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Today in History for 8th September 2021

Historical Events

1755 – Battle of Lake George in the Province of New York: British army beats French
1921 – 1st Miss America crowned in Atlantic City – Margaret Gorman (16) of Washington, D.C.
1973 – Rebecca Ann King (Colo), 23, crowned 46th Miss America 1974
1974 – US President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon of all federal crimes
1978 – 2nd game of Boston Massacre; NY Yankees beat Red Sox, 13-2
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

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Famous Birthdays

1815 – Alexander Ramsey, American politician (1st Governor of Minnesota Territory), born in Hummelstown, Pennsylvania (d. 1903)
1925 – Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson, Icelandic pianist and avant-garde composer, born in Skálar, Iceland (d. 2005)
1950 – Will Lee, American bassist (Late Show with David Letterman), born in San Antonio, Texas
1983 – Diego Benaglio, Swiss-Italian footballer, born in Zürich, Switzerland
1986 – Matt Grothe, American football player, born in Lakeland, Florida
1987 – Alexandre Bilodeau, Canadian freestyle skier (Gold in 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics), born in Montreal, Quebec

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Famous Deaths

1100 – Clement III [Wibert van Ravenna], 1st anti-pope (1084-1100), dies
1780 – Enoch Poor, American Revolutionary War general, dies at 44
1956 – Gerrit Bolkestein, Dutch minister of Education (1939-45), dies at 84
1980 – Hermann Claudius, German folk poet (Meister Bertram), dies at 101
2003 – Jaclyn Linetsky, Canadian voice actress (b. 1986)
2014 – Magda Olivero, Italian soprano (Adriana Lecouvreur; La Voix Humaine), dies at 104

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Famous Deaths for 7th September 2021

1809 – Caroline Schelling [Michaelis], German author and academic dies at 46
1871 – Mehmed E Ali Pasja, Turkish statesman, dies
1872 – Antoni Stolpe, Polish pianist and composer, dies at 21
1893 – Hamilton Fish, American politician (Governor of New York), dies at 85
1920 – Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian politician and 12th Premier of Quebec (1900-05), dies at 64
1921 – Alfred William Rich, watercolor painter (b. 1856)
1933 – Edward Grey, English viscount of Fallodon and Minister of Foreign Affairs, dies at 71
1939 – Kyoka Izumi, Japanese novelist (b. 1873)
1949 – José Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter (b. 1883)
1966 – Al Kelly, double talk comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), dies at 67

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Historical Events for 7th September 2021

1159 – Ottaviano de Montecello elected as anti-Pope
1566 – Sultan Selim II succeeds to the Ottoman throne
1630 – The city of Boston, Massachusetts is founded.
1876 – Frank James and his gang are involved in a disastrous raid in Northfield, Minnesota, results in the death or capture of multiple gang members (Cole/Bob/Jim Younger arrested)
1891 – Captain Frederick Lugard’s army reaches Kavalli, Equatoria
1904 – British forces in Tibet force the 13th Dalai Lama to sign a treaty granting Britain trading posts in Tibet and a guarantee that Tibet will not concede territory to foreign powers
1927 – University of Minas Gerais founded in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, by Governor Antônio Carlos
1960 – Japan wins the men’s gymnastics teams combined exercises gold for the first of 5 consecutive Olympics at the Rome Games; beats Soviet Union by just 2.5 points
1972 – American Rod Milburn with a world record 13.24 wins the 110m hurdles gold medal at the Munich Olympics; just 0.10 seconds ahead of Frenchman Guy Drut
1979 – 5 day MUSE concert against nuclear energy opens at Madison Square Garden, New York

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Today in History for 7th September 2021

Historical Events

1812 – Battle of Borodino: Napoleon Bonapartre wins a pyrrhic victory against Russian General Mikhail Kutuzov in the most ferocious battle of the Napoleonic era, 70,000 are killed
1909 – Eugene Lefebvre becomes first pilot to die in an airplane craft, while test piloting new French-built Wright biplane at Juvisy
1956 – Bell X-2 sets Unofficial manned aircraft altitude record 126,000’+
1987 – South Africa frees Dutch anthropologist/Anc’er Klaas de Young
1991 – Die Laughing wins Messenger Stakes
2008 – 25th MTV Video Music Awards: Britney Spears and Chris Brown win

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Famous Birthdays

1635 – Paul Esterhazy, Hungarian prince, composer and patron, born in Eisenstadt (d. 1713)
1957 – Melvin Edward Mays, one of FBI’s most wanted
1964 – Eazy-E [Eric Lynn Wright], American rapper (N.W.A.), born in Compton, California (d. 1995)
1965 – Uta Pippig, German long distance runner, born in Leipzig, Germany
1970 – Tom Everett Scott, American actor (Dead Man on Campus), born in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts
1980 – Gabriel Milito, Argentine soccer defender (42 caps; Independiente, Zaragoza), born in Bernal, Argentina

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Famous Deaths

1881 – Sidney Clopton Lanier, composer, dies at 39
1893 – Hamilton Fish, American politician (Governor of New York), dies at 85
1944 – Eduardo Sanchez de Fuentes, Cuban composer, dies at 70
1965 – Catherine Dale Owen, actress (Behind Office Doors), dies at 62
1992 – Henry Ephron, American screenwriter (Daddy Long Legs), dies at 81
1995 – Gordon DeMarco, writer/activist, dies at 51

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Famous Deaths for 6th September 2021

1782 – Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson, wife of Thomas Jefferson (b. 1748)
1863 – Lucius March Walker, Confederate brigadier general (in duel), dies at 33
1941 – Hugo Loudon, president-director (Royal Oil), dies at 81
1944 – Robert Lejour, Belgian lawyer/resistance fighter, murdered
1950 – Olaf Stapledon, British writer and philosopher (b. 1886)
1951 – Joe Falcaro, American bowler (National Match Game champion 1929-33), dies at 55
1959 – Kay Kendall [Justine McCarthy], British actress (Genevieve, The Constant Husband, Les Girls), dies of leukaemia at 32
1981 – Joseph Yasser, Russian-American composer, dies at 88
2005 – Hasan Abidi, Pakistani journalist and Urdu poet (b. 1929)
2020 – Lou Brock, American Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder (6 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1964, 67; 8 × NL stolen base leader; St Louis Cardinals), dies from multiple myeloma at 81

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Historical Events for 6th September 2021

1492 – Christopher Columbus’ fleet leaves Gomera, Canary islands
1839 – Great fire in New York
1869 – 1st westbound train arrives in San Francisco
1958 – US performs nuclear test at S Atlantic Ocean
1975 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1980 – Macalaster U of St Paul, Minn beating Mount Senario 17-14
1991 – Ronald Venetiaan chosen president of Suriname
1994 – Franziska van Almsick swims female record 200m freestyle (1:56.78)
2012 – Barack Obama accepts the Democratic nomination for US President
2017 – Catalonia’s parliament passes law to allow referendum on independence from Spain

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Today in History for 6th September 2021

Historical Events

1839 – Great fire in New York
1876 – Race riot in Charleston, South Carolina
1924 – Assassination attempt on Benito Mussolini fails
1939 – 1st German air attack on Great Britain in WW II
1980 – US College football longest losing streak of 50 games ends for Macalester College (St. Paul)
1991 – Ronald Venetiaan chosen president of Suriname

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Famous Birthdays

1890 – Manfred Gurlitt, German composer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1973)
1915 – Franz Josef Strauss, German politician, Minister of Defense (1956-62), born in Munich, Germany (d. 1988)
1939 – Dan Cragg, American soldier and author, born in Rochester, New York
1970 – Igor Korolev, Russian ice hockey player (Team Russia, Winnipeg), born in Moscow, Russia
1974 – Tim Henman, English tennis player, born in Oxford, England
1978 – Cisco Adler, American singer and record producer, born in Los Angeles, California

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Famous Deaths

394 – Eugenius, linguistic/anti emperor of Rome (392-94), dies in battle
1782 – Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson, wife of Thomas Jefferson (b. 1748)
1831 – Johann Ernst Friedrich Wollank, German composer, dies at 49
1950 – Olaf Stapledon, British writer and philosopher (b. 1886)
1994 – Max Kaminsky, American jazz trumpeter and bandleader (Max Kaminsky Orchestra), dies at 85
2020 – Mike Sexton, American poker player (World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions 2006; Poker Hall of Fame) and commentator (WPT), dies from prostate cancer at 72

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Famous Deaths for 5th September 2021

1165 – Emperor Nijo of Japan (b. 1143)
1808 – John Home, Scottish writer (b. 1722)
1859 – Friedrich von Olivier, German landscape painter, dies at 68
1901 – Ignacij Klemenčič, Slovenian physicist (b. 1853)
1917 – Arthur Verhaegen, Belgian architect and worker’s union leader, dies at 70
1988 – Gert Fröbe [Karl Gerhart Fröbe], German actor (Goldfinger, Lover’s Wood, Upper Hand), dies from a heart attack at 75
1997 – Mother Teresa [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu], Albanian born Indian nun and founder of Missionaries of Charity (Nobel Peace Prize, 1979), dies of cardiac arrest at 87
2002 – John “Jackie” Kelk, American actor and stand-up comedian (The Aldrich Family, The Adventures of Superman), dies of a lung infection at 79
2003 – Moe Biller, American labor union officer (AFL-CIO, Postal Workers), dies at 87
2013 – Willie Frazier, American football tight end (AFL All-Star 1965, 67, 69; All-Pro 1965; Houston Oilers, San Diego Chargers), dies at 71

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Historical Events for 5th September 2021

1717 – Britain’s King George I issues Proclamation “For Suppressing Pirates in the West Indies”, granting pirates who surrender a pardon (re-issued 1718)
1915 – Anti-war conference in Zimmerwald, Switzerland
1922 – 17th Davis Cup: USA beats Australasia in New York (4-1)
1950 – US National Championship Men’s Tennis: American Art Larsen beats countryman Herb Flam 6-3, 4-6, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 for his only Grand Slam title
1960 – A. J. Foyt wins the first of 67 Indy car victories at Du Quoin, Illinois. State Fairgrounds
1979 – Iranian army occupies Piranshahr
1984 – 12th Space Shuttle Mission (41-D) -Discovery 1- lands at Edwards AFB
1987 – John McEnroe is fined $17,500 for tirades at US Tennis Open
1994 – Jerry Lewis’ 29th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $47,100,000
2018 – UK Prime Minister Theresa May confirms in parliament two Russian military intelligence officers undertook novichok nerve agent attack, prompts international condemnation

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Today in History for 5th September 2021

Historical Events

1863 – Bread revolt in Mobile, Alabama
1905 – 50 prominent men meet in Sydney’s Australia Hotel to found the National Defense League fueled by fear of Japan after its victory over Russia
1914 – US President Woodrow Wilson orders US Navy to make its wireless stations accessible for any transatlantic communications – even to German diplomats sending coded messages; leads to interception of the Zimmermann telegram, helping bring the US into the war
1915 – Anti-war conference in Zimmerwald, Switzerland
1949 – US National Championship Men’s Tennis: Pancho Gonzales beats fellow American Ted Schroeder 16-18, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4; longest singles final match by games (67), before tiebreaker introduction
2017 – Barry Callebaut announce a 4th type of chocolate, “Ruby”, made from the Ruby cocoa bean

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Famous Birthdays

1649 – Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth, French mistress to British King Charles II (d. 1734)
1877 – Albert Roelofs, Dutch painter and etcher, born in Schaarbeek, Brussels, Belgium (d. 1920)
1925 – Justin Kaplan, American editor and biographer (Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain – Pulitzer Prize, 1967), born in New York City, New York (d. 2014)
1929 – Andrian Grigoryevich Nikolayev, Soviet cosmonaut (Vostok III, Soyuz 9), born in Shorshely, Russia (d. 2004)
1944 – Dario Bellezza, Italian poet, born in Rome (d. 1996)
1949 – David “Clem” Clempson, British rock guitarist (Colosseum; Humble Pie), born in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England

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Famous Deaths

1569 – Bernardo Tasso, Italian courtier and poet, dies at 75
1906 – Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist (thermodynamics), dies at 62
1930 – Robert Means Thompson, American naval officer (b. 1849)
1972 – Josef Romano, Israeli olympian, murdered
1993 – Willem Wagter, actor (Ghetto, Medic Center West), dies at 60
1995 – James “Pigmeat” Jarrett, American pianist, dies at 95

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