1399 – Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1366)
1408 – Johannes VII Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (1376-77, 90/1404-8), dies
1531 – Louise Van Savoye, French regent of King Francis I, dies at 55
1703 – Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (Viviani’s theorem), dies at 81
1957 – Soemu Toyoda, Japanese admiral during World War II, dies at 72
1960 – Melanie Klein, Austrian-British author and child psychoanalyst (object relations theory), dies at 78
1972 – Robert KJE Antonissen, Belgian-born South African literary figure, dies at 53
1985 – Axel Springer, German newspaper magnate (Bild Zeitung), dies at 73
2003 – Gordon Jump, American actor (Arthur Carlson-WKRP, Growing Pains), dies at 71
2018 – Charles “Chas” Hodges, English musician (Chas and Dave), dies at 74
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Historical Events for 22nd September 2021
1772 – 1st Partition of Poland is ratified by Austria, Prussia and Russia
1912 – Philadelphia second baseman Eddie Collins becomes only player in MLB history to steal 6 bases in one game for a second time as A’s beat St. Louis Browns, 8-2
1922 – US Congress passes the Cable Act, under which an American women who marries an ‘alien’ will not lose citizenship; neither will a women marrying an American automatically become a citizen
1931 – Coalition Government forms in New Zealand to combat the Depression (their lack of success led to the election of the First Labour Government in 1935)
1941 – British signal officer Bill Hudson lands in Montenegro
1957 – Duke Snider’s 39th and 40th home runs are last hit at Ebbets Field
1966 – Surveyor 2 crashes on the Moon, and all contact with it is lost
1977 – Preston Jones’ “Texas Trilogy” premieres in NYC
1983 – The Everly Brothers reunite after 10 years apart in concert at the Royal Albert Hall, London
1991 – Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula records his 300th career NFL victory
Today in History for 22nd September 2021
Historical Events
1784 – Russian trappers establish a colony on Kodiak Island, Alaska
1864 – Sheridan sets up camp in Harrisonburg, Virginia
1925 – New York left fielder Ben Paschal hits 2 inside-the-park-home runs as the Yankees score an 11-6 home victory over Chicago White Sox
1935 – Boston Braves lose NL record 110th game of year en route to 115
1986 – LA Dodger Fernando Valenzuela is 1st Mexican to win 20 games
1993 – STS-51 (Discovery) lands
Famous Birthdays
1935 – Harriet King, American Olympic fencer, born in New York City
1939 – Mike Sullivan, American politician (Gov-Wyoming 1987-95), born in Omaha, Nebraska
1962 – Rob Stone, American actor (Kevin-Mr Belvedere), born in Chicago, Illinois
1981 – Ashley Eckstein, American actress (voice of Ahsoka Tan in Star Wars), born in Louisville, Kentucky
1984 – Ross Jarman, English drummer (The Cribs), born in Wakefield, England
1984 – Misha Green, American screen writer, director and producer (Lovecraft Country), born in Sacramento, California
Famous Deaths
1852 – William Tierney Clark, English civil engineer, dies at 69
1873 – Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Swiss politician, dies at 62
1927 – Giannotto Bastianelli, Italian musician and composer, dies at 44
1960 – Melanie Klein, Austrian-British author and child psychoanalyst (object relations theory), dies at 78
1996 – Mohammed Ben Amhed Abdelghani, Prime Minister of Algeria (1979-84), dies
2004 – Edward Larrabee Barnes, American architect (Walker Art Center), dies at 89
Famous Deaths for 21st September 2021
1542 – Juan Boscán Almogáver, Spanish poet
1957 – Haakon VII, King of Norway (1905-57), dies at 85
1979 – John McQuade, actor (Charlie Wild Private Detective), dies at 73
1991 – JA Mommersteeg, Dutch state sect of Defense (KVP), dies
1992 – Billy Williams, actor (Adv of Kit Carson), dies at 76 of brain tumor
1994 – Oswald “Ossie” Stevens Nock, railway Writer, dies at 69
1996 – Sulkhan Nasidze, Georgian composer, dies at 69
1997 – Tommy Cecil, Irish ferryman, dies at 51
2007 – Ruth Jessen, American golfer (11 LPGA Tour wins, 3-time major runner-up), dies of lung cancer at 70
2020 – Tommy Devito, American rock baritone vocalist and guitarist (Four Seasons – “Sherry”) dies of COVID-19 at 93
Historical Events for 21st September 2021
1589 – Battle at Arques: French King Henry IV beats Catholic League
1794 – French National Convention orders the remains of Comte de Mirabeau be removed from the Panthéon after his double-dealings with court revealed
1904 – The general strike called by the Socialist Party that spread throughout Italy ends
1915 – Cecil Chubb buys English prehistoric monument Stonehenge for £6,600
1931 – Britain abandons gold standard; pound devalues 20%
1942 – 116 hostages executed by Nazis in Paris
1951 – Emil Zatopek runs 15,000m in record 44 min, 54.6 sec
1964 – The North American XB-70 Valkyrie, the world’s first Mach 3 bomber, makes its maiden flight from Palmdale, California
1968 – Soviet spacecraft Zond 5 lands in the Indian ocean after a six-day flight – first successful circumlunar mission with two onboard tortoises surviving the trip
1989 – Poland’s Sejm (National Assembly) approves prime minister Mazowiecki
Today in History for 21st September 2021
Historical Events
1904 – The general strike called by the Socialist Party that spread throughout Italy ends
1913 – Turkey and Bulgaria sign peace treaty in Constantinople
1930 – Johann Ostermeyer patents flashbulb
1970 – New York Times starts first modern op-ed page
1990 – Pirate Bobby Bond is 2nd to hit 30 HRs and steal 50 bases in a season (so he can play in 6 decades) because it is a publicity stunt
1993 – Melissa Etheridge releases her break-through second album “Yes I Am”, featuring the single “I’m the Only One”
Famous Birthdays
1328 – Hongwu, 1st Emperor of Ming Dynasty of China (1368-98), born in Haozhou, Henan Jiangbei, Yuan Empire (d. 1398)
1902 – Howie Morenz, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame center (Montreal Canadiens, 3-time Stanley Cup winner), born in Mitchell, Ontario (d. 1937)
1947 – Stephen King, American sci-fi and horror author (Carrie; The Shining; Kujo; Misery), born in Portland, Maine
1948 – Michael Finneran, diver (1st perfect 10 on 10m platform)
1980 – Robert Hoffman, American actor
1998 – Tadej Pogačar, Slovenian cyclist (Tour de France 2020, 21), born in Komenda, Slovenia
Famous Deaths
1520 – Selam I Jawuz, the Barse, poet/cruel sultan of Turkey, dies
1796 – François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, French general (b. 1769)
1911 – Arab Pasha, “al-Misri” [Pasha Ahmad Arab), Egyptian minister, dies
1953 – Roger Quilter, British composer, dies at 75
1954 – Kokichi Mikimoto, Japanese inventor (b. 1858)
1955 – Jacqueline Reyneke van Stuwe, Dutch author, dies at 84
Famous Deaths for 20th September 2021
1625 – Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet, dies at 69
1630 – Claudio Saracini, Italian composer, dies at 44
1679 – Cornelis Evertsen the Younger, Dutch vice admiral of Zealand, dies at 51
1706 – Pierre Verdier, French composer working in Sweden, dies at 79
1949 – Richard Dix, American actor (10 Commandments, Cimarron, The Ghost Ship), dies from a heart attack at 56
1974 – Robert Herberigs, Flemish composer (La Chanson d’Eve), dies at 88
1976 – Johan Boskamp, opera singer/actor, dies at 83
1990 – Jackie Moran, actor (Janie, Barefoot Boy), dies of cancer at 65
1994 – Jimmy Hamilton, American jazz saxophonist, dies at 77
1999 – Robert Lebel, French Canadian ice hockey executive, dies at 93
Historical Events for 20th September 2021
1835 – Farroupilha’s Revolution begins in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
1850 – Slave trade abolished in DC, but slavery allowed to continue
1870 – Mayor William Tweed accused of robbing NY treasury
1945 – German rocket engineers begin work in US
1954 – 1st FORTRAN computer program run
1980 – “Blizzard of Ozz”, the debut solo album by English rock musician Ozzy Osbourne, is released in the United Kingdom
1981 – Ryder Cup Golf, Walton Heath GC: US wins 18½-9½; 6th and final Ryder Cup for Jack Nicklaus as a player; wins all 4 of his matches
2017 – Hurricane Maria makes landfall on Puerto Rico as a category 4 hurricane, knocking out all power and killing 25
2018 – Woman shoots seven people, killing three and herself at a Rite Aid distribution center near Baltimore, Maryland
2019 – Researchers for SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) propose that aliens may have bugged earths co-orbitals (nearby orbiting rocks) in “The Astronomical Journal”
Today in History for 20th September 2021
Historical Events
1066 – Battle of Fulford, Yorkshire: Harald III Hardrada of Norway defeats Northern Saxon Earls Edwin and Morcar
1848 – The American Association for the Advancement of Science is created.
1876 – Ottawa Football Club forms
1926 – Bugs Moran attempts to assassinate Al Capone in a drive-by shooting but fails
1987 – “Big River” closes at Eugene O’Neill Theater NYC after 1005 performances
2005 – Model Kate Moss is dropped by clothing chain HandM after allegations of drug taking
Famous Birthdays
1653 – Benedict Schultheiss, German composer, born in Nuremberg, Germany (d. 1693)
1873 – Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian race car driver (winner of the 1st Grand Prix motor racing), born in Szeghalom, Hungary (d. 1944)
1883 – Johannes Gerard van Dillen, Dutch economic historian (Of Wealth and Oligarchists), born in Amsterdam (d. 1969)
1902 – Cesare Zavattini, Italian screenwriter (Ladri di Biciclette), born in Luzzara, Italy (d. 1989)
1943 – Roek Williams [Willemze], Dutch singer (Roek Williams and The Fighting Cats), born in Amsterdam
1956 – Debi Morgan, American actress (All My Children, Cry Uncle), born in Dunn, North Carolina
Famous Deaths
1703 – Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, Scottish privy councillor, dies at 52
1956 – Theo Frenkel, Dutch actor (Footlights, Hague’s Comedy), dies at 85
1987 – Michael Stewart [Myron Stuart Rubin], American playwright (Hello, Dolly!), dies at 63
1996 – Max Manus, Norwegian resistance fighter and author who specialized in sabotage during World War II, dies at 81
2003 – Gordon Mitchell [Charles Allen Pendleton], American actor and bodybuilder (Sinbad), dies a 80
2011 – Robert Whitaker, British photographer whose work was used on Beatles and Cream album covers, dies at 71
Famous Deaths for 19th September 2021
1719 – Frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/lord of the manor, executed at 59
1905 – Thomas John Barnardo, British social worker, dies at 60
1906 – Maria Georgina Grey, British writer and founder of the Girls’ Day School Trust (b. 1816)
1968 – Chester F Carlson, inventor (photocopying), dies at 62
1981 – Joke Kool-Smit, Dutch feminist, dies
1989 – Guido de Moor, actor (Flanagan, Because of the Cats), dies
1994 – Sandra Fisher, American painter, dies at 47
1995 – Yevgeni Nikolayevich Khludeyev, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 55
1995 – Orville Redenbacher, American popcorn magnate (Orville Redenbacher’s Gourmet Popcorn), drowns in bathtub at 88
2011 – Johnny Răducanu, Romanian jazz pianist (b. 1931)