1093 – Anselmo d’Aosta, Italian Benedictine monk seated as Anselm of Canterbury, Archbisop of Canterbury
1654 – England and Denmark sign trade agreement
1781 – -26] Joan Derks scatters “On the People of Netherlands” pamphlets
1861 – Secretary of US Navy authorizes enlistment of slaves
1878 – British physician Dr. Charles Drysdale warns against the use of tobacco in a letter to The Times newspaper in one of the earliest public health announcements on the dangers of smoking
1897 – 1st British bus service opens
1992 – Opening Main-Donau canal (North Sea-Black Sea)
1994 – Oliver McCall TKOs Lennox Lewis in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
2007 – Columbia Records releases Bruce Springsteen’s 15th studio album “Magic”, made with the E Street Band
2008 – Supernatural-fantasy film “Painted Skin” directed by Gordon Chan, starring Donnie Yen, Chen Kun and Zhou Xun is released
Author: gil7
Today in History for 25th September 2022
Historical Events
955 – Bishop Ratherius of Luik flees
1639 – Suzuki Shosan, Samurai monk of Zen Buddhism, found awakening
1861 – Secretary of US Navy authorizes enlistment of slaves
1979 – “Evita” opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 1568 performances
1980 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1988 – Pope John Paul II beatifies Friar Junípero Serra (founder of 1st Californian missions)
Famous Birthdays
1683 – Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer (Traite), baptized in Dijon, France (d. 1764)
1902 – Ernst von Salomon, German writer (Kette Der Tausend Kraniche), born in Kiel, Germany (d. 1972)
1927 – Sir Colin Davis, British conductor (Covent Garden, 1970-85; Bavarian Radio Symphony, 1983-93; London Symphony, 1995-2006), born in Weybridge, Surrey (d. 2013)
1939 – Leon Brittan, British politician, Home Secretary and member of the European Commission, born in London (d. 2015)
1946 – Gil Morgan, American golfer (7 PGA Tour titles, 3 Champions Tour majors), born in Wewoka, Oklahoma
1947 – John Fiddler, English rock vocalist and guitarist (British Lions), born in Darlaston, Wednesbury, England
Famous Deaths
1792 – Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish statesman, dies at 81
1970 – Erich Maria Remarque, German novelist (All Quiet on the Western Front), dies at 72
1980 – Lewis Milestone, Moldovan film director (b. 1895)
1980 – John Bonham, English rock drummer (Led Zeppelin), dies from asphyxiation after heavy alcohol intake at 32
2003 – Aquila al-Hashimi, Iraqi politician (b. 1953)
2019 – Paul Badura-Skoda, Austrian pianist (Mozart interpretation), dies at 91
Famous Deaths for 24th September 2022
366 – Liberius, Italian Pope (352-66), dies
1517 – Frederik IV, of Baden, bishop of Utrecht, dies
1848 – Branwell Brontë [Patrick Branwell Brontë], English painter and writer and brother of the writers Charlotte, Emily and Anne, dies at 31
1855 – Alexandre Stiévenard, French violinist, guitarist and composer, dies at 86
1938 – Lev Schnirelmann, Russian mathematician (b. 1900)
1976 – Bruno VeSota, American character actor and director (They Stand Accused, Chopper, Teenage Doll, Wild Rovers), dies of a heart attack at 54
2004 – Marvin Davis, CEO (Davis Oil Company), dies at 79
2008 – Bengt Anderberg, Swedish poet and writer (Kain), dies at 88
2016 – Buckwheat Zydeco [Stanley Dural, Jr.], American B-3 organist, accordionist and singer (“Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire”), dies of lung cancer at 68
2020 – Dean Jones, Australian cricket batsman and broadcaster (52 Tests @ 46.55; 164 ODIs; Victoria), dies from cardiac arrest at 59
Historical Events for 24th September 2022
1629 – Jacques Specx appointed governor-general of Dutch-Indies
1829 – Russia and Ottoman Empire sign Peace Treaty of Adrianople
1853 – France annexes New Caledonia
1929 – New York Yankee pitcher Tom Zachary ends season 12-0, record for most pitching wins without a loss in one season
1958 – 1st welded aluminum girder highway bridge completed, Urbandale, Iowa
1970 – Soviet space probe Luna 16 lands on earth after 1st unmanned round trip to moon
1988 – Swimmer Silke Hörner wins her second gold medal of the Seoul Olympics as part of the victorious East German 4 x 100m medley relay team
1995 – Emillio and Gloria Estefan’s boat hits and kills a jet skier
1996 – US President Bill Clinton signs the “Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty” at the United Nations
2020 – David Attenborough breaks Jennifer Aniston’s record as the fastest person to reach 1 million followers on Instagram
Today in History for 24th September 2022
Historical Events
1951 – USSR performs nuclear test
1965 – Belgium Victor Leemans elected chairman of European Parliament
1971 – Eyskens-Cools disbands Belgium parliament
1974 – Al Kaline, Detroit Tiger, is 12th to get 3,000 hits
1990 – East Germany leaves Warsaw Pact
1990 – Supreme Soviet gives approval to switch to free market
Famous Birthdays
1564 – William Adams, English navigator and 1st ever Western Samurai, born in Gillingham, Kent, England (d. 1620)
1892 – Adélard Godbout, Canadian politician (15th Premier of Québec), born in Saint-Éloi, Quebec, Canada (d. 1956)
1898 – Howard Florey, Australian pathologist and pharmacologist who purified penicillin (Nobel 1945), born in Adelaide, South Australia (d. 1968)
1923 – Theodore “Fats” Navarro, American jazz trumpet player, born in Key West, Florida (d. 1950)
1979 – Ross Mathews, American television personality and comedian (The Tonight Show), born in Mount Vernon, Washington
1984 – Szilvia Molnar, Swedish writer
Famous Deaths
1180 – Manuel I Komnenos, Emperor of the Byzantine Empire (1143-80), dies at 61
1896 – Percy McDonnell, Australian cricket batsman (19 Tests, 3 x 100s), dies of cardiac failure at 35
1945 – Hans Geiger, German physicist (co-inventor of the Geiger counter), dies at 62
1968 – Harry Robert Wilson, American composer, dies at 67
1990 – Jay Currin, stuntman/actor (Back to the Beach, Serial), dies at 34
2008 – Irene Dailey, American actress (Another World, Grissom Gang), dies of colon cancer at 88
Famous Deaths for 23rd September 2022
1789 – John Rogers, American Continental Congressman (b. 1723)
1871 – Alexander N Afanasjev, Russian story teller, dies at 45
1908 – Jadwiga Łuszczewska, Polish poet, dies at 74
1930 – Jonkvrouw Catharina AM de Savornin Lohman, author, dies at 62
1956 – Earl Godwin, newscaster (Meet the Veep), dies at 75
1974 – Robbie Mcintosh, Scottish drummer (Average White Band), overdoses at 24
1984 – Anatoly Novikov, Soviet composer, dies at 87
1988 – Arwel Hughes, Welsh composer, dies at 79
1997 – Shirley Clarke, American film director, dies at 78
2003 – Yuri Senkevich, Russian TV anchorman (b. 1937)
Historical Events for 23rd September 2022
1779 – John Paul Jones aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard defeats the British frigate HMS Serepis and becomes the United States first well-known naval hero
1845 – Hunger strike in Hague
1857 – Russian warship Leffort disappears in a storm in the Gulf of Finland; 826 die
1911 – Earl Ovington becomes 1st air mail pilot
1927 – “Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans”, directed by F. W. Murnau, starring George O’Brien and Janet Gaynor, is released (Academy Awards Unique and Artistic Picture 1927)
1944 – Proclamation No. 30 was issued, declaring the existence of a state of war between the Philippines and the United States and the United Kingdom
1970 – Abdul Razak bin Hussain becomes premier of Malaysia
1974 – John Lennon’s single “Whatever Gets You Thru the Night”, featuring Elton John, released in US; it was Lennon’s only solo No. 1 single during his lifetime
1979 – Jane Fonda and 200,000 attend anti-nuke rally in Battery Park, NYC
1988 – Premiere of director Paul Schrader’s crime biopic “Patty Hearst”
Today in History for 23rd September 2022
Historical Events
1889 – Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda
1961 – 1st movie to become a TV series, “How to Marry a Millionaire” premieres
1979 – Jane Fonda and 200,000 attend anti-nuke rally in Battery Park, NYC
1982 – Amin Gemayel sworn in as President of Lebanon
2019 – US police officer fired after arresting two six-year-olds at a school on charges of misdemeanour battery in Florida
2020 – President Donald Trump refuses to commit to a peaceful transfer of power after the US November election at a White House press conference
Famous Birthdays
1895 – Miron Merzhanov, Soviet architect (d. 1975)
1920 – Gerard W Taylor, South African/British surgeon
1934 – John Mortimore, English soccer defender (Chelsea 249 games) and manager (Portsmouth, Benfica, Real Betis), born in Farnborough, England (d. 2021)
1975 – Jaime Bergman, American model and actress
1977 – Matthieu Descoteaux, Canadian ice hockey player
1979 – Red, rapper (Another Bad Creation), born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Deaths
1974 – Robbie Mcintosh, Scottish drummer (Average White Band), overdoses at 24
1987 – Louis Kentner, Hungarian-British pianist and composer, dies at 87
1994 – Dalton Reed, American soul singer, dies of heart failure at 42
1994 – Alec Dickson, founder of VSO, dies at 80
1997 – Abe Gibron, head coach (Chicago Bears), dies at 72
2002 – Vernon Corea, Sri Lankan pioneer radio broadcaster, died at 75
Famous Deaths for 22nd September 2022
1345 – Henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Leicester (b. 1281)
1702 – Hoessein Koprulu, Turkish great vizer (peace of Karlowitz), dies
1935 – Karl Schröder II, German composer, dies at 86
1952 – Ian Hay [John Hay Beith], British novelist and playwright (Pip, Carrying On), dies at 76
1961 – Marion Davies [Douras], American silent and sound film actress, producer (Little Old New York; Not So Dumb; Five and Ten), and mistress of William Randolph Hearst, dies of cancer at 64
1972 – Robert KJE Antonissen, Belgian-born South African literary figure, dies at 53
1999 – Wyndraeth Morris-Jones, British political scientist, dies at 81
2004 – Big Boss Man [Ray Washington Traylor Jr.], American professional wrestler, dies at 41
2007 – Marcel Marceau, French mime artist (Bip the Clown; Silent Movie), dies at 84
2021 – Jay Sandrich, American Emmy Award-winning television director (The Mary Tyler Moore Show; Soap; The Cosby Show), dies at 89
Historical Events for 22nd September 2022
1692 – Last people hanged for witchcraft (8) in the US, 19 hanged overall, with six other deaths during Salem witch trials
1711 – French troops occupy Rio de Janeiro
1832 – During his HMS Beagle voyage Charles Darwin discovers a large number of fossils at Punta Alta in Argentina
1864 – Sheridan sets up camp in Harrisonburg, Virginia
1915 – Xavier University, 1st Black Catholic College in US, opens in NO LA
1927 – Yanks Earle Coombs hits 3 triples
1950 – Omar Bradley promoted to rank of 5-star general in the United States Army
1978 – Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin returns home after Camp David summit
2013 – 78 people are killed in a church suicide bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan
2018 – Four gunmen open fire on Revolutionary Guard soldiers at a parade in Ahvaz, Iran, killing 25 including civilians