1404 – Albert IV, Duke of Austria, dies at 26
1743 – Nicolas Lancret, French Rococo painter, dies at 53
1909 – Charles Follen McKim, American Beaux-Arts architect (Boston Public Library, Morgan Library), dies at 62
1927 – Hugo Ball, German playwright and social critic (co-founder Flametti, Dada), dies of cancer at 41
1974 – Warren Hull, American actor (Strike it Rich, Who in the World), dies from heart failure at 71
1982 – Grace Kelly, American actress (Rear Window) and Princess of Monaco, dies in a car crash at 52
1995 – Eiji Okada, Japanese actor (Hiroshima mon amour, The Ugly American), dies of heart failure at 75
2003 – John Serry, Sr., American classical, jazz, and bolero accordionist, arranger, composer, organist, and educator, dies at 88
2005 – William Berenberg, American physician (b. 1915)
2009 – Darren Sutherland, Irish boxer (b. 1982)
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Historical Events for 14th September 2025
1852 – Samuel D Hubbard of Conn takes office as 18th US Postmaster General
1862 – Battle at Crampton’s Gap: Union troops win a tactical victory over Confederate forces
1876 – Belgian King Leopold II closes the Brussels Geographic Conference, establishes the International African Association, forerunner of Leopold’s privately controlled Congo Free State
1894 – Hottentotten uprising in Southwest Africa fails
1930 – Nazis gain 107 seats in German election
1943 – Yanks clinch pennant #14
1958 – Two rockets designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, the first German post-war rockets, reach the upper atmosphere
1985 – 10th Toronto International Film Festival: “The Official Story” directed by Luis Puenzo wins the People’s Choice Award
Today in History for 14th September 2025
Historical Events
1867 – Karl Marx publishes “Das Kapital” Volume 1, his theory of the Capitalist system and how it is doomed to destroy itself
1939 – British fleet attacks German U-39 boat
1940 – WWII: German Blitz in England continues, bomb drops in London, Clacton, Great Yarmouth, Ipswich, Southampton, Bournemouth, Hastings, Brighton, Warrington, Chelsea, Fulham, and Lewisham, among other places, result in 94 civilian deaths and 426 injured
1986 – Bo Jackson hits his first home run, a 475-foot blast, the longest at Royals Stadium
1989 – Jeff Reardon is 1st to record 30 saves in 5 consecutive seasons
Famous Birthdays
1869 – Kid Nichols, American Baseball HOF pitcher (3 × NL wins leader; All-Time Saves Leader 1899–1906; Boston Beaneaters, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies) and manager (St. Louis Cardinals 1904–05), born in Madison, Wisconsin (d. 1953)
1898 – Ernest Nash, German-American photographer and archaeologist, born in Nowawes, Germany (d. 1974)
1939 – Guy Webster, American celebrity portrait photographer, album cover artist (The Byrds; The Mamas and the Papas; Taj Mahal; Rolling Stones), and educator, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2019)
1971 – Andre Matos, Brazilian singer and musician (Symfonia), born in São Paulo, Brazil
1981 – Miyavi [Takamasa Ishihara], Japanese guitarist, singer (“Snakes”) and actor (Unbroken), born in Osaka, Japan
Famous Deaths
1435 – John Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Bedford, English prince, general (Hundred Years’ War) and statesman, dies at 46
1782 – Nicholas Cooke, American mariner, slave trader, and politician (1st Governor of Rhode Island, 1776-78), dies at 65
1979 – Raymond Loucheur, French composer, dies at 80
1999 – André Kostolany, Hungarian stock market expert and speculator, dies at 93
2005 – Vladimir Volkoff, French writer (b. 1932)
Famous Deaths for 13th September 2025
1596 – Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser, Dutch astronomer and navigator (Java)
1847 – Nicolas Oudinot, French marshal, dies at 81
1872 – Ludwig Feuerbach, German philosopher who influenced Karl Marx (The Essence of Christianity), dies at 68
1902 – John Horace Forney, American engineer and Major General in Confederate Army, dies at 73
1967 – Varian Fry, American journalist and recognized as “Righteous Among the Nations”, dies at 59
1995 – Walter Goetz, German-British illustrator, cartoonist and painter (Colonel Up and Mr. Down), dies at 83
1999 – Benjamin Bloom, American educational theorist (b. 1913)
2005 – Toni Fritsch, Austrian soccer forward (9 caps; Rapid Vienna) and American football kicker (Super Bowl 1971 Dallas Cowboys; Pro Bowl 1979), dies of heart failure at 60
2015 – Gary Richrath, American guitarist and songwriter (REO Speedwagon), dies at 65
2017 – Grant Hart, American punk rock drummer and songwriter (Hüsker Dü), dies of liver cancer at 56
Historical Events for 13th September 2025
1922 – Straw Hat Riot begins in New York City as youths aggressively taunt men wearing straw hats, getting an early jump on the unofficial season’s end date of September 15; confrontations continue longer than usual, lasting eight days
1958 – Queen Juliana in a gala ceremony christens passenger ship SS Rotterdam, the last ‘ship of state’
1963 – Jim Bouton’s 20th win clinches New York Yankees’ 28th pennant
1969 – Plastic Ono Band’s 1st live performance, featuring John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Eric Clapton, at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival festival
1974 – OPEC instructs its Secretary General to “carry out a study of supply and demand in relation to possible production controls”
1999 – Bomb explodes in Moscow, Russia, killing at least 119 people
2015 – US Open Men’s Tennis: Novak Đoković beats Roger Federer 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4; third man to reach all 4 Grand Slam finals in the same year in Open Era after Rod Laver and Federer
2017 – International Olympic Committee announces Paris (2024) and Los Angeles (2028) will host the Olympic games
Today in History for 13th September 2025
Historical Events
1800 – Curacao in British hands (until Jan 1803)
1918 – Train accident at Weesp Netherlands, kills 42
1969 – San Francisco Giant Bobby Bonds is baseballs 4th 30-HR, 30-steal player
1973 – ABC announces it obtained TV rights for 1976 Olympics
1999 – Bomb explodes in Moscow, Russia, killing at least 119 people
Famous Birthdays
1893 – Larry Shields, American jazz clarinetist (Original Dixieland Jazz Band), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1953)
1903 – Claudette Colbert, French-born American actress (It Happened One Night, Texas Lady), born in Paris (d. 1996)
1980 – Evangelos Nastos, Greek footballer, born in Thessaloniki, Greece
1982 – Nenê, Brazilian basketball player (Houston Rockets), born in São Carlos, Brazil
1996 – Playboi Carti [Jordan Carter], American rapper (Whole Lotta Red), born in Riverdale, Georgia
Famous Deaths
1759 – James Wolfe, British Army officer who defeated the French in Canada and captured Quebec, dies in battle at 32
1902 – John Horace Forney, American engineer and Major General in Confederate Army, dies at 73
1906 – Georges Jacobi, German violinist, composer (The Black Crook), and conductor (Alhambra Theatre, London, 1872-98), dies at 66
1971 – Paul Blackburn, American poet, and editor (Black Mountain Review), dies of esophageal cancer at 44
2001 – Jaroslav Drobný, Czech ice hockey player (Olympic silver 1948) and tennis player (Wimbledon 1954, French Open 1951-52), dies of a stroke at 79
Famous Deaths for 12th September 2025
413 – Marcellinus of Carthage, Christian saint, executed for participating in a rebellion (later exonerated)
1015 – Lambert I with the Beard, Count of Leuven, dies in battle at about 65
1362 – Innocent VI [Etienne Aubert], Pope (1352-62), dies
1732 – Jean Philippe Eugène de Mérode, Belgian nobleman (Marquis of Westerloo), dies at 58
1779 – Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician, dies at 67
1947 – Harry Rowe Shelley, American hymn composer, dies at 89
1955 – Gustave Vanzype, Belgian literary figure (La Gazette), dies at 86
1988 – (Carlos) “Charlie” Palmieri, American salsa and charanga music bandleader, musical director, and piano player (Tito Puente; Alegre All-Stars), dies after a heart attack at 60
2011 – Alexander Galimov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1985)
2023 – Roy Kidd, American College Football HOF coach (Eastern Kentucky University 1964-2002, record 314–124–8), dies at 91
Historical Events for 12th September 2025
1857 – 423 die when steamship SS Central America, the “Ship of Gold,” sinks in a hurricane off Cape Romain, South Carolina, carrying tons of gold coins and bricks from the California Gold Rush (rediscovered in 1988)
1901 – Arabs attack Gadara, Palestine
1925 – George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin’s first collaborative musical “Lady, Be Good!,” featuring siblings Fred Astaire and Adele Astaire as a brother and sister dance team, closes at the Liberty Theatre, NYC, after 330 performances
1958 – US performs a nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1965 – Hurricane Betsy strikes Florida and Louisiana, killing 75 people
1982 – European Championship marathon won by Gerard Nijboer of the Netherlands (2:15:16) and Rosa Mota of Portugal (2:36:04)
2001 – Ansett Australia, Australia’s first commercial interstate airline, collapses due to increased strain on the international airline industry, leaving 10,000 people unemployed
2018 – According to a leaked report, more than 3,600 children were abused by Catholic priests in Germany between 1946 and 2014
Today in History for 12th September 2025
Historical Events
2001 – Ansett Australia, Australia’s first commercial interstate airline, collapses due to increased strain on the international airline industry, leaving 10,000 people unemployed
2004 – US Open Men’s Tennis: Roger Federer of Switzerland wins his first US title, outclassing Australian Lleyton Hewitt 6-0, 7-6, 6-0
2017 – A monster fatberg, 250 meters long, the size of 11 buses, and weighing 130 tons, is found in sewers under East London
2021 – 40th MTV Video Music Awards: Lil Nas X, Justin Bieber, and Olivia Rodrigo win
2024 – Crew of SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission takes the first commercial spacewalk during a five-day journey through Earth’s orbit, traveling the farthest in space of any human since NASA’s Apollo program
Famous Birthdays
1894 – Billy Gilbert, American actor (Great Dictator, His Gal Friday), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1971)
1934 – Edward Wistenberg, Dutch concert harpist and pedagogue, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
1961 – Christiane Jolissaint, Swiss tennis star, born in Vevey, Switzerland
1968 – Paul F. Tompkins, American comedian and actor (BoJack Horseman, Mr. Show with Bob and David), born in Mount Airy, Pennsylvania
1969 – Shigeki Maruyama, Japanese golfer (3 PGA Tour titles; Presidents Cup 1998, 2000), born in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture
Famous Deaths
1591 – Richard Grenville, English privateer, explorer, politician and vice-admiral (established Roanoke colony), dies fighting a rearguard action as a result of the naval Battle of Flores at 49
1732 – Jean Philippe Eugène de Mérode, Belgian nobleman (Marquis of Westerloo), dies at 58
1806 – Christian Gottfried Thomas, German composer, publisher, and musicologist, dies at 58
1869 – Peter Mark Roget, British lexicographer (Roget’s Thesaurus) and inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard), dies at 90
1977 – Steven Biko, South African anti-apartheid activist, dies in police custody at 30
Famous Deaths for 11th September 2025
1161 – Queen Melisende of Jerusalem (b. 1105)
1709 – Spaar, Dutch General, dies in the Battle of Malplaquet
1888 – Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, President of Argentina (1868-74) after whom Panamerican Teacher’s Day is chosen, dies at 77
1939 – Konstantin Korovin, leading Russian impressionist painter, dies at 77
1949 – Henri Rabaud, French composer and conductor (L’ete), dies at 75
1966 – Collett E. Woolman, American airline founder (Delta Air Service), dies at 76
1993 – Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian-American conductor (Boston Symphony, 1962-69), dies of cancer at 81
2001 – John P. O’Neill, American anti-terrorism expert and FBI agent, dies as Head of Security in the terror attack on the World Trade Center at 49
2003 – John Ritter, American actor and comedian (Three’s Company, It, 8 Simple Rules), dies of an aortic dissection at 54
2016 – Alexis Arquette, American transgender performer (Last Exit to Brooklyn), dies at 47