1557 – Jacques Cartier, French explorer who claimed what is now Canada for France, dies at 65
1731 – Pierre Danican Philidor, French composer, dies at 50
1896 – Johannes Habert, composer, dies at 62
1951 – Wols [Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze], German cartoonist and painter, dies at 38
1994 – Pieter C “Piet” Author, sailor/corrector, dies at 71
1994 – Clifford Leofric Purdy Bishop, Anglican pastor and bishop, dies at 88
1994 – Wallis Mathias, Pakistan cricket batsman (21 Tests; first non-Muslim to play for Pakistan), dies at 59
2006 – Nellie Connally, wife of Texas governor John Connally (b. 1919)
2008 – Don LaFontaine, American voice actor (b. 1940)
2015 – Dean Jones, American actor (Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, The Love Bug), dies at 84
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Historical Events for 1st September 2022
1772 – Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa forms in California
1913 – Zhang Xun’s Wuwei Corps captures Nanjing on behalf of Emperor Yuan Shikai in the Republic of China’s Second Revolution, ending Chinese independence and causing Sun Yat Sen to flee to Japan
1946 – Greece votes for monarchy
1965 – Indo-Pakistani conflict – Pakistani counter-attack (Operation Grand Slam,)
1978 – Last broadcast of “Columbo” starring Peter Falk on NBC
1981 – Uruguay’s Ruling Council names Gregorio Álvarez as transitional President (he rules till 1985)
1985 – Dutch cyclist Joop Zoetemelk becomes the oldest road race elite world champion at 38 years, 8 months, 29 days; beats Greg Lamonde and Marino Argentin in Giavera del Montello
1999 – 56th Venice Film Festival: “Yi ge dou bu neng shao” directed by Zhang Yimou wins Golden Lion
2007 – In one of the biggest upsets in college football history, 109,218 fans see Appalachian State’s Corey Lynch block a Jason Gingell 37-yard field goal attempt with 6 seconds remaining to inspire an epic 34-32 win v Michigan at Ann Arbor
2015 – India scores their first Test cricket series victory in Sri Lanka since 1993 winning 3rd Test in Colombo by 117 runs; Ravichandran Ashwin (4) and Ishant Sharma (3) combine for 7 Sri Lankan 2nd innings wickets
Today in History for 1st September 2022
Historical Events
1638 – -4] French queen-mother Maria de’ Medici visits Amsterdam
1911 – M Fourny sets world aircraft distance record of 720 km
1925 – Pierre de Coubertin steps down as chairman of International Olympic Committee; replaced by Henri de Baillet-Latour of Belgium
1957 – WAVY TV channel 10 in Portsmouth-Norfolk, VA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1972 – Australian swimmer Shane Gould wins the 200m freestyle in world record 2:03.56 at the Munich Olympics; her 3rd gold medal and 3rd world record of the Games
1998 – American harness trainer/driver Dave Palone wins his 6,000th race, driving Oompa’s Terminator to victory at The Meadows Racetrack in Pennsylvania
Famous Birthdays
1758 – Wilhelmus Kist, writer/director of Dutch Staatscourant
1899 – Richard Arlen, American actor (Apache Uprising, Wings), born in St. Paul, Minnesota (d. 1976)
1937 – Ron O’Neal, actor (Superfly), born in Utica, New York
1937 – Al Geiberger, American golfer (PGA C’ship 1966; first sub-60 PGA Tour round 1977; Players Tour C’ship 1975), born in Red Bluff, California
1977 – Shoshana Bean, American stage actress
1996 – Zendaya [Coleman], American actress (Spider-Man: Homecoming, Euphoria), singer and dancer, born in Oakland, California
Famous Deaths
1955 – Philip Loeb, actor (Jake-Goldbergs), dies at 61
1972 – Kees Posthumus, Dutch chemist, dies at 70
1983 – Henry M. “Scoop” Jackson, American politician (Sen-D-Wash), dies at 71
2007 – Viliam Schrojf, Slovak soccer goalkeeper (39 caps Czechoslovakia; Slovan Bratislava 240 games), dies at 76
2020 – Jerzy Szczakiel, Polish speedway rider (World Individual C’ship 1973; World Pairs C’ship 1971), dies at 71
2021 – Juan Rodríguez Vega, Chilean soccer defender (26 caps; Universidad de Chile, Atlético Español), dies at 77
Famous Deaths for 31st August 2022
1056 – Theodora, Byzantine Empress (b. 981)
1946 – Harley Granville-Barker, English dramatist, producer (The Voysey Inheritance) and critic, dies at 68
1949 – Paul Hoffer, German composer, dies at 53
1973 – Stan Worthington, English cricket pace bowler (9 Tests 1930-36), dies at 68
1986 – Henry Moore, English artist and sculptor (known for Three Piece Sculpture: Vertebrae), dies at 88
1995 – David Farrar, English actor (Beat Girl, I Accuse, Watusi), dies at 87
2005 – Joseph Rotblat, Polish-British physicist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (for work to end the nuclear arms race), dies at 96
2009 – Eraño Manalo, Filipino religious figure (b. 1925)
2010 – Laurent Fignon, French cyclist (1983 and 1984 Tour de France), dies of cancer at 50
2016 – Jacques Leduc, Belgian composer, dies at 84
Historical Events for 31st August 2022
1142 – Possible date for establishment of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) League [disputed date – other research places date between 1450 and 1660]
1942 – U-boats sink and damage 131 allied ships this month (639,946 tons)
1947 – NY Giants set season record for HRs by a club 183 (en route to 221)
1954 – Cincinnati 1st baseman Ted Kluszewski hits 2 HRs in a 9-3 loss v Phillies at Connie Mack Stadium, Philadelphia; 1st Redleg to ever hit 40 MLB HRs, en route to season total 49
1955 – KTRE TV channel 9 begins broadcasting in Lufkin, Texas (ABC/NBC affiliate)
1966 – Referee Leo Horn whistles his last soccer match (Ajax-Bulgaria)
1969 – 25,000 attend New Orleans Pop Festival
1977 – Ian Smith, espousing racial segregation, wins Rhodesian general election with 80% of overwhelmingly white electorate’s vote
1997 – Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in a car crash in a road tunnel in Paris
2012 – “Argo” directed by Ben Affleck and starring Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston and John Goodman premieres at the Telluride Film Festival (Best Picture 2013)
Today in History for 31st August 2022
Historical Events
1310 – German king Heinrich VII makes his son Johan king of Bohemia
1940 – German occupiers in Netherlands begin soap rationing
1940 – US National Guard assembles
1987 – Curtis Strange sets golf’s earning for year record ($697,385)
1990 – Dennis Eckersley saves his 40th game of the season
2017 – Indications that Neanderthals were the first to make glue out of tar strengthened by research published in “Scientific Reports”
Famous Birthdays
1884 – George Al Sarton, Belgian-American chemist and historian, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1956)
1895 – Joseph Moiseyevich Schillinger, composer
1905 – Sal Tas, Dutch journalist and CIA agent (Het Parool) [or 1897]
1941 – Emanuel Nunes, Portuguese composer, born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 2012)
1975 – James Black, Canadian singer-songwriter (Finger Eleven), born in Ontario, Canada
1977 – Jeff Hardy, American professional wrestler
Famous Deaths
1864 – Ferdinand Lassalle, French socialist and political activist (Allgemeiner), dies at 39
1869 – Mary Ward, Irish scientist, first automobile accident victim (b. 1827)
1948 – Andrei A Zjdanov, Russian politician (against kosmopolitism), dies at 52
1985 – Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian virologist (Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for tissue grafting), dies at 85
1995 – Beant Singh, Prime Minister of Punjab province of India, assassinated at 73
1996 – David Pollock, Viscount Hanworth, British barrister, dies at 80
Famous Deaths for 30th August 2022
1580 – Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherlands, dies
1856 – John Ross, British naval officer and explorer, dies at 79
1914 – Adrian H. Stewart, British lieutenant, dies in battle in Cameroon at 26
1952 – Arky Vaughn, American Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop (MLB All-Star 1934–42; NL batting champion 1935; NL stolen base leader 1943), drowns whilst fishing at 40
1989 – Joe Collins, American baseball first baseman (World Series 1949–53, 56; New York Yankees), dies at 66
1995 – Thomas Chalmers, British broadcaster, dies at 82
1999 – Raymond Poïvet, French comics artist (b. 1910)
2002 – J. Lee Thompson, English film director (b. 1914)
2013 – Lotfollah “Lotfi” Mansouri, Persian opera director (Canadian Opera Company, 1976-88; introduced opera surtitles, 1983; San Francisco Opera, 1988-2001), dies at 84
2019 – Franco Columbu, Italian bodybuilder, powerlifter, actor and author (Mr. Olympia 1976, 81), dies at 78
Historical Events for 30th August 2022
257 – St Sixtus II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1125 – Duke Lotharius of Supplinburg elected king of Germany
1862 – Battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee
1900 – Last 2,000 British prisoners in Nooitgedagt, South Africa, freed
1910 – Yank Tom Hughes pitches 9 no-hit innings but loses to Cleveland 5-0 in 11
1939 – Isoroku Yamamoto appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese fleet
1972 – Amidst Olga Korbut mania at the Munich Olympics, Soviet teammate Ludmilla Tourischeva wins the gymnastics individual all-round competition, her 2nd gold medal of the Games
2006 – Greg Maddux wins his 330th career game
2018 – Film “Roma” directed and written by Alfonso Cuarón, (Best Director 2019 Academy Awards) starring Yalitza Aparicio and Marina de Tavira premieres at the Venice Film Festival
2018 – Ugandan pop star MP Bobi Wine re-arrested attempting to leave the country
Today in History for 30th August 2022
Historical Events
1146 – European leaders outlaw the crossbow, intending to end war for all time
1363 – Beginning of the Battle of Lake Poyang; two Chinese rebel leaders Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang are pitted against each other in what was one of the largest naval battles in history during Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty
1873 – Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Joseph Land in the Arctic Sea.
1939 – General Reijnders appointed supreme commander of Dutch army
1992 – “Most Happy Fella” closes at Booth Theater NYC after 229 performances
2012 – A blast in the Xiaojiawan coal mine, China, kills 26 miners with 21 missing
Famous Birthdays
1687 – Francesco Maria Vallara, Italian composer, born in Parma, Italy (d. 1740)
1818 – Alexander H. Rice, American businessman and politician, 30th Governor of Massachusetts (1876-78), born in Newton, Massachusetts (d. 1895)
1916 – John Thoday, British geneticist, born in Chinley, Derbyshire (d. 2008)
1949 – Christopher Collins, American actor (True Identity), voice actor (Cobra Commander-G.I. Joe) and comedian, born in Orange, New Jersey (d. 1994)
1953 – Robert Parish, American College/Basketball HOF center (9 x NBA All-Star; NBA C’ship 1981, 84, 86 Boston Celtics; 97 Chicago Bulls), born in Shreveport, Louisiana
1977 – Marlon Byrd, American baseball player, born in Boynton Beach, Florida
Famous Deaths
1745 – Jean-Baptiste-Maurice Quinault, French composer, dies at 57
1910 – Albert Vandal, French earl and historian (Napoleon), dies at 57
1914 – Adrian H. Stewart, British lieutenant, dies in battle in Cameroon at 26
1943 – A[braham] Merritt, American sci-fi author (The Moon Pool, Burn Witch Bun), dies from a heart attack at 58
1989 – Seymour Krim, American journalist, essayist, and literary critic (b. 1922)
2007 – Charles Vanik, American politician (b. 1918)
Famous Deaths for 29th August 2022
1853 – Charles Napier, British soldier and Major General of the Bombay Army who conquered Sindh and became its Governor (1843-47), dies at 71
1861 – Franz Joseph Glæser, Czech-Danish composer, dies at 63
1877 – Brigham Young, 2nd president of Latter-day Saints, dies of peritonitis at 76
1960 – Vicki Baum, Austrian writer (Grand Hotel), dies at 72
1968 – Ulysses S. Grant III, American soldier and planner, dies at 87
1976 – Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet, musician, revolutionary and philosopher, dies at 77
1994 – Phillip Gilmore, American actor (Malcolm X), dies at 38
2003 – Michel Constantin, French film actor, dies at 79
2019 – Randy Romero, American jockey (Breeder’s Cup 1987-89; Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame 2010), dies from kidney and liver cancer at 61
2021 – Ron Bushy, American rock drummer (Iron Butterfly – “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida”), dies of esophageal cancer at 79