Today in History for 18th September 2021

Historical Events

1934 – St Louis Brown Bobo Newsom loses no-hitter to Boston in 10, 2-1
1942 – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation authorized for radio service
1973 – German FR and German DR admitted to UN
1976 – Dom Mintoff’s Labour Party wins Malta election
2018 – Amnesty International says 400 civilians have been killed in conflicts between Cameroon soldiers and Anglophone separatists in 2018
2018 – China announces new $60 billion tariffs on US imports, a day after the US imposes $200 billion worth of new tariffs on Chinese goods

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Famous Birthdays

1818 – Marcellus Augustus Stovall, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Sparta, Georgia (d. 1895)
1923 – Queen Anne of Romania [Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma], wife of Michael I King of Romania, born in Paris (d. 2016)
1939 – Naresh Sohal, Indian composer, born in Punjab, India
1955 – Bob Papenbrook, American voice actor, born in San Diego, California (d. 2006)
1969 – Johanna Doderer, Austrian contemporary classical composer, born in Bregenz, Austria
1980 – Charles Hedger, British musician (Cradle of Filth)

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Famous Deaths

1939 – Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish writer, painter, and photographer (b. 1885)
1944 – Hendrikus Colijn, Dutch premier (1933-39), dies at 75
1960 – John Evans, English cricket batsman (1 Test) and author (‘The Escaping Club’), dies at 71
1968 – Francis McDonald, American actor (Will-Adv of Champion), dies at 77
1985 – Gerald Holtom, British artist and graphic designer (Nuclear Disarmament (ND) logo, which later became an international peace symbol), dies at 71
1998 – Leonid Kinskey, Russian actor (Casablanca, Duck Soup), dies at 95

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Famous Deaths for 17th September 2021

1621 – Roberto Bellarmino, Italian saint (Doctor of the Church), dies at 78
1630 – Thomas Lake, English statesman (b. 1567)
1894 – Deng Shichang, Chinese admiral (b. 1849)
1934 – Edmund van der Straeten, German composer, dies at 79
1939 – Ethel M. Dell, English author (Storm Drift), dies at 58
1958 – Friedrich Adolf Paneth, Austrian/British chemist, dies at 71
1972 – Akim Tamiroff, Armenian-Russian actor (Touch of Evil, For Whom the Bell Tolls), dies at 72
1992 – Feodor Chaliapin Jr, actor (King’s Whore), dies after illness at 87
1995 – Lucien Victor, Belgian road racing cyclist, dies at 64
2006 – Alvin Wayne “Al” Casey, American rock and session guitarist (Duane Eddy: The Wrecking Crew) dies at 69

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Historical Events for 17th September 2021

1644 – French troops occupy Mainz
1849 – Harriet Tubman 1st escapes slavery in Maryland with two of her brothers
1939 – US National Championship Men’s Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Reigning Wimbledon champion Bobby Riggs beats fellow American Welby van Horn 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
1957 – Scott Crossfield takes X-15 up for 1st powered flight
1958 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1962 – US space officials announce selection of 9 new astronauts
1979 – Royals’ George Brett is 6th to have 20 doubles/triples/HRs in a season
2006 – Federation Cup Women’s Tennis, Charleroi, Belgium: Justine Henin-Hardenne of Belgium withdraws with an injured knee with decisive doubles match level at 1-set all; Italy wins first ever title, 3-2
2016 – Terror bomb in Chelsea, New York injures 29
2019 – Indonesia raises the female marriage age to 19, in line with males, to curb child marriages

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Today in History for 17th September 2021

Historical Events

1048 – Battle of Kapetron: night battle between invading Seljuk Turks and Byzantine-Georgian forces of Constantine IX, Byzantines drive back Turks but unable to stop huge plunder
1916 – WWI flying ace The Red Baron of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France
1927 – Charles Lindbergh visits San Francisco
1949 – 3rd Cannes Film Festival: “The Third Man” directed by Carol Reed wins the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
1963 – “The Fugitive” starring David Janssen premieres on ABC TV
1993 – Last Russian troops leave Poland.

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Famous Birthdays

1854 – Hans Müller, German music historian and writer, born in Cologne, Germany (d. 1897)
1859 – Frank Dawson Adams, Canadian geologist, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1942)
1890 – Gabriel Heatter, American radio commentator famous for his WWII sign-on “There’s good news tonight”, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1972)
1940 – Sotiris Moustakas, Greek actor (Zorba the Greek), born in Limassol, Cyprus (d. 2007)
1968 – Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece
1968 – Valeri Zelepukin, NHL forward (NJ Devils, Team Russia Olympic silver 1998)

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Famous Deaths

1727 – Glückel of Hameln, German businesswoman (b. 1647)
1944 – Friedrich Kussin, German Major-General and commander in Arnhem during Operation Market Garden, dies in battle at 49
1966 – Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor (Stuttgart 1955-58), dies at 35
1980 – Anastasio Somoza Debayle [Tachito], President of Nicaragua (1967-72 and 1974-79), assassinated in Paraguay at 54
1994 – Vitas Gerulaitis, Lithuanian/American tennis player (Australian Open 1977; Wimbledon doubles 1975), dies of carbon monoxide poisoning at 40
2015 – Peter Heatly, Scottish diver and Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Federation, dies at 91

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Famous Deaths for 16th September 2021

1925 – Alexander Alexandrovich Friedman, Russian physicist (b. 1888)
1933 – George Gore, American baseball player, dies at 79
1944 – Gustav Bauer, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (1919-1920), dies at 74
1950 – Pedro De Cordoba, American actor (Club Havana, Swamp Fire, Saboteur), dies at 68
1965 – Fred Quimby, American film producer (Tom and Jerry cartoons), dies of a heart attack at 79
1990 – Steve Condos, tap dancer, dies of heart attack at 71
1994 – Albert de Courtray, French archbishop of Lyon/cardinal, dies at 71
1994 – Dolly Hare, German/British actress (Broken Blossom), dies at 84
2006 – Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey right wing (Stanley Cup 1953, 56-58; Montreal Canadiens), dies at 81
2008 – Norman Whitfield, American songwriter and producer for Motown (I Heard It Through the Grapevine), dies at 68

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Historical Events for 16th September 2021

1873 – German troops leave France
1919 – Dutch Ruether beats Giants 4-3 to clinch Cincinnati 1st NL pennant
1920 – The “Wall Street bombing” occurs at 12:01 when a horse-drawn wagon explodes on Wall Street, New York, killing 38 and injuring 143
1928 – Hurricane hits West Palm Beach-Lake Okeechobee Florida; 3,000 die
1962 – Gerda Kroon runs European record 800 m in 2:02.8
1964 – “Shindig” premieres on ABC-TV
1971 – West German chancellor Willy Brandt meets with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev
1996 – 1st one-day international in Canada, India v Pakistan at Toronto
2012 – Anti-Japanese protesters set fire to Panasonic plant in Qingdao, China
2018 – Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes sets an NFL record of 10 touchdowns in first 2 weeks of a season, torching Pittsburgh’s secondary with 6 TD passes; leads Chiefs to 42-37 victory on the road

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Today in History for 16th September 2021

Historical Events

1901 – French painter Paul Gauguin settles in Atuona in the Marquesas Islands
1915 – US takes control of customs and finances of Haiti for 10 years
1929 – Police shoot at strikers in Maastricht, 2 killed
2006 – 31st Toronto International Film Festival: “Bella” directed by Alejandro Gomez Monteverde wins the People’s Choice Award
2013 – 21 people are killed by Hurricane Ingrid in Mexico
2020 – Yoshihide Suga confirmed as Prime Minister by the Japanese government after Shinzo Abe stood down due to ill health

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Famous Birthdays

1387 – Henry V, King of England (1413-22) and France (1416-19), born in Monmouth Castle, Monmouth, Principality of Wales (date disputed) (d. 1422)
1922 – Guy Hamilton, British director (Goldfinger), born in Paris (d. 2016)
1926 – Robert Schuller, American Christian televangelist (Glass Cathedral, Hour of Power), born in Alton, Iowa (d. 2015)
1948 – Rosemary Casals, American tennis player (12 Grand Slam doubles titles), born in San Francisco, California
1955 – Yolandita Monge, Puerto Rican singer, born in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico
1973 – Clint Peay, American soccer defender (Olympic gold 1996), born in Columbia, Maryland

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Famous Deaths

1589 – Michael Baius, Flemish theologian (b. 1513)
1953 – Colin G Fink, US chemist (electro-chemistry), dies
2003 – Sheb Wooley, American vocalist (Purple People Eater, Hee Haw), dies at 82
2007 – Robert Jordan, author of the Wheel of Time series (b. 1948)
2013 – Jackie Lomax, English singer-songwriter (Is This What You Want), dies at 69
2016 – Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Italian President (1999-2006) and Prime Minister (1993-94), dies at 95

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Famous Deaths for 15th September 2021

1596 – Leonhard Rauwolf, German physician and botanist (b. 1535 or 1540)
1840 – Franz Pecháček, Austrian-German composer, dies at 47
1927 – Herman Gorter, Dutch socialist and poet (May, Tiny Hero’s Poem), dies at 62
1978 – Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft builder, dies at 80
1980 – Bill Evans, American jazz pianist (Peace Piece; Waltz For Debbie), dies of a bleeding ulcer at 51
2004 – Johnny Ramone, American lead guitarist of the punk rock band The Ramones, dies of prostate cancer at 55
2005 – Sidney Luft, American movie director, dies at 89
2007 – Gordon “Specs” Powell, American jazz and studio drummer and percussionist (Red Norvo; Teddy Wilson; CBS Orchestra, 1943-72), dies of kidney disease at 85
2007 – Colin Steele McRae, British rally driver, dies following a helicopter crash at 39
2020 – Wang Zhiliang, Chinese table tennis player and coach (World Table Tennis C’ships gold, doubles 1963), dies from a stroke at 79

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Historical Events for 15th September 2021

1777 – George Washington on authorisation of Congress appoints Casimire Pulaski brigadier general in Continental Army cavalry
1914 – First Battle of Aisne finishes, Germans vs. French and British during WWI
1957 – US TV series “Bachelor Father” with John Forsythe premieres
1960 – Maurice Richard announces his retirement. He finishes his career with 544 goals, an NHL record at the time.
1967 – KPOB TV channel 15 in Poplar Bluff, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting
1994 – Muslim fundamentalists kidnap and behead 16 citizens in Algeria
2013 – 27 people are killed after a coal mine collapses in Afghanistan
2013 – Japan switches off its last working nuclear reactor
2018 – Archaeologists find the oldest-known brewery and remains of 13,000-year-old beer in Haifa cave, Israel, belonging to nomadic Natufian people
2018 – Swimmer killed by shark at Newcomb Hollow Beach, first fatal shark attack in Massachusetts in 80 years

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Today in History for 15th September 2021

Historical Events

1851 – Saint Joseph’s University is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1947 – RCA releases the 12AX7 miniature dual triode vacuum tube; it is still in production
1973 – Ohio State’s Archie Griffith begins record 31 cons 100 yd rushing
1975 – The French département of Corse (the entire island of Corsica) is divided into two: Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud.
1997 – Oprah Winfrey announces she will continue her show through 2000
2014 – Ewa Kopacz becomes Prime Minister of Poland

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Famous Birthdays

1837 – Leo van Gheluwe, Belgian composer, born in Wannegem-Lede, East Flanders (d. 1914)
1879 – Joseph Lyons, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (1932-39), born in Stanley, Tasmania (d. 1939)
1919 – Nelson Gidding, American screenwriter ( The Andromeda Strain), born in New York (d. 2004)
1926 – Jean-Pierre Serre, French mathematician (1954 Fields Medal), born in Bages, France
1928 – Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader of the 1950-60s hard bop era (The Black Messiah), born in Tampa, Florida (d. 1975)
1972 – Queen Letizia of Spain, Spanish consort to King Felipe VI, born in Oviedo, Spain

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Famous Deaths

1794 – Abraham Clark, American patriot and signer of the Declaration of Independence, dies at 68
1930 – Milton Sills, American actor (The Sea Hawk), dies from a heart attack at 48
1978 – Robert Cliche, French Canadian politician and judge (b. 1921)
2007 – Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan pianist, composer, arranger, and orchestral conductor, dies at 79
2017 – Harry Dean Stanton, American actor, musician, and singer (Lucky, Alien, Cool Hand Luke, The Godfather Part II), dies at 91
2018 – Dudley Sutton, British stage and screen actor (Leather Boys; Brimstone and Treacle; Lovejoy – “Tinker Dill”), dies of cancer at 85

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