Historical Events
1646 – The first public library in the Americas is established when Bishop Palafox y Mendoza donates his personal library of 5,000 volumes to Tridentine colleges in Puebla, Mexico
1882 – 10,000 workers march in the first Labor Day parade in New York City
1937 – Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls
1991 – 8th MTV Video Music Awards: REM wins
2025 – US President Donald Trump deploys ten F-35 fighter jets to Puerto Rico to take part in military action against drug cartels in the Caribbean region
Famous Birthdays
1908 – Cecilia Seghizzi, Italian composer, born in Gotizia, Austria-Hungary (d. 2019)
1967 – India Hicks, British model, interior designer and author (Island Life, A Slice of England), born in London
1970 – Willie Clay, American NFL safety (Detroit Lions), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1971 – Carlester Crumpler, American NFL tight end (Seattle Seahawks), born in Greenville, North Carolina
1991 – Skandar Keynes, English actor (The Chronicles of Narnia film series), born in London, England
Famous Deaths
1566 – Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman Sultan and the longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1530-1566), dies at 71 [or Sep 6]
1910 – Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest and musicologist (Magister choralis), dies at 70
1998 – Leo Penn, American actor and film director, dies at 77
2021 – Ivan Patzaichin, Romanian canoeist (Olympic gold C-2 1000m 1968, 80, 84; C-1 1000m 1972; World C’ship gold x 8), dies from lung cancer at 71
2025 – José María Tojeira, Spanish-Salvadoran priest and provincial of the Jesuits in Central America (1988-95), dies of a heart attack at 78