1339 – Go-Daigo, 96th Emperor of Japan (1318-39), dies at 50
1356 – Gautier de Brienne, Duke of Athens, French supreme commander, dies
1693 – Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, Slovenian polymath and natural historian, dies at 52
1968 – Chester F. Carlson, American physicist and inventor (photocopying), dies at 62
1969 – Bert Bakker, Dutch writer and publisher, dies at 57
1973 – Gram Parsons [Cecil Ingram Connor III], American country-rock singer-songwriter (Byrds – Sweethearts of the Rodeo; Flying Burrito Brothers; “Grievous Angel”), dies of a drug overdose at 26
1985 – Italo Calvino, Italian author (T-Zero, Mr Palomar), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 61
2004 – Eddie Adams, American photographer (photograph of execution of a Viet Cong soldier, Pulitzer Prize 1969), dies of complications from ALS at 71
2021 – John Challis, British stage and screen actor (Only Fools and Horses – “Boycie”; Green Green Grass), dies of cancer at 79
2022 – Vladimir Golubev, Russian soccer defender (3 caps USSR; Zenit Leningrad 335 games) and manager (Zenit Leningrad), dies at 72
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Historical Events for 19th September 2023
335 – Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I
1865 – Atlanta University founded
1929 – Latvia dictator A Woldemaras chased out
1940 – Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz in order to smuggle out information and start a resistance
1953 – “Hazel Flagg” closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 190 performances
1970 – 1st Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: Tyrannosaurus Rex headlines; other performs include: Wayne Fontana, Steamhammer, Duster Bennett, Al Stewart, Amazing Blondel, Keith Christmas, Quintessence, and Stackridge
1989 – “Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814” 4th studio album by Janet Jackson is released (Grammy Award Best Long Form Music Video 1990, Billboard Album of the Year 1990)
2017 – US President Donald Trump addresses the United Nations vowing to “totally destroy North Korea” if threatens the US
2017 – New MLB record for most home runs in a season, no. 5,694 hit by Alex Gordon of the Kansas City Royals
2022 – Magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes western Mexico on exact anniversary of two previous temblors in 1985 and 2017, killing at least two people,
Today in History for 19th September 2023
Historical Events
1862 – Battle at Iuka Mississippi (1,700 casualties)
1952 – “Adventures of Superman” TV series starring George Reeves premieres in syndication in the US
1960 – Chubby Checker’s “The Twist” hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100
1996 – “Skylight” opens at Royale Theater NYC
2006 – Thai military stages a coup in Bangkok. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared.
2022 – Scientists discover site of the Amazon’s tallest tree, an angelim vermelho at 88.5 meters (290 feet) tall and 9.9 meters (32 feet) wide, Iratapuru River Nature Reserve, northern Brazil,
Famous Birthdays
1749 – Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer (The History of Astronomy), born in Amiens, France (d. 1822)
1811 – Orson Pratt, American mathematician and religious leader, born in Hartford, New York (d. 1881)
1904 – Karen Aabye, Danish author (Less bedstemor there jomfru), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1982)
1921 – Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator and philosopher (critical pedagogy), born in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil (d. 1997)
1946 – Brian Henton, English racing driver, born in Castle Donington, Leicestershire
1967 – Kenny Smith, American bluegrass guitarist and vocalist (Lonesome River Band, 1996-2001), born in Nine Mile, Indiana
Famous Deaths
1902 – Masaoka Shiki, Japanese haiku and tanka poet and diarist (Salt Water Ballads), dies at 34
1935 – Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian pioneer in rocket and space research, dies at 78
1993 – Richard Landau, American screenwriter (Back to Bataan), dies at 79
1995 – Mr. Bo {Louis Collins], American electric blues guitarist and singer, dies at 63
2000 – Gloria Talbott, American film and television actress, sometimes known as “the Scream Queen” for her work in B-movies, dies of kidney failure at 69
2013 – Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japanese businessman (President of Nintendo, 1949-2003, owner of Seattle Mariners), dies at 85
Famous Deaths for 18th September 2023
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
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