1063 – Tughril, Turkish conqueror of Persia and Baghdad and founder of the Seljuk Empire (1037-63), dies at about 73
1759 – Girolamo Chiti, Italian composer and music theorist, dies at 80
1852 – William MacGillivray, Scottish naturalist and ornithologist (b. 1796)
1963 – Robert Schuman, Luxembourg-born French statesman and Prime Minister of France (1947-48), dies at 77
1964 – Werner Bergengruen, Baltic German writer (Der Großtyrann und das Gericht), dies at 71
1974 – Marcel Achard, French playwright (La forges the Paris), dies at 75
1995 – Edmond Jouhaud, French general, dies at 90
2010 – Paul Conrad, American cartoonist (Pulitzer 1964, 71, 84), dies at 86
2014 – Joan Rivers, American comedian and actress (Late Show, Hollywood Squares), dies at 81 after serious complications from a procedure on her vocal cords
2014 – Wolfhart Pannenberg, German theologist (Gingham Girl), dies at 85
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Historical Events for 4th September 2025
422 – Saint Boniface I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1636 – The first opera staged in Vilnius and in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, “The Abduction of Helen,” debuts in the Lower Castle of Vilnius
1805 – The first edition of the Batavian State Courier is published
1906 – New York Highlanders beat Boston Pilgrims 7-0 and 1-0 for their MLB record fifth consecutive doubleheader sweep
1970 – 29.0 cm of rainfall at Workman Creek, Arizona (state record)
1984 – Nigerian singer Fela Kuti is sentenced to 2 years on politically motivated charges of currency smuggling
2010 – A 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes the South Island of New Zealand at 4:35 am, causing widespread damage and several power outages in the Canterbury region
2022 – Mass stabbing leaves 10 people dead and 19 injured with two suspects on the run in James Smith Cree Nation in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan
Today in History for 4th September 2025
Historical Events
1940 – Nazi collaborator Anton Mussert puts the fate of the Netherlands in Hitler’s hands
1950 – NASCAR’s first paved superspeedway, Darlington Raceway, hosts the Southern 500, the first 500-mile event in NASCAR history; Johnny Mantz wins in a Plymouth
1983 – Californian skier Scott Michael Pellaton sets barefoot waterski speed record at 119.36 mph (191.51 km/h)
1998 – First “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” hosted by Chris Tarrant debuts on ITV in Britain
2012 – A “magic carpet” that can help prevent falls among the elderly by warning them of unusual footsteps is developed by researchers at the University of Manchester
Famous Birthdays
1622 – Jacob Hintze, German composer, born in Bernau, Electorate of Brandenburg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1702)
1905 – Antanas Račiūnas, Lithuanian composer and pedagogue, born in Užliaušiai, Lithuania (d. 1984)
1915 – Rudolf Schock, German opera tenor, born in Duisburg, Germany (d. 1986)
1944 – Gene Parsons, American rock drummer (The Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers), born in Morongo Valley, California
1948 – Samuel Hui, Hong Kong Canto-pop singer-songwriter, born in Xiguan, Guangzhou, Republic of China
Famous Deaths
1977 – Jean Rostand, French biologist and philosopher, dies at 82
1989 – Georges Simenon, Belgian born writer and director (Maigret detective novels), dies at 86
1991 – Dottie West [Dorothy Marsh], American country singer (“Here Comes My Baby”; with Kenny Rogers – “What Are We Doin’ in Love”), dies from internal injuries sustained in a car crash at 58
2010 – Paul Conrad, American cartoonist (Pulitzer 1964, 71, 84), dies at 86
2018 – Bill Daily, American actor and comedian (I Dream of Jeannie – “Roger”; The Bob Newhart Show – “Howard”), dies at 91
Famous Deaths for 3rd September 2025
1402 – Gian Galeazzo Visconti, duke and tyrant of Milan (1395-1402), dies at 51
1658 – Oliver Cromwell, English general and puritan Lord Protector of England (1653-58), dies at 59
1790 – Thomas Norris, English composer, dies at 49
1808 – John Montgomery, American Continental Congressman (b. 1722)
1857 – Heinrich Lichtenstein, German zoologist, botanist and explorer who collected plants in Southern Africa, dies at 77
1908 – Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk, Dutch jurist and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1888-93), dies at 61
1940 – Vilhelm Ekelund, Swedish poet and writer (Sak och sken, Hafvets Stjärna), dies at 59
1951 – Robert Hernried, Austrian born American composer and conductor, dies at 67
1982 – Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa, Italian general who fought the mafia, murdered by Sicilian mafia at 61
1987 – Viktor Nekrasov, Ukrainian journalist and novelist (V okopakh Stalingrada – Front-line Stalingrad; Kira Georgijevna), dies at 76
Historical Events for 3rd September 2025
1483 – Utrecht surrenders to the Habsburg army
1906 – Philadelphia Giants win the Negro Championship Cup in Philadelphia before 10,000 fans, Black baseball’s largest crowd ever
1925 – The airship USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) crashes in a storm near Caldwell, Ohio, killing 14; 29 survive
1932 – A’s first baseman Jimmie Foxx smashes his 50th and 51st home runs to become only the third player to reach 50 in an MLB season, joining Babe Ruth and Hack Wilson
1935 – British racer Malcolm Campbell powers Bluebird to 301.129 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, becoming the first automobile to exceed 300 mph
1966 – 24th World Science Fiction Convention honors “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry
2022 – American band “Foo Fighters” and friends hold a tribute concert for drummer Taylor Hawkins at Wembley Stadium, London, England; performers include Stewart Copeland, Rush, The Pretenders, Paul McCartney, and Queen
2024 – MLB Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber hits three home runs, becoming the first player in franchise history to do so twice in a season, in a 10-8 win over the Blue Jays in Toronto
Today in History for 3rd September 2025
Historical Events
1900 – With a proclamation by General Lord Roberts, Britain annexes the Boer Republic of South Africa
1904 – For the first time in Olympic Games history, there is a throw-off in the discus final after Americans Martin Sheridan and Ralph Rose tie with a best throw of 128 ft 10½ in (39.28 m) in St. Louis; Sheridan wins with 127 ft 10¼ in (38.97 m)
1944 – French troops liberate Lyon, France
1966 – 24th World Science Fiction Convention honors “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry
2024 – American pop singer Sabrina Carpenter’s sixth studio album “Short n’ Sweet” becomes her first to top the Billboard album chart
Famous Birthdays
1840 – Jacob Christian Fabricius, Danish composer, born in Aarhus, Denmark (d. 1919)
1889 – Cecil Weston, South African actress (Dude Ranch, Huckleberry Finn), born in Capetown (d. 1976)
1897 – Sally Benson, American writer (Meet Me In St. Louis), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1972)
1925 – Bengt Lindström, Swedish artist, born in Berg Municipality, Sweden (d. 2008)
1938 – Caryl Churchill, English playwright, born in London
Famous Deaths
1669 – Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet, dies at 80
1820 – Benjamin Henry Latrobe, American architect (completed U.S. Capitol), dies at 56
1857 – John McLoughlin, Canadian Hudson’s Bay Co pioneer and fur trader in Oregon Country, dies at 72
2003 – Rudolf Leiding, German auto executive and 3rd postwar chairman of Volkswagen, dies at 88
2010 – Cyril Smith, British Liberal Member of Parliament and alleged serial sex offender, dies at 82
Famous Deaths for 2nd September 2025
1645 – Alice Lisle, Last woman to be executed by a judicial sentence of beheading in England, beheaded for harboring fugitives after the defeat of the Monmouth Rebellion at around 68
1944 – Manfred Freiherr von Killinger, German ambassador to Romania, commits suicide after Romanian coup
1967 – Francis Ouimet, American golfer (US Open 1913, US Amateur 1914, 31), dies at 74
1982 – Jay Novello, American radio and screen character actor (Harum Scarum; Rebel Breed), dies of cancer at 78
1988 – Bill Northam, Australian yachtsman (Olympic gold 5.5m class 1964; Sport Australia HOF), dies at 82
1997 – Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (Man’s Search for Meaning) and founder of logotherapy, dies at 92
2006 – Bob Mathias, American decathlete (Olympic gold 1948, 52) and congressman, dies of cancer at 75
2011 – Felipe Camiroaga, Chilean character animator, Chile (b. 1966)
2012 – Emanuel Nunes, Portuguese composer, dies at 71
2020 – Adrianus Johannes Simonis, Dutch clergyman, Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Utrecht (1983-2007), dies at 88
Historical Events for 2nd September 2025
1894 – -3] Amsterdam Municipal theater opens
1930 – First non-stop airplane flight from Europe to the US (37 hours)
1936 – First transatlantic “ping-pong” round-trip air flight from New York to England and back begins, piloted by Dick Merrill with Harry Richman
1940 – PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Hershey CC: Byron Nelson wins his first PGA C’ship, beating Sam Snead 1 up in the Monday 36-hole final
1949 – “The Third Man”, directed by Carol Reed, starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, and Orson Welles, is released in the United Kingdom (Academy Awards Best Cinematography 1950)
1990 – Steve Allen, installed as a new abbot of Hartford St Zen Center, San Francisco, California
1996 – Jerry Lewis’ 31st Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $49,200,000
1996 – Museum of Contemporary Art of Niterói (MAC) designed by Oscar Niemeyer inaugurated in Niterói, Brazil
Today in History for 2nd September 2025
Historical Events
1919 – Communist Party of America organizes in Chicago
1945 – Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam independent from France (National Day)
1972 – American breaststroker Cathy Carr swims a world record 1:13.58 to win the 100m gold medal at the Munich Olympics
1973 – Netherlands win their first men’s hockey World Cup, 4-2 on penalties over India in Amstelveen, Netherlands
2020 – Australia officially enters recession for the first time in almost 3 decades with GDP falling 7% (April-June)
Famous Birthdays
1912 – Ernie Bromley, Australian cricket batsman (2 Tests; first Western Australian to play Test cricket for Australia), born in Fremantle, Western Australia (d. 1967)
1917 – Cleveland Amory, American animal rights activist and TV reviewer (TV Guide), born in Nahant, Massachusetts (d. 1998)
1943 – Rosalind Ashford, American rock vocalist (Martha Reeve and Vandellas – “Heat Wave”; “Dancing In The Street”), born in Detroit, Michigan
1943 – Đorđe Novković, Croatian pop singer-songwriter (Pro Arte), and television personality (Hrvatski Idol), born in Vladimirci, German-occupied Serbia (d. 2007)
1971 – Rich Aurilia, infielder (SF Giants), born in Brooklyn, New York
Famous Deaths
1645 – Alice Lisle, Last woman to be executed by a judicial sentence of beheading in England, beheaded for harboring fugitives after the defeat of the Monmouth Rebellion at around 68
1872 – N. F. S. Grundtvig, Danish writer and philosopher, dies at 88
1955 – Rudolf Kattnigg, Austrian composer, dies at 60
1994 – Richard M Major, US anti-terror specialist (CIA Red Book), dies at 72
2024 – James Darren [Ercolani], American actor (TJ Hooker; Gidget movies -“Moondoggie”; Diamond Head; Venus in Furs), singer (“Goodbye Cruel World”), and director, dies of heart failure at 88
Famous Deaths for 1st September 2025
1715 – Louis XIV, King of France (1643-1715), known as “The Sun King”, had longest reign of any European monarch, dies at 76
1780 – Reynier de Klerk, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1778-80), dies at 69
1925 – Donald Petrie, Scottish botanist and educator noted for his work in New Zealand, dies at 78
1961 – Eero Saarinen, Finnish-American architect (Dulles Airport (Virginia); Gateway Arch (St. Louis, Missouri); IBM Building (Rochester, Minnesota); MIT Chapel (Cambridge, Massachusetts)), dies while undergoing surgery for a brain tumor at 51
1984 – Howland Chamberlin, American actor (Force of Evil, Pickup), dies at 73
1986 – Murray Hamilton, American character actor (Rich Man Poor Man, Anatomy of a Murder), dies of lung cancer at 63
2007 – Roy McKenzie, New Zealand philanthropist (b. 1922)
2010 – Wakanohana Kanji I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 45th Yokozuna (b. 1928)
2012 – Smarck Michel, Haitian Prime Minister (1994-95), dies from a brain tumour
2022 – Earnie Shavers, American boxer (2 x world heavyweight c’ship challenger – Muhammad Ali 1977, Larry Holmes 1979), dies at 78