1770 – Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham, English politician and diplomat
1837 – Tsultrim Gyatso, 10th Dalai Lama, dies at 21
1865 – Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian-Jewish scholar, dies at 65
1897 – St Therese of Lisieux, Roman Catholic saint and mystic (b. 1873)
1977 – Mary Ford [Iris Colleen Summers], American vocalist, guitarist and actress (Les Paul, Queen of Outer Space), dies from complications of alcohol abuse at 53
1994 – Lina Basquette, actress (Night for Crime, Hard Hombre), dies at 87
1995 – George Kirby, American comedian (ABC Comedy Hour, Pearl Bailey Show), dies at 71
2012 – Barbara Ann Scott, Canadian figure skater (Olympic gold 1948, World champion 1947-48), dies at 84
2017 – Elizabeth Baur, American actress (Fran-Ironside, Teresa-Lancer), dies at 69
2017 – Alam Thomas “Tom” Paley, American folk musician (New Lost City Ramblers), dies at 89
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Historical Events for 30th September 2020
1399 – King Richard II of England’s (supposed) abdication read out in the House of Commons by the Archbishop of Canterbury. In reality deposed by his cousin and successor Henry IV
1857 – US occupies Sand, Baker, Howland and Jarvis Island, south of Hawaii
1864 – Black soldiers given US Medal of Honor
1915 – Red Sox clinch AL pennant by beating Detroit
1927 – Yankees slugger Babe Ruth smacks his MLB record 60th home run off Tom Zachary in 8th inning of New York’s 4-2 win over Washington Senators at Yankee Stadium
1935 – The Boulder Dam (later the Hoover Dam), astride the border of U.S. states Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt
1942 – Admiral Chester Nimitz’s B-17 finds Guadalcanal using National Geographic map
1950 – Radio’s “Grand Ole Opry” is broadcast on TV for 1st time
1977 – Dutch Antillean government-Evertsz resigns
2012 – Ryder Cup Golf, Medinah CC: Europe retains Cup 14½-13½; win 8 and tie 1 of the 12 singles matches after trailing 10-6
Today in History for 30th September 2020
Historical Events
1949 – American chemist Percy L. Julian at the Glidden Company announces an improved method for producing cortisone
1962 – JFK routes 3,000 federal troops to Mississippi
1984 – Bowie Kuhn ends career as Baseball Commissioner
1984 – California Angel Mike Witt, pitches a perfect game over Texas Rangers, 1-0
1986 – Mordechai Vanunu, who revealed details of Israel covert nuclear program to British media, is kidnapped in Rome, Italy
1997 – “Too Close” single released by Next (Billboard Song of the Year 1998)
Famous Birthdays
1929 – Leticia Ramos-Shahani, Filipino Senator, lawmaker and women’s rights activist who led the drafting of the international women’s bill of rights, born in Lingayen, Philippine Islands (d. 2017)
1942 – Sture Pettersson, Swedish cyclist (Olympic silver 1968)
1961 – Eric van de Poele, Belgian racing driver
1964 – Michael McKay, Australian rower (Olympics 1996)
1979 – Clio-Danae Othoneou, Greek actress, musician and pianistn born in Thessaloniki, Greece
1983 – Andreea Răducan, Romanian gymnast, born in Bârlad, Romania
Famous Deaths
1772 – James Brindley, English engineer (canals and watermills), dies at about 76
1788 – Matthäus Günther, German painter, dies at 83
1925 – Philip Hutchinson, cricketer (2 Tests for South Africa 1889), dies
1987 – Alfred Bester, sci-fi author (Dark Side of Earth), dies at 73
2012 – César Bolaños, Peruvian musician and composer, dies at 81
2019 – Jessye Norman, American opera singer (sang at two presidential inaugurations), dies at 74
Famous Deaths for 29th September 2020
1889 – Louis Faidherbe, French general (b. 1818)
1908 – Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Brazilian writer (Epitaph of a small winner), dies at 69
1937 – Ray Ewry, American track and field athlete (8 Olympic golds 1900, 04, 08), dies at 63
1962 – Robert Burton, American actor (The Big Heat, Compulsion, A Man Called Peter), dies from cancer at 67
1980 – Bindo Maserati, Italian auto engineer and businessman (manager Maserati Racing; founder O.S.C.A. Racing), dies at 97
1993 – Ghuslam Wyne, premier of Lahore Pakistan, murdered at 60
1995 – Seger Pillot Ellis, American jazz pianist and vocalist, dies at 91
1995 – George Chesterman Phillips, British naval officer, dies at 90
2006 – Jan Werner Danielsen, Norwegian singer (b. 1976)
2013 – L. C. Greenwood, American football player, dies from kidney failure at 67
Historical Events for 29th September 2020
1918 – WWI: Allied forces scored a decisive breakthrough of Hindenburg Line
1920 – Joseph Horne Company in Pittsburgh sells radios for $10
1953 – US government gives France $385 million for combat in Indo-China
1973 – Soyuz 12 returns to Earth
1976 – SF Giant John Montefusco no-hits Atlanta Braves, 9-0
1979 – Gold hits record $400.20 an ounce in Hong Kong
1979 – “Girls Talk” by Dave Edmunds peaks at #65
1980 – Malcolm McDowell wed Mary Steenburgen
1995 – Indians break 1902 Pirates record for largest lead over 2nd-place team (KC) (27½ games)
2007 – Calder Hall, the world’s first commercial nuclear power station, the magnox reactor and Calder hall was demolished in a controlled explosion.
Today in History for 29th September 2020
Historical Events
1961 – “Detectives” TV Crime Drama; moves to NBC-TV
1971 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1973 – “We’re An American Band” by Grand Funk peaks at #1
2001 – The Syracuse Herald-Journal, a U.S. newspaper dating back to 1839, ceases publication.
2004 – The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth.
2019 – In Austrian general election conservative People’s Party led by Sebastian Kurz the leading party with 38% of the vote
Famous Birthdays
1571 – Caravaggio [Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio], Italian painter, (Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy), born in Milan [d. 1610] [date disputed]
1925 – Steve Forrest, Huntsville, Texas, American actor (Ben-Dallas, SWAT), (d. 2013)
1931 – James Cronin, nuclear physicist (Physics Nobel Prize 1980), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2016)
1933 – Samora Machel, president Mozambique (1975-86)
1941 – Frederick “Fred” West, British contractor and serial killer (12 charges of murder), born in Herefordshire, England (d. 1995)
1976 – Darren Byfield, English football player
Famous Deaths
1598 – Floris I van Pallandt, earl of Culemborg, dies at about 61
1950 – Balthazar Huibrecht Verhagen, Dutch dramatist and writer, dies at 69
1981 – Bill Shankly, Scottish football manager (Liverpool, 1959-74) dies of a heart attack at 68
1993 – Gordon Douglas, director (Call Me Mr Tibbs, Our Gang), dies at 85
1996 – Leslie Crowther, entertainer, dies at 63>>
2005 – Austin Leslie, American chef, the “Godfather of Fried Chicken” (b. 1934)
Famous Deaths for 28th September 2020
1657 – Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, 6th and youngest daughter of Willem of Orange, dies at 75
1687 – Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (b. 1623)
1702 – Robert Spencer 2nd earl of Sunderland, Engl PM (1687-88), dies at 61
1959 – Gerard Hoffnung, German-born British artist/humorist/musician, dies at 34
1966 – Lucky Millinder, American RandB bandleader and singer, dies at 56
1970 – Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egypt President (1953-70), dies of heart attack at 52
1973 – Wystan H Auden, British/American writer (Spain/Platonic Blow), dies at 66
1988 – Marjorie Bonner Lowry, actress (Reno, Poor Girls), dies at 83
1995 – Eddy Grove, American actor (Dragnet, The Silent Service, Medic), dies at 78
2009 – Ulf Larsson, Swedish actor (b. 1956)
Historical Events for 28th September 2020
1652 – English-Dutch sea battle at Kentish Knock
1850 – US Navy abolishes flogging as punishment
1937 – FDR dedicates Bonneville Dam on Columbia River (Oregon)
1945 – Robert T Duncan appears as Tonio in “I Pagliacci”
1967 – Walter Washington elected 1st mayor of Washington, D.C.
1968 – “Noël Coward’s Sweet Potato” opens at Barrymore NYC for 17 performances
1974 – California Angel Nolan Ryan 3rd no-hitter beats Minn Twin, 4-0
1984 – 1st floodlit ODI outside of Australia (India v Aust, New Delhi)
2015 – DNA controllers for the age women go into menopause announced in “Nature Genetics” by research team from Exeter and Cambridge universities
2017 – Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus reveals she has breast cancer
Today in History for 28th September 2020
Historical Events
351 – Battle at Mursa: emperor Constantine II beats emperor Magnentius
1867 – Toronto becomes capital of Ontario
1928 – NY Yanks clinch pennant #6
1942 – Luftwaffe bombs Stalingrad
1962 – “Brighter Day” last airs on CBS-TV daytime
1964 – 53rd Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Cleveland (3-2)
Famous Birthdays
1871 – Pietro Badoglio, 41st Prime Minister of Italy (1943-44) and Italian General (1922-43), born in Grazzano Monferrato, Italy (d. 1956)
1895 – Charles Petrie, historian, born in Liverpool, England
1917 – Michael [George] Somes, England, dancer (Royal Ballet)
1969 – Mark Everett, American fugitive
1975 – Mandy Barnett, country singer (Maybe, Rainy Days)
1982 – Emeka Okafor, American basketball player
Famous Deaths
1618 – Joshua Sylvester, English poet (b. 1563)
1884 – Fred Morley, cricket lefty quick (16 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng), dies
1899 – Giovanni Segantini, Italian painter (Become his fare), dies
1918 – Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1858)
1966 – Eric Fleming, American actor (Gil-Rawhide), drowns at 41
1973 – Wystan H Auden, British/American writer (Spain/Platonic Blow), dies at 66
Famous Deaths for 27th September 2020
1566 – Marcus A Vida, [Marcus Hieronymus], Italian humanist/poet/bishop, dies
1940 – Walter Benjamin, German/French literature critic/writer, dies at 48
1944 – Aimee Semple McPherson, Canadian-American evangelist (Pentecostal), dies at 53
1963 – Andy Coakley, American baseball player and long-time coach at Columbia University, dies at 80
1967 – Felix Yussupov, Russian aristocrat, dies at 80
1969 – Violet Farebrother, English actress (Downhill, Easy Virtue), dies at 81
1982 – Ralph Baldwin, Canadian harness driver and trainer (11 major world records; Hambletonian Stakes 1963, 73), dies at 66
1985 – Lloyd Nolan, American actor (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Peyton Place), dies of lung cancer at 83
2013 – Gates Brown, American MLB player (Detroit Tigers: 1963-75), dies at 74
2018 – Marty Balin [Buchwald], American singer (Jefferson Airplane/Starship), dies at 76