1597 – Ashikaga Yoshiaki, 15th Japanese shōgun, dies at 59
1837 – Charles Fourier, French utopian socialist (Harmony universal), dies
1900 – Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer, dies at 57
1918 – Raymond Duchamp-Villon, French cubist sculptor (Head of Baudeaire), dies at 41
1950 – George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey goaltender (first NHL goaltender to record 20 shutouts in one season; Montreal Canadiens), dies in a car accident at 55
1968 – Pierre Mulele, Congolese rebel leader, executed
1988 – Felix Wankel, German inventor (Wankel rotary-piston engine), dies at 86
2012 – Harris Savides, American cinematographer., dies from brain cancer at 55
2015 – Geoffrey Howe, British politician (Chancellor and Foreign Secretary under Thatcher), dies at 88
2017 – Vincent La Selva, American conductor (New York Grand Opera Company, 1973-2012), dies at 88
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Historical Events for 9th October 2022
1915 – Gil Anderson races auto (165.1 km record) in Sheepshead Bay, New York
1941 – Coup in Panama declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango the new president.
1961 – Tanganyika, in east Africa, becomes independent within British Commonwealth
1971 – Japanese Emperor Hirohito visits the Netherlands
1973 – Israel announces loss of Bar-Lev defense line in Suez Canal
1975 – Emperor Hirohito of Japan visits San Francisco
1981 – Abolition of capital punishment in France.
1987 – Japanese bank buys “Lady McGill” stamp for $1,100,000
2007 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at an all-time high
2015 – Selena Gomez releases her studio album “Revival”, goes to #1 on Billboard 200
Today in History for 9th October 2022
Historical Events
1668 – Mass society storms palace of “heretics” Spanish governor Jose de Paternina
1824 – Slavery is abolished in Costa Rica
1976 – Peter Petherick takes hat-trick on cricket debut New Zealand v Pakistan Javed 1st wkt
1978 – John Kander and Fred Ebb’s musical “Ballroom” premieres in NYC
1988 – 9th Rugby League World Cup: Australia beats New Zealand 25-12
2016 – Second US Presidential debate: Hostile confrontation between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton at Washington University, St. Louis
Famous Birthdays
1823 – Mary Ann Shadd Cary, American-Canadian publisher and anti-slavery campaigner, 1st African American newspaper publisher (‘Provincial Freeman’), born in Wilmington, Delaware (d. 1893)
1856 – Sylvain Dupuis, Belgian conductor, composer, and music educator (Le Chant de la Création), born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1931)
1939 – Pierre Mertens, French-Belgian writer (Lettres Clandestines), born in Brussels, Belgium
1954 – Scott Bakula, American actor (Quantum Leap, Gung Ho, Murphy Brown), born in St Louis, Missouri
1973 – A. J. Ofodile, American NFL tight end (Pittsburgh Steelers), born in Detroit, Michigan
1982 – António Mendonça, Angolan footballer, born in Luanda, Angola
Famous Deaths
1960 – Howard Glenn, NY Titan, dies of injuries sustain in this day’s game
1987 – Clare Boothe Luce, American politician and U.S. ambassador to Italy, dies at 84
1997 – Arthur Tracy, American radio personality (The Street Singer), dies at 98
1998 – Ian Johnson, Australian cricket spin bowler and captain (45 Tests; 109 wickets), dies at 80
2012 – Theo Olof, German-Dutch violinist and concert master, dies at 88
2017 – Jean Rochefort, French actor (Man on the Train, The Artist and the Model), dies at 87
Famous Deaths for 8th October 2022
1683 – Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, German composer and organist, dies at 76
1795 – Andrew Kippis, English non-conformist clergyman and biographer, dies at 70
1834 – François-Adrien Boieldieu, French opera composer (La Dame blanche), dies at 58
1886 – Austin F. Pike, American politician from New Hampshire (b. 1819)
1946 – Rose Melville, American stage actress (Sis Hopkins) dies at 73
1952 – Joe Adams, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals), dies at 74
1961 – Tom Howard, American photo-journalist, dies at 67
1970 – Jean Giono, French writer (Hussard Sur le Toit), dies at 75
1996 – Susan Gautier-Smith, British TV producer, dies of heart failure at 33
2019 – (Malcolm) “Molly” Duncan, Scottish saxophonist (Average White Band, 1972-83 – “Pick Up the Pieces”), dies of cancer at 74
Historical Events for 8th October 2022
1085 – San Marcos ministry in Venice initiated
1930 – Baseball World Series: Philadelphia A’s beat St Louis Cards, 7-1 at Shibe Park for a 4 games to 2 series victory to retain title
1944 – Samuel Barber’s “Capricorn Concerto” premieres
1950 – Cleveland Browns play Pittsburgh for 1st time, beat Steelers 30-17
1972 – MLB Detroit Tiger pitcher Lerrin LaGrow and Oakland A’s shortstop Bert Campaneris, each fined and suspended when Campaneris flung his bat at the mound after getting hit by a pitch
1984 – NBC’s premiere of TV made “The Burning Bed”, based on Francine Hughes
1985 – Little Richard seriously injured in a single car accident in Los Angeles
1994 – BPAA US Women’s Bowling Open won by Aleta Sill
2004 – Kenyan Wangari Maathai is the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for “her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace”
2018 – Nobel prize for Economics awarded to William Nordhaus for climate change and Paul Romer for endogenous growth theory
Today in History for 8th October 2022
Historical Events
1813 – Treaty of Ried between Bavaria and Austria
1982 – Poland bans Solidarity and all labor unions
1984 – NBC’s premiere of TV made “The Burning Bed”, based on Francine Hughes
1988 – Fire in Seattle’s Space Needle causes evacuation, $2,000 damage
1992 – Nobel Prize for literature is given to West Indies poet Derek Walcott
2018 – Major climate report by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for the UN says planet will warm 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit (1.5 degrees Celsius) by 2040 with dire results
Famous Birthdays
1838 – John Milton Hay, American politician (Union), born in Salem, Indiana (d. 1905)
1919 – Mac Anderson, New Zealand cricketer (played in 1st NZ-Aust Test 1946), born in Westport, West Coast, New Zealand (d. 1979)
1924 – Alphons Egli, Swiss politcian and member of the Swiss Federal Council, born in Lucerne, Switzerland (d. 2016)
1931 – Bill Brown, Scottish soccer goalkeeper (28 caps; Dundee, Tottenham Hotspur), born in Arbroath, Angus, Scotland (d. 2004)
1971 – Monty Williams, American basketball head coach and executive (Phoenix Suns 2019; New Orleans Hornets / Pelicans 2010-15) and NBA forward/guard (San Antonio Spurs), born in Fredericksburg, Virginia
1981 – Ruby [Rania Hussein Muhammad Tawfiq], Egyptian singer (“Do You Know Why”) and actress (The Baby Doll Night), born in Cairo, Egypt
Famous Deaths
976 – Jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen
1094 – St Mark, the Evangelist, buried in San Marcos ministry in Venice
1974 – Harry Carney, American tenor and baritone jazz saxophonist (Duke Ellington Orchestra, 1927-74), dies at 64
2008 – George E. Palade, Romanian-American cell biologist (ribosomen, Nobel 1974), dies at 95
2008 – Eileen Herlie [Herlihy], Scottish-American actress (All My Children; The Angel with the Trumpet), dies of complications from pneumonia at 90
2011 – Antonio Iglesias Álvares, Spanish pianist, composer, educator and critic, dies at 93
Famous Deaths for 7th October 2022
1368 – Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Edward III of England, dies at 29
1571 – Müezzinzade Ali Pasha, Turkish fleet commander, dies in the Battle of Lepanto
1651 – Jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit, dies at 92
1911 – John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist (b. 1835)
1931 – Charles Ricketts, British artist and illustrator, dies at 65
1992 – Tevfik Esenç, last known speaker of Ubykh (b. 1904)
1993 – Agnes de Mille, American Tony and Emmy Award-winning dancer and choreographer (Rodeo; Oklahoma!), dies at 88
1994 – Paul Swift, American actor (Egg Man in Pink Flamingo), dies of AIDS at 60
1996 – Charles Wegg Solicitor-Prosser, dies at 86
2009 – Irving Penn, American fashion and fine art photographer. dies at 92
Historical Events for 7th October 2022
1908 – Crete revolts against Turkey and aligns with Greece
1927 – Yank Herb Pennock retires 1st 22 Pirates in World Series game
1958 – Potter Stewart appointed to US Supreme Court
1960 – TV series “Route 66” premieres on CBS
1968 – Motion Picture Association of America adopts film rating system
1973 – Scotsman Jackie Stewart wins his 3rd Formula 1 World Drivers Championship despite withdrawing from the season ending US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen; wins title by 16 points from Emerson Fittipaldi
1978 – LA Dodgers win the pennant
1993 – Massive Muslim demonstration in Xining, China, 12 killed
1994 – Lu Bin swims female 200m medley world record (2:11.57)
2021 – Zanzibar born writer Abdulrazak Gurnah is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
Today in History for 7th October 2022
Historical Events
1916 – Georgia Tech, coached by John Heisman, defeats Cumberland, 222-0; most lopsided score in the history of US college football
1928 – Paavo Nurmi runs world record 10 miles (50:15.0)
1975 – MLB American League Championship: Boston Red Sox beat Oakland Athletics, 3 games to 0
1985 – KHQ-AM in Spokane Wash’s final transmission
1991 – Child star Adam Rich (Eight Is Enough) arrested for stealing hypodermics
1996 – Rupert Murdoch launches Fox News with Roger Ailes as CEO
Famous Birthdays
1758 – Paul Anton Wineberger, composer
1939 – Joel Brodsky, American photographer, created over 400 album covers (The Doors; Isaac Hayes; Ohio Players), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2007)
1942 – Joy Behar [Occhiuto], American actress and comedian (The View), born in Brooklyn, New York
1967 – Mariana Perez-Roldan, Argentinan tennis star, born in Tandil, Argentina
1967 – Toni Braxton, American RandB singer-songwriter (“Un-Break My Heart”), born in Severn, Maryland
1982 – Madjid Bougherra, Algerian footballer, born in Longvic, France
Famous Deaths
1553 – Cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer, dies at about 53
1612 – Menso Alting, Dutch reformed vicar and theologist, dies at 70
1911 – John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist (b. 1835)
1943 – Radclyffe Hall, British author (b. 1880)
1976 – Nikolai Lopatnikoff, Estonian-American composer (Variazioni Concertanti), dies at 73
1981 – Albert Cohen, Greek-born Swiss novelist (Belle du Seigneur), dies at 86
Famous Deaths for 6th October 2022
1661 – Guru Har Rai, seventh Sikh Guru
1956 – Walter Herlihy, announcer (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 42
1960 – Douglas Spencer, American actor (The Thing from Another World, This Island Earth, River of No Return), dies from diabetes at 50
1973 – Arnold Maria Walter, Canadian composer, dies at 71
1976 – Gilbert Ryle, British philosopher (b. 1900)
1983 – Terence Cooke, cardinal/archbishop of NY, dies at 62
1989 – Bette Davis, American actress (All About Eve, White Mama), dies at 81
2006 – Puck Brouwer, Dutch athlete (b. 1930)
2011 – Brad Felt, American jazz tuba and euphonium player, composer, and bandleader, dies of pancreatic cancer at 55
2015 – Árpád Göncz, Hungarian politician, 1st post-communist President (1990-2000), dies at 93