1869 – Mine fire kills 110 at Avondale, Pennsylvania
1912 – NY Giant Jeff Tesreau no-hits Philadelphia, 3-0
1939 – South Africa declares war on Nazi-Germany
1941 – All Jews over age 6 in German territories ordered to wear a star
1953 – Konrad Adenauer’s CDU wins elections in German Federal Republic
1953 – Roy Campanella sets record for HRs by a catcher at 38
1954 – Yankees use a record 10 pinch hitters
1962 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1982 – Pittsburgh Pirates retire Willie Stargell’s #8
1995 – Senate Ethics committee votes 6-0 to ask for expulsion of Bob Packwood
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Today in History for 6th September 2023
Historical Events
1958 – Mary Ann Mobley (Miss), 21, crowned 31st Miss America 1959
1970 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1988 – USSR performs underground nuclear test
1993 – Jerry Lewis’ 28th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $46,014,922
1994 – Franziska van Almsick swims female record 200m freestyle (1:56.78)
2017 – Mother Teresa declared co-patron saint of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta alongside St. Francis Xavier
Famous Birthdays
1876 – John Macleod, Scottish-Canadian physiologist (Nobel 1923), born in Clunie, Dunkeld, Scotland (d. 1935)
1911 – Bentley Bridgewater, British Museum secretary, born in Vancouver (d. 1996)
1938 – Joan Tower, American composer (Breakfast Rhythms), born in New Rochelle, New York
1940 – Jackie Trent, English singer-songwriter (“Neighbours” theme) and actress, born in Newcastle-under-Lyme (d. 2015)
1959 – David Tickle, British audio engineer and record producer (Split Enz; Four Non-Blondes), born in Guildford, Surrey, England
1974 – Nina Persson, Swedish musician (The Cardigans), born in Örebro, Sweden
Famous Deaths
1783 – Carlo Bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (commedia dell’arte), dies at 72
1938 – John Stuart Hindmarsh, British racing driver and aviator (b. 1907)
1981 – Christy Brown, Irish author (biography Down All the Days), dies after choking at 49
2007 – Percy Rodriguez [Rodrigues], Canadian actor (Star Trek, Planet of the Apes, Brainwaves), dies of kidney failure at 89
2020 – Lou Brock, American Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder (6 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1964, 67; 8 × NL stolen base leader; St Louis Cardinals), dies from multiple myeloma at 81
2021 – Jean-Pierre Adams, French soccer centre-back (22 caps; Nîmes, Nice, Paris Saint-Germain), dies after 39 years in a coma at 73
Famous Deaths for 5th September 2023
1901 – Ignacij Klemenčič, Slovenian physicist (b. 1853)
1912 – Arthur MacArthur, Jr, American career military officer (US Army – Civil War, American Indian Wars, Spanish-American War, Philippine–American War), dies at 67
1972 – Moshe Weinberg, Israeli Olympic wrestling coach, murdered in the Munich Olympic massacre by terrorists at 32
1977 – George Barnes, American swing-jazz and session guitarist, and electric guitar pioneer, dies of a heart attack at 56
1979 – Alberto di Jorio, Italian Cardinal and former head of the Vatican Bank, dies at 95
1993 – Mohamed Tabet, Moroccan police commissar of Casablanca, convicted of sexually abusing over 1,500 women, executed at 54
1993 – Claude Renoir, French cinematographer (Spy Who Loved Me), dies at 78
2000 – Roy Fredericks, West Indian cricket batsman (59 Tests @ 42.49, 8 x 100s; British Guyana, Glamorgan CCC), dies at 57
2015 – Jacques Israelievitch, French Canadian classical violinist, concertmaster (St. Louis Symphony, 1978-88; Toronto Symphony, 1988-2008), and music director (Koffler Chamber Orchestra, 2005-14), dies of lung cancer at 67
2022 – Hans Eder, German soccer defender (Hertha BSC) and manager (Hertha BSC 1974, 79, 85), dies at 87
Historical Events for 5th September 2023
1666 – Great Fire of London ends, leaving 13,200 houses destroyed and 8 dead
1901 – National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, better known as Minor League Baseball is formed at the Leland Hotel in Chicago
1949 – US National Championship Women’s Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Defending champion Margaret Osborne duPont beats fellow American Doris Hart 6-4, 6-1
1962 – Cubs Ken Hubbs sets 2nd base record for consecutive errorless games at 78 and consecutive errorless chances (418), he errors in the 4th
1979 – Earl of Mountbatten’s Ceremonial Funeral held in Westminster Abbey, London
1986 – NASA launches DoD-1 (classified Department of Defense satellite)
1986 – 3rd MTV Video Music Awards: Whitney Houston wins
1997 – Orioles beat Yankes 13-9 in longest 9 inning game
2012 – 54 people are killed and 50 injured after a firecracker factory explodes in Nadu
2019 – South African women march on parliament to protest violence against women after a month when 30 were killed by their spouses
Today in History for 5th September 2023
Historical Events
1666 – Great Fire of London ends, leaving 13,200 houses destroyed and 8 dead
1915 – Tsar Nicholas II, distressed by increasing Russian losses, assumes personal command of his nation’s military forces; clearly a symbolic act and devastating for his leadership
1923 – Flyweights Gene LaRue and Kid Pancho KO each other simultaneously
1988 – CFL’s Earl Winfield (Ham) scores TDs on 101-yd punt return, 100-yd kickoff return and 58-yd pass reception
1989 – Deborah Norville becomes news anchor of Today Show
2017 – Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond, becomes the first woman President of the UK Supreme Court
Famous Birthdays
1638 – Louis XIV, King of France (1643-1715), known as “The Sun King”, had longest reign in country, born in Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France (d. 1715)
1666 – Gottfried Arnold, German theologist, historian and songwriter, born in Annaberg-Buchholz, Germany (d. 1714)
1874 – Napoleon “Nap” Lajoie, American Baseball HOF second baseman (Triple Crown 1901; AL batting champion 1901–04, 10; Philadelphia A’s, Cleveland Naps), born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island (d. 1959)
1905 – Justiniano Montano, Filipino politician, born in Tanza, Cavite, Philippines (d. 2005)
1949 – David “Clem” Clempson, British rock guitarist (Colosseum; Humble Pie), born in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England
1971 – Adam Hollioake, England cricketer, born in Melbourne, Australia
Famous Deaths
1165 – Emperor Nijo of Japan (b. 1143)
1910 – Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest and musicologist (Magister choralis), dies at 70
1917 – Arthur Verhaegen, Belgian architect and worker’s union leader, dies at 70
2010 – Shoya Tomizawa Japanese MotoGP Racer, dies as the result of a crash at the San Marino Grand Prix at 19
2015 – Jacques Israelievitch, French Canadian classical violinist, concertmaster (St. Louis Symphony, 1978-88; Toronto Symphony, 1988-2008), and music director (Koffler Chamber Orchestra, 2005-14), dies of lung cancer at 67
2016 – Duane Graveline, American doctor and astronaut, dies at 85
Famous Deaths for 4th September 2023
1063 – Tughril, Turkish conqueror of Persia and Baghdad and founder of the Seljuk Empire (1037-63), dies at about 73
1553 – Cornelia da Nomatalcino, monk converted to Judaism, burned at stake
1780 – John Fielding, English magistrate and social reformer (b. 1721)
1979 – Canuplin, Filipino magician and bodabil entertainer (b. 1904)
1991 – Margaret Ramsay, vocalist, dies
1995 – Edmond Jouhaud, French general, dies at 90
1999 – Klement Slavický, Czech composer (Sinfonietta No. 4 – Pax hominibus in universo orbi), dies at 88
2006 – Colin Thiele, Australian author and educator (b. 1920)
2015 – Emmanuel “Rico” Rodriguez, Jamaican ska trombonist (The Specials), dies at 80
2022 – Boris Lagutin, Russian boxer (Olympic gold USSR light-middleweight 1964, 68; bronze 1960), dies at 84
Historical Events for 4th September 2023
1950 – “Beetle Bailey” comic strip debuts in twelve newspapers
1957 – Ford Motor Co. introduces Edsel automobile range
1964 – Eduardo Frei Montalva elected President of Chile
1964 – NASA launches its 1st Orbital Geophysical Observatory (OGO-1)
1972 – Kenyan legend Kipchoge Keino follows his 1,500m gold in Mexico City with an Olympic record 8:23.64 to win the 3,000m steeplechase at the Munich Olympics
1988 – The relocated Phoenix Cardinals play first regular-season NFL game; lose 21-14 v Bengals at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati
2002 – Kelly Clarkson is crowned the winner of the first series of “American Idol” TV singing competition series
2006 – Tiger Woods matches the lowest final round of his career (8-under 63) in the Deutsche Bank C’ship at Norton, MA to win for the 5th straight time and 7th time this PGA Tour season
2010 – Canterbury earthquake: a 7.1 magnitude earthquake which struck the South Island of New Zealand at 4:35 am causing widespread damage and several power outages.
2019 – YouTube fined $170 million for illegally collecting data on children’s viewing habits by US Federal Trade Commission
Today in History for 4th September 2023
Historical Events
476 – Romulus Augustulus, last Western Roman Emperor, abdicates after forces led by Odoacer invade Rome. Traditional end of the Western Roman Empire.
1479 – King Alfonso I of Portugal recognizes Isabella as queen of Castile
1923 – A Charlot and N Coward’s revue “London Calling” premieres in London
1968 – Nigerian troops conquer the city of Aba, Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War
1989 – 46th Venice Film Festival: “A City of Sadness” directed by Hsiao-hsien Hou debuts and wins the Golden Lion
1992 – In his record 115th and final US Open singles match, Jimmy Connors is beaten by Ivan Lendl 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-0 in a 2nd-round night match
Famous Birthdays
1816 – François Bazin, French composer, born in Marseille, France (d. 1878)
1824 – Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer (Te Deum, Wagner Symphony), Wagner disciple and “monumental bore”, born in Ansfelden, Austria (d. 1896)
1832 – Antonio Agliardi, Italian diplomat and Roman Catholic cardinal, born in Cologno al Serio, Italy (d. 1915)
1913 – Stanford Moore, American biochemist (Nobel 1977), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1982)
1926 – Robert J. Lagomarsino, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California), born in Ventura, California
1941 – Marilena Chaui, Brazilian philosopher, born in São Paulo, Brazil
Famous Deaths
1063 – Tughril, Turkish conqueror of Persia and Baghdad and founder of the Seljuk Empire (1037-63), dies at about 73
1821 – José Miguel Carrera, 1st President of Chile (1811-14), shot and killed after a show trial at 35
1993 – Hervé Villechaize, French-American actor (Fantasy Island – Ze plane! Ze plane!), shoots self to death at 50
1997 – Natko Devčić, Croatian composer, dies at 83
2002 – Vlado Perlemuter, Lithuanian-French pianist, dies at 98
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 2023
1189 – Jacob of Orleans, Rabbi, killed in anti Jewish riot in London England
1402 – Gian Galeazzo Visconti, duke and tyrant of Milan (1395-1402), dies at 51
1653 – Claudius Salmasius [Claude Saumaise], French linguist, dies at 65
1662 – William Lenthall, English politician (b. 1591)
1940 – Vilhelm Ekelund, Swedish poet and writer (Hafvets Stjorna), dies at 59
1980 – Fabian von Schlabendorff, German resistance fighter/judge, dies at 73
1982 – Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa, Italian general who fought the mafia, murdered by Sicilian mafia at 61
1984 – Arthur Schwartz, American composer (Girl from Paris; Excuse My Dust), dies at 83
1994 – Billy Wright, English soccer defender (105 caps, captain x 90; Wolverhampton Wanderers 490 games) and manager (Arsenal 1962-66), dies at 70
2003 – Rudolf Leiding, German auto executive and 3rd postwar chairman of Volkswagen, dies at 88
Historical Events for 3rd September 2023
1919 – President Woodrow Wilson set out on a tour of the USA to rouse public opinion behind the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations
1940 – US gives Britain 50 destroyers in exchange for Newfoundland base lease
1941 – KYW TV channel 3 in Philadelphia, PA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1941 – 1st use of Zyclon-B gas in Auschwitz (on Russian prisoners of war)
1943 – British 8th Army lands in Southern Italy (Messina)
1943 – General Castellano signs cease fire treaty in Sicily
1954 – The People’s Liberation Army begin shelling the ROC-controlled islands of Quemoy and Amoy
1973 – Jerry Lewis’ 8th Muscular Dystrophy telethon
2001 – In just his 11th start, St. Louis Cardinals’ rookie pitcher Bud Smith no-hits the San Diego Padres, 4-0
2019 – Walmart says it will stop selling handguns and some ammunition and ask customers not to openly carry firearms in response to El Paso shootings