1426 – Hubert [Huybrecht] van Eyck, Flemish painter, brother of Jan van Eyck (The Ghent Altarpiece), dies
1827 – Robert Pollok, Scottish poet (The Course of Time), dies of TB at 28
1872 – Charles XV, King of Sweden and Norway (1859-72), dies at 46
1890 – Dion Boucicault [Dionysus Lardner Boursiquot], Irish actor and playwright (London Assurance; The Poor of New York), dies at 69 [or 67, birth year disputed]
1944 – Robert Cole, US army Lt, Colonel shot by a sniper in battle at Best, Netherlands at 29
1982 – Pei Wenzhong, Chinese anthropologist and archaeologist (Peking Man), dies at 78
1997 – James “Jimmy” Witherspoon, American jump blues singer (Ain’t Nobody’s Business), dies at 77
2004 – Marvin Mitchelson, American celebrity attorney, dies at 76
2005 – Michael Park, British Rally co-driver (b. 1966)
2007 – Pepsi Tate [Huw Smith], Welsh glam-rock bassist (Tigertailz), dies of pancreatic cancer at 42
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Historical Events for 18th September 2023
1929 – Pirates loss to Braves and clinch NL pennant for the Cubs
1934 – St Louis Brown Bobo Newsom loses no-hitter to Boston in 10, 2-1
1934 – USSR admitted to League of Nations
1938 – Chicago Bears beat Green Bay Packers 2-0
1938 – Despite losing a double header (4-3, 8-7) to the St. Louis Browns at Sportsman’s Park III, the New York Yankees clinch their 10th AL pennant
1965 – Mel Brooks and Buck Henry’s spy spoof sitcom “Get Smart” starring Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, and Edward Platt, debuts on NBC-TV
1997 – Seve Ballesteros and Nick Faldo elected to World Golf Hall of Fame
1998 – “Rush Hour” directed by Brett Ratner, starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker released – Jackie Chan’s Hollywood breakthrough
2005 – Federation Cup Women’s Tennis, Paris, France: Russian pair Elena Dementieva and Dinara Safina win deciding doubles rubber 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 over Amélie Mauresmo and Mary Pierce of France; clinches Russia’s 2nd consecutive title, 3-2
2019 – Boarding school fire kills at least 27 in Monrovia, Liberia
Today in History for 18th September 2023
Historical Events
1872 – King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway
1891 – Harriet Maxwell Converse is 1st white woman to become an Indian chief
1934 – USSR admitted to League of Nations
1940 – Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani
1978 – “WKRP in Cincinnati”, an ensemble TV sitcom created by Hugh Wilson and set in a struggling radio station debuts on CBS
2018 – Amnesty International says 400 civilians have been killed in conflicts between Cameroon soldiers and Anglophone separatists in 2018
Famous Birthdays
1750 – Tomás de Iriarte, Spanish writer (Fabulas Literarias), born in La Orotava, Tenerife, Canary Islands of Spain (d. 1791)
1894 – Fay Compton [Virginia Compton-Mackenzie], British stage and screen actress (Hamlet; The WInter’s Tale; Othello; The Haunting), born in West Kensington, London (d. 1978)
1964 – Luca Belcastro, Italian classical music composer, born in Como, Italy
1965 – Uğur Şahin, German immunologist (BioNTech – created 1st mRNA-based vaccine for COVID-19), born in İskenderun, Turkey
1975 – Jason Sudeikis, American comedian, writer, and Emmy Award-winning actor (Horrible Bosses; Ted Lasso; SNL, 2005-13), born in Fairfax, Virginia
1980 – Adeel Akhtar, English actor (Murdered by My Father), born in London, England
Famous Deaths
1934 – Marie Shotwell, American actress (Sally of the Sawdust), dies at 54
1952 – Hippoliet Daeye, Belgium painter (Dreamy), dies at 79
1964 – J. Frank Dobie, American folklorist and newspaper columnist, dies at 75
1965 – Marshall Field IV, American newspaper publisher (owned Chicago Daily News), dies at 49
1975 – Fairfield Porter, American painter, dies at 68
1991 – Rob Tyner [Robert Derminer], American hard rock singer (MC5 – Kick Out The Jams), dies of a heart attack at 46
Famous Deaths for 17th September 2023
1422 – Constantine II of Bulgaria
1665 – Philip IV, King of Spain and Portugal (1621-65), dies at 60
1820 – Henri Hamal, Belgian composer, dies at 76
1836 – Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist (Classification of flowering plants), dies at 88
1879 – Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect (restored medieval monuments including city of Carcassonne), dies at 65
1936 – Ettie Annie Rout, New Zealand activist (b. 1877)
1953 – Emil Ermatinger, Swiss literature historian, dies at 80
1973 – Hugo Winterhalter, American composer, dies at 63
2019 – Corrine “Cokie” Roberts, American journalist, pioneering newscaster (ABC; NPR; PBS), and author, dies of with metastatic breast cancer at 75
2020 – Terry Goodkind, American epic fantasy novelist (The Sword of Truth), dies at 72
Historical Events for 17th September 2023
642 – Arab forces under Amr ibn al-‘As conquer Alexandria
1873 – 19 students attend opening class at Ohio State University
1901 – Battle of Blood River Port: Boer commandos led by Louis Botha defeat a British Mounted Infantry force commanded by Major Hubert Gough
1955 – Future MLB Hall of Famer Baltimore Oriole Brooks Robinson goes 2-4 in his 1st game
1956 – Yanks clinch pennant #22 on Mantle’s 50th homer of year
1963 – “The Fugitive” starring David Janssen premieres on ABC TV
1980 – Bette Midler’s concert film “Divine Madness”, directed by Michael Ritchie, premieres
1980 – Oak A’s Rick Langford is removed with 2 outs in 9th inning ending his consecutive complete-game streak at 22
1992 – NFL decides to suspend World League Football
2018 – US border control agent confesses to the murder of four women and assault of another in Laredo, Texas
Today in History for 17th September 2023
Historical Events
1955 – Sammy Fain and Dan Shapiro’s musical comedy “Ankles Aweigh” closes at Mark Hellinger Theater, NYC. after 176 performances
1963 – Train struck makeshift bus full of migrant workers, killing 32
1965 – CBS premiere of WWII sitcom “Hogan’s Heroes”
1977 – Ryder Cup Golf, Royal Lytham and St Annes: US wins 12½-7½; last time a Great Britain and Ireland team competes for Ryder Cup
1983 – 8th Toronto International Film Festival: “The Big Chill” directed by Lawrence Kasdan wins the People’s Choice Award
2010 – The 54 year run of the soap opera As the World Turns ends as its final episode is broadcast.
Famous Birthdays
1688 – Maria Luisa of Savoy, Queen consort of Spain to Philip V (1701-14), born in Royal Palace of Turin, Savoy (d. 1714)
1819 – Leon Foucault, French physicist whose pendulum proved that the Earth rotates, born in Paris (d. 1868)
1857 – Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian pioneer in rocket and space research, born in Izhevskoye, Ryazan Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1935)
1909 – Kenneth Darling, British Army Commander-in-chief Allied Forces, born in Bengal Presidency, British India (d. 1998)
1953 – Altaf Hussain, Pakistani politician and founder of MQM
1989 – Jonathan McReynolds, American gospel musician (Make Room), born in Chicago, Illinois
Famous Deaths
1823 – Abraham L Breguet, French clock maker, dies at 76
1863 – Albartus Telting, Frisian poet (Frisianch Jierboeckjen), dies at 59
1892 – Ignaz Vincenz Zingerle, Austrian poet, dies at 67
1895 – Auguste Toulet, Belgian balloonist, dies
1958 – Friedrich Adolf Paneth, Austrian-British chemist, dies at 71
1996 – Spiro Agnew, American politician (Vice President, 1969 until resignation over corruption allegations in 1973), dies of leukemia at 77
Famous Deaths for 16th September 2023
1542 – Diego de Almagro, Spanish captain-general of Peru, beheaded
1944 – Gustav Bauer, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (1919-1920), dies at 74
1945 – Johannes “Pa” van der Steur, Dutch missionary to the East Indies, philanthropist and humanitarian (established Oranje Nassau Orphanage), dies at 80
1946 – James Hopwood Jeans, English physicist, mathematician and astronomer (The Mysterious Universe), dies at 69
1957 – Qi Baishi, Chinese painter famous for whimsical and playful watercolor paintings, dies at 93
1992 – Millicent Fenwick, American politician (Rep-R-NJ 1975-82), dies at 82
1994 – Bernie Lazaroff Leighton, pianist, dies at 73
2008 – Norman Whitfield, American songwriter and producer for Motown (“I Heard It Through the Grapevine”), dies at 68
2013 – Scott Adams, American NFL offensive linesman (Chicago Bears),, dies of a heart attack at 46
2021 – Boet van Dulmen, Dutch motorcycle racer (84 starts, 1 win, 4 podiums,1 pole; Finnish 500cc GP 1979), dies in a road accident at 73
Historical Events for 16th September 2023
1915 – Tsar Nicholas II of Russia adjourns 4th Duma
1920 – The “Wall Street bombing” occurs at 12:01 when a horse-drawn wagon explodes on Wall Street, New York, killing 38 and injuring 143
1940 – US President FDR signs Selective Training and Service Act – 1st US peacetime draft
1941 – Jews of Vilna, Poland, confined to the Ghetto
1954 – CKLW TV channel 9 in Windsor, ON (CBC) begins broadcasting
1961 – CDU loses West German election
1965 – Boston Red Sox Dave Morehead no-hits Cleveland Indians, 2-0
1965 – Sobibor trial opens in Hagen, West Germany
1974 – US President Gerald Ford announces conditional amnesty for US Vietnam War deserters
1997 – Mark McGwire signs with the St Louis Cardinals for $26M
Today in History for 16th September 2023
Historical Events
1575 – King Johan Casimir of Palts promises military aid to the Huguenots
1901 – Alturas, California, is incorporated as the only city in Modoc County
1943 – Soviet army under general Vatutin reconquers Romny, Northern Ukraine
1995 – Shawntel Smith (Okla), 24, crowned 69th Miss America 1996
2007 – One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 carrying 128 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand killing 89 people.
2012 – 8 police officers are killed by a roadside bombing by Kurdistan Workers’ Party militants in Turkey
Famous Birthdays
1736 – Johann Nikolaus Tetens, German-Danish philosopher and mathematician, born in Tetenbüll, Duchy of Schleswig, Denmark (d. 1807)
1883 – George Duncan, Scottish golfer, course designer (British Open 1920), born in Methlick, Scotland (d. 1964)
1929 – Dale Kildee, American politician (Rep-D-Michigan, 1977-2013), born in Flint, Michigan (d. 2021)
1934 – George Chakiris, American actor (West Side Story), born in Norwood, Ohio
1942 – Linda G Miller, American actress (Night of the Juggler, Mississippi), born in NYC, New York
1966 – Kevin Curtis Young, American 400m hurdler, born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Deaths
1993 – Willie Mosconi, American pool player (World C’ship pocket billiards 1941-57), dies of a heart attack at 80
1994 – Dolly Hare, German/British actress (Broken Blossom), dies at 84
2007 – Robert Jordan, author of the Wheel of Time series (b. 1948)
2015 – Bob Cleary, American US Hockey HOF center (Olympic gold 1960; Harvard University), dies at 79
2018 – Big Jay [Cecil James] McNeely, American RandB saxophonist, dies of prostate cancer at 91
2019 – Peter Stormonth Darling, Scottish investment banker (Mercury Asset Management Group – largest fund-management in the UK), dies at 86
Famous Deaths for 15th September 2023
1352 – Ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and religious leader (b. 1273)
1880 – William Hauser, American minister and composer, dies at 67
1932 – Charles H. Gabriel, American gospel composer, dies at 76
1951 – Jacinto Guerrero, Spanish musician and composer, dies at 56
1965 – Steve Brown, American jazz musician, dies at 75
1980 – Bill Evans, American jazz pianist (“Peace Piece”; “Waltz For Debbie”), dies of a bleeding ulcer at 51
1990 – G. M. J. Veldkamp, Dutch politician (CDA), dies at 69
1991 – John Hoyt, American actor (Gimme a Break, Tom Dick and Mary), dies of lung cancer at 87
1996 – Joan Perry [Elizabeth Rosiland Miller], American film actress, model, and singer (Hands of a Stranger), dies at 85
2006 – Raymond Baxter, British television presenter (b. 1922)