1663 – Joseph of Cupertino, Italian saint, dies at 60
1735 – Justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator), dies at 51
1934 – Marie Shotwell, American actress (Sally of the Sawdust), dies at 54
1939 – Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish writer, painter, and photographer (b. 1885)
1945 – “Blind” Willie Johnson, American gospel blues singer and guitarist (“Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground”), dies of malarial fever, syphilis and blindness at 48
1961 – Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish public servant, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations (1953-61) and posthumous Nobel Peace Prize winner (1961), dies in a plane crash over Congo at 56
1964 – Clive Bell, English art critic, dies at 83
1968 – Franchot Tone, American actor (Mutiny on the Bounty, Advise and Consent), dies from lung cancer at 63
1995 – Donald Davie, English poet and critic, dies at 73
2002 – Andres Burnier [Catharina Irma Dessaur], Dutch criminologist and author (Jongensuur), dies at 71
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Historical Events for 18th September 2022
1850 – US Congress passes Fugitive Slave Law as part of Compromise of 1850
1914 – Battle of Aisne ends with Germans beating French during WW I
1947 – US Department of Defense 1st day of operation
1951 – “The Day the Earth Stood Still”, science fiction film directed by Robert Wise, and starring Michael Rennie, opens
1980 – Soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station
1981 – Assemblée Nationale votes to abolish capital punishment in France.
1983 – Action series “Hardcastle and McCormick” premieres on ABC in the US
1984 – Tigers clinch AL East championship (spent all year in 1st place)
1986 – David Boon’s 3rd Test cricket century, 122 v India at Madras
1997 – Ted Turner gives $1 billion to the United Nations, creating the public charity, the United Nations Foundation
Today in History for 18th September 2022
Historical Events
1846 – Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning exchange their last letters before they move to Italy
1962 – Rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica and Trinidad admitted (105th-108th) to UN
1964 – TV series “The Addams Family”, starring John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Ted Cassidy, and Jackie Coogan, premieres on ABC
1975 – Heiress-turned-bank robber Patricia Campbell Hearst captured by FBI in San Francisco
1997 – Ted Turner gives $1 billion to the United Nations, creating the public charity, the United Nations Foundation
2006 – “Watching You” single released by Rodney Atkins (Billboard Song of the Year 2007)
Famous Birthdays
1943 – Michael Vetter, German composer, born in Oberstdorf, Germany (d. 2013)
1966 – Ian “Spike” Spice, English guitarist (IBreathe, Flash Cadillac) (d. 2000)
1968 – Cappadonna [Darryl Hill], American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan), born in Staten Island, New York
1970 – Mike Compton, American NFL center and guard (Detroit Lions), born in Richlands, Virginia
1975 – Kanstantsin Lukashyk, Belarusian pistol shooter (OLympic gold 1992), born in Hrodna, Belarus
1981 – Jennifer Tisdale, American actress and model, born in Neptune, New Jersey
Famous Deaths
1684 – Joannes Antonides van der Goes, Dutch poet (Ystroom), dies at 37
1939 – Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish writer, painter, and photographer (b. 1885)
1966 – Fernand Lamy, French composer, dies at 85
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
2013 – Richard C. Sarafian, American director and actor (Foley Square), dies from complications from pneumonia at 83
Famous Deaths for 17th September 2022
1762 – Francesco Geminiani, Italian violinist and composer, dies at 74
1771 – Tobias Smollett, Scottish novelist (The Adventures of Roderick Random), dies at 50
1863 – Alfred Victor, Comte de Vigny, French musketeer and writer (Moise, Chatterton), dies at 66
1877 – William Henry Fox Talbot, English photographic pioneer, dies at 77
1953 – Henry Holden Huss, American composer, dies at 91
1959 – Bert Leysen, Belgian TV director (Belgian National TV), dies at 39
1987 – Harry Locke, British actor (Passport to Pimlico, Town on Trial), dies at 73
1997 – Jan Peder Syse, Prime Minister of Norway (1989-90), dies
2006 – Patricia Kennedy Lawford, American socialite (b. 1924)
2020 – Terry Goodkind, American epic fantasy novelist (The Sword of Truth), dies at 72
Historical Events for 17th September 2022
1691 – Massachusetts Bay Colony granted new charter
1789 – William Herschel discovers Mimas, satellite of Saturn
1861 – First class for escaped slaves taught by Mary Peake at Fortress Monroe Virginia (now Hampton University).
1946 – “If the Shoe Fits” opens at Century Theater NYC for 20 performances
1979 – Pietro Mennea runs world record 200 m (19.72″)
1986 – Mets clinch NL East Championship
1990 – Newspaper Guild votes 242-35 to keep NY Post publishing
2000 – Farm Aid 13 held in Bristow, Virginia; performers include Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, CSNandY, Arlo Guthrie, Sawyer Brown, Alan Jackson, Travis Tritt, North Mississippi Allstars, Barenaked Ladies, and Tipper Gore
2002 – 27th Toronto International Film Festival: “Whale Rider” directed by Niki Caro wins the People’s Choice Award
2018 – 50 girls treated in hospital in Kaya, Burkina Faso after illegal botched circumcisions
Today in History for 17th September 2022
Historical Events
1957 – KETV TV channel 7 in Omaha, NB (ABC) begins broadcasting
1978 – 30th Emmy Awards: “All in the Family”; Ed Asner and Sada Thompson win
1980 – South Korea opposition leader Kim Dae-jung sentenced to death
1988 – Jeff Reardon becomes 1st to record 40 or more saves in both AL and NL
1989 – Hurricane Hugo begins 4 day sweep through Caribbean, killing 62
2019 – Indonesia raises the female marriage age to 19, in line with males, to curb child marriages
Famous Birthdays
1834 – Edouard Pailleron, French attorney, poet and stage writer, born in Paris, France (d. 1899)
1859 – Frank Dawson Adams, Canadian geologist, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1942)
1908 – Franz Grothe, German composer, born in Berlin (d. 1982)
1922 – Ursula Howells, British actress (Hard Times, Girly, Murder is Announced), born in London, England (d. 2005)
1963 – Amy Roloff, American reality star (Little People, Big World), born in Michigan
1995 – Patrick Mahomes, American NFL quarterback (Super Bowl MVP 2020; KC Chiefs), born in Tyler, Texas
Famous Deaths
1604 – Lucas Osiander, German composer, dies at 69
1621 – Roberto Bellarmino, Italian saint (Doctor of the Church), dies at 78
1986 – Patricia “Pat” Phoenix, British actress (Coronation Street, L Shaped Room), dies of lung cancer at 62
1994 – Vitas Gerulaitis, Lithuanian/American tennis player (Australian Open 1977; Wimbledon doubles 1975), dies of carbon monoxide poisoning at 40
1996 – Spiro Agnew, American politician (Vice President, 1969 until resignation over corruption allegations in 1973), dies of leukemia at 77
2019 – Harold Mabern Jr., American post-bop jazz pianist and composer, dies at 83
Famous Deaths for 16th September 2022
1945 – John McCormack, Irish-American tenor (Irish folksongs), dies at 61
1950 – Pedro De Cordoba, American actor (Club Havana, Swamp Fire, Saboteur), dies at 68
1956 – Shorty Ray, American football player and supervisor of NFL officials, dies at 71
1982 – Rolfe Sedan, American actor (Young Frankenstein, Ninotchka, George Burns Show), dies at 86
1991 – Carol White, actress (Prehistoric Women, Dulcima), dies at 47
1992 – Duke Robbins, entertainer, dies of pneumonia at 71
1994 – Dolly Hare, German/British actress (Broken Blossom), dies at 84
2018 – Frank Parker, American actor (Days of our Lives, Never Too Young), dies at 79
2021 – Clive Sinclair, British consumer electronics inventor (Executive pocket calculator; ZX Spectrum computer), dies of cancer at 81
2021 – Jane Powell [Suzanne Burce], American singer and actress (Royal Wedding; Seven Brides for Seven Brothers), dies at 92
Historical Events for 16th September 2022
1597 – French troops chase away Albrecht of Austria
1869 – Golf’s 1st recorded hole-in-one by Tom Morris at Prestwick’s 8th hole, Scotland
1901 – French painter Paul Gauguin settles in Atuona in the Marquesas Islands
1940 – Samuel T Rayburn of Texas elected speaker of US House of Representatives
1947 – Typhoon Kathleen hits Saitama, Tokyo and Tone River area, killing at least 1,930
1948 – “Mr Strauss Goes to Boston” closes at Century NYC after 12 performances
1975 – Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia (National Day)
1978 – New York Yankees beat Boston Red Sox, 3-2; at Yankee Stadium; Blue Bombers 6th win over arch rivals in 2 weeks
2018 – Evian Championship Women’s Golf, Evian Resort GC: At age 40, American Angela Stanford wins her first major title by 1 stroke from Amy Olson, Austin Ernst, Mo Martin and Kim Sei-young
2021 – Earliest evidence announced for humans making clothes discovered from bone tools 100,000 years old found at Contrebandiers Cave, Morocco
Today in History for 16th September 2022
Historical Events
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 – FDR signs Selective Training and Service Act (1st peacetime draft)
1954 – CKLW TV channel 9 in Windsor, ON (CBC) begins broadcasting
1960 – Milwaukee Braves’ future HOF pitcher Warren Spahn no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 4-0 at County Stadium
1962 – USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1999 – 1st ever season of “Big Brother” reality show begins on the Veronica channel in The Netherlands
Famous Birthdays
1875 – James Cash Penney, American department store founder (J C Penney), born in Hamilton, Missouri (d. 1971)
1916 – M.S. [Madurai Shanmukhavadivu] Subbulakshmi, Indian singer (1st singer to be awarded the Bharat Ratna), born in Madurai, Madras Presidency (d. 2004)
1968 – Marc Anthony [Marco Antonio Muñiz], American sala singer-songwriter, born in NYC, New York
1969 – Justine Frischmann, English musician (Elastica), born in Kensington, London
1973 – Clint Peay, American soccer defender (Olympic gold 1996), born in Columbia, Maryland
1978 – Nick Cordero, Canadian Broadway actor (Bullets Over Broadway), born in Hamilton, Canada (d. 2020)
Famous Deaths
1916 – Basil W. Duke, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 78
1925 – Alexander Alexandrovich Friedman, Russian physicist (b. 1888)
1926 – Rudolf C Eucken, German philosopher (Nobel 1908), dies at 80
1932 – Ronald Ross, British pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, dies at 75
1996 – Andrew MacElhone, bar owner, dies at 73
2005 – Harry Freedman (Henryk Frydmann), Canadian composer, dies at 83
Famous Deaths for 15th September 2022
1750 – Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German-American composer, one of the first European composers to emigrate to America, dies at 59
1794 – Abraham Clark, American patriot and signer of the Declaration of Independence, dies at 68
1924 – Frank Chance, American Baseball HOF first baseman (World Series 1907, 08; 2 x NL stolen base leader; NL runs leader 1906 Chicago Orphans/Cubs) and manager (Chicago Cubs, NY Yankees, Boston RS), dies at 47
1945 – André Tardieu, French politician, Prime Minister of France (1929-30, 1930, 1932), dies at 68
1995 – Sam McCluskie, trade unionist, dies at 63
1996 – Brother Eugene Gerard Salois, teacher, dies at 76
2004 – Walter Stewart, Canadian writer and journalist, dies at 73
2006 – Raymond Baxter, British television presenter (b. 1922)
2010 – Guido Turchi, Italian composer (Invettiva), dies at 93
2014 – Nicholas Romanov, French-born pretender to the Russian throne, dies at 91