1777 – Battle of Brandywine, Pennysylvania; Americans lose to the British, Polish soldier Casimir Pulaski saves life of George Washington
1955 – US National Championship Women’s Tennis: Defending champion Doris Hart beats Patricia Ward Hales of England 6-4, 6-2
1976 – Minnie Minoso bats for White Sox after a 12-year hiatus (hitless)
1982 – Debbie Maffett (California), 25, crowned 55th Miss America 1983
1985 – Pete Rose of Cincinnati Reds gets career hit 4,192 off Eric Show of San Diego Padres, eclipsing Ty Cobb’s record
1991 – Atlanta Braves Kent Mercker, Mark Wohlers and Alejandro Pena pitched 1st combined no-hitter in NL, beating San Diego Padres, 1-0
2005 – “Pride and Prejudice”, the film adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel of the same name, starring Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Bennet, is released
2005 – The State of Israel completes its unilateral disengagement from the Gaza Strip.
2009 – Sweden emerges from the recession after witnessing GDP growth of 0.2% in the second quarter
2018 – Imprisoned Brazilian Ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva abandons his presidential campaign
Author: gil7
Today in History for 11th September 2021
Historical Events
1940 – George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.
1940 – -12] Buckingham Palace damaged by German bombs
1959 – Baltimore starter Jerry Walker pitches all 16 innings as the Orioles edge the Chicago White Sox, 1-0 at Memorial Stadium
1965 – Beatles’ “Help!,” album goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks
1980 – Ron LeFlore (91st) and Rodney Scott (58th), set teammate steal record
1981 – 2nd government of Van Agt forms in Netherlands
Famous Birthdays
1962 – Kristy McNichol, American actress (Buddy-Family, Barbara-Empty Nest), born in Los Angeles, California
1962 – Julio Salinas, Spanish footballer (Barcelona), born in Bilbao, Spain
1965 – Paul Heyman, American entertainment producer and wrestling manager, born in Westchester County, New York
1975 – Juan Cobián, Argentine footballer, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
1979 – Nathan Gale, American murderer (Heavy metal Pantera’s concert murder), born in Marysville, Ohio (d. 2004)
1982 – Shriya Saran, South Indian actress (Santhosham), born in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Famous Deaths
1680 – Emperor Go-Mizunoo, 108th Emperor of Japan, dies at 84
1823 – David Ricardo, English economist (On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation), dies at 51
1974 – Víctor Olea Alegría, Chilean Socialist Party member
1992 – Paul Storken, Dutch priest (Away Backing), dies
2001 – Henry Herbert, 7th earl of Carnarvon, English peer and racing manager to the Queen, dies at 77
2001 – Barbara Olson, American political commentator (b. 1955)
Famous Deaths for 10th September 2021
1197 – Henry II of Champagne (b. 1166)
1604 – William Morgan, Welsh Bible translator (b. 1545)
1797 – Mary Wollstonecraft, English author and feminist (A Vindication of the Rights of Woman), mother of Mary Shelley, dies of septicaemia at 38
1842 – Letitia Tyler, US President Tyler’s (1841-45) wife, dies at 51
1867 – Simon Sechter, Austrian composer and music theorist, dies at 78
1937 – Sergei Tretyakov, Russian constructivist writer, playwright and special correspondent for Pravda, executed by Stalinist regime at 47
1966 – James Langridge, cricketer (242 runs and 19 wkts for England), dies
1976 – Dorothy Devore, actress (Newscast, Senor Daredevil), dies at 77
1983 – Felix Bloch, Swiss-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
1985 – Alexa Kenin, actress (Mousie-Coed Fever), dies at 23
Historical Events for 10th September 2021
422 – St Celestine I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1349 – Jews who survived a massacre in Constance Germany are burned to death
1608 – John Smith elected president of Jamestown colony council, Virginia
1858 – George Mary Searle discovers the asteroid 55 Pandora
1861 – Battle of Carnifex Ferry in Virginia, 170 casualties
1869 – Baptist minister supposedly invents rickshaw in Yokohama, Japan
1894 – London taxi driver George Smith is the first to be fined for drunk driving
1972 – Kazimierz Deyna scores twice as Poland beats Hungary 2-1 in the Olympic football gold medal match; 80,000 at the Munich Olympic Stadium
1973 – NY Jets trade pro footballs leading receiver Don Maynard to St Louis
1991 – Senate Committee begins hearings on Clarence Thomas’ nomination
Today in History for 10th September 2021
Historical Events
1608 – John Smith elected president of Jamestown colony council, Virginia
1926 – Allies-German treaty of Koblenz drawn
1960 – Abebe Bikila runs Olympic/World record marathon (2:15:16.2)
2002 – Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, joins the United Nations
2011 – US Open Women’s Tennis: Samantha Stosur becomes first Australian to win a Grand Slam title since 1980; upsets Serena Williams 6-2, 6-3
2012 – 16 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Kunduz, Afghanistan
Famous Birthdays
1898 – Waldo Semon, American inventor (polyvinyl chloride), born in Demopolis, Alabama (d. 1999)
1925 – Roy James Brown, American soul singer (Good Rockin’ Tonight), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1981)
1929 – Pentti Siimes, Finnish actor (Miriam), born in Helsinki, Finland (d. 2016)
1940 – Roy Ayers, American disco jazz artist (Fever, You Send Me), born in Los Angeles, California
1948 – Judy Geeson, English actress (To Sir With Love, Berserk), born in Arundel, England
1964 – Jack Ma, Chinese entrepreneur and founder of Alibaba Group, born in Hangzhou, China
Famous Deaths
1600 – John Bruhesius [Bruhesen], bishop of Groningen, dies
1868 – Franz Anton Adam Stockhausen, German composer and harpist, dies at 79
1937 – Sergei Tretyakov, Russian constructivist writer, playwright and special correspondent for Pravda, executed by Stalinist regime at 47
1975 – Hans Swarowsky, Austrian conductor (Graz Opera 1947-50), dies at 75
1995 – Derek Meddings, special Effects technician, dies at 64
2005 – Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, American blues singer (Mary is Fine), dies at 81
Famous Deaths for 9th September 2021
1438 – Edward [Dom Duarte], King of Portugal (1433-38), dies at 46
1513 – James IV, King of Scots (1488-1513), dies in battle at 40
1941 – Hans Spemann, German embryologist (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1935), dies at 72
1960 – Armas Toivo Valdemar Maasalo, Finnish composer and organist, dies at 75
1966 – Leon de Smet, Flemish painter, dies at 85
1974 – Soltan Hajibeyov, Azerbaijani composer and People’s Artist of the USSR, dies at 55
1975 – Ethel Griffies, actress (Billy Liar, Birds), dies at 97
1991 – John Lawrence, doctor, dies
1999 – Jim “Catfish” Hunter, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (MLB All-Star 1966, 67, 70, 72–1976; World Series 1972–74, 77, 78; AL Cy Young Award 1974; Oakland A’s, NY Yankees), dies from Lou Gehrig’s disease at 53
2003 – Thomas Allibone, English physicist (Manhattan Project, high-voltage particle acceleration), dies at 99
Historical Events for 9th September 2021
1908 – Orville Wright makes 1st 1-hr airplane flight, Fort Myer, Va
1922 – St Louis Brown “Baby Doll” Jacobson hits 3 triples beating Tigers 16-0
1926 – National Broadcasting Company created by Radio Corporation of America
1954 – Earthquake strikes Orleansville, Algeria: 1,400 killed
1960 – Denver Broncos beat Boston Patriots, 13-10 in the American Football League’s first game before 21,597 fans at Nickerson Field in Boston
1973 – US Open Men’s Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Australian John Newcombe wins his second US singles title; beats Jan Kodeš 6-4, 1-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
1990 – George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Helsinki and urge Iraq to leave Kuwait
2007 – US Open Men’s Tennis: Switzerland’s Roger Federer wins 4th consecutive US title; beats Novak Đoković of Serbia 7-6, 7-6, 6-4
2017 – Egyptian archaeologists announce the discovery of a 3,500-year-old tomb of a goldsmith and his family in Draa Abul-Naga, Egypt
2018 – CBS chief Les Moonves departs the company after six more women make allegations of sexual abuse in “The New Yorker”
Today in History for 9th September 2021
Historical Events
1912 – J Verdrines becomes 1st to fly over 100 mph (107 mph/172 kph)
1972 – Terry Anne Meeuwsen (Wisc), 23, crowned 45th Miss America 1973
1978 – Baltimore Orioles pull their 7th triple play (5-4-3 vs Toronto)
1978 – US Open Women’s Tennis, Flushing Meadows, NY: Chris Evert wins her 4th straight US singles title; beats fellow American Pam Shriver 7-5, 6-4; first time event played on hard courts
1983 – Challenger returns to Kennedy Space Center via Sheppard AFB, Texas
2017 – US Open Women’s Tennis: In the first all-American final since 2002 unseeded Sloane Stephens defeats Madison Keys 6-3, 6-0
Famous Birthdays
1887 – Alf (Alfred) Landon, (R-Ks) American politician and Presidential candidate (1932, 1936). Dies 1987
1909 – Jane Baxter [Fedora Kathleen Alice Forde], German actress (We Live Again), born in Bremen, Germany (d. 1996)
1962 – Derek Kennard, NFL guard (Dallas Cowboys)
1969 – Sean Rooks, American basketball center (LA Lakers), born in New York City, New York
1969 – Constance Marie, American actress, born in East Los Angeles, California
1981 – Julie Gonzalo, Argentinian actress, born in Lanús Oeste, Argentina
Famous Deaths
1596 – Anna Jagiellon, Polish Queen
1713 – Giovanni A di Bartlommeo Viscardi, Swiss architect, dies
1915 – A. G. Spalding, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher, manager and executive (NL wins leader 1871–76; co-founder of Spalding sporting goods company), dies at 66
1962 – Pat Rooney, American vaudevillian (Night club), dies at 82
1966 – Leon de Smet, Flemish painter, dies at 85
1996 – Bill Monroe, American singer known as the “Father of Bluegrass” (Blue Moon of Kentucky), dies at 84
Famous Deaths for 8th September 2021
1645 – Francisco Gómez de Quevedo, Spanish author and poet, dies at 64
1755 – Ephraim Williams, American philanthropist (Williams College), dies at 40
1909 – Frank Crawford Armstrong, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 73
1922 – Léon Bonnat, French painter (Job), dies at 89
1956 – Vital Celen, Flemish writer (‘t Pastoorke van Vossendonck), dies at 69
1981 – Roy Wilkins, American civil rights activist and longtime executive director of NAACP, dies at 80
1983 – Ibrahim Abboud, 1st President and 4th Prime Minister of Sudan (1958-64), dies at 82
1996 – Elizabeth Eyre de Lanaux, designer artist/writer, dies at 102
2003 – Leni Riefenstahl [Helene Bertha Amalie], German film director (Triumph of the Will) and actress (Tiefland), dies in her sleep at 101
2010 – Rich Cronin, American singer-songwriter (Lyte Funkie Ones) dies of cancer aged 36
Historical Events for 8th September 2021
1855 – French forces successfully assault the Malakoff Line during the Crimean War
1907 – Pope Pius X publishes encyclical Pasceni dominici gregis (anti-modernism)
1943 – Lieutenant-General Omar Bradley flies to Carthago/Algiers from Sicily
1951 – Japan signs peace treaty with 48 countries in San Francisco
1962 – Chinese troops exceed Mac-Mahon-line (Tibet-India boundary)
1972 – Jim Ryan (US) and Billy Fordjour (Ghana) collide and fall in qualifying competitions for 1,500m finals, ending Ryan’s chances for gold
1991 – US Open Men’s Tennis: Stefan Edberg of Sweden wins his first US title; beats American Jim Courier 6-2, 6-4, 6-0
1999 – “American Beauty”, directed by Sam Mendes and starring Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, and Thora Birch, premieres in Los Angeles (Best Picture 2000)
2013 – 11 people are killed and 18 are injured after a gunfire attack in Guatemala City
2019 – Brazil’s Supreme Court rules Marvel comic depicting two men kissing can be sold after mayor of Rio de Janeiro attempted to ban it