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Today in History for 14th September 2020

Historical Events

1876 – Henry Morton Stanley’s expedition leaves Rwanda
1938 – Graf Zeppelin II, world’s largest airship, makes its maiden flight
1954 – Hurricane Edna (2nd of 1954) hits NYC, $50 million damage
1972 – West Germany and Poland establish diplomatic relations
1985 – 10th Toronto International Film Festival: “The Official Story” directed by Luis Puenzo wins the People’s Choice Award
1986 – Saskatchewan and Hamilton play 1st CFL regular-season overtime game

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Famous Birthdays

1547 – Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch lawyer and statesman, born in Amersfoort, Netherlands (d. 1619)
1721 – Eliphalet Dyer, American statesman and judge, born in Windham, Connecticut (d. 1807)
1910 – Jack Hawkins, British actor (Lawrence of Arabia, Ben-Hur Just Men, Zulu, Malta Story), born in London, England (d. 1973)
1915 – Douglas Kennedy, American actor (Dark Passage, The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold), born in NYC, New York (d. 1973)
1959 – Morten Harket, Norwegian rocker (Aha-Take on Me), born in Kongsberg, Norway
1965 – Troy Neel, American baseball player, born in Freeport, Texas

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Famous Deaths

1321 – Dante Alighieri, Italian poet and author (Dante’s Inferno, Divina Commedia), dies at 56
1538 – Henry of Nassau-Dillenburg and Dietz, viceroy of Holland, dies
1715 – Dom Pérignon, French-Benedictine monk who helped improve the quality of champagne, dies at 76 or 77
1926 – Johan LE Dreyer, Danish astronomer (Catalog of Nebulae), dies at 74
1965 – Lydia Mei, Estonian artist who specialized in watercolors and still lifes, dies at 69
1990 – Wime de Craene, Flemish singer and composer, dies at 40

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Famous Deaths for 13th September 2020

1650 – Ferdinand, of Bayern, prince-bishop of Luik/archbishop, dies at 72
1657 – Jacob van Campen, painter/architect (Amsterdam Townhall), dies at 62
1847 – Nicolas Oudinot, French marshal, dies at 81
1944 – W. Heath Robinson, English illustrator and cartoonist (Don Quixote), dies at 72
1948 – Paul Wegener, German actor and director (The Golem, The Student of Prague), dies at 73
1967 – Russell L. Rogers, American electrical engineer and astronaut (X-20), dies in explosion at 38
1973 – Betty Field, American actress (Of Mice and Men, Kings Row, Bus Stop), dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 57
1994 – Kaleria Fadicheva, Russian ballerina (Kirov) and choreographer, dies at 57
1995 – Walter Goetz, illustrator cartoonist/painter, dies at 83
2003 – Frank O’Bannon, Governor of Indiana (b. 1930)

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Historical Events for 13th September 2020

1847 – American-Mexican war: US General Winfield Scott captures Mexico City
1922 – The Straw Hat Riot begins in New York City as people protest the right to wear straw hats beyond the accepted end date of September 15
1932 – NY Yankees clinch their 7th AL pennant
1944 – Last transport out camp Westerbork to Bergen Belsen
1953 – Pitcher Bob Trice becomes the first black player for Philadelphia Athletics
1956 – Stravinsky’s “Canticum Sacrum,” premieres in Venice
1964 – US National Championship Men’s Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Roy Emerson beats fellow Australian Fred Stolle 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 for his 3rd Grand Slam title of the year
1974 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1983 – US mint strikes 1st gold coin in 50 years (Olympic Eagle)
2015 – EU Migrant Crisis: Germany introduces temporary border controls to cope with huge migrant numbers

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Today in History for 13th September 2020

Historical Events

1791 – France’s King Louis XVI accepts constitution
1961 – Unmanned Mercury-Atlas 4 launched into Earth orbit
1983 – US mint strikes 1st gold coin in 50 years (Olympic Eagle)
1993 – Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Shimon Peres and PLO official Mahmoud Abbas sign the Oslo I peace accord
2001 – Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the U.S. after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
2015 – Evian Championship Women’s Golf, Evian Resort GC: Lydia Ko of New Zealand wins by 6 from Lexi Thompson to become youngest major winner, 18yrs, 142 days

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Famous Birthdays

1813 – John Sedgwick, American Major General (Union Army), who is best remembered for his famous last words “they couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance” before being shot in battle, born in Cornwall, Connecticut (d. 1864)
1938 – Judith Martin, American author, journalist and columnist (Miss Manners), born in Washington, D.C.
1966 – Maria Furtwängler, German physician and TV actress, born in Munich, Germany
1970 – Yuki Matsuoka, Japanese voice actress, born in Hirano-ku, Osaka, Japan
1970 – Louise Lombard, British actress (The House of Eliott), born in Redbridge, London, England
1975 – Sean McClain, fencer-foil (Olympics 1996), born in Dayton, Ohio

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Famous Deaths

81 – Titus Flavius Vespasianus, emperor of Rome (69-81), dies of a fever at about 42
1506 – Andrea Mantegna, Italian painter
1948 – Paul Wegener, German actor and director (The Golem, The Student of Prague), dies at 73
1976 – Armand Mondou, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1905)
1991 – Joe Pasternak, Hungarian-American film producer (Spinout, Big City), dies of Parkinson’s at 73
1996 – Anthony Nicholas Maria Wahl, American historian, dies at 68

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Famous Deaths for 12th September 2020

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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”

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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

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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

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