1895 – France proclaims a protectorate over Madagascar
1924 – Allies stop monitoring the German navy
1944 – Calais reoccupied by the Allies
1989 – NASA closes down tracking stations in Hawaii and Ascension
2004 – The first images of a live giant squid in its natural habitat are taken 600 miles south of Tokyo
2005 – Parliament of Catalonia passes with over 120 votes in favor and 15 against the Project of the New Catalan Statute of Autonomy, proclaiming in its article 1 “Catalonia is a nation”
2021 – Former UK policeman Wayne Couzens is given a rare life sentence for raping and killing Sarah Everard, with the judge saying his crime is as bad as a terrorist atrocity
2024 – Montana man is sentenced to six months in prison for illegally using large Marco Polo sheep tissue and testicles to clone giant hybrid sheep for trophy hunting
Author: gil7
Today in History for 30th September 2025
Historical Events
1520 – Suleiman the Magnificent succeeds his father, Selim I, as Ottoman Sultan and rules until 1566
1965 – LA Dodger Don Drysdale (23-12) wins his 13th straight game, 7 of which are shutouts
1984 – The Kansas City Chiefs set a team record by registering 11 sacks against the Cleveland Browns in a 10-6 victory
1986 – US releases Soviet spy Gennadiy Zakharov
2012 – Car bomb blasts kill at least 32 people across Iraq
Famous Birthdays
1800 – Decimus Burton, British architect (Hyde Park, Palm House Kew Gardens), born in London, England (d. 1881)
1917 – Yuri “Petrovich” Lyubimov, Soviet director (Taganka Theatre), born in Yaroslavl, Russia (d. 2014)
1933 – Emily “Cissy” Houston (née Drinkard), American Grammy Award-winning soul and gospel singer, and Whitney’s mother, born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2024)
1943 – Jody Powell, American White House press secretary for Jimmy Carter, born in Cordele, Georgia (d. 2009)
1963 – Cristina Marsillach, Spanish actress (Barocco), born in Madrid, Spain
Famous Deaths
1581 – Hubert Languet, French diplomat and reformer (b. 1518)
1986 – Storm Jameson, English writer and critic, dies at 95
2004 – Justin Strzelczyk, American NFL football offensive tackle, 1990-98 (Pittsburgh Steelers), dies in high speed car crash while being pursued by police at 36; autopsy revealed brain damage due to chronic concussion injuries
2014 – Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist (1995 Nobel Prize for Physics for discovery of the tau lepton particle), dies from a heart attack at 87
2017 – Vladimir Voevodsky, Russian-American mathematician (homotopy theory, motivic cohomology), dies of an aneurysm at 51
Famous Deaths for 29th September 2025
855 – Lotharius I, Romanian-French emperor (signed Treaty of Verdun), dies
1902 – William McGonagall, Scottish-Irish poet infamous as an extremely bad poet and considered the worst in British history (The Tay Bridge Disaster, The Famous Tay Whale), dies at 77
1951 – Thomas Cahill, American soccer coach and administrator (first coach US men’s national team), dies at 86
1973 – W. H. Auden [Wystan Hugh Auden], British-American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet (The Age of Anxiety; Funeral Blues), dies of heart failure at 66
1995 – Gerd Bucerius, German lawyer, newspaper publisher (Die Zeit, 1946-95), and politician, dies at 89
2002 – Edmund Trebus, British hoader, (A Life of Grime), dies at 83
2006 – Louis-Albert Cardinal Vachon, Canadian Catholic Archbishop of Quebec, dies at 94
2010 – Georges Charpak, Polish-French physicist who invented and developed subatomic particle detectors (Nobel 1992), dies at 86
2020 – Doyle Royal, American collegiate soccer coach (NCAA C’ship 1968; University of Maryland 1946-73) and tennis coach (U of Maryland 1954-80), dies at 101
2021 – Heiko Salzwedel, German cycling coach (est. Australian Institute of Sport Road Cycling/MTB program; German, Danish, British Cycling), dies at 64
Historical Events for 29th September 2025
1849 – First passenger train service to Peekskill, New York, operated by the New Haven Railroad
1933 – Little King, cartoon character by Van Beuren, debuts
1946 – First time NL pennant ends in a tie (Cardinals and Dodgers)
1960 – “Tell Laura I Love Her” by Ricky Valance peaks at #1 in UK
1975 – Sharon Crews (now known as Sharon Dahlonega Bush) becomes American television’s first African-American weathercaster on WPGR-TV in Detroit, Michigan
1979 – “Lonesome Loser” by Little River Band peaks at #6 in the US, their third consecutive top ten single
1983 – “A Chorus Line” becomes the longest-running Broadway show with 3,389 performances
1988 – China performs a nuclear test at Lop Nor, China
Today in History for 29th September 2025
Historical Events
1227 – Pope Gregory IX excommunicates German emperor Frederick II
1789 – US War Department establishes a regular army
1927 – Yankees slugger Babe Ruth ties MLB record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games in New York’s 7-4 win against the Philadelphia A’s and 15-4 rout of the Washington Senators
1957 – NFL NY Giants play their last game at the Polo Grounds, a 9-1 loss to Pittsburgh
2001 – Farm Aid 14 held in Noblesville, Indiana; performers include Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, Doobie Brothers, and Martina McBride
Famous Birthdays
1893 – Phillips Tead, American character actor (The Front Page; Lightnin’; Fighting Blade; The Adventures of Superman – “Professor Pepperwinkle”), born in Somerville, Massachusetts (d. 1974)
1928 – Eric Lubbock, Lord Avebury, English politician and human rights advocate (Liberal MP for Orpington 1962-70), born in Orpington, England (d. 2016)
1956 – James Donald Halsell Jr, American retired USAF officer and astronaut (STS 65, 74, 83, 94), born in West Monroe, Louisiana
1970 – Emily Lloyd [Pack], British actress (Wish You Were Here; Cookie; In Country), born in London, England
1972 – Robert Webb, British actor, comedian, and writer (Jeremy “Jez” Usborne- “Peep Show”), born in Boston, Lincolnshire
Famous Deaths
1598 – Floris van Pallandt, Dutch Count of Culemborg, dies at about 61
1951 – Bradley Barker, American silent actor and film director, dies at 68
1989 – August A. “Gussie” Busch Jr., American brewing magnate (chairman Anheuser-Busch 1946-75) and baseball executive (owner St. Louis Cardinals 1953-89), dies at 90
2008 – Hayden Carruth, American poet (The Crow and the Heart), dies at 87
2019 – Larry Willis, American jazz pianist and composer, dies of an aneurysm at 76
Famous Deaths for 28th September 2025
1582 – George Buchanan, Scottish historian (b. 1506)
1881 – John Milton Bernhisel, American physician, politician and Latter Day Saints figure, dies at 82
1915 – Saitou Hajime, 3rd squad leader of the Shinsengumi died under name of Goro Fujita (b. 1844)
1917 – T. E. Hulme, English writer and poet, dies at 34
1959 – Vincent Richards, American tennis player (US Pro C’ships 1927-28, 30, 33), dies of a heart attack at 56
1964 – Nacio Herb Brown, American composer (Singin’ In The Rain), dies at 68
1982 – Larry Breeding, American actor (Who’s Watching the Kids), dies in a car crash on his 36th birthday
1992 – William Douglas-Home, British playwright (Now .. Barabbas), dies at 80
2010 – Dolores Wilson, American opera singer (b. 1928)
2024 – Jacques Teugels, Belgian soccer defender (13 caps; RSC Anderlecht, RWD Molenbeek), dies at 78
Historical Events for 28th September 2025
995 – The Duchy of Bohemia’s Slavník dynasty members Spytimír, Pobraslav, Pořej, and Čáslav are murdered by Boleslaus II the Pious
1906 – US troops reoccupy Cuba and stay until 1909
1923 – Abyssinia (Ethiopia) leaves the League of Nations
1941 – Ted Williams ends the baseball season with a .406 batting average
1949 – “My Friend Irma” premieres, first of 16 films starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
1985 – NASA launches Intelsat VA F-12
2012 – Nigeria suspends flights to Saudi Arabia after hundreds of Nigerian women travelled without a male escort
2020 – Stanley Cup Final, Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta: Tampa Bay Lightning claim second championship in franchise history with a 2-0 Game 6 win over Dallas Stars; win series 4-2
Today in History for 28th September 2025
Historical Events
1767 – VOC government bans importation of Southeast Asian slaves into the Cape because they are considered dangerous (not observed)
1839 – British Association expedition to Antarctica ships Erebus and Terror set sail from England to attempt to locate the magnetic South Pole
1911 – The NY Highlanders get 13 walks and steal 15 bases, including a record six in one inning, beating the Browns 18-12; each team commits six errors
1962 – Paddington tram depot fire destroys 65 trams in Brisbane, Australia.
2008 – MLB Boston Red Sox retire Johnny Pesky’s jersey (number 6)
Famous Birthdays
1901 – Ed Sullivan, American newspaper columnist, and television host (The Ed Sullivan Show), born in New York City (d. 1974)
1908 – Marin Goleminov, Bulgarian violinist, composer, and pedagogue, born in Kyustendil, Bulgaria (d. 2000)
1938 – John Schultz, Australian Football HOF ruckman (Brownlow Medal 1960; All Australian 1961; Victoria 24 games; Footscray FC), born in Boort, Australia (d. 2024)
1961 – Michael-James Wixted, American actor (Smith Family), born in Santa Monica, California
1966 – Puri Jagannadh, Indian film director (Pokiri), born in Pithapuram, Andhra Pradesh
Famous Deaths
1884 – Fred Morley, English cricket fast bowler, (4 Tests, 16 wickets, BB 5/56; Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 33
1965 – Eddie Gribbon, American actor (Keystone Kops), dies after long illness at 75
1993 – Peter De Vries, American author (Reuben, Reuben; The Prick of Noon) and editor (New Yorker), dies at 83
2023 – M. S. Swaminathan, Indian agricultural scientist, leader of the green revolution in India, dies at 98
2024 – Kris Kristofferson, American country singer-songwriter (“Me And Bobby McGee”; “Help Me Make It Through The Night”), and actor (Amerika; Millennium; A Star Is Born), dies at 88
Famous Deaths for 27th September 2025
1674 – Thomas Traherne, English poet and mystic (Roman Forgeries), dies
1876 – Braxton Bragg, American General (Confederate Army), dies at 59
1899 – Henry Heth, American Major General in the Confederate Army (accidently started Battle of Gettysburg), dies at 73
1915 – Kaspar C E Ritter von Zumbusch, German/Austrian sculptor, dies at 84
1921 – Engelbert Humperdinck, German opera composer (Hansel and Gretel), dies at 67
1960 – Sylvia Pankhurst, English feminist and suffragette, dies at 78
1982 – Ralph Baldwin, Canadian harness driver and trainer (11 major world records; Hambletonian Stakes 1963, 73), dies at 66
1994 – Gerald Bledsoe, American broadcaster (Soul Alive, WWRL), dies of a heart attack at 51
1995 – Alison Steele [Ceil Loman], American radio DJ known as “The Nightbird” (WNEW-FM; WXRK-FM), dies of stomach cancer at 58
2024 – Maggie Smith, British Tony, Emmy, Oscar, and BAFTA Award-winning stage and screen actress (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie; A Room with a View; Downton Abbey; Harry Potter films), dies at 89
Historical Events for 27th September 2025
1924 – Giants clinch their fourth consecutive pennant, defeating the Phillies 5-1
1935 – Chicago Cubs win their 21st consecutive game and clinch the NL pennant
1973 – Soyuz 12 carries two cosmonauts into Earth orbit for two days
1978 – US performs a nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1980 – WHOT (Brooklyn, New York pirate radio station) begins on 1620 AM and 92.5 FM
1990 – Tour de France champion Greg LeMond visits the White House
2005 – Atlanta Braves clinch their 14th consecutive division title due to Philadelphia’s loss to the New York Mets
2022 – American band “Foo Fighters” and friends hold tribute concert for drummer Taylor Hawkins at Kia Forum, Los Angeles, California; performers include Joan Jett, Stewart Copland, Rush, Alanis Morissette, Def Leppard with Miley Cyrus, Wolfgang Van Halen, and Queen