1896 – Percy McDonnell, Australian cricket batsman (19 Tests, 3 x 100s), dies of cardiac failure at 35
1933 – Alice Muriel Williamson, British novelist (b. 1869)
1967 – Orville Caldwell, American actor (Patsy, French Doll, Last Warning), dies at 71
1968 – Robert Arthur Ley, English sci-fi author (Telepath, Power of X), dies at 47
1991 – Dr. Seuss [Theodor Geisel], American children’s author (The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham), dies of cancer at 87
1991 – Peter Bellamy, English folk singer, commits suicide at 47
1993 – Zita Johann, Hungarian/American actress (Mummy), dies at 89
1993 – Ian Stuart Donaldson, British musician (b. 1957)
1994 – Colin Berry Haycraft, publisher, dies at 65
2008 – Vinko “Vice” Vukov, Croatian singer (Eurovision Song Contest 1963 and 1965) dies from head injury at 72
Author: gil7
Historical Events for 24th September 2021
1688 – France declares war on Germany
1838 – Anti-Corn-Law League forms to repeal English Corn Law
1951 – USSR performs nuclear test
1952 – American fast food restaurant chain “KFC” [Kentucky Fried Chicken] opens its first franchise in Salt Lake City, Utah
1962 – US Circuit Court of Appeals orders Meredith admitted to University of Mississippi
1976 – Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst sentenced to 7 years for her part in a 1974 bank robbery. Released after 22 months by US President Jimmy Carter
1983 – Braves Dale Murphy is 6th to hit 30 HRs and steal 30 bases in season
1983 – Test cricket debut of Shoaib Mohammad, son of champion Pakistan batsman Hanif Mohammad; scores 6 in drawn 2nd Test v India in Jullundur; goes on to play 45 Tests
1988 – Carl Lewis runs world record 100m (9.92 sec)
1990 – Supreme Soviet gives approval to switch to free market
Today in History for 24th September 2021
Historical Events
1920 – Future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth becomes first to hit 50 home runs in a MLB season with a 1st inning blast off Jose Acosta in a 2-1 loss to the Washington Senators
1922 – Nuremberg fusion congress USDP-SPD; picks Karl Kautsky
1940 – Jimmy Foxx hits his 500th career HR
1979 – Pete Rose reaches 200 hits in a season for 10th time
1982 – US, Italian and French peacekeeping troops begin arriving in Lebanon
1991 – After 3 year reign as AL champs, A’s are eliminated from AL West
Famous Birthdays
1802 – Adolphe d’Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist, born in Reims, France (d. 1868)
1902 – Ayatollah Khomeini [Ruhollah Khomeini], Supreme leader of Iran (1979-89), religious figure and political leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, born in Khomeyn, Persia (d. 1989)
1923 – Mervyn Brown, British diplomat and historian of Madagascar
1924 – Jean-Pierre Warner, British high court judge (d. 2005)
1932 – Terry Davies MBE, Welsh rugby union full back (21 Tests Wales, 2 British and Irish Lions; Swansea, Llanelli), born in Llwynhendy, Wales (d. 2021)
1945 – David Drake, American sci-fi author, veteran and lawyer (Cross the Stars, Rolling Hot), born in the United States
Famous Deaths
1742 – Johann Matthias Hase, German scientist (b. 1684)
1815 – John Sevier, American soldier, Governor of Tennessee (1796-1801, 1803-09), dies at 70
1934 – Edwin H. Lemare, British organist and composer (Andantino in D-flat, also known as “Moonlight and Roses”), dies at 69
1960 – Mátyás Seiber, Hungarian-British classical and jazz composer (Scherzando), dies at 55
1982 – Sarah Churchill, British actress (Matinee Theatre, All Over Town, Royal Wedding), dies at 67
1997 – Larry Hall, American rocker (Sandy), dies at 57
Famous Deaths for 23rd September 2021
79 – Pope Linus, second Bishop of Rome after St Peter
965 – Aboe a-Taia-H al-Moetanabbi, Arabic royal poet (Diwan), murdered
1571 – John Jewel, English bishop, dies at 49
1605 – Pontus de Tyard, French poet
1900 – William Marsh Rice, American philanthropist and university founder (b. 1816)
1929 – Richard A Zsigmondy, Austria chemist (Nobel 1925), dies at 64
1972 – Carl Frank, actor (Uncle Gunnar-Mama), dies at 63
1975 – Ian Hunter, South African character actor (Dr. Blood’s Coffin; White Unicorn), dies at 75
2006 – Etta Baker, American blues guitarist, dies at 93
2020 – Ray Batten, English rugby league back-rower (Great Britain 3, England 3 Tests; Leeds 434 games) and coach (Wakefield Trinity), dies at 75
Historical Events for 23rd September 2021
1845 – Hunger strike in Hague
1908 – Giant Fred (Bonehead) Merkle fails to touch 2nd, causes 3rd out in 9th and disallows winning run (game ends tied, Cubs win replay and pennant)
1938 – British premier Neville Chamberlain flies to Munich
1940 – Dutch artist Piet Mondrian leaves Europe for New York, where he lives for the rest of his life
1942 – Soviet counter offensive at Stalingrad
1957 – “That’ll Be the Day” by Buddy Holly and the Crickets reaches #1
1968 – WKON TV channel 52 in Owenton, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
1982 – “Doll’s Life” opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 5 performances
1988 – Jose Canseco is baseball’s 1st to steal 40 bases and hit 40 HRs
1996 – Howard Stern radio show premieres in Wilkes-Barre PA (WZMT 97.9 FM) and in West Palm Beach FL (WCLB 95.5 FM)
Today in History for 23rd September 2021
Historical Events
1863 – Confederate siege of Chattanooga begins
1920 – Alexander Millerand elected president of France
1922 – Berthold Brecht’s “Drum in the Night” premieres in Germany
1933 – Yanks commit 7 errors in 1 game but beat Boston 16-12
1979 – Jane Fonda and 200,000 attend anti-nuke rally in Battery Park, NYC
2019 – US police officer fired after arresting two six-year-olds at a school on charges of misdemeanour battery in Florida
Famous Birthdays
1771 – Emperor Kokaku of Japan (d. 1840)
1930 – Pyotr Ivanovich Kolodin, cosmonaut (Soyuyz 7, 10, 11 backup)
1948 – “Dangerous” Dan Toler, American rock guitarist (Dickey Betts; Allman Brothers), born in Connersville, Indiana (d. 2013)
1956 – June Forester, American country singer (Forester Sister – “Mama’s Never Seen Those Eyes”; “Men”), born in Lookout Mountain, Georgia
1957 – Tunch Ilkin, American football offensive tackle (Pro Bowl 1988, 89; Pittsburgh Steelers) and broadcaster (Pittsburgh Steelers TV and radio 1998-2020), born in Istanbul, Turkey )d. 2021)
1985 – Hasan Minhaj, American stand-up comedian (Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj), born in Davis, California
Famous Deaths
965 – Aboe a-Taia-H al-Moetanabbi, Arabic royal poet (Diwan), murdered
1988 – Arwel Hughes, Welsh composer, dies at 79
1994 – Alec Dickson, founder of VSO, dies at 80
1996 – Stuart Piggott, British archaeologist best known for his work on prehistoric Wessex, dies at 86
2005 – Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, Puerto Rican activist (Founder of FALN), dies at 72
2020 – Ray Batten, English rugby league back-rower (Great Britain 3, England 3 Tests; Leeds 434 games) and coach (Wakefield Trinity), dies at 75
Famous Deaths for 22nd September 2021
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
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