1615 – Étienne Pasquier, French lawyer and man of letters, dies at 86
1687 – Henry More, English philosopher (b. 1614)
1731 – Pierre Danican Philidor, French composer, dies at 50
1967 – Ilse Koch, Nazi war criminal (commonly known as “The Bitch of Buchenwald”) hangs herself in prison at 60
1967 – James Dunn, American actor (Tree Grows in Brooklyn, 6 Gun Law), dies at 61
1981 – Bùi Thanh Liêm, Vietnamese cosmonaut, dies in a MiG-21 crash at 32
1989 – A. Bartlett Giamatti, American executive (MLB Commissioner 1989; President Yale University 1978-86), dies of heart attack at 51
1994 – Clifford Leofric Purdy Bishop, Anglican pastor and bishop, dies at 88
1995 – Benay Venuta [Benvenuta Rose Crooke], American actress, singer and dancer (Annie Get Your Gun, Call Me Mister), dies of lung cancer at 84
2006 – Warren Mitofsky, American pollster (b. 1934)
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Historical Events for 1st September 2021
1598 – Spanish King Philip II receives sacraments
1772 – Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa forms in California
1875 – A murder conviction effectively forces the violent Irish anti-owner coal miners, the “Molly Maguires”, to disband
1911 – M Fourny sets world aircraft distance record of 720 km
1914 – Lord Kitchener arrives in Paris
1916 – Bulgaria declares war on Romania
1932 – NYC Mayor James J “Gentleman Jimmy” Walker resigns (graft charges)
1965 – Indo-Pakistani conflict – Pakistani counter-attack (Operation Grand Slam,)
1982 – Mexico President Lopez Portillo nationalizes banks
1999 – Ex-Pittsburgh Penguins star Mario Lemieux is approved as new owner of the struggling franchise; Penguins become first club in pro sports history to be owned by a former member of the team
Today in History for 1st September 2021
Historical Events
1849 – California Constitutional Convention convenes in Monterey
1914 – US National Championship Men’s Tennis, Newport, R.I.: R. Norris Williams wins his first major title beating defending champion Maurice McLoughlin 6-3, 8-6, 10-8; final event at Newport Casino, moves to Forest Hills, NY
1942 – US Federal judge upholds detention of Japanese-Americans
1951 – Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion orders establishment of Israeli secret service Mossad
1982 – Palestinian Liberation Organization leaves Lebanon
2018 – Finnish Ferrari driver Kimi Räikkönen qualifies in 1:19.119 during Q3 of the Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix at Monza; record for fastest average lap speed in F1 (263.588 kph or 163.786 mph)
Famous Birthdays
1931 – Boxcar Willie [Travis Martin], American soldier (USAF) and singer (King of the Road), born in Ellis County, Texas (d. 1999)
1963 – Carola Smit, Dutch singer (BZN – “Bad Bad Woman”)
1971 – Gabe Wilkins, NFL defensive end (GB Packers-Super Bowl 31)
1975 – Cuttino Mobley, American basketball player
1976 – Erik Morales, Mexican boxer
1977 – Aaron Schobel, American football player
Famous Deaths
1406 – Johanna, Duchess of Brabant/Limburg (Joyful Entry), dies at 84
1715 – François Girardon, French sculptor (b. 1628)
1838 – William Clark, American explorer, soldier, Indian agent and territorial governor who led the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804-06 and claimed the Pacific Northwest for the United States, dies at 68
1947 – Frederick Russell Burnham, American scout and adventurer whose friendship with Baden-Powell inspired the founding of the international scouting movement, dies at 86
1955 – Philip Loeb, actor (Jake-Goldbergs), dies at 61
1964 – George Georgescu, Romanian conductor and composer, dies at 76
Famous Deaths for 31st August 2021
1654 – Ole Worm, Danish physician, dies at 66
1772 – William Borlase, English naturalist (b. 1695)
1966 – Kasimir Edschmid, German writer, dies at 75
1986 – Urho Kekkonen, 8th President of Finland (1956-81), dies at 85
1990 – Johnny Lindsay, cricketer (South African wicket-keeper 1947), dies
1995 – John Erik Jonsson, American businessman and Mayor of Dallas, dies at 93
1995 – David Richard Holloway, literary Editor, dies at 71
1996 – Milt Larkin, American jazz trumpeter and band leader, dies at 85
2005 – Michael Sheard, British actor (b. 1940)
2006 – Derrick Wayne Frazier, American convicted murderer (b. 1977)
Historical Events for 31st August 2021
1900 – Dodgers’ Brickyard Kennedy walks 6 straight Phillies
1916 – Oscar Asche’s musical “Chu Chin Chow” premieres in London
1919 – Ukrainian (Petlyura) Army recaptures Kiev
1923 – League of Nations gives Belgium mandate of Ruanda-Urundi (was German)
1940 – US National Guard assembles
1955 – 1st sun-powered automobile demonstrated (Chicago, Illinois)
1968 – 68th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Bruce Fleisher
1971 – Adrienne Beames runs female world record marathon (2:46:30)
1981 – MLB Kansas City Royals fire manager Jim Frey, replace him with Dick Howser
2011 – 68th Venice Film Festival: “Faust” directed by Alexander Sokurov wins Golden Lion
Today in History for 31st August 2021
Historical Events
1920 – Detroit radio station 8MK (now WWJ, 950AM) is 1st to broadcast a news program on the air
1944 – Allied offensive at “Gothen-linie” Italy
1977 – Spyros Kyprianou appointed president of Cyprus
1978 – Constitution adopted by Sri Lanka
1997 – Don Mattingly’s #23 is retired by NY Yankees
2012 – Apple loses its patent dispute with Samsung in Tokyo, Japan
Famous Birthdays
1749 – Alexander Radishchev, Russian writer (Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow), born in Moscow (1802)
1889 – Bombardier Billy Wells [William Thomas Wells], English heavyweight boxer (Lonsdale Belt, 1911), born in London, England (d. 1967)
1892 – Claire DuBrey, American actress (Lightnin’ in the Forest), born in Bonner’s Ferry, Idaho (d. 1993)
1908 – Peter Conrad Baden, composer
1957 – Colm O’Rourke, Former Gaelic footballer and Current panelist
1982 – Ian Crocker, American swimmer
Famous Deaths
1631 – Nicolaus Erich, composer, dies at 43
1796 – John McKinly, American physician and President of Delaware, dies at 75
1995 – John Erik Jonsson, American businessman and Mayor of Dallas, dies at 93
2005 – Michael Sheard, British actor (b. 1940)
2007 – Gay Brewer, American golfer (US Masters 1967), dies of lung cancer at 75
2017 – Edward du Cann, British politician and Chairman of the Conservative Party (1965-67), dies at 93
Famous Deaths for 30th August 2021
1844 – Francis Baily, English astronomer and describer of “Baily’s Beads” during solar eclipse, dies at 70
1903 – Vicente Fidel López, Argentine historian (Historia the Chile), dies at 87
1964 – Wesley Lau, actor (Lt Anderson-Perry Mason), dies at 43
1968 – William Talman, American actor (Crashout, The Hitch-Hiker, Perry Mason), dies of lung cancer at 53
1974 – Abraham Schierbeek, Dutch biologist (Leeuwenhoek), dies at 87
1989 – Joe De Santis, American actor, dies at 80
2000 – Willie Maddren, English soccer defender (Middlesborough 293 games) and manager (Middlesborough 1984-86), dies from motor neurone disease at 49
2013 – Seamus Heaney, Irish poet and playwright (Nobel Prize in Literature 1995), dies at 74
2016 – Joe Sutter, American engineer and head of the Boeing 747 program, dies at 95
2019 – Franco Columbu, Italian bodybuilder, powerlifter, actor and author (Mr. Olympia 1976, 81), dies at 78
Historical Events for 30th August 2021
1574 – Ram Das becomes the 4th Sikh Guru
1791 – HMS Pandora sank after running aground on a reef the previous day, on her return from her search for the Bounty and the mutineers who had taken her
1885 – 13,000 meteors seen in 1 hour near Andromeda
1941 – Winston Churchill approves a nuclear programme (Tube Alloys), first national leader to do so
1941 – St Louis Card Lon Warneke no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 2-0
1945 – Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 9th Symphony
1969 – 25,000 attend 2nd Annual Sky River Rock Festival, Tenino Wash
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
1979 – In a wild encounter at the US Open, John McEnroe beats Ilie Năstase 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2; Năstase is defaulted by the umpire then reinstated
1992 – “Most Happy Fella” closes at Booth Theater NYC after 229 performances
Today in History for 30th August 2021
Historical Events
1721 – Russian and Swedish sign Treaty of Nystad, ending North Sea War
1933 – Portuguese dictator Salazar forms secret police (PIDE)
1958 – US performs nuclear test at S Atlantic Ocean
1960 – US women’s 4 x 100m medley relay team swims world record 4:41.1 to beat Australia and win the gold medal at the Rome Olympics; Lynn Burke, Patty Kempner, Carolyn Schuler and Chris von Saltza
1986 – Soviet authorities arrested Nicholas Daniloff (US News World Report)
1992 – “Most Happy Fella” closes at Booth Theater NYC after 229 performances
Famous Birthdays
1916 – Kenneth Keith, Lord Keith of Castleacre, English banker, born in Castle Acre, England (d. 2004)
1925 – Julien Schoenaerts, Flemish actor (Daens/Medea), born in Eigenbilzen, Belgium (d. 2006)
1948 – Donnacha O’Dea, Irish poker player and swimmer
1953 – Ron George, American politician (Member of the Maryland House of Delegates), born in Syracuse, New York
1954 – David Paymer, American actor (Love Mary, Mr Saturday Night), born in Oceanside, New York
1959 – Mark Jackson, Australian rules footballer and actor, born in Melbourne, Australia
Famous Deaths
524 – Chlodomer, Frankish King of Orléans dies at about 29
1903 – Vicente Fidel López, Argentine historian (Historia the Chile), dies at 87
1989 – Dorothy Schiff, American owner and publisher (NY Post), dies at 86
1996 – José Toribio Merino, Chilean admiral (one of the principal leaders of the 1973 Chilean coup d’état), dies at 80
2001 – Julie Bishop [Jacqueline Wells], American actress (My Hero, Northern Pursuit, Threat), dies of pneumonia at 87
2002 – J. Lee Thompson, English film director (b. 1914)
Famous Deaths for 29th August 2021
1526 – Louis II, King of Hungary and Bohemia, dies in accident at 20
1780 – Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect (b. 1713)
1821 – Horace Coignet, French singer and composer, dies at 86
1933 – Frank Cavanagh, American football player and coach, dies at 57
1941 – Jan Louis Guillaume Doornik, Dutch resistance fighter in France, executed at 36
1972 – Rene Leibowitz, Polish French composer, dies at 59
1976 – Anissa Jones, actress (Buffy, Family Affair), ODs at 18
1987 – Lee Marvin, American actor (Paint Your Wagon, Cat Ballou), dies of a heart attack at 63
1994 – Tushar Kanti Ghosh, Indian journalist and world’s oldest and longest serving newspaper editor, dies at 93
2005 – Barry Cowsill, American rock bassist (The Cowsills – “We Can Fly”), drowned during Hurricane Katrina at 50