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Historical Events

1839 – Great fire in New York
1876 – Race riot in Charleston, South Carolina
1924 – Assassination attempt on Benito Mussolini fails
1939 – 1st German air attack on Great Britain in WW II
1980 – US College football longest losing streak of 50 games ends for Macalester College (St. Paul)
1991 – Ronald Venetiaan chosen president of Suriname

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Famous Birthdays

1890 – Manfred Gurlitt, German composer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1973)
1915 – Franz Josef Strauss, German politician, Minister of Defense (1956-62), born in Munich, Germany (d. 1988)
1939 – Dan Cragg, American soldier and author, born in Rochester, New York
1970 – Igor Korolev, Russian ice hockey player (Team Russia, Winnipeg), born in Moscow, Russia
1974 – Tim Henman, English tennis player, born in Oxford, England
1978 – Cisco Adler, American singer and record producer, born in Los Angeles, California

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Famous Deaths

394 – Eugenius, linguistic/anti emperor of Rome (392-94), dies in battle
1782 – Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson, wife of Thomas Jefferson (b. 1748)
1831 – Johann Ernst Friedrich Wollank, German composer, dies at 49
1950 – Olaf Stapledon, British writer and philosopher (b. 1886)
1994 – Max Kaminsky, American jazz trumpeter and bandleader (Max Kaminsky Orchestra), dies at 85
2020 – Mike Sexton, American poker player (World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions 2006; Poker Hall of Fame) and commentator (WPT), dies from prostate cancer at 72

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Historical Events

1863 – Bread revolt in Mobile, Alabama
1905 – 50 prominent men meet in Sydney’s Australia Hotel to found the National Defense League fueled by fear of Japan after its victory over Russia
1914 – US President Woodrow Wilson orders US Navy to make its wireless stations accessible for any transatlantic communications – even to German diplomats sending coded messages; leads to interception of the Zimmermann telegram, helping bring the US into the war
1915 – Anti-war conference in Zimmerwald, Switzerland
1949 – US National Championship Men’s Tennis: Pancho Gonzales beats fellow American Ted Schroeder 16-18, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4; longest singles final match by games (67), before tiebreaker introduction
2017 – Barry Callebaut announce a 4th type of chocolate, “Ruby”, made from the Ruby cocoa bean

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Famous Birthdays

1649 – Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth, French mistress to British King Charles II (d. 1734)
1877 – Albert Roelofs, Dutch painter and etcher, born in Schaarbeek, Brussels, Belgium (d. 1920)
1925 – Justin Kaplan, American editor and biographer (Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain – Pulitzer Prize, 1967), born in New York City, New York (d. 2014)
1929 – Andrian Grigoryevich Nikolayev, Soviet cosmonaut (Vostok III, Soyuz 9), born in Shorshely, Russia (d. 2004)
1944 – Dario Bellezza, Italian poet, born in Rome (d. 1996)
1949 – David “Clem” Clempson, British rock guitarist (Colosseum; Humble Pie), born in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England

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Famous Deaths

1569 – Bernardo Tasso, Italian courtier and poet, dies at 75
1906 – Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist (thermodynamics), dies at 62
1930 – Robert Means Thompson, American naval officer (b. 1849)
1972 – Josef Romano, Israeli olympian, murdered
1993 – Willem Wagter, actor (Ghetto, Medic Center West), dies at 60
1995 – James “Pigmeat” Jarrett, American pianist, dies at 95

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Historical Events

1571 – Catholic rebellion in Scotland
1609 – Navigator Henry Hudson is the first European to discover island of Manhattan [or Sep 11]
1862 – General Lee begins the Maryland Campaign invading the North with 50,000 Confederate troops (US Civil war)
1945 – American chess grandmaster Reuben Fine wins 4 simultaneous rapid (10 seconds per move) games blindfolded in New York City
1960 – -12] Hurricane Donna, kills 148 in the Caribbean and US
1967 – 6.5 earthquake of Kolya Dam India, kills 200

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Famous Birthdays

1846 – Daniel Burnham, American architect and urban designer (built skyscrapers), born in Henderson, New York (d. 1912)
1906 – Han G. Hoekstra, Dutch poet (Ongerijmde life), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1988)
1915 – Dick Thomas, American singing cowboy and TV host (Village Barn), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2003)
1944 – Christopher Needler, English businessman, born in Kingston upon Hull, England
1961 – Rizwan-uz-Zaman, Pakistani cricketer, born in Karachi, Pakistan
1979 – Kosuke Matsuura, Japanese racing driver, born in Aichi Prefecture, Japan

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Famous Deaths

1085 – Irmgarde van Suchtelen, German countess of Aspel, hermit and saint, dies
1907 – Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer (Peer Gynt Suite), dies at 64
1962 – William Clothier, American tennis player (US Nat C’ships 1906; 1st President International Hall of Fame 1954), dies at 80
1974 – Marcel Achard, French playwright (La forges the Paris), dies at 75
1986 – Hank Greenberg, American Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman (5 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1935, 45; AL MVP 1935, 40; Detroit Tigers), dies of cancer at 75
1995 – Chuck Greenberg, new age musician (Shadowfax), dies at 45

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Historical Events

1791 – French Revolution: The new French Constitution, declaring France a constitutional monarchy, is passed by the National Assembly
1914 – Prince Wilhelm von Wied leaves Albania
1966 – Houston Oilers hold Denver Broncos to no 1st downs in their NFL season opening 45-7 win at Rice Stadium
1973 – General Walters ends term as acting director of CIA
1979 – Jerry Lewis’ 14th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $30,000,000
2013 – 15 militants are killed by an Egyptian Army helicopter in Sinai Peninsula

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Famous Birthdays

1910 – Dorothy Maynor, American soprano and founder (Harlem School of Arts), born in Norfolk, Virginia (d. 1996)
1921 – Thurston Dart, English harpsichordist and conductor, born in Surbiton, London (d. 1971)
1932 – Eileen Brennan, American actress (Laugh-In, Pvt Benjamin), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2013)
1941 – Sergei Dovlatov, Russian writer, born in Ufa, Republic of Bashkiria (d. 1990)
1964 – Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani singer (Vital Signs 1), born in Karachi, West Pakistan (d. 2016)
1976 – Ashley Jones, American actress (The Young and the Restless), born in Memphis, Tennessee

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Famous Deaths

1849 – Ernst Freiherr von Feuchtersleben, Austrian physician and philosopher, dies at 43
1954 – Eugene Pallette, American actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Mark of Zorro), dies at 65
1970 – Alan Wilson, American rock guitarist and vocalist (Canned Heat), dies at 27
1985 – John Herbert McDowell, American composer for ballet, TV and the stage, dies at 58
1994 – Roswell Gilbert, who mercy killed his ailing wife, dies at 85
2015 – Adrian Cadbury, British confectionery manufacturer (Cadbury) and author of report on Corporate Governance, dies at 86

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