1032 – Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor becomes King of Burgundy, succeeding Rudolf III
1543 – French and Ottoman fleets occupy Nice
1634 – Battle of Nördlingen: Imperial-Spanish forces led by Ferdinand of Hungary and Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand heavily defeat a combined Swedish and German Protestant army led by Gustav Horn and Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar
1954 – “La Strada,” directed by Federico Fellini and starring Anthony Quinn, premieres at the Venice Film Festival
1982 – Pittsburgh Pirates retire Willie Stargell’s #8
1986 – US Open Women’s Tennis: Martina Navratilova wins her third US singles title, beating Czech star Helena Suková 6-3, 6-2
1991 – The name Saint Petersburg is restored to Russia’s second largest city, which had been renamed Leningrad in 1924
2010 – “The King’s Speech,” directed by Tom Hooper and starring Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush, premieres at the Telluride Film Festival (Best Picture 2011)
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Today in History for 6th September 2025
Historical Events
1791 – Wolfgang Mozart’s dramatic opera “La Clemenza di Tito” premieres at the Estates Theatre in Prague
1920 – US National Championship Men’s Tennis, Forest Hills NY: Bill Tilden wins his first of six consecutive US singles titles, beating Bill Johnston 6-1, 1-6, 7-5, 5-7, 6-3
1920 – Jack Dempsey knocks out Billy Miske in the third round for the heavyweight boxing title in the first radio broadcast of a prizefight
1943 – “Congressional Limited” train derails near Frankford, Philadelphia, killing 79
1962 – US performs a nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Famous Birthdays
1923 – William Kraft, American timpanist, percussionist (Los Angeles Percussion Ensemble), conductor, and composer (The Demise of Suriyodhaya; Avalanche), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2022)
1962 – Chris Christie, American Republican politician, Governor of New Jersey (2010-18) and presidential candidate, born in Newark, New Jersey
1968 – Pat Meares, American baseball infielder (Minnesota Twins), born in Salina, Kansas
1978 – Cisco Adler, American singer and record producer, born in Los Angeles, California
1996 – Lil Xan [Nicholas Diego Leanos], American rapper and singer-songwriter (Betrayed), born in Redlands, California
Famous Deaths
1951 – Joe Falcaro, American bowler (National Match Game champion 1929-33), dies at 55
1978 – Adolf Dassler, German entrepreneur (founder sportswear company Adidas), dies at 78
2016 – Raymond Hide, British geophysicist (geomagnetism, meteorology, geodesy and oceanography), dies at 87
2022 – Guy Morriss, American football coach (Kentucky, Baylor, Texas AandM–Commerce) and guard (Philadelphia Eagles, New England Patriots), dies from Alzheimer’s disease at 71
2023 – Richard Davis, American jazz double bassist described as “the greatest bass ever heard on a rock album” (Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks), dies at 93
Famous Deaths for 5th September 2025
1566 – Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman Sultan and the longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1530-1566), dies at 71 [or Sep 6]
1683 – Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French statesman (First Minister of State, 1661-83; Minister of the Navy, 1689-83), dies at 64
1988 – Lawrence Brown, American trombonist (Duke Ellington Orchestra), dies at 81
1995 – John Megna, American actor (To Kill a Mocking Bird), dies of AIDS-related complications at 42
1995 – Francis Showering, English brewer, dies at 83
2001 – Justin Wilson, American Cajun chef (Wise Potato Chips) and humorist, dies at 87
2003 – C. H. Sisson, British author (Christopher Homm), dies at 89
2015 – (Frederick) “Denny” Greene, American singer (Sha Na Na, 1968-84), dies from cancer at 66
2015 – Patricia Canning Todd, American tennis player (French National C’ship singles 1947; French doubles and mixed doubles 1948; Wimbledon doubles 1947), dies at 93
2016 – Hugh O’Brian, American actor (Wyatt Earp, Search), dies at 91
Historical Events for 5th September 2025
1836 – Sam Houston elected President of the Republic of Texas
1944 – Five resistance fighters executed in Terneuzen, Netherlands
1946 – Amon Göth, former head of Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp, is found guilty of imprisonment, torture, and extermination of individuals and groups of people in the first conviction of homicide at a war crimes court
1966 – Jerry Lewis’s first Muscular Dystrophy Labor Day telethon raises $1 million
1972 – Chemical spill with fog sickens hundreds in Meuse Valley, Belgium
1987 – John McEnroe is fined $17,500 for tirades at the US Open Tennis
1990 – #12 seed Pete Sampras ends #3 Ivan Lendl’s bid for 9th straight US Open final with classic 6-4, 7-6, 3-6, 4-6, 6-2 quarter final win; goes on to win 1st career Grand Slam title
2023 – Birmingham City Council, the largest local authority in Europe, effectively declares itself bankrupt after stopping all nonessential spending
Today in History for 5th September 2025
Historical Events
1942 – American sailor Charles J. French (22) swims for over six hours in waters near Guadalcanal while towing a life raft with fifteen survivors from his US Navy ship, which is sunk by Japanese gunfire
1973 – Limited-run revival of Sigmund Romberg, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, and Frank Mandel’s musical “The Desert Song” opens at Uris Theater, NYC, for 15 performances
1982 – US Men’s Amateur Golf Championship, The Country Club: Jay Sigel wins 8 and 7 over David Tolley
1994 – Jingyi Le swims a world record in the 100 m women’s freestyle in 54.01 seconds
2018 – UK Prime Minister Theresa May confirms in Parliament that two Russian military intelligence officers undertake a Novichok nerve agent attack, prompting international condemnation
Famous Birthdays
1876 – Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal, born in Landsberg am Lech, Germany (d. 1956)
1946 – Freddie Mercury [Farrokh Bulsara], British singer-songwriter (Queen – “Bohemian Rhapsody”), born in Stone Town, Sultanate of Zanzibar (d. 1991)
1946 – Dennis Dugan, American actor and director (Can’t Buy Me Love, Howling), born in Wheaton, Illinois
1951 – Paul Breitner, German footballer, born in Kolbermoor, Germany
1971 – Carlester Crumpler, American NFL tight end (Seattle Seahawks), born in Greenville, North Carolina
Famous Deaths
1890 – Ludwig Deppe, German composer, dies at 61
1931 – John Thomson, football player who died in an accidental collision during a match (b. 1909)
1939 – Cornelis J “Cor” van Ast, Dutch actor and director (Ghost Hotel, Two Boys), dies at 67
1965 – Thomas Johnston, Scottish-born politician (b. 1882)
2016 – Duane Graveline, American doctor and astronaut, dies at 85
Famous Deaths for 4th September 2025
1063 – Tughril, Turkish conqueror of Persia and Baghdad and founder of the Seljuk Empire (1037-63), dies at about 73
1759 – Girolamo Chiti, Italian composer and music theorist, dies at 80
1852 – William MacGillivray, Scottish naturalist and ornithologist (b. 1796)
1963 – Robert Schuman, Luxembourg-born French statesman and Prime Minister of France (1947-48), dies at 77
1964 – Werner Bergengruen, Baltic German writer (Der Großtyrann und das Gericht), dies at 71
1974 – Marcel Achard, French playwright (La forges the Paris), dies at 75
1995 – Edmond Jouhaud, French general, dies at 90
2010 – Paul Conrad, American cartoonist (Pulitzer 1964, 71, 84), dies at 86
2014 – Joan Rivers, American comedian and actress (Late Show, Hollywood Squares), dies at 81 after serious complications from a procedure on her vocal cords
2014 – Wolfhart Pannenberg, German theologist (Gingham Girl), dies at 85
Historical Events for 4th September 2025
422 – Saint Boniface I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1636 – The first opera staged in Vilnius and in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, “The Abduction of Helen,” debuts in the Lower Castle of Vilnius
1805 – The first edition of the Batavian State Courier is published
1906 – New York Highlanders beat Boston Pilgrims 7-0 and 1-0 for their MLB record fifth consecutive doubleheader sweep
1970 – 29.0 cm of rainfall at Workman Creek, Arizona (state record)
1984 – Nigerian singer Fela Kuti is sentenced to 2 years on politically motivated charges of currency smuggling
2010 – A 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes the South Island of New Zealand at 4:35 am, causing widespread damage and several power outages in the Canterbury region
2022 – Mass stabbing leaves 10 people dead and 19 injured with two suspects on the run in James Smith Cree Nation in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan
Today in History for 4th September 2025
Historical Events
1940 – Nazi collaborator Anton Mussert puts the fate of the Netherlands in Hitler’s hands
1950 – NASCAR’s first paved superspeedway, Darlington Raceway, hosts the Southern 500, the first 500-mile event in NASCAR history; Johnny Mantz wins in a Plymouth
1983 – Californian skier Scott Michael Pellaton sets barefoot waterski speed record at 119.36 mph (191.51 km/h)
1998 – First “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” hosted by Chris Tarrant debuts on ITV in Britain
2012 – A “magic carpet” that can help prevent falls among the elderly by warning them of unusual footsteps is developed by researchers at the University of Manchester
Famous Birthdays
1622 – Jacob Hintze, German composer, born in Bernau, Electorate of Brandenburg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1702)
1905 – Antanas Račiūnas, Lithuanian composer and pedagogue, born in Užliaušiai, Lithuania (d. 1984)
1915 – Rudolf Schock, German opera tenor, born in Duisburg, Germany (d. 1986)
1944 – Gene Parsons, American rock drummer (The Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers), born in Morongo Valley, California
1948 – Samuel Hui, Hong Kong Canto-pop singer-songwriter, born in Xiguan, Guangzhou, Republic of China
Famous Deaths
1977 – Jean Rostand, French biologist and philosopher, dies at 82
1989 – Georges Simenon, Belgian born writer and director (Maigret detective novels), dies at 86
1991 – Dottie West [Dorothy Marsh], American country singer (“Here Comes My Baby”; with Kenny Rogers – “What Are We Doin’ in Love”), dies from internal injuries sustained in a car crash at 58
2010 – Paul Conrad, American cartoonist (Pulitzer 1964, 71, 84), dies at 86
2018 – Bill Daily, American actor and comedian (I Dream of Jeannie – “Roger”; The Bob Newhart Show – “Howard”), dies at 91
Famous Deaths for 3rd September 2025
1402 – Gian Galeazzo Visconti, duke and tyrant of Milan (1395-1402), dies at 51
1658 – Oliver Cromwell, English general and puritan Lord Protector of England (1653-58), dies at 59
1790 – Thomas Norris, English composer, dies at 49
1808 – John Montgomery, American Continental Congressman (b. 1722)
1857 – Heinrich Lichtenstein, German zoologist, botanist and explorer who collected plants in Southern Africa, dies at 77
1908 – Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk, Dutch jurist and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1888-93), dies at 61
1940 – Vilhelm Ekelund, Swedish poet and writer (Sak och sken, Hafvets Stjärna), dies at 59
1951 – Robert Hernried, Austrian born American composer and conductor, dies at 67
1982 – Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa, Italian general who fought the mafia, murdered by Sicilian mafia at 61
1987 – Viktor Nekrasov, Ukrainian journalist and novelist (V okopakh Stalingrada – Front-line Stalingrad; Kira Georgijevna), dies at 76
Historical Events for 3rd September 2025
1483 – Utrecht surrenders to the Habsburg army
1906 – Philadelphia Giants win the Negro Championship Cup in Philadelphia before 10,000 fans, Black baseball’s largest crowd ever
1925 – The airship USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) crashes in a storm near Caldwell, Ohio, killing 14; 29 survive
1932 – A’s first baseman Jimmie Foxx smashes his 50th and 51st home runs to become only the third player to reach 50 in an MLB season, joining Babe Ruth and Hack Wilson
1935 – British racer Malcolm Campbell powers Bluebird to 301.129 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, becoming the first automobile to exceed 300 mph
1966 – 24th World Science Fiction Convention honors “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry
2022 – American band “Foo Fighters” and friends hold a tribute concert for drummer Taylor Hawkins at Wembley Stadium, London, England; performers include Stewart Copeland, Rush, The Pretenders, Paul McCartney, and Queen
2024 – MLB Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber hits three home runs, becoming the first player in franchise history to do so twice in a season, in a 10-8 win over the Blue Jays in Toronto