitts Crawfords beat NY Cubans to win Negro NL Championship, 3-0
1938 - Dmitri Shostakovitch's Suite for jazz orchestra, premieres
1938 - Emlyn Williams' "Corn is Green," premieres in London
1939 - British navy captures German U-27 boat
1939 - Joe Louis KOs Bob Pastor in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1942 - Gunther Hagg becomes world champ of all records from 1500m to 5000m
1943 - Liberator bomber sinks U-338
1944 - Nijmegen is liberated from German occupation
1944 - Polish forces free Terneuzen Neth
1945 - German rocket engineers begin work in US
1946 - Churchill argues for a 'United States of Europe'
1946 - The first Cannes Film Festival is held.
1948 - "Magdalena" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 48 performances
1948 - Mexican Baseball league disbanded
1949 - Dutch Guilder devalued 30.3%
1949 - Tennis player Pancho Gonzales turns professional
1951 - 1st North Pole jet crossing
1951 - NL President Ford Frick elected 3rd commissioner of baseball
1951 - Swiss males votes against female suffrage
1952 - KPTV TV channel 12 in Portland, OR (IND) begins broadcasting
1953 - Cubs Ernie Banks hits his 1st major league HR
1954 - 1st FORTRAN computer program run
1954 - 1st National People's Congress adopts Chinese constitution
1954 - KETC TV channel 9 in Saint Louis, MO (PBS) begins broadcasting
1954 - Los Stravinsky's "In Memoriam Dylan Thomas," premieres in Angeles
1954 - Roger Bannister awarded Britain's Silver Pears Trophy
1954 - New Zealand's Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents reports
           just ten days after concluding hearings.
1955 - Willie Mays (Giants) homers off Vern Law (Pirates) in both ends of DH
1955 - Willie Mays is 7th player to reach 50 HRS in a season
1958 - Baltimore Oriole knuckler Hoyt Wilhelm no-hits NY Yankees 1-0
1958 - Ferhat Abbas forms Algerian government in exile (Cairo)
1958 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1959 - Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Links Golf Invitation Open
1960 - UN General Assembly admit 13 African countries & Cyprus (96 nations)
1960 - WFSU TV channel 11 in Tallahassee, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1961 - After 84 1/3 innings Bill Fischer gives up a base on balls
1961 - James Meredith refused access as a student in Mississippi
1961 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1961 - Roger Maris hits home run # 59 & barely misses # 60 in game 154 of the season. Yanks
           clinch pennant #26
1962 - Ben Bella wins 1st elections in independent Algeria
1962 - Gov R Barnett refuses to admit a black to Miss Univ (James Meredith)
1963 - JFK proposes a joint US-Soviet voyage to the moon
1964 - Gunter Grass' "Die Plebejern proben den Aufstand," premieres in Berlin
1964 - Paramount Theater (NYC) presented the Beatles with Steve & Eydie
1965 - WXXW (now WYCC) TV channel 20 in Chicago, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 - US Surveyor B launched toward Moon; crashed Sept 23
1967 - Benin separates from Nigeria
1967 - British liner Queen Elizabeth II launched at Clydebank Scotland
1967 - Hurricane Beulah hits Texas-Mexican border, kills 38
1967 - WCAE TV channel 50 in St John, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967 - WCIX TV channel 6 in Miami, FL (CBS) begins broadcasting
1968 - Mickey Mantle hits final career homer # 536
1969 - 18th Ryder Cup: Draw, 16-16 at Royal Birkdale, England
1969 - Archies' "Sugar Sugar" hits #1
1969 - Pitts Pirate Bob Moose no-hits NY Mets, 4-0
1970 - Jim Morrison found not guilty of "lewd" behavior
1970 - Luna 16 lands on Moon's Mare Fecunditatis, drills core sample
1972 - Police find cannabis growing on Paul & Linda McCartney's farm
1973 - Billy Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match
1973 - Willie Mays announces retirement at end of 1973 season
1975 - 21st Ryder Cup: US, 21-11 at Laurel Valley Golf Club (Ligonier, Pennsylvania, US)
1975 - David Bowie's "Fame," single goes #1 for 2 weeks
1975 - Gary Sentman draws a record 176 lb longbow to a maximum 28½" draw
1976 - Metroliner official opens in Brussels
1976 - Playboy releases Jimmy Carter's interview that he lusts for women
1976 - Sid Berstein offers $230 million charity concert for Beatle reunion
1977 - "Estrada" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 7 performances
1977 - Vietnam & Djibouti ask for membership in UN
1978 - "Eubie!" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 439 performances
1978 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1978 - Yamada Mumon Roshi visits Benedictine Abbey of Maria Laach Germany
1979 - Coup in Central African Rep: David Dacko overthrows emperor Bokassa I
1979 - Jose E dod Santos becomes president of Angola
1979 - NASA launches HEAO
1979 - Lee Iacocca is elected president of the Chrysler Corporation.
1979 - The Punjab wing of the Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist-Leninist)
           formally splits and constitutes a parallel UCCRI(ML).
1979 - Assassination of French left-wing militant Pierre Goldman.
1980 - Bronze plaque dedicated to memory of Thurman Munson at Yankee Stadium
1980 - George Brett goes 0-for-4 dropping his avg below .400 for good
1980 - Plaque dedicated in Thurman Munson's memory at Yankee Stadium
1980 - Spectacular Bid runs in Belmont alone as 3 horses drop out
1981 - 24th Ryder Cup: US, 18½-9½ at Walton Heath Golf Club (Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey,
           England)
1981 - Joe Danelo kicks then NY Giant record 55 yard field goal
1981 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic
1982 - Jalaluddin takes a one-day hat-trick Pakistan v Australia
1982 - NFL players begin a 57 day strike
1983 - 3,112 turn out to see Pirates play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
1983 - Cryptographic Communications System & Method (RSA) patented
1984 - "Cosby Show" premieres on NBC-TV
1984 - Cubs break 2 million in home attendance for 1st time
1984 - Suicide car bomb attacks US Embassy annex in Beirut, kills 23
1985 - Curtis Strong is convicted for selling cocaine to pro baseball players
1985 - Walt Disney World's 200-millionth guest
1986 - Wichita State Shockers blow a 35-3 lead; lose 36-35 to Morehead State
1987 - "Big River" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 1005 perfs
1987 - 39th Emmy Awards: LA Law, Bruce Willis & Sharon Gless wins
1987 - Alain Prost wins record 28th Formula one auto race
1987 - Dwight Clark ends NFL streak of 105 consecutive game receptions
1987 - Jan Stephenson wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic
1987 - Walter Payton scores NFL record 107th rushing touchdown
1988 - Darrell Evans hits his 400th career home run
1988 - Greg Louganis wins Olympic gold medal in springboard diving
1988 - Wade Boggs is 1st player to get 200 hits for 6 consecutive seasons
1989 - FW De Klerk sworn in as president of South Africa
1989 - Musical "Miss Saigon," premieres in London
1989 - USAir overshoots runway at LaGuardia Airport in NYC, 2 people die
1990 - Both Germanys ratify reunification
1990 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1990 - South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia.
1991 - Lion's Terry Taylor reinstated after 1 year drug related suspension
1992 - Colleen Walker wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic
1992 - France votes in favor of Maastricht treaty
1992 - Leanza Cornett (Florida), 21, crowned 66th Miss America 1993
1992 - Phils' Mickey Moradini makes an unassisted triple play
1992 - Space shuttle STS-47 (Endeavour 2) lands
1994 - Space shuttle STS-64 (Discovery 20), lands
1995 - Cincinnati Reds becomes 1st team to clinch NL Central
1997 - Yanks clinch 37th appearance in post season, 3rd consecutive
1998 - Solheim Cup
2000 - Patent on RSA cryptograph algorithm ends
2000 - The British MI6 Secret Intelligence Service building is attacked by a Russian-built Mark 22 anti-
           tank missile.
2001 - In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, U.S. President George
           W. Bush declares a "war on terror".
2002 - The Kolka-Karmadon rock/ice slide started.
2003 - Maldives civil unrest: the death of prisoner Hassan Evan Naseem sparks a day of rioting in
           Malé.
2003 - A referendum is held in Latvia to decide the country's accession to the European Union.
2011 - The United States ends its "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, allowing gay men and women to
           serve openly for the first time.
2012 - 50 people are killed and dozens injured after a gas station is bombed by the Syrian Army in
           Ain Issa
2012 - 14 people are killed in a cafe suicide bominbg in Somalia
2012 - AU Optronics fined $500 million for a LCD screen price-fixing

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This Day in History for 20th September


Famous Weddings

1997 - "CHIPs" actor Erik Estrada (48) weds Nanette Mirkovich
2002 - "Matrix" actor Laurence Fishburne (41) weds actress Gina Torres (33) at The Cloisters
            museum in New York City
2002 - "The Monkees" lead vocalist Micky Dolenz (57) weds Donna Quinter in Calabasas, California
2003 - "Will & Grace" actress Megan Mullally (44) weds actor Nick Offerman (32) in Los Angeles
2012 - Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah's daughter Princess Hajah Hafizah Sururul Bolkiah (32) weds Pengiran
           Haji Muhammad Ruzaini (29) at the Throne Hall of Istana Nurul Iman palace in Brunei

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This Day in History for 20th September


Famous Birthdays

                                   
Italian Pacifist                                     Author Upton Beall Sinclair (1878)               Actress Sophia Loren (1934)
 Ernesto Teodoro Moneta (1833)


1486 - Arthur, Prince of Wales, son of King Henry VII of England (d. 1502)
1593 - Gottfried Scheidt, composer
1599 - Christian the Younger, German Protestant military leader (d. 1623)
1653 - Benedict Schultheiss, composer
1663 - Pirro Conte d' Albergati Capacelli, composer
1665 - Johannes van der Hagen, vicar/genealogist/chronologer
1706 - Franz Habermann, composer
1744 - Giacomo Quarenghi, Ital/Russian master builder (Hermitage Theater)
1744 - Thomas Grosvenor, American Revolutionary War hero (d. 1825)
1746 - Móric Beňovský, Slovak officer and explorer, King of Madagascar (d. 1786)
1767 - Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia, composer
1771 - Mungo Park, Scotish explorer (Africa)
1777 - Ramon Felix Cuellar y Altarriba, composer
1790 - Francisco Acuna the Figueroa, Uruguayan poet (Toraidas)
1791 - Sergei T Aksakov, Russian writer (Semejnaja chronika)
1795 - Charles Heinrich Christoph Zeuner, composer
1795 - Peter of Limburg Brouwer, physician/classical/author
1809 - Sterline "Old Pap" Price, Major General (Confederate Army)
1810 - Alpheus Starkey Williams, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1820 - George Washington Morgan, Brigadier General (Union volunteers)
1820 - John Fulton Reynolds, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
1832 - Johann Joseph Abert, composer
1833 - Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Milan, Italy, journalist/soldier/pacifist (Nobel Peace Prize 1907), (d.
           1918)
1842 - James Dewar, Scottish chemist/physicist (Dewarfles/cordiet)
1844 - William H. Illingworth, American photographer (d. 1893)
1846 - Agnes Tyrrell, composer
1847 - Sergei G Netsjajev, Russian nihilist (Catechism Revolutionary)
1852 - Edouard baron Empain, Belgian railway builder (Paris Metro)
1853 - Rama V, King of Thailand (d. 1910)
1859 - Yuan She-k'ai, Chinese general/president/dictator
1861 - Herbert Putnam, Librarian of Congress (d. 1955)
1865 - Lubor Niederle, Czech archaeologist/slavist
1866 - Gustave Doret, composer
1869 - George Robey, [George Edward Wade], comic
1869 - Marcel Cachin, co-founder (French Communistic Party)
1872 - Maurice Gamelin, French generalissimo
1873 - Robert D Wrenn, tennis champ (US Open - 1893)
1873 - Sidney Olcott, Canadian film director (d. 1949)
1873 - Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian race car driver (d. 1944)
1877 - Armand Louis Joseph Marsick, composer
1878 - Upton Beall Sinclair, Baltimore, Maryland, US writer (Jungle), (d. 1968)
1879 - Jacobo Conrad, [Coco Lepol/Elias Martinus], Curacaos composer
1879 - Victor Seastrom, Silbodal Sweden, director (Wind, Under the Red Robe)
1880 - Ildebrando Pizzetti, composer
1880 - Louise Peete, American murderess (d. 1947)
1881 - Walter Kingsford, Redhill England, actor (My Favorite Blonde)
1883 - John G van Dillen, historian (Of Wealth & Oligarchists)
1883 - Maria Baers, Flemish social female worker/senator
1884 - Piotr Rytel, composer
1884 - Maxwell Perkins, American editor and publisher (d. 1947)
1886 - Charles Walter Stansby Williams, songwriter
1889 - Charles Reidpath, American athlete (d. 1975)
1892 - Patricia Collinge, Dublin Ireland, actress (Tender Comrade)
1893 - Hans H B Scharoun, German architect (Berlin Philharmonic)
1896 - Fjodor I Panfjorov, Russian author (Volga) [NS=Oct 2]
1897 - Efim Golishev, composer
1899 - Elliot Nugent, director (And so They were Married)
1899 - Leo Strauss, German-born philosopher (d. 1973)
1900 - Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Brazil general/pres (1964-67)
1900 - Uuno Kalervo Klami, composer
1900 - Wilhelm Weismann, composer
1901 - Leo Justinus Kauffmann, composer
1902 - Cesare Zavattini, Italian screenwriter (Ladri di Biciclette)
1902 - Kermit Maynard, Vevey Ind, cowboy actor (Saturday Roundup)
1902 - Stevie [Florence Margaret] Smith, Kingston upon Hull, English poet and novelist (Not Waving
           but Drowning)
1906 - David Sheinfeld, composer
1908 - Alexander Mitscherlich, German psychotherapist
1908 - Levon-Karapet His Holiness Vasken Baidjian, patriach of Etchmiadzin
1910 - Jacques-Baptise LeBrun, France, finn yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1932)
1911 - Frank Devol, Moundsville WV, orchestra leader (I'm Dickens He's Fenster)
1911 - Jan Mul, composer
1911 - Shriram Sharma Acharya, Indian spiritual leader (d. 1991)
1912 - Marianne Kunvari, writer
1914 - Kenneth More, England, actor (39 Steps, Doctor in the House)
1917 - Arnold "Red" Auerbach, NBA coach/GM (Boston Celtic)
1917 - Fernando Rey, [Arambillet], La Coruna Spain, actor (Matter of Time)
1918 - Peg Phillips, actress (Ruth Ann-Northern Exposure)
1921 - Melvin "Slappy" White, comedian
1922 - David Nicolson, British businessman and politician (Chairman of BTR Industries-1969)
1922 - Frank Comstock, SD California, orchestra leader (Jimmie Rodgers Show)
1922 - William Kapell, American pianist (d. 1953)
1923 - Frances Heflin, Oklahoma City OK, actress (Mona Tyler-All My Children)
1923 - Geraldine Clinton Little, Irish-born poet (d. 1997)
1924 - Gogi Grant, [Audrey Brown], rock vocalist
1924 - James Galanos, Phila, fashion designer (Coty Hall of Fame-1959)
1924 - John Vassall, spy/civil servant
1925 - Ananda Mahidol, King of Thailand (d. 1946)
1925 - Bobby Nunn, American singer (The Coasters) (d. 1986)
1927 - Clarice Taylor, Va, actress (Nurse Bailey-Nurse)
1927 - Rachel Roberts, Llanelly Wales, actress (Foul Play, Doctor's Wife)
1927 - Johnny Dankworth, English musician and composer
1928 - Kirsten Rolffes, Danish actress (d. 2000)
1928 - Donald Hall, American poet and US Poet Laureate
1929 - Anne Meara, Brooklyn New York comedian/actress (Stiller & Meara, Archie's Place)
1931 - Cherd Songsri, Thai filmmaker (d. 2006)
1933 - Bob Banas, NYC, choreographer (Malibu U, Jonathan Winters Show)
1933 - Dennis Viollet, English former footballer (d. 1999)
1934 - Sophia Loren, Rome, actress (Desire Under the Elms, Black Orchid)
1935 - Keith J Roberts, England, writer (Irish Encounter, Ladies from Hell)
1935 - Lubos Fiser, composer
1935 - David Pegg, English footballer (d. 1958)
1936 - Dany Carrel, Touraine Indo-china, actress (Passionate Summer)
1937 - Birgitta Dahl, Swedish politician
1937 - Monica Zetterlund, Swedish actress and singer (d. 2005)
1938 - Eric Gale, US funk guitarist (Blue Horizon)
1938 - George J Hochbrueckner, (Rep-D-NY)
1938 - Jane Manning, soprano
1938 - Pia Lindstrom, critic (WNBC-TV)/journalist (From Russia With Love)
1938 - Tom Tresh, NY Yankee (1962 AL Rookie of Year)
1939 - Robert L. Gerry III, American businessman
1940 - Joseph J DioGuardi, (Rep-R-NY, 1985- )
1941 - Dale Chihuly, Tacoma Wash, artist in glass (Louis Tiffany Award 1967)
1941 - John A Wismont Jr, California, watercolor painter (over 50,000)
1942 - Robbe De Hert, Flemish director/producer (Fugitive Cinema, Bomb)
1942 - Gérald Tremblay, Québec politician
1943 - Roek Williams, [Willemze], Dutch singer
1944 - Jeremy Child, actor (Privilege, Taffin)
1945 - Laurie Spiegel, composer
1947 - Chuck Panozzo [John], Chicago, rocker (Styx)
1947 - Mia Martini, Italian singer (d. 1995)
1947 - Bruce Pasternack, American CEO
1948 - George R. R. Martin, Bayonne, New Jersey, American fantasy and sci-fi author (A Song of Ice
           and Fire)
1949 - Jan Hendriks, guitarist (Doe Maar)
1949 - Anthony Denison, American actor
1949 - John W. Henry, American MLB team owner
1950 - Debi Morgan, Dunn NC, actress (Angie-All My Children, Cry Uncle)
1950 - James P[aul] Blaylock, US, sci-fi author (Elfin Ship, Homunculus)
1950 - Loredana Berte, Milan Italy, singer/2nd ex wife of Bjorn Borg
1951 - Guy LaFleur, Quebec, NHL right wing (Montreal, NY Rangers)
1951 - JoAnna Cameron, Colo, actress (I Love My Wife, Isis)
1951 - Javier Marías, Spanish author, translator and academic
1953 - Jeff Jones, Red Rider, rock bassist/vocalist (Red Rider)
1954 - Anne Mcintosh, British member European parliament
1954 - Brinke Stevens, [Charlene Brinkman] Ca, actr (Slumber Party Massacre)
1954 - Silvio Leonard, Cienguegos Cuba, 100m runner (Olympic-silver-1980)
1954 - Henry Samueli, American NHL team owner
1955 - Christine Oddy, British member European parliament
1956 - Gary Cole, Park Ridge, Illinois, American actor (Pineapple Express, Midnight Caller)
1957 - Arn Anderson, [Marty Lunde], wrestler (ECW/SMW/WCW/NWA/WWF)
1957 - Vladmir Tkachenko, USSR, basketball (Olympic-bronze-1980)
1957 - Rich DiSilvio, American new media developer & artist
1958 - Marty Schiene, Chicago Ill, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 Illinois Open)
1959 - Lesley Thompson, Toronto Ontario, rower (Olympics-gold-92, 96)
1960 - Alice Regina Brown, Jackson MS, 4X100 runner (Olympic-gold-1984, 88)
1960 - James A Pawelczyk, Buffalo NY, PhD/astronaut (sk STS 90)
1960 - Deborah Roberts, American journalist and TV reporter
1961 - Becky Larson, LPGA golfer
1961 - Erwin Koeman, soccer player (PSV, FC Groningen)
1961 - Lisa Bloom, American lawyer and television personality
1964 - Crispin Glover, actor (Back to the Future)
1965 - Robert Rusler, actor (Game of Love, Vamp, Thrashin')
1966 - Nuno Bettencourt, Azores, rock guitarist (Extreme-More Than Words)
1967 - Catherine Bond-Mills, Woodstock Ontario, heptathlete (Olympics-96)
1967 - Gunnar Nelson, rock vocalist (Nelsons-Love & Affection)
1967 - Kristen Johnston, actress (Sally Solomon-Third Rock From the Sun)
1967 - Martin Harrison, NFL defensive end (Minnesota Vikings)
1967 - Matthew Nelson, rock vocalist (Nelsons-Love & Affection)
1968 - Chris Waller, Evanston Ill, gymnast (Olympics-96)
1968 - Eric Turner, NFL safety (Cleveland Browns)
1968 - Leah Pinsent, Canadian actress
1968 - Tim Rogers, Australian singer / songwriter
1969 - Tommy Jeter, NFL defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagles)
1969 - Victoria Dillard, American actress
1969 - Megumi Kudo, Japanese pro-wrestler
1969 - Richard Witschge, former Dutch footballer
1970 - John Copeland, NFL defensive end (Cin Bengals)
1971 - Andrew Lane, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1971 - Henryk Larsson, soccer player (Feyenoord)
1971 - Jenny Murdock, LPGA golfer
1971 - Ryan Terry, NFL running back/kick returner (Arizona Cardinals)
1971 - Masashi Hamauzu, Japanese composer
1972 - Jenny Morris, Maryborough Australia, field hockey fullback (Oly-96)
1972 - Vance Joseph, NFL cornerback/safety (NY Jets)
1973 - Ronald McKinnon, National Football League linebacker
1974 - Michael Waddington, American defense lawyer
1975 - Asia Argento, Italian actress
1975 - Juan Pablo Montoya, Colombian race car driver
1976 - Markus Wieland, Tegernsee GER, hockey player (Team Germany 1998)
1976 - Yui Horie, Japanese seiyuu
1976 - Yo Hitoto, Japanese pop singer
1976 - Enuka Okuma, Canadian actress
1976 - Reuben Singh, British entrepreneur
1977 - Ruth Moniz, NSW Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)
1977 - Namie Amuro, Japanese pop singer
1978 - Sophie Simard, Lars Germany, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1978 - Patrizio Buanne, Italian singer
1978 - Sarit Hadad, Israeli singer
1978 - T.J. Tucker, American baseball player
1978 - Dante Hall, American football player
1979 - Sean Davis, English footballer
1980 - Vladimir Karpets, Russian cyclist
1980 - Mariacarla Boscono, Italian fashion model
1980 - Jonathan Le Billon, British actor
1981 - Joanie Dodds, America's Next Top Model contestant
1981 - Feliciano López, Spanish tennis player
1981 - Jordan Tata, American baseball player
1983 - Yuna Ito, Japanese singer and actress
1983 - Ángel Sánchez, Puerto Rican baseball player
1985 - David Allen, American composer and writer
1987 - Jack Lawless, American drummer for the Jonas Brothers
1990 - John Tavares, Canadian ice hockey player
1990 - Marilou, Quebec pop singer
1991 - Spencer Locke, American actress
1993 - Taylor Parks, American actress
1995 - Sammi Hanratty, American actress

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This Day in History for 20th September


Famous Deaths

Nazi Physician Eduard Wirths (1945)


1168 - Paschal III, [Guido di Crema], Italian anti-Pope, dies
1246 - Mikhail of Chernigov, ruler of Kiev
1384 - Louis, duke of Anjou/wife of Marie of Bretagne
1460 - Gilles Binchois, Flemish composer
1493 - Philippe Pot, governor/viceroy of Burgundy, dies
1586 - Anthony Babington, page/conspirator to Mary Stuart, executed at 24
1590 - Lodovico Agostini, Italian composer (b. 1534)
1613 - Willem H van Est (Estius), theologist, dies
1624 - Isaac Le Maire, Amsterdam ship owner, dies at about 66
1625 - Heinrich Meibom, German historian and critic (b. 1555)
1627 - Jan Gruter, Dutch critic (b. 1560)
1630 - Claudio Saracini, Italian composer (b. 1586)
1639 - John Meursius, [van Meurs], historian, dies at 60
1643 - Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland, English politician and writer
1647 - Giovanni Del Turco, composer, dies at 70
1648 - Marco Ivan Lukacic, composer, dies at 61
1679 - Cornelis Evertsen the Young, vice-admiral of Zealand, dies at 51
1703 - Archibald Campbell, Scot milt man (blood bath of Glencoe), dies at 52
1706 - Pierre Verdier, composer, dies at 79
1721 - Thomas Doggett, Irish actor
1731 - Sicco van Goslinga, Fries diplomat/sect of High Council, dies at 67
1773 - Pieter de Swart, architect (Delfts Port Rotterdam), dies at 63
1803 - Robert Emmet, Irish nationalist, executed
1806 - Utamaro Kitagawa, painter, dies
1810 - Wouter J van Troostwijk, painter, dies at 28
1823 - Daniel Steibelt, composer, dies at 57
1839 - Jose Gaspar de Francia, dictator of Paraguay (1816-39), dies at 74
1852 - Philander Chase, American university founder (b. 1775)
1863 - Benjamin Hardin Helm, US attorney/Confederate brig-general, dies at 33
1863 - Jakob Grimm, writer, dies at 78
1865 - William H Revere Jr, US Union brig-general, dies
1873 - Lulu Strauss und Torney, German poetess/writer, dies
1884 - Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist (b.1802)
1886 - John Liptrot Hatton, composer, dies at 77
1896 - Gottfried Conradi, composer, dies at 76
1897 - Karel Bendl, composer, dies at 59
1898 - Theodor Fontane, German author (Der Stechlin), dies at 78
1906 - Robert R. Hitt, American politician (b. 1834)
1908 - Pablo Martin Melitou de Sarasate y Navascuez, composer, dies at 64
1917 - Herbert Morris, Jamaican deserter in France, executed at 17
1927 - George Nichols, actor (His Favorite Pastime, Star Boarder), dies at 62
1931 - Sam Morris, cricketer (one Test Aust v Eng 1884), dies
1932 - Max Slevogt, German painter, dies at 63
1932 - Wovoka, Paiute visionary
1933 - Annie Besant, English theosophy (Esoteric Christianity), dies
1939 - Paul Bruchési, French Canadian Catholic archbishop of Montreal (b. 1855)
1944 - John Grayburn, English (Victoria Cross), dies in battle in Arnhem
1945 - William Buehler Seabrook, Writer, journalist, occultist and explorer (b. 1884)
1945 - Augusto Tasso Fragoso, Brazilian president (b. 1869)
1945 - Eduard Wirths, Nazi physician at Auschwitz, commits suicide at 36
1946 - Raimu, French actor (b. 1883)
1947 - Fiorello H La Guardia, (Mayor-R-NYC, 1933-45), dies
1949 - Nikolaos Skalkottas, composer, dies at 45
1949 - Richard Dix, actor (Tombstone, Ghost Ship, 13th Hour), dies at 56
1957 - Jean Julius Christian Sibelius, Fin composer (Finlandia), dies at 91
1959 - Olin Howlin, actor (Swifty-Circus Boy), dies at 63
1960 - Lee Duncan, owner/trainer (Rin Tin Tin), dies of heart attack at 67
1960 - Michel Brusselmans, composer, dies at 74
1967 - Henri Mulet, composer, dies at 88
1968 - Frank Pelleg, composer, dies at 57
1971 - James Westerfield, actor (Travels of Jaime McPheeters), dies at 59
1971 - William F Albright, US archaeologist, dies at 80
1973 - Ben[jamin F] Webster, US tenor saxophonist, dies
1973 - Glenn Strange, actor (Sam the Bartender-Gunsmoke), dies at 74
1973 - Jim Croce, vocalist (Time in a Bottle), dies in a plane crash at 30
1974 - Carlyle Blackwell Jr, entertainer, dies at 61
1974 - Robert Herberigs, Flemish composer (La Chanson d'Eve), dies at 88
1975 - Saint-John Perse, French diplomat/poet (Nobel 1960), dies at 78
1976 - Johan Boskamp, opera singer/actor, dies at 83
1979 - Ludvik Svoboda, Czech general/politician, dies at 83
1980 - Sanpei Hayashiya, Japanese comedian (b. 1925)
1984 - Steve Goodman, folk singer/guitarist, dies at 36
1987 - Michael Stewart
1988 - Roy Kinnear, actor (Casanova, Pirates, Scrooge, Help!), dies at 54
1989 - Richie Ginther, American racing driver (b. 1930)
1990 - Jackie Moran, actor (Janie, Barefoot Boy), dies of cancer at 65
1992 - K W Stackpole, cricketer (good Victorian batsman), dies
1993 - Leonard Parkin, British TV host (ITN), dies at 64
1993 - Loan Volkerijk, Dutch baseball coach (ADO), dies at 65
1994 - Jimmy Hamilton, saxophonist, dies at 77
1994 - Jule Styne, Broadway composer (Gypsy, Funny Girl), dies at 88
1995 - Monica Maurice, industrialist, dies at 87
1996 - Max Manus, resistance fighter, dies at 82
1996 - Murtaza Bhutto, politician, dies at 42
1996 - Paul Draper, dancer, dies at 87
1996 - Paul Erdos, mathematician, dies of heart attack at 83
1996 - Paul Weston, bandleader, dies at 84
1997 - Edmund Falkiner, jazz saxophinist/probation officer, dies at 59
1999 - Raisa Gorbachyova, wife of Mikhail Gorbachev (b. 1932)
1999 - Robert Lebel, Quebec ice hockey administrator (b. 1905)
2000 - Gherman Titov, cosmonaut (b. 1935)
2003 - Lord Williams of Mostyn, British politician (b. 1941)
2003 - Gordon Mitchell, American actor (b. 1923)
2003 - Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwe politician (b. 1922)
2004 - Townsend Hoopes, American politician (b. 1922)
2004 - Brian Clough, English footballer and football manager (b. 1935)
2005 - Simon Wiesenthal, Austrian-Polish Nazi hunter (b. 1908)
2005 - Tobias Schneebaum, American writer, anthropologist and explorer dies at 83
2006 - Armin Jordan, Swiss conductor (b. 1932)
2006 - John W. Peterson, American songwriter (b. 1921)
2007 - Johnny Gavin, Irish footballer (b. 1928)
2010 - Kenny McKinley, American football player (b. 1987)
2010 - Leonard Skinner, American high school gym teacher; namesake of rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd
           (b. 1933)
2011 - Burhanuddin Rabbani, President of Afghanistan from 1992 to 1996. (b. 1940)

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This Day in History for 21st September


Historical Events

                                   
US Defector General                             Religious Leader Joseph Smith Jr          Spanish Dictator Francisco Franco
Benedict Arnold

                                   
Soldier, author, journalist, politician        Boxing Champ Archie Moore                 Artist & Musician Yoko Ono
Winston Churchill

                 
Actor Michael J. Fox                           Hall of Fame NFL Quarterback
                                                                          Dan Marino


1192 - English king Richard I the Lion hearted, captured by by Leopold V, Duke of Austria
1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights.
1348 - Jews in Zurich Switzerland are accused of poisoning wells
1435 - Treaty of Atrecht: Philip of Bourgondy vs French king Charles II
1451 - Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa orders Jews of Holland to wear a badge
1589 - Battle at Arques: French king Henri IV beats Catholic League
1591 - French bishops recognize Henri IV as king of France
1621 - King James of England gives Canada to Sir Alexander Sterling
1648 - -23] Battle at Pilawce: Bohdan Chmielricki's beats John Casimir [NS]
1676 - Benedetto Odescalchi elected as Pope Innocent XI
1677 - John & Nicolaas van der Heyden patents fire extinguisher
1745 - Battle of Preston Pans: Bonnie Prince Charles beats English army
1746 - French expeditionary army occupies Labourdonnais & Dupleix Madras
1765 - Antoine de Beauterne announces he had killed the Beast of Gévaudan, but was later proved
           wrong by more attacks.
1776 - 5 days after British take NY, a ¼ of city burns down
1776 - Nathan Hale, spied on British for American rebels, arrested
1780 - Benedict Arnold gives British Major Andre plans to West Point
1784 - 1st daily newspaper in America (Pennsylvania Packet & General Advertiser)
1792 - Collot D'Herbois, first man to propose to abolish the monarchy in France at National
           Convention
1814 - "Star Spangled Banner" published as a poem
1815 - King Willem I takes oath in Brussels
1823 - Moroni 1st appears to Joseph Smith, according to Smith
1827 - According to Joseph Smith, Jr., the angel Moroni gave him a record of gold plates, one-third
           of which Joseph translated into The Book of Mormon.
1837 - Charles Tiffany founded his jewelry & china stores
1860 - In the Second Opium War, an Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of
           Baliqiao.
1863 - Union forces retreat to Chattanooga after defeat at Chickamauga
1872 - John Henry Conyers of SC becomes 1st black student at Annapolis
1883 - 1st direct US-Brazil telegraph connection
1885 - Dutch demonstrate for general voting right
1893 - Frank Duryea drives 1st US made gas propelled vehicle (car)
1895 - 1st auto manufacturer opens-Duryea Motor Wagon Company
1896 - General Kitchener's army occupies Dongola Sudan
1897 - NY Sun runs famous "Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus," editorial
1898 - China's empress-mother Ci Xi & emperor De Zong arrested
1898 - Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.
1903 - 1st cowboy film "Kit Carson" premieres in US
1905 - Atlanta Life Insurance Co forms
1906 - Yankee 1st baseman Hal Chase's 22 put-outs ties record
1913 - 1st aerobatic maneuver, sustained inverted flight, performed in France
1913 - Turkey & Bulgaria sign peace treaty in Constantinople
1915 - CH Chubb buys Stonehenge for £6,600
1915 - Emanuel Querido ("Kerido") begins publishing Querido
1919 - 33rd US Womens Tennis: Hazel H Wightman beats M Zinderstein (61 62)
1921 - Gas explodes at Bradishe Aniline chemical works in Germany, 565 die
1921 - Pope Benedictus XV donates 1 million lire to feed Russians
1921 - Oppau explosion, a storage silo at a fertilizer producing plant exploded in Oppau, Germany,
           500—600 killed.
1922 - Pres Warren G Harding signs a joint resolution of approval to establish a Jewish homeland in
           Palestine
1928 - "My Weekly Reader" magazine made its debut
1929 - 1st legal pass in Canada was thrown by Gerry Seiberling & 1st reception by Ralph Losie of
           Calgary Altomah-Tigers against Edmonton
1930 - Johann Ostermeyer patents flashbulb
1931 - Britain abandons gold standard; pound devalues 20%
1933 - Trial against Marinus der Lubbe opens
1934 - St Louis Card Paul Dean no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 3-0
1934 - Typhoon strikes Honshu Island Japan, kills 4,000
1936 - Spanish fascist junta names Franco to generalissimo/supreme commander
1937 - J. R. R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit' is published
1938 - Hurricane (183 MPH winds) in New England kills 700
1938 - Winston Churchill condemns Hitler's annexation of Czechoslovakia
1938 - The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is
           estimated at 500-700 people.
1939 - Reinhard Heydrich meets in Berlin to discuss final solution of Jews
1941 - US launches its 1st Liberty-ship, "Patrick Henry"
1942 - 116 hostages executed by Nazis in Paris
1942 - Transport nr 35 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
1943 - Arundel (Solomon Island) in US hands
1943 - Lynch Triangle (Square) in Bronx named
1943 - Russian 13th/61st Army reconquer Chyernigov
1943 - Soviet forces reach Dnjepr
1944 - Last British paratroopers at bridge of Arnhem surrenders
1946 - Indians play their final game in League Park, ending a 55-year stay
1948 - "Texaco Star Theater" with Milton Berle premieres on NBC-TV
1949 - Chinese Communist leaders proclaim People's Republic of China
1949 - Federal Republic of [West] Germany created under 3-power occupation
1950 - George Marshall sworn in as the 3rd Secretary of Defense of United States.
1951 - Emil Zatopek runs 15,000m in record 44 min, 54.6 sec
1953 - Allied forces form West Germany
1953 - KRDO TV channel 13 in Colorado Spgs-Pueblo, CO (ABC) 1st broadcast
1954 - 1st nuclear submarine, USS Nautilus, commissioned under Commander Eugene P. Wilkinson
1954 - Kleffens appointed chairman of General Meeting UN
1955 - Last allied occupying troops leave Austria
1955 - Rocky Marciano KOs Archie Moore in 9 for heavyweight boxing title
1955 - USSR performs nuclear test
1955 - Heavyweight champ Rocky Mariano KOs Archie Moore in round 9
1956 - Yanks set dubious record, stranding 20 men on base Mantle hits a 500' plus homer but Red
           Sox win 13-9 in Fenway
1957 - "Perry Mason" with Raymond Burr premieres on CBS-TV
1957 - German sail training ship Pamir sails Atlantic Ocean
1957 - Olav V becomes king of Norway
1957 - Pote Sarasin forms government in Thailand
1958 - 1st airplane flight exceeding 1200 hours, lands, Dallas Tx
1958 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1959 - 600 Indian Dutch emigrate to US
1961 - Antonio Abertondo swims English Channel round trip (44 miles)
1961 - Maiden flight of the CH-47 Chinook transportation helicopter.
1964 - Constellation (US) beats Sovereign (England) in 20th America's Cup
1964 - Reds Chico Ruiz steals home, beats Phillies 1-0. Phillies start a 10 game losing streak that
           gives Cards the pennant
1964 - Malta becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
1964 - The North American XB-70 Valkyrie, the world's first Mach 3 bomber, made its maiden flight
           from Palmdale, California.
1965 - O Kommissarova (USSR) sets women's longest parachute jump (46,250')
1965 - Singapore admitted as a part of the United Nations.
1966 - 5inches of rain falls on NYC
1966 - Jimmy Hendrix changes spelling of his name to Jimi
1967 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1969 - 58th Davis Cup: USA beats Romania in Cleveland (5-0)
1969 - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Lincoln-Mercury Golf Open
1969 - NY Jet Steve O'Neal punts 98 yards against Denver Broncos
1969 - Ron Hill wins European marathon (2:16:47.8 )
1970 - "Monday Night Football" premieres on ABC - Browns 31, Jets 21
1970 - KAPP TV channel 35 in Yakima, WA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1970 - Luna 16 leaves Moon
1970 - Oakland A's Vida Blue no-hits Minnesota Twins, 6-0
1970 - New York Times starts first modern op-ed page.
1971 - AL OKs Washington Senator move to Arlington (Texas Rangers)
1971 - John Lennon & Yoko Ono are Dick Cavett's only guest
1972 - Marcos declares martial law in Philippines
1972 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1973 - Jackson Pollocks painting "Blue Poles" sold for $2,000,000
1973 - NY Mets go into 1st place (at .500) after trailing 12½ games
1973 - Nate Archibald signs 7 yr contract with NBA KC Kings for $450,000
1974 - US Mariner 10 makes 2nd fly-by of Mercury
1975 - Jo Ann Washam wins LPGA Portland Ladies Golf Classic
1976 - Wings performs in Zagreb Yugoslavia
1976 - Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. He was a member of the Chilean socialist
           government of Salvador Allende, overthrown in 1973 by Augusto Pinochet.
1977 - US minister of Foreign affairs Cyrus Vance dismissed
1979 - Two RAF Hawker Siddeley Harrier jump-jets from RAF Wittering collide over the UK. Both
           pilots ejected safely. One of the jets broke up in midair and fell harmlessly into a field but the
           other dropped onto the centre of Wisbech in Cambridgeshire, destroying two houses and a
           bungalow. Several people were injured in the accident and three people were killed.
1980 - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA ERA Real Estate Golf Classic
1980 - LA Ram Johnnie Johnson scores a 99 yard interception
1980 - Richard Todd of NY Jets completes 42 passes in a game (NFL record)
1980 - Kerry GAA beat Roscommon GAA in Croke Park during the All-Ireland Football Final by 1-9 to
           1-6 thus winning the championship and a three-in-a-row.
1981 - Belize (British Honduras) gains independence from UK
1981 - Sandra Day O'Conner becomes 1st female Supreme Court Justice
1981 - Steve Carlton strikes out NL record 3,118th (Andre Dawson)
1982 - 2,251 turn out to see Expos play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
1982 - Devils beat Rangers 3-2 in exhibition; 1st hockey in Meadowlands (NJ)
1982 - NFL players begin a 57 day strike
1982 - SF cable cars cease operations for 2 years of repairs
1982 - STS-5 vehicle moves to launch pad
1983 - 11 killed in anti Marcos demonstrations in Manila
1983 - David Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross," premieres in London
1983 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1984 - NASA launches Galaxy-C
1985 - Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes in 15 to become Heavyweight Boxing Champion
1986 - 38th Emmy Awards: Golden Girls, Cagney & Lacey & Michael J Fox win
1986 - Miami Dan Marino passes for 6 touchdowns vs NY Jets (51-45)
1986 - NY Jets beat Miami Dolphins 51-45 in OT; record 884 passing yards
1986 - New Orleans Saints Mel Gray returns kickoff 101 yards for a touchdown
1986 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Konica San Jose Golf Classic
1986 - SD Padre Jimmy Jones pitchs 1-hitter in his major league debut
1986 - Kerry GAA beat Tyrone GAA in Croke Park during the All-Ireland Football Final by 2-15 to 1-
           10 thus winning the championship and a three-in-a-row.
1987 - 3 Belgian minesweepers depart to Persians Gulf
1988 - Mike Tyson smashes TV camera outside his Bernardsville NJ home
1989 - Poland's Sejm (National Assembly) approves prime minister Mazowiecki
1990 - Oakland A's Bob Welch becomes 1st 25 game winner in 10 years
1990 - Pirate Bobby Bond is 2nd to hit 30 HRs & steal 50 bases in a season (so he can play in 6
           decades) because it is a publicity stunt
1990 - Faye Vincent turns down White Sox bid to reinstate Minnie Minoso, 68
1991 - Armenia votes on whether to remain in Soviet Union
1991 - USA Basketball announces "Dream Team" for the 1992 Olympics
1993 - Ukraine government of Kutshma resigns
1994 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Ft Laud/Miami Fl (WBGG 105.9 FM)
1995 - The Hindu milk miracle occurs, in which statues of the Hindu God Ganesh began drinking milk
           when spoonfuls were placed near their mouths.
1997 - Brickyard Crossing Senior Golf Championhsip
1997 - Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA PING Welch's Championship
1997 - Mike Piazza is 2nd to hit a HR out of Dodger Stadium
1997 - NY Yankee Cecil Fielder hits his 300th HR
1997 - Tim Herron wins Texas Golf Open shooting a 271
1999 - Chi-Chi earthquake occurs in central Taiwan, leaving about 2,400 people dead.
2001 - Deep Space 1 flies within 2,200 km of Comet Borrelly.
2001 - University of Roorkee, becomes India's 7th Indian Institute of Technology, rechristened as IIT
           Roorkee
2001 - AZF chemical plant explodes in Toulouse, France, killing 29 people
2003 - Galileo mission terminated by sending the probe into Jupiter's atmosphere, where it is
           crushed by the pressure at the lower altitudes.
2004 - The Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) People's War and the Maoist Communist
           Centre of India merge to form the Communist Party of India (Maoist).
2004 - Construction of the Burj Dubai starts.
2008 - Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, the two last remaining independent investment banks on
           Wall Street, become bank holding companies as a result of the subprime mortgage crisis.
2008 - President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa resigns from office, effective September 25.
2008 - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel formally resigns from office, effective as soon as his
           successor Tzipi Livni has successfully assembled a new government.
2008 - The final home game is played at Yankee Stadium against the Baltimore Orioles.
2012 - Japanese Prime Minister, Yoshihiko Noda, wins a leadership ballot

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Famous Weddings

1996 - Supermodel Christie Brinkey marries for 4th time to Peter Cook
1996 - Elder son of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and magazine publisher John F. Kennedy Jr. (35)
           weds Caroline Bisset (30) at the wood-frame Brack Chapel of the First African Baptist Church
           in Cumberland Island, Georgia

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This Day in History for 21st September


Famous Birthdays

                                   
Author H. G. Wells (1866)                   Horror Author Stephen King (1947)         Actor/Comedian Bill Murray (1950)


1051 - Bertha of Savoy, German queen and Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1087)
1328 - Hongwu Emperor of China (d. 1398)
1372 - Frederik I van Hohenzollern, monarch of Brandenburg (1417-40)
1411 - Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (d. 1460)
1415 - Frederick III, Innsbruck Austria, German Emperor (1440-1493)
1428 - Jingtai Emperor of China (d. 1457)
1452 - Girolamo Savonarola, monk/reformer/dictator of Florence (1494-98)
1527 - Matthaus Ludecus, composer
1629 - Philip Cardinal Howard, English Catholic cardinal (d. 1694)
1645 - Louis Joliet, Canadian explorer (d. 1700)
1706 - Jacob Wilhelm Lustig, composer
1706 - Polyxena Christina of Hesse-Rotenburg, queen of Sardinia (d. 1735)
1728 - Louis Emmanuel Eadin, composer
1737 - Francis Hopkinson, US, writer/lawyer (helped design Stars & Stripes)
1752 - Louise MC, countess of Albany
1756 - John Loudon McAdam, created macadam road surface (asphalt)
1758 - Christopher Gore, 8th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1827)
1760 - Gaetano Valeri, composer
1760 - Ivan Dmitriev, Russian statesman (d. 1837)
1788 - Margaret Smith Taylor, 1st lady (1849-50)
1817 - Carter Littlepage Stevenson, Major General (Confederate Army)
1817 - Charles Balmer, composer
1819 - Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France (d. 1864)
1820 - Williams Carter Wickham, Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
1824 - Joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn, Brigadier General (Union volunteers)
1827 - Michael Corcoran, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
1832 - Friedrich Wilhelm Langhans, composer
1832 - Samuel Sprigg Carroll, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1893
1833 - Josef Richard Rozkosny, composer
1840 - Murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876)
1842 - Abd-ul-Hamid II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1918)
1843 - David Emlyn Evans, composer
1849 - Edmund Gosse, London, translator/critic (Father & Son)
1849 - Maurice Barrymore, Indian-born patriarch of the Barrymore family (d. 1905)
1853 - Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist (liquid helium, Nobel 1913)
1859 - Cyriel Buysse, Flemish baron/writer (Sursum Corda, Ace Knave)
1862 - James E. Talmage, LDS apostle and author (d. 1933)
1863 - John Bunny, American film comedian (d. 1915)
1866 - Charles Jean Henri Nicolle France, bacteriologist (Nobel-1928)
1866 - H. G. Wells, Bromley, Kent, , English writer (War of the Worlds, Kipps), (d. 1946)
1867 - Henry Lewis Stimson, US minister of War (1911-13)
1869 - Henryk Melcer-Szczawinski, composer
1871 - Ernst Heldring, Dutch merchant/ship owner/financier
1873 - Papa Jack Laine, American musician (d. 1966)
1874 - Gustav Theodore Holst, Cheltenham, England, composer (Planets)
1880 - Henry Louis Mencken, US essayist/critic (American Mercury)
1882 - Alf Thorbald Hurum, composer
1884 - Hugh "Shorty" Ray, supervisor of NFL officials, HOF member
1885 - Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann, composer
1886 - Teiichi Igarashi, Japan, climed Mt Fuji at age 99
1887 - Lodewijk de Vocht, composer
1889 - Otto Forst de Battaglia, Austrian diplomat/genealogist
1893 - Moses Pergament, composer
1894 - Tullio Carminati, Zara Dalmatia Italy, actor (Roman Holiday)
1895 - Sergei Yesenin, Russian poet (d. 1925)
1898 - Tushar Kanti Ghosh, world's oldest/longest serving newspaper Editor
1899 - Luc Haesaerts, Flemish art critic (Flandre)
1899 - Frederick Coutts, the 8th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1986)
1901 - Adele Bochner
1902 - Allen Lane, English publisher/founder (Penguin Books)
1902 - Learie [Nicholas] Constantine, Trinidad cricket player
1902 - Limari Salminen, Finland, 10K run (Olympic-gold-1936)
1904 - Hans Hartung, German/French painter
1905 - Robert Lebel, French Canadian ice hockey executive (d. 1999)
1906 - Derrick De Marney, London England, actor (Inheritance)
1906 - Henry Beachell, American plant breeder (d. 2006)
1907 - Helen Foster Snow, writer
1907 - Lloyd Gough, actor (Mike Axford-Green Hornet)
1912 - Chuck Jones, animator (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck)
1912 - György Sándor, Hungarian pianist (d. 2005)
1913 - Ulrich Ernst Simon, theologian
1914 - John Kluge, Chemnitz Germany, media CEO (Metromedia)/billionaire
1916 - Jagernath Lachmon, premier Suriname
1916 - Françoise Giroud, French journalist and politician (d. 2003)
1917 - Phyllis Nicolson, British mathematician (d. 1968)
1918 - Rand Brooks, Los Angeles California, actor (Cpl Boone-Rin Tin Tin)
1919 - Aya Zikken, author (Atlasvlinder, Rameh)
1919 - Mario Bunge, Argentine philosopher and physicist
1919 - Fazlur Rahman, Pakistani scholar (d. 1988)
1920 - Jay Ward, cartoonist (Rocky & his Friends, Bullwinkle)
1922 - Lode Backx, Flemish pianist
1923 - Harry JN Vane 11th Lord Barnard, English large landowner
1924 - Gail Russell, Chicago IL, actress (Uninvited, Moonrise, Unseen)
1926 - Donald A Glaser, physicist (Nobel-1960)
1926 - Noor Jehan, Pakistani singer and actress (d. 2000)
1929 - Bernard Williams, English philosopher (d. 2003)
1929 - Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer (d. 1979)
1930 - Dawn Addams, Felixstown Engl, actress (Alan Young Show, Star Maidens)
1931 - Larry Hagman, Fort Worth Tx, TV actor (I Dream of Jeannie, JR-Dallas), (d. 2012)
1932 - Don Preston, rocker (Mothers Of Invention)
1932 - Melvin Van Peebles, US, playwright/director (Watermelon Man)
1934 - Leonard Cohen, Montreal, singer/songwriter (Death of Ladies Man)
1935 - Henry Gibson, Germantown Pa, comedian (Nashville, Laugh-In's poet)
1935 - Jimmy Armfield, Former English Footballer and Manager
1936 - Yuriy Luzhkov, Russian politician, mayor of Moscow
1936 - Dickey Lee, American singer and songwriter
1938 - Atli Heimir Sveinsson, composer
1938 - Yuji Takahashi, composer
1940 - Bill Kurtis, Pensacola Fla, newscaster (American Parade)
1940 - Hermann Knoflacher, Austrian civil engineer
1941 - Tony Moon, rocker
1941 - R. James Woolsey, Jr., Central Intelligence Agency director
1941 - Jack Brisco, American professional wrestler
1942 - Ann Elder, Cleve Oh, comedienne (Smothers Brothers Show, Laugh-In)
1944 - Fannie Flagg, Birmingham Ala, actress/comediene (Candid Camera)
1944 - Hamilton Jordan, political advisor (Crisis, Last Year of Carter Pres)
1944 - Susan Maureen Fleetwood, Scotland, actress (Krays, Sacrifice)
1944 - Steve Beshear, Democratic Governor of Kentucky.
1945 - Bjarni V Tryggvason, Reykjavik Iceland, astronaut (STS 85)
1945 - Ombrettqa Colli, Italian entertainer
1945 - Richard Childress, NASCAR team owner
1945 - Shaw Clifton, the 18th General of The Salvation Army
1946 - Moritz Leuenberger, Swiss Federal Councilor
1947 - Don Felder, Gainesville Florida, American rocker (Eagles)
1947 - Stephen King, Portland, Maine, sci-fi/horror author (Carrie, Shining, Kujo)
1947 - Marsha Norman, American playwright
1948 - Artis Gilmore, ABA all star (Kentucky Colonels)
1948 - Michael Finneran, diver (1st perfect 10 on 10m platform)
1950 - Bill Murray, Evanston Ill, Wilmette, Illinois, actor/comedian (Saturday Night Live,
           Ghostbusters)
1950 - Charles Clarke, British politician
1951 - Bob Franks, (Rep-R-NJ)
1951 - Bruce Arena, Brooklyn New York, American soccer coach (Olympics-gold-96)
1951 - Henk Hofstede, Dutch singer/guitarist/keyboardist (Nits)
1951 - Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen rebel leader (d. 2005)
1952 - Anneliese Michel, German exorcism victim (d. 1976)
1953 - Betty Wright, rocker
1953 - John Mengatti, NYC, actor (Nick-White Shadow, For Love & Honor)
1954 - Philthy Animal, [Philip Taylor], rock drummer (Motorhead)
1954 - Shinzo Abe, Japanese politician
1955 - Rebecca Balding, Little Rock Ark, actress (Carla-Lou Grant, Soap)
1955 - Richard J Hieb, Jamestown ND, astronaut (STS 39, 49, 65)
1955 - Mika Kaurismäki, Finnish director
1956 - Jack Givens, American basketball player
1956 - Marta Kauffman, American television producer
1957 - Ethan Coen, Minneapolis Mn, producer (Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink)
1957 - Lynette Love, US tai kwan do champ 1987/(Olympics 1988)
1957 - Kevin Rudd, Australian politician
1958 - Rick Mahorn, NBA forward (Detroit Pistons)
1958 - Bruno Fitoussi, French poker player
1959 - Corrinne Drewery, rocker (Swing Out Sister-Swing Out)
1959 - David Coulier, Detroit, actor (Joey Gladstone-Full House)
1960 - David James Elliott, Toronto, actor (Seinfeld, Lt Harmon Rabb-Jag)
1961 - Michel R Vassallucci, French/Neth publisher (Arena)
1961 - Nancy Travis, NYC, actress (Kim-Almost Perfect, Chaplin, 8 Men Out)
1962 - Grant Fuhr, Edmonton Alberta, NHL goalie (Oilers)
1962 - Rob Morrow, New Rochelle NY, actor (Dr Fleishman-Northern Exposure)
1963 - Cecil Fielder, Los Angeles California, infielder (Detroit Tigers, NY Yankees)
1963 - Curtly Ambrose, Antiguan West Indies cricketer
1963 - Angus Macfadyen, Scottish actor
1964 - Danny Hoekman, soccer player (NEC)
1964 - Danny Villa, NFL guard (KC Chiefs)
1964 - Jorge Drexler, Uruguayan singer and composer
1965 - Richard Brown, NFL linebacker (Minnesota Vikings)
1966 - Ronna Reeves, Big Spring TX
1967 - Andrea Thies, Irvington NY, rower (Olympics-92, 96)
1967 - Romeo van Aerde, soccer player (RKC)
1967 - Faith Hill, American singer
1967 - Tyler Stewart, Canadian drummer (Barenaked Ladies)
1968 - Ricki Lake, NYC, actress (Hairspray)/talk show host (Ricki)
1968 - Trugoy, rocker (De La Soul)
1969 - Jason Christiansen, Omaha NE, pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates)
1969 - Lia Biehl, LPGA golfer
1969 - Randal Hill, NFL wide receiver (Miami Dolphins)
1970 - Michael O'shea, CFL linebacker (Toronto Argonauts)
1970 - John Cudia, American actor
1971 - Alfonso Ribeiro, NYC, actor/pianist (Alfonso-Silver Spoons)
1971 - John Crawley, English cricketer
1971 - Luke Wilson, American actor
1972 - Alicia Rickter, Long Beach CA, playmate (Oct, 1995)
1972 - Brooke Bushnell, Los Angeles California, rhythmic gymnast (US team-96)
1972 - Jon Kitna, NFL quarterback (Seattle Seahawks)
1972 - Liam Gallagher, English singer (Oasis)
1972 - David Silveria, American drummer (KoЯn)
1973 - Virginia Ruano-Pascual, Madrid Spain, tennis star
1973 - Oswaldo Sanchez, Mexican footballer
1973 - Vanessa Grigoriadis, American journalist
1974 - Taral Hicks, American musician
1974 - Andy Todd, English footballer
1975 - Doug Davis, American baseball player
1976 - Adrian Olivo, Arlington Va, canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
1976 - Jana Kandarr, tennis star
1976 - Poul Hübertz, Danish footballer
1976 - Jonas Bjerre, Danish singer and guitarist (Mew)
1977 - Brian Tallet, American baseball player
1978 - Doug Howlett, New Zealand rugby union footballer
1979 - Richard Dunne, Irish footballer
1979 - Chris Gayle, Jamaican West Indies cricketer
1979 - Julian Gray, English footballer
1979 - Jaymee Ong, Chinese-Australian model
1980 - Raegan Tomaster, East Patgchogue NY, gymnast (alt-Olympics-96)
1980 - Robert Hoffman, American actor
1980 - Kareena Kapoor, Indian actress
1980 - Nyree Lewis, British Paralympic swimmer
1980 - Aleksa Palladino, American actress
1980 - Autumn Reeser, American actress
1980 - Tomas Scheckter, South African racing driver
1981 - Nicole Richie, American socialite
1981 - Rimi Sen, Indian actress
1981 - Meilinda Soerjoko, Indonesian-Australian actress
1982 - Eduardo Azevedo, Brazilian racing driver
1982 - Danny Kass, American snowboarder
1982 - Marat Izmailov, Russian footballer
1982 - Rowan Vine, English footballer
1983 - Joseph Mazzello, actor (Internal Affairs)
1983 - Fernando Cavenaghi, Argentinian footballer
1983 - Maggie Grace, American actress
1983 - Anna Meares, Australian cyclist
1984 - Benjamin Wildman-Tobriner, American swimmer
1985 - Maryam Hassouni, Dutch actor
1986 - Faris Rotter, English vocalist (The Horrors)
1987 - Jimmy Clausen, American football player
1987 - Courtney Paris, American basketball player
1987 - Ashley Paris, American basketball player
1988 - Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Pakistani politician
1989 - Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins, American skateboarder
1990 - Allison Scagliotti, American actress
1990 - Christian Serratos, American actress
1991 - Jordan Hasay, American track and field athlete
1998 - Brino quadruplets, American actor/actresses

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This Day in History for 21st September


Famous Deaths

                 
Roman Poet Virgil (19 BC)                    Author Jacqueline Susann (1974)


19 BC - Virgil, Roman poet, dies at 50
454 - Aëtius, Roman general (bc. 396)
687 - Conon, Sicilian Pope (686-87), dies
1217 - Lembitu of Lehola, Estonian soldier
1327 - Edward II, king of England (1307-1327), assassinated at 43
1397 - Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (executed) (b. 1346)
1433 - Zweder van Kuilenberg, bishop of Utrecht
1440 - Frederik I van Hohenzollern, ruler Brandenburg (1417-40), dies at 68
1481 - Bartholomeus Platinum, Italian humanist/pontifical librarian, dies
1519 - Hans Backofen/Backoffen, German sculptor, dies at about 49
1520 - Selam I Jawuz, the Barse, poet/cruel sultan of Turkey, dies
1542 - Juan Boscán Almogáver, Spanish poet
1558 - Charles V, King of Spain (Carlos I)/Holy Roman Emperor, dies at 58
1576 - Girolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician, dies at 74
1586 - Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, viceroy of Naples (1571-75), dies at 69
1590 - Ascanio Trombeti, composer, dies at 45
1626 - François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (b. 1543)
1629 - John Pieterszoon Coen, merchant/gov-gen of East-Indies, dies at 42
1705 - Willem Hadriaan of Nassau, corrupt mister of Odijck, dies
1719 - Johann Heinrich Acker, German writer (b. 1647)
1743 - Jai Singh II, King of Amber-Juiper (b. 1688)
1748 - John Balguy, English philosopher (b. 1686)
1796 - François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, French general (b. 1769)
1798 - George Read, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 65
1809 - Alexander Reinagle, composer, dies at 53
1812 - Emmanuel Johann Joseph Schikaneder, composer, dies at 61
1820 - Joseph R Drake, US poet (American Flag), dies at 25)
1832 - Walter Scott, Scottish attorney/poet/writer (Ivanhoe), dies
1836 - John Stafford Smith, composer, dies at 86
1839 - Jacob Gottfried Weber, German composer, dies at 60
1860 - Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (b. 1788)
1874 - JBAL Leonce Elie the Beaumont, French geologist, dies at 75
1883 - Johannes van Vloten, Dutch man of letters/theologist, dies at 65
1897 - Wilhelm Wattenbach, German historian (b. 1819)
1904 - Chief Joseph, US indian chief (Nez Perces), dies
1905 - Rudolf Baumbach, writer of German student drinking songs, dies at 64
1906 - Samuel Arnold, Lincoln conspirator (b. 1838)
1908 - Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist/composer (Spanish Dancer), dies
1911 - Arab Pasha, "al-Misri" [Pasha Ahmad Arab), Egyptian minister, dies
1915 - Anthony Comstock, anti-vice crusader, dies at 71 in NYC
1922 - Tom Armitage, cricketer (England lob bowler v Australia 1877), dies
1926 - Leon Charles Thevenin, French telegraph engineer (b. 1857)
1937 - Henri [Lucien] Capitant, French lawyer, dies at 72
1938 - Ivana Brlic-Mazuranic Croatian writer (b. 1874)
1939 - Armand Calinescu, premier of Romania, murdered
1946 - Leo Bittermieux, Flemish missionary (Congo), dies at 66
1946 - Olga Engl, Austrian actress (b. 1971)
1947 - Harry Carey Sr, actor/director (Red River, Sundown), dies at 69
1953 - Roger Quilter, British composer, dies at 75
1954 - Kokichi Mikimoto, Japanese inventor (b. 1858)
1956 - Anastasio Somoza, Nicaraguan dictator, assassinated by Roliberto Lopez
1956 - Robert Mills Delaney, composer, dies at 53
1957 - Haakon VII (CF Charles WA), Danish king of Norway (1905-57), dies
1961 - Earle Dickson, inventor (band-aid), dies at 68
1961 - Maurice Delage, composer, dies at 81
1963 - Paulino Masip, Spanish playwright (b. 1899)
1964 - Jim Koethe, Dallas Times Herald reporter, killed by karate chop
1966 - Paul Reynaud, premier France (1940), dies
1970 - Gijsbert Friedhoff, architect (Wibautstrat tax office), dies
1971 - Bernardo Houssay, Argentine physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
1972 - Henry M de Montherlant, French author (Port Royal), dies at 76
1973 - Diana Sands, actress (Landlord, Raisin in the Sun), dies at 39
1973 - William CF Plomer, S Afr libretto writer (Curlew River), dies at 69
1974 - Jacqueline Susann, author (Valley of the Dolls), dies of cancer at 53
1974 - Walter Brennan, actor (Real McCoys), dies at 80
1976 - Orlando Letelier, minister Chile, dies
1979 - John McQuade, actor (Charlie Wild Private Detective), dies at 73
1980 - Ernest White, composer, dies at 80
1981 - Nigel Patrick, actor/director (Sapphire, Prize of Gold), dies at 68
1981 - Tony Aubin, composer, dies at 73
1982 - Hovhannes Bagramyan, Soviet general (b. 1897)
1985 - Gu Long, Taiwanese writer of wuxia novels (b. 1937)
1986 - Pierre Wigny, Belgium minister of Foreign affairs (1958-61), dies at 81
1987 - Ruth Attaway, actress (Porgy & Bess, Conrack, Being There), dies
1987 - Jaco Pastorious, jazz bassist and composer (Weather Report) dies at 36
1988 - Christine Norden, actress (Little Shop of Horroers, Night Beat), dies
1988 - Henry Koster, director, dies
1988 - Robert Gwathmey, artist, dies at 85
1988 - Glenn Robert Davis, member of United States Congress (b. 1914
1989 - F Fischer, German war criminal (4, Two of Breda), dies
1991 - Angelo "Little Moe" Rossitto, dwarf actor (Carousel), dies at 83
1991 - Angelo Rossitto, dwarf known as "Little Moe"/actor (Dark), dies at 83
1991 - JA Mommersteeg, Dutch state sect of Defense (KVP), dies
1992 - Billy Williams, actor (Adv of Kit Carson), dies at 76 of brain tumor
1992 - Hans Rosenberg, astronomer/alderman of Utrecht, dies
1993 - Fernand Ledoux, Belgian/French actor (L'Homme de Londres), dies at 96
1993 - Kamaran Abdalla, Iraq/Engl/Neth actor (Best Thing in Life), dies at 34
1994 - Arthur Krim, US director (United Artists, Orion Pictures), dies
1994 - Oswald "Ossie" Stevens Nock, railway Writer, dies at 69
1995 - Irven Spence, animator, dies at 86
1995 - Peter Shankland, film maker/writer, dies at 94
1995 - Vernell Townsend, blues/gospel singer, dies at 64
1995 - William Murray, teacher/educationalist, dies at 83
1995 - Rudy Perpich, American politician (b. 1928)
1996 - John Stachniewski, scholar/teacher, dies at 42
1996 - Julius Silverman, politician, dies at 90
1996 - Sabine Zlatin, nurse, dies at 89
1997 - Tommy Cecil, ferryman, dies at 51
1997 - Jennifer Holt, American actress (b. 1920)
1998 - Florence Griffith Joyner, American athlete (b. 1959)
2000 - Bryan Smith, Man who ran over Stephen King (b. 1957)
2002 - Robert L. Forward, American physicist and writer (b. 1932)
2004 - Barry Noble Wakeman, American naturalist and educator (b. 1939)
2004 - Bob Mason, British actor (b. 1952)
2006 - Boz Burrell, English rock musician (b. 1946)
2007 - Hallgeir Brenden, Norwegian Olympic gold medalist (b. 1929)
2007 - Alice Ghostley, American actress (b. 1926)
2007 - Rex Humbard, American television evangelist (b. 1919)
2011 - Pamela Ann Rymer, American federal appellate judge (b. 1941)
2011 - Troy Anthony Davis, American high-profile death row inmate and human rights activist
           (executed) (b. 1968)
2011 - Jun Henmi, Japanese writer and poet (b. 1939)

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This Day in History for 22nd September


Historical Events

                                   
Playwright and Poet                                Composer Richard Wagner                    Heavyweight Boxing Champion
Ben Jonson                                                                                                                Jack Dempsey

                                   
Singer-Songwriter Bob Dylan                38th US President Gerald Ford                   Israeli Prime Minister
                                                                                                                             Menachem Begin


Russian President Boris Yeltsin


66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica.
530 - Boniface II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
530 - St Felix IV reign as Catholic Pope ends
530 - Discorus begins his reign as Catholic anti-Pope
1236 - The Lithuanians and Semigallians defeat the Livonian Brothers of the Sword in Battle of
          Šiauliai.
1499 - Switzerland became an independent state.
1504 - Settled engagement of Karel of Luxembourg & Claudia the Beaujeu
1504 - Treaty of Blois: Philip van Bourgondie & Maximilian I & Louis XII
1529 - Cardinal Thomas Wolsey stripped of office as Lord Chancellor of England
1586 - Battle at Zutphen: English vs Dutch army
1598 - Playwright and poet Ben Jonson is indicted for manslaughter as the result of a duel.
1598 - Playwright and poet Ben Jonson is indicted for manslaughter as the result of a duel.
1656 - All female jury hears case of woman who killed her child (acquit her)
1665 - Molieres "L'amour Medecin," premieres in Paris
1692 - Last (8 ) person hanged for witchcraft in US (Salem Mass)
1699 - People of Rotterdam strike over high cost of butter
1711 - French troops occupy Rio de Janeiro
1733 - Polish King Lesczynski flees to Danzig
1735 - Robert Walpole is 1st British PM to live at 10 Downing Street
1745 - Bonnie Prince Charlie's army returns to Edinburgh
1753 - Pangeran Gusti installed as sultan of Banten
1756 - Nassau Hall opens at Princeton University
1761 - Coronation of George III of the United Kingdom and Queen Charlotte.
1784 - Russian trappers established a colony on Kodiak Island, AK
1789 - US Office of Postmaster General is created under the Treasury Department
1792 - 1st First French Republic forms
1817 - John Quincy Adams becomes secretary of State
1851 - The city of Des Moines, Iowa was incorporated as Fort Des Moines.
1861 - Fort Fauntleroy (Wingate), rapes Navaho Indians
1862 - President Lincoln, says he will free slaves in all states on Jan 1
1864 - Battle of Fisher's Hill VA-Gen Early Retreats to Brown's Gap
1864 - Sheridan sets up camp in Harrisonburg VA
1866 - Decisive battle of Curupaity in the War of the Triple Alliance.
1868 - Race riots in New Orleans La
1869 - Richard Wagner's opera "Rhine Gold," premieres in Munich
1885 - Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to Home Rule e.g. "Ulster will
           fight and Ulster will be right".
1893 - 1st auto built in US (by Duryea brothers) runs in Springfield
1896 - Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in
           British history.
1903 - Italo Marchiony granted patent for ice cream cone
1905 - 11th US Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 314 at Myopia Club Mass
1905 - Race riot in Atlanta Georgia (10 blacks & 2 whites killed)
1906 - Race riot in Atlanta Georgia, kills 21
1908 - Bulgaria declares independence from Ottoman Empire (Turkey)
1910 - Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union forms
1910 - The Duke of York's Cinema opened in Brighton. It is still operating today, making it the oldest
           continually operating cinema in Britain.
1911 - Cy Young beats Pitts 1-0 for his final career victory, number 511
1912 - Eddie Collins repeats record of stealing 6 bases in a game (9/7/12)
1913 - Coal mine explosion kills 263 at Dawson New Mexico
1913 - George Cohan's "7 Keys to Baldpate," premieres in NYC
1914 - 1 German submarine sinks 3 British ironclads, 1,459 die
1915 - Red Sox ask Braves for use of their larger park for World Series
1915 - Southern Methodist University (Dallas Texas) holds its 1st class
1915 - Xavier University, 1st Black Catholic College in US, opens in NO LA
1919 - -Jan 20] Steel strike in the US
1920 - Chicago grand jury convenes to investigate charges that 8 White Sox players conspired to fix
           the 1919 World Series
1921 - Estonia & Lithuania admitted to League of Nations
1921 - Music Box Theater opens at 239 W 45th St NYC
1925 - Yank Ben Paschal hits 2 inside-the-park-homers
1926 - Belgian crown prince Leopold & Swedish princess Astrid get engaged
1927 - Famous "Long count" fight (Dempsey loses to Tunney)
1927 - Gene Tunney beats Jack Dempsey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1927 - Yanks Earle Coombs hits 3 triples
1932 - Hungarian government of Károlyi falls
1934 - An explosion takes place at Gresford Colliery in Wales, leading to the deaths of 266 miners
           and rescuers.
1935 - Boston Braves lose NL record 110th game of year en route to 115
1937 - Forest fire kills 14 & injures 50 in Cody Wyoming
1937 - Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken; the end of the Battle of El Mazuco.
1941 - British signal officer Bill Hudson lands in Montenegro
1942 - Meulenberg robs of church bells
1943 - British dwarf submarines attack Tirpitz
1943 - Destroyer HMS Itchen torpedoed & sinks
1943 - Destroyer HMS Keppel sinks U-229
1944 - Boulogne reoccupied by Allies
1944 - Operation Market Garden: Polish paratroopers land at Driel
1944 - US troops land on Ulithi
1946 - Evelyn Dick charged with butchering husband
1947 - Dodgers clinch NL pennant
1949 - USSR detonates its 1st atomic bomb
1949 - WFMY TV channel 2 in Greensboro-High Point, NC (CBS) 1st broadcast
1950 - Nobel peace prize awarded to Ralph J Bunche (1st black winner)
1950 - Omar N Bradley promoted to rank of 5-star general
1953 - Islamic uprising in Atjeh at Indonesia
1954 - Bkln Dodger Karl Spooner strikes out 15 NY Giants in his 1st game
1955 - (ITV) Commercial TV begins in England
1955 - -28] Hurricane Janet, kills 500 in Caribbean
1957 - "Maverick" premieres
1957 - Duke Snider's 39th & 40th home runs are last hit at Ebbets Field
1958 - KTVK TV channel 3 in Phoenix, AZ (ABC) begins broadcasting
1958 - US nuclear sub USS Skate remains 31 days under Pole (record)
1959 - Chicago White Sox clinch AL pennant
1960 - Mali (formerly French Sudan) declares independence from France
1961 - Antonio Albertondo (Argentina) at 42, completes 1st "double" crossing swim of English
           Channel in 43 hrs 10 min
1961 - Jim Gentile's ties record of 5 grand slams in a year
1962 - Bob Dylan plays NYC Carnegie Hall
1963 - Czechoslovakian premier Široký deposed by Josef Lenart
1963 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Visalia Ladies' Golf Open
1964 - "Fiddler on the Roof" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 3242 perfs
1964 - "Man from U.N.C.L.E," premieres on NBC-TV
1965 - India & Pakistan ceases-fire goes into effect
1966 - Edward Albee's "Delicate Balance," premieres in NYC
1966 - KMEB TV channel 10 in Wailuku, HI (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 - Only 413 show up at a Yankee Stadium game
1966 - Orioles beat A's 6-1 to clinch their 1st AL pennant
1966 - Surveyor 2 crashes on Moon
1967 - Phillies release pitcher Dallas Green, their future manager
1967 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1968 - Iraq adopts constitution
1968 - KMTC (now KDEB) TV channel 27 in Springfield, MO (IND) 1st broadcast
1968 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Kings River Golf Open
1968 - Twins' Cesar Tovar pitched a hitless inning & plays all 9 positions
1968 - Zond 5 completes flight
1969 - "Music Scene" debuts on ABC-TV
1969 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1969 - SF Giant Willie Mays, becomes second player to hit 600 home runs
1970 - Pres Nixon requests 1,000 new FBI agents for college campuses
1971 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1972 - Dictator Idi Amin expels 8,000 Asians from Uganda
1973 - "Little Night Music" opens at Majestic Theater on Broadway
1973 - 20th Ryder Cup: US, 19-13 at Muirfield, Scotland
1973 - Balt Oriole Al Bumbry hits 3 triples vs Milwaukee Brewers
1973 - Henry Kissinger, sworn in as America's 1st Jewish Secretary of State
1975 - Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate President Ford in SF Calif
1975 - World Football League folds
1975 - 2nd assassination attempt on US President Gerald Ford by Sara Jane Moore fails in San
           Francisco
1977 - Minn Twin Bert Blyleven no-hits California Angels, 9-0
1977 - Preston Jones' "Texas Trilogy," premieres in NYC
1977 - West German Red Army Faction terrorist kills policeman in Utrecht
1978 - Israeli PM Menachem Begin returns home after Camp David summit
1979 - Israel performs nuclear test at Indian Ocean
1979 - Larry Parrish (Expos) HRs off Rawly Eastwick (Phillies) in DH
1980 - Iraq invades Iran in an attempt to control the Shatt al-Arab waterway
1980 - Iraqi troops seize part of Iran in a border dispute; war begins
1980 - John & Yoko sign a recording contract with Geffin Records
1981 - Sandra Day O'Connor appointed to Supreme Court
1982 - Duleep Mendis completes twin cricket tons for Sri Lanka v India
1982 - SF's cable cars made a final run before closing down for 20-month
1983 - Everly Brothers reunite after 10 years (Royal Albert Hall)
1983 - NASA launches Galaxy-B
1983 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1983 - Zhu Jianhau (China) sets high jump record at 7'9 3/4"
1985 - 37th Emmy Awards: Cagney & Lacey, Cosby Show & Tyne Daly win
1985 - Billy Martin's right arm is broken by pitcher Ed Whitson
1985 - Earthquake strikes Mexico, 2,000 killed
1985 - France premier confesses on attack of Rainbow Warrior
1985 - Rock and country musicians participate in FarmAid in Champaign, Illinois
1985 - Val Skinner wins LPGA Konica San Jose Golf Classic
1985 - St Louis Cardinals set an unusual streak record by winning 9 of 10 games, each pitched by a
           different man
1985 - The Plaza Accord was signed in New York City.
1986 - 35 countries signs disarmament accord in Stockholm
1986 - India v Australia Test Cricket at Madras finishes in a tie
1986 - LA Dodger Fernando Valenzuela is 1st Mexican to win 20 games
1987 - 2nd regular-season National Football League player strike begins
1987 - Dow-Jones index rises record 75.23 points
1987 - Janet B Evans swims female world record 400m freestyle (4:03.85)
1987 - NFL players go on strike for 24 days
1987 - Red Sox Wade Boggs ties AL record of 200 hits for 5 straight seasons
1988 - Canada begins production of a $5 silver Maple Leaf bullion coin
1988 - South Korean coaches attack NZ referee after disputing his decision, Olympic Korean boxer
           stages a 67 minute sit-in
1989 - Cards outfielder Leon Durham suspended for 60 days due to drugs
1989 - IRA-bomb kills 10 British marines in Kent
1990 - Saudi Arabia expels many Jordanian & Yemeni envoys
1990 - Andre Dawson steals his 300th base & is only player other than Willie Mays to have 300 HRs,
           300 steals & 2,000 hits
1991 - ABN & AMRO Dutch banks merge
1991 - California University makes Dead Sea Scrolls public
1991 - Harry Gant wins NSACAR Goody's 500
1991 - Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula records his 300th career NFL victory
1991 - NY MTA yanks 6,000 ads for "Dr Tusch" (Dr Jeffrey Lavigne)
1991 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic
1992 - Heavy storm in South France, 34 die
1993 - Nolan Ryan, 46, pitches his last game
1993 - STS-51 (Discovery) lands
1993 - Supreme Soviet dismisses president Boris Yeltsin
1993 - A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-154 is shot down by a missile in Sukhumi, Georgia.
1994 - Rasmussen government in Denmark, resigns
1995 - E-3B AWACS crashed outside of Elmendorf AFB, Alaska after multiple bird strikes to two of
           the four engines soon after takeoff; all 24 on board killed
1996 - 4th Solheim Cup: US beats Europe 17-11 at St Pierre Wales
1997 - Elton John releases Diana tribute "Candle in the Wind 1997"
1997 - Marv Albert pleads not guilty to sexual charges
1997 - Bentalha massacre in Algeria; over 200 villagers killed.
2003 - David Hempleman-Adams becomes the first person to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an open-air,
           wicker-basket hot air balloon.
2006 - A German maglev train crashes, killing 23.
2006 - The F-14 Tomcat retires from the United States Navy.
2006 - Hezbollah claims "Divine Victory" over Israel in a massive demonstration in Beirut.
2011 - CERN scientists announce their discovery of neutrinos breaking the speed of light
2012 - 7 pedestrians are killed by a drunk driver who hit a bus stop at 200km an hour in Moscow

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This Day in History for 22nd September


Famous Weddings

1984 - Brussels Princess Astrid marries Archduke Lorenz of Austrian-Este at Church of Our Lady of
           "De Zavel
1991 - American Jewish playwright and screenwriter David Mamet marries 2nd wife, English actress
           Rebecca Pidgeon   
2007 - "Desperate Housewives" actor Ricardo Chavira (36) weds longtime girlfriend Marcea Dietzel in
           San Antonio, Texas
2008 - TV personality and glamour model Kendra Wilkinson (24) weds Philadelphia Eagles NFL player
           Hank Baskett (26) at Playboy mansion in Los Angeles, California

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 22nd September


Famous Divorces

2000 - Actress Patsy Kensit (32) divorces Oasis singer Liam Gallagher (28) due to unreasonable
           behaviour after 3 years of marriage

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This Day in History for 22nd September


Famous Birthdays

                                   
Baseball Manager                               Singer/Songwriter Nick Cave (1957)        Italian Tenor Andrea Bocelli (1958)
Tom Lasorda (1927)


130 - Claudius Galenus, Italian physician/scholar
1290 - Bilbo Baggins, (in Shire Reconning)
1515 - Anne of Cleves, Düsseldorf, Queen of England/4th wife of Henry VIII
1547 - Philipp Nikodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (d. 1590)
1601 - Anna van Oostenrijk, queen of France/daughter of Philip III
1606 - Li Zicheng, Chinese rebel (d. 1645)
1680 - Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (d. 1747)
1694 - Lord Chesterfield, letter writer; introduced Gregorian calendar (1752)
1715 - Jean-Étienne Guettard, French physician and scientist (d. 1786)
1717 - Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Swedish astronomer (d. 1783)
1720 - Adolph Carl Kunzen, composer
1722 - John Home, Scottish writer (d. 1808)
1729 - George Wilhelm Gruber, composer
1733 - Anton Filtz, composer
1738 - Dionysius G Van de Keessel, lawyer (Theses Selectae)
1741 - Peter S Pallas, German geologist/zoologist (Siberia/Krim)
1743 - Quintin Craufurd, British author (d. 1819)
1757 - Herman H Vitringa, politician (National Meetings)
1765 - Paolo Ruffini, Italian mathematician (d. 1822)
1788 - Theodore Edward Hook, English author (d. 1841)
1791 - Michael Faraday, discovered principle of electric motor
1796 - Ret Cornelius Kinchiloe Stribling, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1880
1819 - Wilhelm Wattenbach, German historian (d. 1897)
1822 - Brig Gen Eppa Hunton, fought in most ANV campaigns
1827 - John Grubb Parke, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900
1829 - William Worth Belknap, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1829 - Tự Đức, Emperor of Vietnam (d. 1883)
1833 - Stephen Dill Lee, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1908
1849 - John Godden, English explorer (Curacao)
1860 - Heinrich Reitsch, composer
1864 - Louis Van Deyssel, writer (Small Republic, One Love)
1870 - Arthur Willard Pryor, composer
1872 - Luis Villalba Munoz, composer
1875 - Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis, composer
1876 - André Tardieu, Prime Minister of France (d. 1945)
1878 - Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese PM (most of 1946-54)
1880 - Asser B Kleerekoper, journalist/2nd-Member of parliament (SDAP)
1880 - Dame Christabel Pankhurst, English suffragist (d. 1958)
1882 - Emil Abranyi, composer
1882 - Wilhelm Keitel, German fieldmarshal
1883 - Robert Franz Richard Hernried, composer
1884 - Minerva Urecal, CA, actress (Accent on Love, Crazy Knights)
1885 - Erich von Stroheim, early film director/actor (Grand Illusion)
1885 - Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect (d. 1940)
1885 - Ben Chifley, Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1951)
1887 - Hobart Cavanaugh, US, actor (Border Town, Black Angel)
1888 - Sophia J W "Sophie" Hermse, actress (Vorstenschool)
1889 - Hooks Dauss, American baseball player (d. 1963)
1890 - Ferdinand Gonseth, Swiss mathematician/philosopher
1891 - Jacob H "Jaap" Stotijn, oboist/conductor (Residence Orch)
1892 - Billy West, Russia, actor (Further Perils of Laurel & Hardy)
1892 - Frank Sullivan, humorist (NYer Magazine)
1892 - Hans Albers, Hamburg Germany, actor (Blue Angel)
1894 - Hieronim Feicht, composer
1894 - Johnnie Gough, Boston MA, actor (Smooth as Satin, Circus Kid)
1895 - Babette Deutsch, US poet (Animal vegetable mineral)
1895 - Paul Muni, actor (Acad Award 1936-Angel on My Shoulder, Juarez)
1896 - Henry Segrave, British racing driver (d. 1930)
1898 - Katherine Alexander, American actress (d. 1981)
1900 - William Spratling, American silversmith (d. 1967)
1900 - Paul H. Emmett, American chemical engineer (d. 1985)
1901 - Allan "Rocky" Lane, Mishawaka Ind, actor (voice of Mr Ed, Red Ryder)
1901 - Charles Huggins, surgeon/medical researcher
1902 - F R Boschvogel, [French LJ Ramon], Flemish writer (War of Worlds)
1902 - John Houseman, Bucharest Romania, actor (Kingsfield-Paper Chase)
1903 - Joseph Valachi, American gangster (d. 1971)
1904 - Ellen Church, American stewardess (d. 1965)
1905 - Eugen Sänger, Austrian aerospace engineer (d. 1964)
1906 - Phyllis Hartnoll, writer/editor
1907 - Philip Fotheringham-Parker, British racing driver (d. 1981)
1909 - David Riesman, US sociologist (Lonely Crowd)
1910 - Klement Slavicky, composer
1912 - Alfred G Vanderbilt, thoroughbred horse owner (Native Dancer)
1912 - Martha Scott, Jamesport, Missouri, American actress (Our Town, Ben-Hur)
1913 - Leroy Holmes, Pittsburgh Pa, orchestra leader (Tonight Show, 1956-57)
1915 - Arthur Lowe, Hayfield England, actor (Captain Mainwaring-Dad's Army)
1917 - Peter Adams, LA CA, actor (Alternative)
1918 - Archibald James Potter, composer
1918 - Hans Scholl, German resistance fighter (Die Weisse Rose)
1918 - Henryk Szeryng, Zelazowa Wola Poland, violinist (Brahms Concerto)
1919 - Jack Russell, Saratoga Springs NY, singer (Your Show of Shows)
1920 - Bob Lemon, San Bernardino, California, American MLB pitcher (Cleveland Indians)/manager
           (NY Yankees, 1978)
1920 - Ismay Thomas, teacher
1920 - Anders Lassen, Danish military officer (d. 1945)
1922 - Chen Ning Yang, China, US physicist/disproved parity (Nobel 1957)
1923 - Dannie Abse, Welsh poet and writer
1924 - Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu, politician
1924 - Norvel la Follette Ray Lee, lt-HW boxer (Olympic-gold-1952)
1924 - Sieto Hoving, actor (Holiday in Havana, Palm Beach Story)
1924 - Charles Keeping, British illustrator (d. 1988)
1924 - Rosamunde Pilcher, English novelist
1925 - Virginia Capers, Sumter SC, actress (White Mama, Original Intent)
1926 - William O Smith, composer
1927 - Eligio [Kika] De La Garza, (Rep-D-Texas, 1965- )
1927 - Tom Lasorda [Thomas], Norristown, Pennsylvania, baseball manager (LA Dodgers)
1927 - Gordon Astall, English footballer
1928 - Eugene Roche, Boston MA, actor (Foul Play, Slaughterhouse Five)
1928 - Eric Broadley, MBE, British automotive engineer (Lola Cars)
1929 - Serge Garant, composer
1929 - William E Dannemeyer, (Rep-R-CA, 1979- )
1930 - Antonio Saura, Spanish painter
1930 - Roger Durham Hannay, composer
1931 - Fay Weldon, British feminist
1931 - George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, British politician (d. 2003)
1931 - Manzoor Ahmad, Pakistani philosopher
1932 - Ingemar Johansson, Sweden, world heavyweight boxing champ (1952)
1933 - Leonardo Balada, composer
1934 - Lute Olson, American basketball coach
1935 - Harriet King, US, fencing (Olympic-1972)
1936 - Art Metrano, Brooklyn New York, American comedian (Amy Prentiss, Joanie Loves Chachi)
1936 - Maurice Evans, English footballer and manager (d. 2000)
1938 - Gene Mingo, American football player
1939 - Junko Tabei, Japan, 1st woman to climb Mount Everest
1939 - Mike Sullivan, (Gov-Wyoming)
1939 - Timothy E Wirth, (Rep-D-CO, 1975- )
1939 - Gilbert E. Patterson, American minister and presiding bishop of the Church of God in Christ
           (d. 2007)
1940 - Anna Karina, Copenhagen Denmark, actress (Alphaville)
1940 - Edward Boguslawski, composer
1941 - Jeremiah Wright, American pastor
1942 - David J Stern, NBA commissioner (1984- )
1942 - Dick Pickering, trade unionist
1942 - William C Nelson, rep/astronaut (STS 24)
1943 - Toni Basil, American singer
1944 - John Tanner, (Rep-D-Tennessee)
1945 - Paul LeMat, Rahway, New Jersey, American actor (American Graffiti, Melvin and Howard)
1946 - Daniel E "Dan" Lungren, (Rep-R-California, 1979-88)
1946 - King Sunny Ade, Nigerian singer
1946 - Dan Baker, American public address announcer
1947 - Robert Morace, American writer
1948 - Bill Orton, (Rep-D-Utah)
1948 - Mark A P Phillips, British ex of princess Anne
1948 - Denis Burke, Australian politician
1948 - Jim Byrnes, American actor and musician
1949 - David Coverdale, England, rock vocalist (Whitesnake, Deep Purple)
1949 - Harold Carmichael, NFL wide receiver (Philadelphia Eagles)
1949 - Jim Keith, American conspiracy theorist and author (d. 1999)
1949 - Jim McGinty, Australian politician
1950 - Kirka, Finnish singer (d. 2007)
1951 - David Coverdale, English singer
1952 - Robert W Goodlatte, (Rep-R-Virginia)
1952 - Gary Holton, English actor and musician (d. 1985)
1953 - Ségolène Royal, French politician
1953 - Geoff Gilpin, American author
1954 - Shari Belafonte Harper, NYC, actress (Julie-Hotel)
1954 - Randy Lanier, American racing driver
1955 - Jerry Anderson, Montreal, Canadian Tour golfer (Quebec Open-1982, 83)
1955 - Jeffrey Leonard, Major League baseball player
1956 - Debby Boone, Hackensack NJ, singer (You Light Up My Life)
1956 - Masayuki Suzuki, Japanese singer (Rats & Star)
1957 - Johnette Napolitano, rocker (Concrete Blonde)
1957 - Lynn Herring, Enid Oklahoma, actress (Lucy Coe-General Hospital)
1957 - Mark Johnson, Madison WI, NHL forward (Olympic-gold-1980, Pitts, NJ)
1957 - Nick Cave, Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australian singer/songwriter (Bad Seeds-Murder Ballads)
1957 - Pete Jones, rocker
1957 - Philip Arnold Blackmar, San Diego CA, PGA golfer (1988 Provident)
1957 - Giuseppe Saronni, Italian cyclist
1958 - Vasili Yuriyevich Lukiyanyuk, Russian cosmonaut
1958 - Andrea Bocelli, Pisa, Italian tenor (The Prayer)
1958 - Neil Cavuto, American television commentator
1959 - Greg Bruckner, Inglewood CA, Nike golfer (1992 New England Classic)
1959 - Pope Michael, American anti-pope
1960 - Joan Jett, Phila, singer (Blackhearts-I Love Rock 'n Roll)
1960 - Scott Baio, Bkln, (Joanie Loves Chachi, Charles in Charge, Zapped)
1960 - Victor Stevenson, CFL tackle (Edmonton Eskimos)
1961 - Catherine Oxenberg, NYC, princess/actress (Dynasty, Overexposed)
1961 - Dot Richardson, Orlando Fla, softball infielder (Olympics-gold-96)
1961 - Vince Coleman, American baseball player
1961 - Dr. Liam Fox, British Conservative politician
1961 - Bonnie Hunt, American actress
1962 - Rob Stone, Chicago Ill, actor (Kevin-Mr Belvedere)
1962 - Diogo Mainardi, Brazilian writer
1963 - Michele Berteotti, LPGA golfer
1963 - Missie Berteotti, Pittsburgh PA, LPGA golfer (1993 PING/Welch's Champ)
1964 - Marq Torien, rocker (Bullet Boys-For Love of Money)
1965 - Mark Guthrie, Buffalo NY, pitcher (LA Dodgers)
1965 - Andy Cairns, Irish musician
1966 - Mike Richter, Abington PA, NHL goalie (NY Rangers, Team USA 1998)
1966 - Moustafa Amar, Egyptian singer
1966 - Stefan Rehn, Swedish footballer
1967 - Elfrid Payton, CFL linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
1967 - Harald Hasselbach, NFL defensive end (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
1967 - Matt Howard, Fall River MA, infielder (NY Yankees)
1967 - Matt Besser, American comedian
1967 - Félix Savón, Cuban boxer
1967 - Kim Watkins, Australian television presenter
1968 - Godfrey Myles, NFL linebacker (Dallas Cowboys)
1968 - Lisa Alexander, Toronto Ontario, synchro swimmer (Olympics-silver-96)
1969 - Marian Chlad, soccer player (FC Groningen)
1969 - Melissa Lynn Costello, Shenandoah WV, Miss WV-America (1991)
1969 - Nicole Bradtke, Melbourne Australia, tennis star (1995 Auckland)
1969 - Matt Sharp, American musician (Weezer, The Rentals)
1970 - Eric L Blount, CFL running back (Edmonton Eskimos)
1970 - Greg Huntington, NFL guard (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1970 - Mike Matheny, Columbus OH, catcher (Milwaukee Brewers)
1970 - Prince Wimbley, CFL slot back (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1970 - Mystikal, American rapper
1970 - Rupert Penry-Jones, English actor
1970 - Emmanuel Petit, French footballer
1971 - Chesney Lee Haskes, England, singer (Feels So Alive)
1971 - Christian Fauria, NFL tight end (Seattle Seahawks)
1971 - Ian Van Der Wal, Darwin Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1971 - Princess Märtha Louise of Norway
1972 - Nate Dingle, NFL linebacker (Philadelphia Eagles)
1974 - Gary Trent, NBA forward (Portland Trailblazers)
1974 - Yoo Chae-yeong, South Korean singer and actress
1975 - Ethan Moreau, Canadian ice hockey player
1975 - Svilen Noev, Bulgarian singer-songwriter
1976 - "Ronaldo" de Lima, Brazilian soccer player (Cruzeiros/PSV)
1976 - Karita Tuomola, Miss Finland Universe (1997)
1977 - Paul Sculthorpe, English rugby league footballer
1978 - Ed Joyce, Irish-English cricketer
1978 - Harry Kewell, Australian soccer player
1979 - Emilie Autumn, American singer, violinist, and harpsichordist
1979 - Michael Graziadei, American actor
1980 - Fernanda Tavares, Brazilian supermodel
1981 - Ashley Drane, American actress
1981 - Adam Lazzara, American singer (Taking Back Sunday)
1981 - Subaru Shibutani, Japanese singer, dancer, actor (Kanjani8)
1982 - Mandy Chiang, Hong Kong singer and actress
1982 - Kosuke Kitajima, Japanese swimmer
1982 - Billie Piper, English singer and actress
1984 - Eduardo Rubio, Mexican pilot and pianist
1984 - Theresa Fu, Hong Kong singer and actress
1984 - Ross Jarman, Drummer The Cribs
1984 - Laura Vandervoort, Canadian actress
1985 - Faris Haroun, Belgian footballer
1987 - Tom Felton, English Actor
1988 - Bethany Dillon, American musician
1995 - Juliette Goglia, American actress
2007 - Albert Windsor, descendant of British monarch

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This Day in History for 22nd September


Famous Deaths

 
Nobel Laureate Chemist
Frederick Soddy (1956)


1072 - Ouyang Xiu, Chinese historian and scholar-official (b. 1007)
1197 - Petrus Cantor, French theologist (Verbum Abbreviatum), dies
1253 - Dogen Kigen, 1st Zen patriarch of Japanese Soto line, dies at 53
1286 - Mugaku Sogen, Zen Rinzai line founder of Engakuji temple, dies at 60
1345 - Henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Leicester (b. 1281)
1392 - Aleid van Poelgeest, lover of earl Albrecht of Bavaria, murdered at 22
1392 - Willem Cuser, earl Albrecht of Beierens, murdered
1399 - Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1366)
1408 - Johannes VII Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (1376-77, 90/1404-8), dies
1520 - Selim I, captured Baghdad/Sultan of Turkey (1512-20), dies at 53
1531 - Louise Van Savoye, French regent of king Francois I, dies at 55
1539 - Guru Nanak Dev, founder of Sikhism (b. 1469
1554 - Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, Spanish explorer
1566 - John Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister, dies
1607 - Alessandro Agnolo Allori, Italian painter/carpet designer, dies at 72
1658 - Georg Philipp Harsdorffer, German poet (b. 1607)
1662 - John Biddle, English theologian (b. 1615)
1702 - Hoessein Koprulu, Turkish great vizer (peace of Karlowitz), dies
1703 - Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician and scientist (b. 1622)
1712 - Jose Solana, composer, dies at 69
1737 - Francesco Mancini, composer, dies at 65
1737 - Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer, dies at 69
1774 - Clement XIV, [Giovanni Ganganelli], Pope (1769-74), dies
1776 - Nathan Hale, US captain/patriot/spy, hanged by British at 21
1796 - George Wilhelm Gruber, composer, dies on 67th birthday
1796 - Joseph Lederer, composer, dies at 63
1814 - A W Iffland, writer, dies
1826 - J P Hebel, writer, dies at 66
1828 - Shaka, South African Zulu king, dies
1852 - William Tierney Clark, English civil engineer (b. 1783)
1865 - Heinrich Christian Pander, Russian zoologist, dies at 71
1872 - Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer (b. 1801)
1873 - Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1801)
1880 - G F Grace, cricketer (one Test v Australia), dies
1881 - Solomon L. Spink, U.S. Congressman from Illinois (b. 1831)
1890 - Johanna D Courtmans-Berchmans, Flemish author, dies at 79
1914 - Alain-Fournier, French writer (Grand Meaulnes), dies in battle at 27
1923 - Marquess of Ripon, game hunter, dies, after shooting 52nd grouse
1927 - Giannotto Bastianelli, composer, dies at 44
1935 - Karl Schroder, composer, dies at 86
1944 - "Cab" Calloway, British scout, dies in battle of Oosterbeek
1949 - Sam Wood, US communist fighter/director (Night at Opera), dies at 66
1952 - Cor Ruys, actor (Princess Stage), dies at 62
1952 - Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, first President of Finland (b. 1865)
1953 - William Brann, cricketer (3 Tests for South Africa), dies
1956 - Frederick Soddy, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate, dies at 79
1957 - Toyoda Soemu, Japanese admiral (b. 1885)
1959 - Benjamin Peret, French writer/poet (Le grand jeu), dies at 60
1959 - Jane Winton, actress (Hell's Angel, Patsy, Don Juan), dies at 53
1959 - Josef Matthias Hauer, composer, dies at 76
1960 - Melanie Klein, Austria/British psycho analyst, dies at 78
1961 - Marion Davies, actress (Not So Dumb, 5 & 10), dies of cancer at 64
1963 - Fred Le Roux, cricketer (S Afr all-rounder in only Test), dies
1969 - Adolfo Lopez Mateos, president of Mexico, dies at 59
1971 - Joseph Ford McGuinn, director, dies of heart attack at 67
1971 - Yvonne St Clair, dancer, dies at 57
1972 - Robert KJE Antonissen, South African literary, dies at 53
1975 - Franz Salmhofer, composer, dies at 75
1975 - Patricia Doyle, actress (Wuthering Heights), dies at 60
1978 - Lina Carstens, actress (Homeland, Broken Jug), dies at 85
1981 - Harry Warren, American composer and lyricist (b. 1893)
1985 - Axel Springer, German newspaper magnate (Bild Zeitung), dies at 73
1987 - Christopher Stryker, entertainer, dies at 27
1987 - Dan Rowan, actor (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in), dies at 65
1987 - John F "Jaco" Pastorius, rock guitarist (Weather Report), dies at 35
1987 - Louis Philip Kentner, composer, dies at 82
1988 - Rais Amrohvi, Pakistani poet and psychoanalyst (b. 1914)
1989 - Irving Berlin, composer (God Bless America), dies at 101
1989 - Jan Teulings, Dutch actor/director (Dorp aan de Rivier), dies
1991 - Pandit Rambharos Gangaram Panday, Suriname religious leader, dies
1991 - Reynold Abel Dorris, (Broken Cord), dies at 23 in car crash
1992 - Aurelio López, Mexican baseball player (b. 1948)
1993 - Margaret MacDonald, maid to Queen Elizabeth, dies at 89
1994 - Forest Cowles Bud Forrest Sagendorf, cartoonist, dies at 79
1994 - John Edward Teddy Buckner, trumpeter, dies at 85
1994 - Leonard Geoffrey Feather, jazz critic/musician, dies at 80
1994 - Mattie Moss Clark, gospel Singer, dies at 69
1995 - Albert Goodwin, historian, dies at 89
1995 - Arthur Benfield, formed head of Cheshire CID, dies at 82
1995 - Dorothy "Dolly" Ann Collins, folk musician/composer, dies at 62
1996 - Dorothy Lamour, actress (Road to Bali, Road to Rio), dies at 81
1996 - Ludmilla Chiraeff, ballet dancer, dies at 72
1996 - Mohammed Ben Amhed Abdelghani, PM of Algeria (1979-84), dies
1997 - Bryan Woods, soldier/clerk, dies at 76
1997 - Eric William Hunter Christie, barrister, dies at 77
1997 - George Bryan Ingham, artist, dies at 61
1997 - Ruth Picardie, journalist, dies at 33
1997 - Shoichi Yokoi, Jap WW II fighter (surrendered in 1972), dies at 82
1999 - George C. Scott, American actor (Dr. Strangelove), dies of a ruptured abdominal aortic
           aneurysm at 71
2000 - Rodney Anoa'i (Yokozuna), American professional wrestler (b. 1966)
2000 - Saburo Sakai, Japanese aviator, (b. 1916)
2001 - Isaac Stern, Ukrainian violinist (b. 1920)
2002 - Jan de Hartog, Dutch-born writer (b. 1914)
2003 - Gordon Jump, American television actor (b. 1932)
2003 - Hugo Young, British journalist (b. 1938)
2004 - Ray Traylor (The Big Boss Man), American professional wrestler (b. 1962)
2006 - Edward Albert, American actor (b. 1951)
2006 - Carla Benschop, Dutch basketball player (b. 1950)
2007 - Bodinho, Brazilian footballer (b. 1928)
2007 - Marcel Marceau, French mime artist (b. 1923)
2008 - Thomas Doerflein, German Zookeeper (b. 1963)
2010 - Eddie Fisher, American singer (b. 1928)