1591 – Richard Grenville, vice-admiral (Roanoke) dies in battle at 49
1604 – Louis Gunther, earl of Nassau, dies in battle at about 29
1660 – Jacob Cats [Father Cats], Dutch grand pensionary and poet (Houwelyck), dies at 82
1695 – Jacob Abendana, Spanish scholar (b. 1630)
1779 – Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician, dies at 67
1879 – Peter Arnold Heise, composer, dies at 49
1956 – Hans Carossa, German writer, dies at 77
1963 – Mervyn A. Ellison, British astronomer (spectrohelioscope), dies at 63
1981 – Eugenio Montale, Italian poet and translator (Xenia-Nobel 1975), dies at 84
1994 – Douglas MacKenzie Davey, psychometrist, dies at 72
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Historical Events for 12th September 2020
1217 – French prince Louis and English King Henry III sign peace treaty
1751 – Amsterdam refuses establishment of Jewish ghetto
1876 – King Leopold II opens Congo-conference
1943 – Free French lands on Corsica
1952 – Noël Coward’s “Quadrille,” premieres in London
1991 – Space shuttle STS 48 (Discovery 14) launched
1992 – Hurricane Inuki pounds Hawaii
1999 – Indonesia announces it will allow international peace-keepers into East Timor.
2005 – Israel completes its withdrawal of all troops and settlers from the Gaza Strip.
2012 – Apple unveils its iPhone 5 and iOS 6
Today in History for 12th September 2020
Historical Events
1635 – Sweden and Poland sign ceasefire Treaty of Stuhmsdorf
1908 – Canada appoints a Civil Service Commission, initiating a more equitable system for selecting civil servants
1953 – “Carnival in Flanders” closes at New Century Theater NYC after 6 performances
1961 – NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 34,840 m
1966 – WCES TV channel 20 in Wrens, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1979 – Carl Yastrzemski gets his 3,000th hit off NY Yankee Jim Beattie
Famous Birthdays
1897 – Irene Joliot-Curie, French physicist, (Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1935), born in Paris, France (d. 1956), daughter of Marie Curie
1901 – Ben Blue, Canadian actor and comedian (Accidental Family, Frank Sinatra Show), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1975)
1924 – Howard Curtis Nielson, American politician (Rep-R-UT, 1983-91), born in Richfield, Utah
1957 – Rachel Ward, English-Australian actress (Thorn Birds), born in Cornwell, Oxfordshire, England
1962 – Amy Yasbeck, American actress (Casey Davenport-Wings, Mask), born in Blue Ash, Ohio
1978 – Elisabetta Canalis, Italian model and actress, born in Sassari, Italy
Famous Deaths
1012 – Guido van Anderlecht, Flemish pilgrim/saint, dies
1369 – Blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt, dies possibly of the plague at 24 (age disputed)
1674 – Nicolaas Tulp, Mayor of Amsterdam (1654-71), dies at 80
1923 – Jules Violle, French physicist and inventor, dies at 81
1988 – Lauris Morstad, NATO commander/CEO Corning Fiberglass, dies at 71
1995 – Jeremy Brett [Peter Huggins], English actor (Sherlock Holmes), dies at 61
Famous Deaths for 11th September 2020
1349 – Bonne of Luxembourg, wife of John II of France (b. 1315)
1915 – William Sprague IV, American politician and Governor of Rhode Island (1859-63), dies at 84
1958 – Robert W. Service, Scottish-born Canadian poet (b. 1874)
1966 – Collett E. Woolman, American airline founder (Delta Air Service), dies at 76
1985 – Andrew C. Thornton II, American drug smuggler (b. 1945)
1997 – Camille Henry, National Hockey League player (b. 1933)
2001 – Ziad Jarrah, 9/11 terrorist (b. 1975)
2001 – Berry Berenson, American photographer, actress, model, and widow of actor Anthony Perkins, dies in the 9/11 attacks at 53
2004 – Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria, Greek Orthodox Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa, dies at 55
2012 – Sergio Livingstone, Chilean football player and journalist, dies from natural causes at 92
Historical Events for 11th September 2020
1903 – The first race at The Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
1933 – Antwerps Sportpaleis, the largest indoor arena in Europe opens; renovated 2010-13
1945 – Hideki Tojo, Japanese Prime Minister during most of World War II, attempts suicide rather than face war crimes tribunal but fails – later he is hanged
1951 – Florence Chadwick becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel from England to France. It takes 16 hours and 19 minutes
1966 – Johnny Miller becomes 1st Yank to hit a HR on his 1st at bat
1967 – A’s drop grievance filed with National Labor Relations against C Finley
1998 – 16th Commonwealth Games open in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia making Malaysia the first Asian country to host the games
2002 – Through extreme and coordinated effort, The Pentagon is rededicated after repairs are completed, exactly one year after the attack on the building.
2007 – Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of all bombs.
2018 – James Anderson takes his 564th Test wicket to become the most prolific fast bowler in cricket history as England beats India by 118 runs in the 5th Test at The Oval for a 4-1 series victory; Alistair Cook’s final Test
Today in History for 11th September 2020
Historical Events
1792 – The French Blue gem (later the Hope Diamond) is stolen with other French crown jewels from Royal storehouse in Paris during Reign of Terror
1965 – Beatles’ “Help!,” album goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks
1967 – WUNF TV channel 33 in Asheville, NC (PBS) begins broadcasting
1973 – Chilean President Salvador Allende is deposed in a military coup led by general Augusto Pinochet
2001 – Attempt by passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93 to retake control of their hijacked plane from terrorists causes plane to crash in Pennsylvania field killing all 64 people on board
2019 – Water detected for first time on planet outside out solar system, on exoplanet K2-18b 110 light-years away, in findings published in “Nature Astronomy”
Famous Birthdays
1771 – Mungo Park, Scottish explorer (first westerner to travel the central Niger River in Africa), born in Selkirkshire, Scotland (d. 1806)
1813 – Conrad Feger Jackson, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Alsace Township, Pennsylvania (d. 1862)
1885 – D. H. Lawrence, English poet and writer (Lady Chatterley’s Lover), born in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire (d. 1930)
1916 – Ed Sabol, American filmmaker (NFL Films), born in Atlantic City, New Jersey (d. 2015)
1930 – Saleh Selim, Egyptian football player and 10th president of the Egyptian Al-Ahly Sporting Club, born in Cairo, Egypt (d. 2002)
1935 – Arvo Pärt, Estonian composer, born in Paide, Järva County
Famous Deaths
1973 – Neem Karoli Baba, Indian guru
1982 – Albert Soboult, French historian, dies at 68
1985 – Andrew C. Thornton II, American drug smuggler (b. 1945)
1993 – Antoine Izmery, Haitian businessman/advisor to pres Aristide, murdered
1999 – Belkis Ayón, Cuban printmaker (collography), commits suicide of at 32
2009 – Gertrude Baines, American supercentenarian and the world’s oldest living person, dies at 115
Famous Deaths for 10th September 2020
1669 – Henrietta Maria, French-born daughter of Henry IV of France and queen of Charles I of England (b. 1609)
1748 – Mother Ignacia del Espiritu Santo, Filipino Religious Sister of the Roman Catholic Church, dies at 85
1806 – Johann C Adelung, German translator/librarian, dies at 74
1839 – Pieter Fontijn, Dutch painter, dies at 66
1915 – Charles Boucher de Boucherville, Premier of Quebec, dies at 93
1930 – G A Faulkner, cricketer (South African googly all-rounder), commits suicide
1960 – Fjodor Panfjorov, Russian author (Volga – matushka-reka), dies at 63
1966 – James Langridge, cricketer (242 runs and 19 wkts for England), dies
1985 – Jock Stein, Scottish footballer and manager, dies at 62
1996 – Hans List, Austrian scientist and inventor, dies at 100
Historical Events for 10th September 2020
1847 – 1st theater opens in Hawaii
1870 – Dutch Jurist Cooperation forms
1882 – 1st international conference to promote anti-semitism meets Dresden Germany (Congress for Safeguarding of Non-Jewish Interests)
1884 – Congressman John R. Lynch presides over Republican National Convention
1902 – Utrecht soccer team UVV forms
1932 – Dodgers’ Johnny Frederick hits record 6th pinch-hit HR of the season
1940 – Buckingham Palace hit by German bomb
1961 – American Ferrari driver Phil Hill wins Italian Grand Prix at Monza to clinch F1 World Drivers Championship; first American F1 world champion
1983 – Larry Holmes TKOs Scott Frank in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
2019 – Malaysia’s National Disaster Management Agency deliver half a million face masks to Sarawak state, after more than 930,000 hectares (about 2.3 million acres) burnt in Indonesia cause hazardous levels of air pollution
Today in History for 10th September 2020
Historical Events
1931 – Lord Cecil of British government says War was never so improbable
1949 – “Cabatgata (A Night in Spain)” closes at Broadway NYC after 76 performances
1966 – Neil Diamond has his first Billboard chart success with single “Cherry Cherry”
1985 – U.S. 7th Circuit Court rules Soviet defector Walter Polovchak can’t be forcibly returned to parents’ country if it’s deemed “not in the best interests” of underage defectors
2012 – US Open Men’s Tennis: Andy Murray of Scotland wins his first Grand Slam event; beats defending champion Novak Đoković 7-6, 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2
2019 – Novelist Margaret Atwood publishes “The Testaments”, her follow-up to “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Famous Birthdays
1869 – Caro Roma [Carrie Northey], American composer and singer, born in California (d. 1937)
1898 – Bessie Love, American actress (Broadway Melody, Children of Damned), born in Midland, Texas (d. 1986)
1930 – Kenneth Kweku Sinaman Dadzie, Ghanian diplomat (first African Secretary-General of UNCTAD), born in Gold Coast (d. 1995),
1932 – Bo Goldman, American screenwriter (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest), born in New York City
1937 – Alun Pask, Welsh rugby union flanker (26 caps; British Lions 8 caps; Abertillery), born in Blackwood, Monmouthshire (d. 1995)
1944 – Thomas Allen, British operatic baritone singer, born in Seaham Harbour, England
Famous Deaths
1197 – Henry II of Champagne (b. 1166)
1868 – Franz Anton Adam Stockhausen, German composer and harpist, dies at 79
1916 – Friedrich Gernsheim, German composer, dies at 77
1932 – Percy Fletcher, British composer, dies at 52
1983 – Balthazar Johannes Vorster, Prime Minister of South Africa (1966-77), dies at 67
1999 – Alfredo Kraus, Spanish tenor (b. 1927)
Famous Deaths for 9th September 2020
1841 – Augustin P de Candolle, Swiss botanist, dies at 63
1888 – Jan van Swieten, Dutch governor of West-Sumatra, dies at 71
1898 – Stéphane Mallarmé, French poet (b. 1842)
1902 – Titus AJ van Asch van Wijck, Governor of Suriname (1891-97), dies at 53
1964 – Charles O’Neill, Canadian composer, dies at 82
1966 – Nestor Paiva, American-Portuguese actor (Zorro, The Creature from the Black Lagoon), dies of cancer at 61
1969 – Cecil Dixon, South African cricket off-spinner (1913-14, dismissed Hobbs twice), dies at 78
1976 – Mao Zedong, Chinese revolutionary and Chairman of the Communist Party of China (1949-76), dies of a heart attack at 82
1995 – Ida Carroll, English musician and administrator, dies at 89
2003 – Larry Hovis, American actor (b. 1936)