1775 – Chiyo-ni, Japanese poet (b. 1703)
1786 – Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, British admiral, dies at 61
1842 – William Ellery Channing, cleric/writer, dies
1967 – Albertina Rasch, Austrian-born American ballerina and choreographer, dies at 76
1981 – Harry Golden, Jewish-American journalist and writer (Only in America), dies at 79
1985 – Rock Hudson, American actor (Pillow Talk, A Farewell to Arms, Ice Station Zebra), dies of AIDS-related complications at 59
1991 – Dimitrios I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1973-91), dies at 77
2005 – Hamilton Camp, English-American actor (Andrew-He and She, Meatballs 2), dies at 70
2007 – Lady Katherine Brandram, Princess of Greece, the last surviving great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, dies at 94
2016 – Thomas Round, British tenor (Gilbert and Sullivan For All), dies at 100
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Historical Events for 2nd October 2021
1627 – Last Emperor of the Chinese Ming dynasty, Chongzhen, comes to the throne after death of his brother Emperor Tianqi
1908 – Cleveland Naps and future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Addie Joss hurls a classic perfect game, beating Ed Walsh and the Chicago White Sox, 1-0
1935 – Mussolini’s Italian army attacks Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
1936 – New York Yankees score Baseball World Series record 18 runs in an 18-4 rout of rival NY Giants in Game 2 at the Polo Grounds; Yankees win series 4-2
1955 – “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” premieres on CBS television in the US
1957 – New volcanic island appears off Fayal Island Azores
1965 – Mel Stottlemyre wins game #20
1979 – Pope John Paul II visits New York City, and at the U.N. denounces all concentration camps and torture
1981 – Ali Chamenei elected president of Iran
1981 – 17 year old gelding Behavin Jerry, the oldest winning racehorse in modern times, sets record for most career starts by a thoroughbred, 307
Today in History for 2nd October 2021
Historical Events
1969 – Seattle Pilots’ last game in Seattle; crash to 98th season loss, 3-1 to Oakland in front of just 5,473; move to Milwaukee as the Brewers next season
1977 – Austrian Ferrari driver Niki Lauda finishes 4th in the US Grand Prix East at Watkins Glen to clinch his second Formula 1 World Drivers Championship; Englishman James Hunt wins the race
1983 – Green Bay Packers erupt for NFL record 49 points in the first half (35 in the second quarter) to clobber the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 55-14 at Tampa Stadium
1984 – Papa John’s Pizza is founded by John Schnatter in Jeffersonville, Indiana; it would go on to become the fourth-largest pizza delivery restaurant chain in the United States
1990 – Radio Berlin International’s final transmission (links to Deutsche Welles of West Germany); final song is “The End” by Doors
1990 – US Senate votes 90-9 to confirm David Souter’s appointment to Supreme Court
Famous Birthdays
1470 – Isabella of Naples, Duchess of Milan (1489-1494), born in Naples, Italy (d. 1524)
1897 – (William) “Bud” Abbott, American comedian (Abbott and Costello), born in Asbury Park, New Jersey (d. 1974)
1914 – Albe Vidaković, Croatian composer, born in Subotica, Serbia (d. 1964)
1928 – Robin Duthie, British accountant and CEO (Britoil), born in Greenock, Scotland
1943 – Franklin Rosemont, American poet, artist and co-founder of the Chicago Surrealist Group, born in Chicago, Illinois
1946 – Jo-El Sonnier, American country singer (Louisiana), born in Rayne, Louisiana
Famous Deaths
1724 – François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (Quatre dialogues sur l’immortalité de l’âme), dies at on his 80th birthday
1842 – William Ellery Channing, cleric/writer, dies
1872 – Eberhard Friedrich Walcker, German organ builder (Paulskirche Frankfurt A/M), dies at 78
1989 – Liesbeth Ribbius Peletier, Neth’s 1st female advisor of State, dies
2003 – John T. Dunlop, U.S. Secretary of Labor (b. 1914)
2007 – Lady Katherine Brandram, Princess of Greece, the last surviving great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, dies at 94
Famous Deaths for 1st October 2021
540 – Vedastus St Vaast, 1st bishop of Atrecht/saint, dies
1567 – Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (b. 1508)
1640 – Claudio Achillini, Italian lawyer and poet, dies at 66
1708 – John Blow, English baroque composer (Venus and Adonis), dies at 59
1943 – Olaf T Thomsen, resistance fighter, executed at 23
1943 – Victor van Swieten, resistance fighter, executed at 36
1973 – Joe Devlin, American actor (Sam-Dick Tracy), dies at 77
2001 – Guy Beaulne, French-Canadian actor and theatre director (b. 1921)
2004 – Bruce Palmer, Canadian bassist (Buffalo Springfield), dies of a heart attack at 58
2016 – Edda Heiðrún Backman, Icelandic stage and screen actress, singer, theater director, and painter, dies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at 58
Historical Events for 1st October 2021
1653 – Russian parliament accepts annexation of Ukraine
1795 – Belgium is conquered by France.
1827 – The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination in Armenia
1864 – John Summerfield Staples is paid $500 as a substitute for US President Abraham Lincoln
1919 – Infamous ‘Black Sox’ Baseball World Series begins with Cincinnati Reds’ Dutch Ruether pitching a 6-hitter and hitting 3 RBI on 2 triples and a single for a 9-1 rout of White Sox
1924 – Finnish distance runner Paavo Nurmi runs world record 4 mile (19:15.4) and 5 mile (24:06.2)at Vilpuri, Russia
1961 – WOLO TV channel 25 in Columbia, SC (ABC) begins broadcasting
1966 – WAEO (now WJFW) TV channel 12 in Rhinelander, WI (NBC) begins
1978 – The Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party is founded.
2019 – Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex sue British newspaper The Mail on Sunday claiming it published her private letter
Today in History for 1st October 2021
Historical Events
965 – John XIII Crescentii elected to succeed Pope Leo VIII
1868 – “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott is published in America by Roberts Brothers of Boston
1922 – Former Chicago Staleys play first NFL game as Chicago Bears; beat Racine Legion, 6-0 at Horlick Field, Racine, Wisconsin
1933 – New York Giants make no 1st downs, but still beat the Green Bay Packers, 10-7 in a week 3 NFL matchup at Borchert Field, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1955 – Jackie Gleason’s sitcom “The Honeymooners” debuts on CBS, replacing his variety series; production ends after 39 episodes
1966 – Newspaper magnate Thomson purchases “The Times”
Famous Birthdays
1644 – Jean Rousseau, French composer and viol player (d. 1699)
1835 – William Hicks “Red” Jackson, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Paris, Tennessee (d. 1903)
1917 – René A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillian poet (Juancho Picaflor)
1927 – Sandy Gall, Malaysian-born British journalist and newscaster
1966 – Christopher Titus, American actor/comedian
1975 – Kim Suna, Korean actress
Famous Deaths
540 – Vedastus St Vaast, 1st bishop of Atrecht/saint, dies
1970 – Hans Poser, German composer, dies at 52
1990 – Andrzej Krzanowski, Polish classical composer and accordionist (The Wind Carries the Echo Across a Wood Clearing), dies at 49
1994 – Marjorie Weaver, American actress (Michael Shayne: Private Detective, Young Mr Lincoln), dies from a stroke at 81
1998 – Pauline Julien, Canadian singer-songwriter, social and political activist, takes her own life after a brain disease diagnosis, at 70
2019 – Karel Gott, Czech singer ‘Sinatra of the East’, dies at 80
Famous Deaths for 30th September 2021
1716 – Heinrich Georg Neuss, composer, theologian and poet, dies at 62
1862 – Isaac Peace Rodman, American banker and Brigadier General (Union Army), dies of injury at about 40
1885 – Maria Gartmann, Dutch actress, dies at 60
1961 – Onésime Gagnon, French Canadian politician, lieutenant-governor of Québec (b. 1888)
1973 – Peter Pitseolak, Inuit photographer and author (b. 1902)
1985 – Heleb MacInnes, US spy writer (Affiliate in place), dies at 77
1987 – Robert Schollum, Austrian composer, dies at 74
1991 – Nancy Welford, entertainer, dies at 87
2004 – Gamini Fonseka, Sri Lankan actor (b. 1936)
2008 – Christa Reinig, German poet and writer (Idleness is the Root of All Love, The Tightrope Walker), dies at 82
Historical Events for 30th September 2021
1808 – Covent Garden Theatre Royal destroyed by fire in London
1903 – New Gresham’s School officially opened by Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood in Norfolk, England (expansion of original school founded 1555)
1962 – KCRL TV channel 4 in Reno, NV (NBC) begins broadcasting
1963 – 56th Postmaster General: John A Gronouski of Wis takes office
1967 – USSR’s Kosmos 186 and 188 complete 1st automatic docking
1972 – Pittsburgh right fielder Roberto Clemente doubles off Mets’ Jon Matlack to become the 11th MLB player to record 3000 hits as Pirates beat NY, 5-0
1973 – USSR performs underground nuclear test
1979 – Milwaukee Brewers lose 5-0 ending 213 straight games without a shutout
1989 – NASA closes down tracking stations in Hawaii and Ascension
2004 – The AIM-54 Phoenix, the primary missile for the F-14 Tomcat, retired from service. Almost two years later, the Tomcat retires.
Today in History for 30th September 2021
Historical Events
1920 – Time Square Theater opens at 217 W 42nd St NYC
1940 – 47 German aircraft shot down above England
1980 – Ethernet specifications published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.
1981 – Last game at Minn’s Metropolitan Stadium, lose to KC 5-2
1981 – International Olympic Committee votes to award Seoul, South Korea as host of the 1988 Summer Olympic Games
2012 – Car bomb blasts kill at least 32 people across Iraq
Famous Birthdays
1857 – Hermann Sudermann, German writer (Honor, That Ehre, Frau Sorge), born in Matziken, East Prussia (d. 1928)
1870 – Thomas W. Lamont, American banker; father of Corliss Lamont; great-grandfather of Ned Lamont (d. 1948)
1898 – Felix Kersten, Baltic-German Finnish masseuse (masseuse to Heinrich Himmler who helped save people from Nazi persecution), born in Tartu, Imperial Russia (d. 1960)
1950 – Renato Zero [Fiacchini], Italian pop, rock and soul singer (Madame), born in Rome
1962 – Shaan [Shantanu Mukherjee], Indian singer, born in Khandwa
1981 – Brandon Watson, American baseball
Famous Deaths
739 – P’u-chi Ho-shang Tao-chao, Northern Ch’an Line Zen teacher, dies
1955 – Arnold Struycken, Dutch lawyer, dies at 55
1993 – Tony Brafa, actor (Enrico Pallazzo-Naked Gun), dies at 72
2004 – Michael Relph, British film producer and director (b. 1915)
2012 – Turhan Bey [Sahultavy], Austrian-born actor dubbed “The Turkish Delight” (Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves), dies from Parkinson’s disease at 90
2019 – Jessye Norman, American opera singer (sang at two presidential inaugurations), dies at 74
Famous Deaths for 29th September 2021
855 – Lotharius I, Romanian-French emperor (signed Treaty of Verdun), dies
1364 – Charles, Duke of Brittany
1800 – Michael Denis, Austrian poet, bibliographer and lepidopterist, dies at 71
1915 – Luther Orlando Emerson, American composer, dies at 95
1925 – Runar Schildt, Finnish writer (Galgmannen), dies at 36
1928 – Lido Manetti [Arnold Kent], Italian-born American actor, dies in a car accident at 29
1960 – Franz Arnold, German writer, dies at 82
1975 – Casey Stengel, American Baseball Hall of Fame manager (Yankees (1949-60), NY Met’s 1st), dies of cancer at 85
1994 – Don Watson, Australian race car driver, dies in an accident at a practice for the Bathurst 1000 at 43
1996 – Shūsaku Endō, Japanese writer (Sea and Poison, Silence), dies at 73