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
Author: gil7
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
Historical Events for 29th September 2021
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
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