1567 – War of Religion breaks out in France – Huguenots try to kidnap King Charles IX
1789 – US War Department establishes a regular army
1941 – Nazi massacre at Babi Yar ravine (near Kiev) Ukraine begins, 33,771 mostly Jews murdered
1946 – Al Couture knockouts Ralph Walton in Lewiston Maine in 10 secs
1970 – “NET Festival” last aired
1976 – Syria drives Palestinian guerrillas out of Lebanon
1990 – “Street Scene” closes at NY State Theater NYC after 6 performances
2009 – An 8.0 magnitude earthquake near the Samoan Islands causes a tsunami
2018 – Rapper Kanye West announces on Twitter he is changing his name to Ye
2018 – NY Yankees Venezuelan 2nd baseman Gleyber Torres smashes a 2-run homer in 8-5 win v Boston at Fenway Park; Yankees MLB record 265th homer of the season; Giancarlo Stanton adds #266 in 7th
Author: gil7
Today in History for 29th September 2021
Historical Events
1608 – Captain Newport arrives from England with supplies for colonists
1954 – “Masquerade Party” TV game show moves from CBS to ABC for two seasons
1967 – Mickey Hart joins the Grateful Dead and plays the Straightater
1968 – Chuck Latourette, sets NFL record 47.7 yd punt return avg (3 punts)
1979 – John Huston’s “Wine Blood” premieres at NY Film Festival
1989 – Zsa Zsa Gabor convicted of slapping a police officer in Beverly Hills
Famous Birthdays
1636 – Thomas Tenison, English Archbishop of Canterbury (1694-1715), born in Cottenham, England (d. 1715)
1831 – John McAlister Schofield, American Major General (Union Army), born in Gerry, New York (d. 1906)
1915 – Vincent DeDomenico, American entrepreneur (Rice-A-Roni), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2007)
1934 – Lance Gibbs, West Indian cricketer (prolific West Indian off-spinner, 309 wickets), born in Georgetown, British Guiana
1941 – Kermit Zarley, American golfer, author (Canadian Open 1970), born in Seattle, Washington
1968 – Matt Goss, English singer-songwriter (Bros. – “I Owe You Nothing”), born in London, England
Famous Deaths
1908 – Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Brazilian writer (Epitaph of a small winner), dies at 69
1994 – Don Watson, Australian race car driver, dies in an accident at a practice for the Bathurst 1000 at 43
1995 – George Chesterman Phillips, British naval officer, dies at 90
1997 – Milner Gray, British graphic designer, dies at 97
2005 – Austin Leslie, American chef, the “Godfather of Fried Chicken” (b. 1934)
2009 – Pavel Popovich, Ukrainian cosmonaut (Vostok IV, Soyuz 14), dies at 78
Famous Deaths for 28th September 2021
1197 – Henry VI von Hohenstaufen, King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor, dies in Messina, Sicily
1618 – Gilles van Ledenberg, sec of Utrecht States (1588-1618), suicide at 68
1899 – Giovanni Segantini, Italian painter (Become his fare), dies
1914 – Stevan Mokranjac [Stojanović], Serbian cellist, educator and composer of choral music (Garlands), dies at 58
1943 – Charles Vintcent, cricketer (played in South Africa’s 1st 3 tests), dies
1961 – Michael Shepley, British actor (Squibs, Dick and the Duchess), dies at 54
1968 – Dewey Philip “Daddy-O”, American pioneering DJ, dies of heart failure at 42
1981 – Rómulo Betancourt, President of Venezuela (b. 1908)
2004 – Christl Cranz, German alpine skier (combined gold Winter Olympics 1936), dies at 90
2016 – Gloria Naylor, American author (Women of Brewster Place), dies at 66
Historical Events for 28th September 2021
1785 – Napoléon Bonaparte, aged 16, graduates from the elite École Militaire in Paris (42nd in a class of 51)
1928 – US acknowledge Chinese government of Chiang Kai-shek
1934 – “Judge Priest” film directed by John Ford, starring Will Rogers is released
1937 – FDR dedicates Bonneville Dam on Columbia River (Oregon)
1960 – “Millionaire” last airs on CBS-TV
1961 – “Doctor Kildare” debuts on NBC-TV
1964 – Suriname governor A Currie resigns
1968 – “Noël Coward’s Sweet Potato” opens at Barrymore NYC for 17 performances
1974 – “Live It Up Part 1” by Isley Brothers peaks at #52
1974 – California Angel Nolan Ryan 3rd no-hitter beats Minn Twin, 4-0
Today in History for 28th September 2021
Historical Events
1920 – 8 White Sox indicted, threw 1919 World Series (Black Sox scandal)
1953 – “Juvenile Jury” TV Children’s last airs on NBC, moved to CBS
1958 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1961 – “Doctor Kildare” debuts on NBC-TV
1962 – The last airing of “The Tonight Show” prior to Johnny Carson becoming host airs on NBC-TV
1997 – St Louis Cardinals Mark McGwire hits his 58th HR of 1997 (34 with Oak A’s)
Famous Birthdays
1605 – Ismaël Bullialdus, French astronomer (Astronomia Philolaica) and mathematician, born in Loudun, Vienne, France (d. 1694)
1855 – Thomas Frederick Tout, British historian (Manchester school of historiography), born in London, England (d. 1929)
1924 – Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (8½, La Dolce Vita; Dark Eyes, The Pizza Triangle), born in Fontana Liri, Lazio, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1996)
1945 – Conny Van Dyke, Nassawadox Va, actress (Framed, Hell’s Angels ’69)
1947 – Gillian Rose, philosopher/writer
1975 – Karan Ashley Jackson, Odessa Tx, actress (Aisha-Mighty Power Rangers)
Famous Deaths
1618 – Gilles van Ledenberg, sec of Utrecht States (1588-1618), suicide at 68
1702 – Robert Spencer 2nd earl of Sunderland, Engl PM (1687-88), dies at 61
1815 – Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist and geographer (Volcanos), dies at 90
1959 – Vincent Richards, American tennis player (US Pro C’ships 1927-28, 30, 33), dies of a heart attack at 56
1994 – Warwick Hutton, artist, dies at 55
2017 – Vann Molyvann, Cambodian architect (New Khmer architecture), dies at 90
Famous Deaths for 27th September 2021
1404 – William of Wykeham, chancellor/Bishop of Winchester, dies
1870 – Henry TP Comstock, Canadian silver prospector, dies at 50
1876 – Braxton Bragg, American Confederate general (b. 1817)
1962 – Francisco Brochado da Rocha, Prime Minister of Brazil (1962), dies at 52
1975 – Mark Frechette, actor (Zabriskie Point, Uomini Contro), dies at 27
1988 – William V. Shannon, American journalist and ambassador to Ireland (1977-81), dies at 61
1994 – Ruth Niehaus, German actress, dies at 69
1994 – Guiseppe Martelli, Italian physicist, dies at 71
1995 – Alison “Night Bird” Steele, DJ (WNEW-FM, WXRK-FM), dies of cancer
2009 – Ivan Dykhovichnyy, Russian film director and screenwriter (b. 1947)
Historical Events for 27th September 2021
1941 – US President Roosevelt launches the 1st Liberty ship, freighter SS Patrick Henry
1953 – Baltimore Colt Bert Rechichar kicks a 56-yard field goal
1961 – Sandy Koufax sets NL strikeout season record at 269
1963 – Lee Harvey Oswald visits Cubans consulate in Mexico
1968 – Cardinals’ super pitcher Bob Gibson’s 13th shutout of year
1971 – Tripartite talks involving the prime ministers of Northern Ireland, Britain, and the Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) of the Republic of Ireland take place at Chequers, England
1974 – Australian National Gallery buys W de Kooning’s “Woman V” for $850,000
1982 – Cards clinching NL East title
1990 – Senate Judiciary committee approves Souter’s Supreme Court
2009 – German Federal elections return Angela Merkel for her second term as Chancellor at head of centre-right coalition government
Today in History for 27th September 2021
Historical Events
1953 – Typhoon destroys one third of Nagoya, Japan
1959 – Braves and Dodgers finish in a tie (86-68)
1982 – Cards clinching NL East title
1987 – Ryder Cup Golf, Muirfield Village GC: Europe beats US, 15-13; after 13-0 unbeaten record spanning 60 years, US loses for first time on home soil
1996 – Baltimore Oriole Roberto Alomar spits in face of umpire John Hirschbeck
2001 – At its two-day meeting in Vienna, OPEC decides to keep its production quotas unchanged at 23.2 million barrels per day, despite crude oil being at its lowest price levels since 1999
Famous Birthdays
1911 – Peter Doig, British Labour Party politician, born in Lochgelly, Fife, Scotland (d. 1996)
1919 – Jayne Meadows, American actress (Dark Delusion, David and Bathsheba) and wife of Steve Allen, born in Wuchang, Hubei, China (d. 2015)
1940 – Josephine Barstow, British opera soprano singer, born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
1953 – Benjamin Gene Brown, 4X400 runner (Olympic gold 1976), born in San Francisco, California
1957 – Richard Vagg, Australian baseball infielder (Olympics 1996)
1991 – Simona Halep, Romanian tennis player (French Open 2018, Wimbledon 2019), born in Constanța, Romania
Famous Deaths
1831 – Joannis Capodistrias, Greek governor of Troezen, murdered at 55
1944 – Aristide Maillol, French painter and sculptor (Seated Woman), dies in car crash at 82
1948 – Frank Cellier, British actor (Quiet Wedding, Big Blockade), dies from ill health at 64
1972 – S. R. Ranganathan, Indian mathematician (b. 1892)
1977 – Jock Hutchison, Scottish golfer (PGA C’ship 1920, British Open 1921), dies at 93
1993 – Andrei Solovyiov, Russian photographer, dies in battle at 38
Famous Deaths for 26th September 2021
1345 – Willem IV, earl of Henegouwen/Holland/Zealand, dies at about 27
1800 – William Billings, American hymn composer (Rose of Sharon), dies at 53
1945 – Béla Bartok, Hungarian pianist, composer (Concerto for Orchestra), and ethno-musicologist, dies of leukemia at 64
1953 – Xu Beihong, Chinese painter, dies at 58
1954 – Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (US Nat C’ship 1890), dies at 86
1958 – Carl Brisson, Danish actor (Ship Cafe, Ring, Song of Soho, Murder at the Vanities), dies of jaundice at 64
1960 – William Ling, cricketer (South African batsman in 6 Tests 1921-23), dies
1972 – Charles J Correll, American actor (Calvin and the Colonel), dies at 82
1998 – Betty Carter, American singer (b. 1930)
2012 – Johnny Lewis, American actor, dies from injuries from a fall at 28
Historical Events for 26th September 2021
1665 – Height of the Great Plague of London as 7,165 people die throughout the previous week
1917 – British assault on Menin-street, France
1955 – NY Stock Exchange worst price decline since 1929
1968 – “Oliver!” directed by Carol Reed and starring Mark Lester and Ron Moody premieres in London (Best Picture 1969)
1970 – The Laguna Fire starts in San Diego County, California, burning 175,425 acres (710 km²).
1988 – Soviet throwers sweep the medals in the hammer throw at the Seoul Olympics; Sergey Litvinov wins gold with an Olympic record 84.80m ahead of teammates Yuriy Sedykh and Jüri Tamm
1992 – 1st time a positional player pitches for NY Mets, Phil Pecota, in 19-2 lose to Pirates
1995 – “George” magazine premieres, published by John F. Kennedy Jr
2000 – Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turned violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.
2007 – Shinzō Abe formally ends his first term as Prime Minister of Japan