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Events
3114 BC
- According to the
proleptic Julian calendar
the current era in the
Maya Long Count Calendar
started.
394
-
Battle of the Frigidus
: The
Christian
Roman Emperor
Theodosius I
defeats and kills the
pagan
usurper
Eugenius
and his
Frankish
magister militum
Arbogast
.
1492
-
Christopher Columbus
sails from
La Gomera
in the
Canary Islands
, his final port of call before crossing the
Atlantic
for the first time.
1522
- The
Victoria
, one of the surviving ships of
Ferdinand Magellan
's expedition, returns to
Sanlúcar de Barrameda
in
Spain
, becoming the first ship to
circumnavigate
the world.
1620
- The
Pilgrims
sail from
Plymouth
,
England
, on the
Mayflower
to settle in
North America
. (
Old Style
date;
September 16
per
New Style
date.)
1628
-
Puritans
settle
Salem
, which will later become part of
Massachusetts Bay Colony
.
1669
- The
siege of Candia
ends with the Venetian fortress surrendering to the
Ottomans
.
1776
-
Hurricane
hits
Guadeloupe
, killing more than 6000.
1781
- The
Battle of Groton Heights
takes place, resulting a
British
victory.
1847
-
Henry David Thoreau
leaves
Walden Pond
and moves in with
Ralph Waldo Emerson
and his family in
Concord, Massachusetts
.
1861
-
American Civil War
: Forces under
Union
General
Ulysses S. Grant
bloodlessly capture
Paducah, Kentucky
, which gives the
Union
control of the mouth of the
Tennessee River
.
1863
-
American Civil War
:
Confederates
evacuate
Battery Wagner
and
Morris Island
in
South Carolina
.
1870
-
Louisa Ann Swain
of
Laramie, Wyoming
becomes the first woman in the
United States
to cast a vote legally after
1807
.
1885
-
Eastern Rumelia
declares its union with
Bulgaria
. The
Unification of Bulgaria
is accomplished.
1888
-
Charles Turner
becomes the first
bowler
to take 250
wickets
in an English season – a feat since accomplished only by
Tom Richardson
(twice),
J.T. Hearne
,
Wilfred Rhodes
(twice) and
Tich Freeman
(six times).
1901
-
Anarchist
Leon Czolgosz
shoots and fatally wounds
US President
William McKinley
at the
Pan-American Exposition
in
Buffalo, New York
.
1930
- Democratically elected
Argentine
president
Hipólito Yrigoyen
is
deposed in a military coup
.
1937
-
Spanish Civil War
: The start of the
Battle of El Mazuco
.
1939
-
World War II
: The
Battle of Barking Creek
.
1939 - World War II:
South Africa
declares war on
Germany
.
1940
- King
Carol II of Romania
abdicates and is succeeded by his son
Michael
.
1944
- World War II: The city of
Ypres
,
Belgium
is liberated by allied forces.
1948
-
Juliana
becomes
Queen
of the
Netherlands
.
1949
-
Allied
military authorities relinquish control of former
Nazi Germany
assets back to
German
control.
1949
- A former
sharpshooter
in
World War II
,
Howard Unruh
kills 13 neighbors in
Camden, New Jersey
, with a souvenir
Luger
to become the first
U.S.
single-episode
mass murderer
.
1952
-
Canada
's first television station,
CBFT-TV
, opens in
Montreal
.
1955
-
Istanbul Pogrom
:
Istanbul
's
Greek
and
Armenian
minority
are the target of a government-sponsored
pogrom
.
1963
- The
Centre for International Industrial Property Studies
(CEIPI) is founded.
1965
-
War of 1965
:
India
attacks
Pakistan
and announces that its forces will capture
Lahore
(city of
Pakistan
) in an hour.
1966
- In
Cape Town
,
South Africa
, the architect of
Apartheid
,
Prime Minister
Hendrik Verwoerd
, is stabbed to death during a parliamentary meeting.
1968
-
Swaziland
becomes independent.
1970
- Two passenger jets bound from
Europe
to
New York
are simultaneously hijacked by
Palestinian
terrorist
members of
PFLP
and taken to
Dawson's Field
in
Jordan
.
1976
-
Cold War
:
Soviet
air force pilot
Lt.
Viktor Belenko
lands a
MiG-25
jet fighter at
Hakodate
on the island of
Hokkaidō
in
Japan
and requests
political asylum
in the
United States
.
1983
- The
Soviet Union
admits to shooting down
Korean Air Flight KAL-007
, stating that the pilots did not know it was a civilian
aircraft
when it violated
Soviet
airspace.
1985
-
Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105
, a
Douglas DC-9
crashes just after takeoff from
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
, killing 31.
1986
- In
Istanbul
, two
terrorists
from
Abu Nidal
's organization kill 22 and wound six inside the
Neve Shalom synagogue
during
Shabbat
services.
1991
- The
Soviet Union
recognizes the independence of the
Baltic states
:
Estonia
,
Latvia
and
Lithuania
.
1991 - The name
Saint Petersburg
is restored to
Russia
's second largest city, which had been renamed
Leningrad
in
1924
.
1992
- Hunters discover the emaciated body of
Christopher Johnson McCandless
at his camp 20 miles west of the town of
Healy
,
Alaska
.
1995
-
Cal Ripken Jr
of the
Baltimore Orioles
plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a record that stood for 56 years.
1997
-
Diana, Princess of Wales
is laid to rest in front of a television audience of more than 2.5 billion.
Births
1535
-
Emanuel van Meteren
, Flemish historian (d.
1612
)
1620
-
Isabella Leonarda
, Italian composer (d.
1704
)
1656
-
Guillaume Dubois
, French cardinal and statesman (d.
1723
)
1666
- Tsar
Ivan V of Russia
(d.
1696
)
1711
-
Henry Muhlenberg
, German-born founder of the U.S. Lutheran Church (d.
1787
)
1732
-
Johan Wilcke
, Swedish physicist (d.
1796
)
1729
-
Moses Mendelssohn
, German philosopher (d.
1786
)
1757
-
Marquis de Lafayette
, French soldier and statesman (d.
1834
)
1766
-
John Dalton
, British chemist and physicist (d.
1844
)
1781
-
Anton Diabelli
, Austrian music publisher and composer (d.
1858
)
1795
-
Frances Wright
, English writer and lecturer (d.
1852
)
1800
-
Catharine Beecher
, American educator (d.
1878
)
1802
-
Alcide d'Orbigny
, French naturalist (d.
1857
)
1808
-
Abd al-Qadir
, Algerian political and military leader (d.
1883
)
1814
-
George-Étienne Cartier
, Canadian politician (d.
1873
)
1815
-
St. John Richardson Liddell
, American Civil War Confederate General (d.
1870
)
1817
-
Alexander Tilloch Galt
, Canadian politician (d.
1893
)
1829
-
Marie Zakrzewska
, Polish physician (d.
1902
)
1838
-
Samuel Arnold
, Lincoln conspirator (d.
1906
)
1857
-
Zelia Nuttall
, American archeologist and historian (d.
1933
)
1860
-
Jane Addams
, American social worker, recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize
(d.
1935
)
1868
-
Heinrich Häberlin
, Swiss Federal Councilor (d.
1947
)
1869
-
Felix Salten
, Austrian author (d.
1945
)
1876
-
John James Richard Macleod
, Scottish-born physician and physiologist,
Nobel Prize
laureate (d.
1935
)
1877
-
Buddy Bolden
, American musician (d.
1930
)
1879
-
Joseph Wirth
,
Chancellor of Germany
(d.
1956
)
1879 -
Max Schreck
, German actor (d.
1936
)
1888
-
Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.
, American banker and diplomat (d.
1969
)
1890
-
Clara Kimball Young
, American actress (d.
1960
)
1892
- Sir
Edward Appleton
, English physicist,
Nobel Prize
laureate (d.
1965
)
1893
-
Claire Chennault
, American pilot (d.
1958
)
1899
-
Billy Rose
, American composer (d.
1966
)
1900
-
W.A.C. Bennett
, Canadian politician (d.
1979
)
1900 -
Julien Green
, French-born American novelist (d.
1998
)
1904
-
Max Rosenbloom
, American boxer (d.
1976
)
1906
-
Luis Federico Leloir
, French-born chemist,
Nobel Prize
laureate (d.
1987
)
1909
-
Michael Gordon
, American actor and director (b.
1993
)
1910
-
Walter Giesler
, American soccer coach, (d.
1976
)
1911
-
Harry Danning
, American baseball player (d.
2004
)
1915
-
Franz Josef Strauß
, German Politician (d.
1988
)
1917
-
Philipp von Boeselager
, German Wehrmacht officer, failed assassin of Adolf Hitler (d.
2008
)
1917 -
George Mann
, England cricketer (d.
2001
)
1919
-
Wilson Greatbatch
, American Inventor
1921
-
Carmen Laforet
, Spanish author (d.
2004
)
1923
- King
Peter II of Yugoslavia
(d.
1970
)
1925
-
Jimmy Reed
, American blues singer (d.
1976
)
1926
-
Maurice Prather
, American motion picture and still photographer (d.
2001
)
1926 -
Claus von Amsberg
, Prince Consort of the Netherlands (d.
2002
)
1928
-
Robert M. Pirsig
, American author
1928 -
Evgeny Svetlanov
, Russian conductor and composer (d.
2002
)
1929
-
Yash Johar
, Indian film producer (d.
2005
)
1937
-
Sergio Aragonés
, Spanish-born illustrator
1937 -
Brigid Berlin
, American actor
1937 -
Jo Anne Worley
, American actress
1939
-
Susumu Tonegawa
, Japanese molecular biologist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1939 -
Dan Cragg
, American soldier and author
1939 -
David Allan Coe
, American country singer
1942
-
Richard Hutton
, England cricketer
1942 -
Carol Wayne
, American actress
1943
-
Richard J. Roberts
, English biochemist and molecular biologist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1943 -
Roger Waters
, British musician (
Pink Floyd
)
1944
-
Swoosie Kurtz
, American actress
1945
-
Larry Lucchino
, American baseball executive
1947
-
Jane Curtin
, American actress
1947 -
Bruce Rioch
, Scottish footballer and coach
1948
-
Claydes Charles Smith
, American musician (
Kool & the Gang
) (d.
2006
)
1954
-
Ève Luquet
, French stamp designer
1954 -
Carly Fiorina
, Former CEO of
Hewlett-Packard
1956
-
Bill Ritter
, American politician
1957
-
Michaëlle Jean
, 27th
Governor-General of Canada
1957 -
José Sócrates
,
Prime Minister of Portugal
1957 -
Tim Whitnall
, English actor and narrator
1958
-
Jeff Foxworthy
, American comedian
1958 -
Michael Winslow
, American actor and comedian
1958 -
Buster Bloodvessel
, British singer
1958 -
Nigel Westlake
, Australian musician and composer
1961
-
Scott Travis
, American musician (
Judas Priest
)
1961 -
Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
, Norwegian musician (
a-ha
)
1961 -
Simon Reeve
, Australian journalist
1962
-
Kevin Willis
, American basketball player
1962 -
Elizabeth Vargas
, American journalist
1963
-
Alice Sebold
, American novelist
1963 -
Geert Wilders
, Dutch politician
1963 -
Bryan Simonaire
, American politician
1963 -
Pat Nevin
, Scottish footballer
1964
-
Rosie Perez
, American actress
1965
-
John Polson
, Australian actor and film director
1968
-
Tommy Snider
, American actor
1968 -
Saeed Anwar
, Pakistani cricketer
1968 -
Paul Rea
, American television
journalist
1968 -
Christopher Brookmyre
, Scottish writer
1969
-
Ben Finegold
, American chess player
1969 -
CeCe Peniston
, American
dance music
singer
1969 -
Michellie Jones
, Australian triathlete
1969 -
Michael Davis
, American softball player (Solvents, et al)
1970
-
Paul Miller
, American composer and author
1971
-
Devang Gandhi
, Indian Cricketer
1971 -
Dolores O'Riordan
, Irish musician (
The Cranberries
)
1972
-
China Miéville
, English writer
1972 -
Justina Machado
, Puerto Rican actress
1972 -
Anika Noni Rose
, American actress and singer
1972 -
Idris Elba
, English/American actor
1972 -
Dylan Bruno
, American actor (
Numb3rs
)
1973
-
Carlo Cudicini
, Italian footballer
1973 -
Greg Rusedski
, Canadian-born tennis player
1974
-
Tim Henman
, English tennis player
1974 -
Sarah Danielle Madison
, American actress
1974 -
Nina Persson
, Swedish musician (
The Cardigans
)
1974 -
Sarah Strange
, Canadian actress
1974 -
Justin Whalin
, American actor
1975
-
Derrek Lee
, American baseball player
1976
-
N.O.R.E.
, American rapper
1976 -
Hyun Young
, South Korean actress and pop singer
1976 -
Naomie Harris
, American actress
1977
-
Kiyoshi Hikawa
, Japanese
enka
singer
1978
-
Cisco Adler
, American singer
1978 -
Alex Escobar
, Venezuelan baseball player
1978 -
Mathew Horne
, English Actor
1978 -
Tony Thaxton
, drummer (
Motion City Soundtrack
)
1979
-
Foxy Brown
, American rapper
1979 -
Brandon Silvestry
, American professional wrestler
1979 -
Massimo Maccarone
, Italian footballer
1979 -
Carlos Adrián Morales
, Mexican footballer
1980
-
Joseph Yobo
, Nigerian footballer
1980 -
Yuji Hamano
, Japanese archer
1980 -
Jillian Hall
, American professional wrestler
1980 -
Samuel Peter
, Nigerian heavyweight boxer
1981
-
Yumiko Cheng
,
Hong Kong
singer
1981 -
Mark Teahen
, American baseball player
1985
-
Webbie
, American rapper
1985 -
Ali Ashfaq
, Maldivian footballer
1985 -
Alberto Valerio
, Brazilian racing driver
1986
-
Raven Riley
, American porn star
1987
-
Ramiele Malubay
, American singer
1989
-
Nikos Boutzikos
, Greek footballer
2000
-
Breanna Lynn Bartlett-Stewart
, first
Kleihauer-Betke
stillbirth
(d.
2000
)
2006
-
Prince Hisahito of Akishino
,
Japan
Imperial Family member
Deaths
957
-
Liudolf, Duke of Swabia
972
-
Pope John XIII
1276
-
Vicedomino de Vicedominis
,
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
and
dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals
(b. ca. 1215)
1511
-
Ashikaga Yoshizumi
, Japanese shogun (b.
1481
)
1536
-
William Tyndale
, Protestant bible translator (b. c.
1494
)
1625
-
Thomas Dempster
, Scottish historian (b.
1579
)
1635
-
Metius
, Dutch mathematician and astronomer (b.
1571
)
1649
-
Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick
, English explorer and geographer (b.
1574
)
1683
-
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
, French minister finance (b.
1619
)
1708
- Sir
John Morden
, English merchant and philanthropist (b.
1623
)
1748
-
Edmund Gibson
, English jurist (b.
1669
)
1782
-
Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson
, wife of
Thomas Jefferson
(b.
1748
)
1783
-
Bertinazzi
, Italian actor and writer (b.
1710
)
1808
-
Louis-Pierre Anquetil
, French historian (b.
1723
)
1868
-
Pierre Adolphe Rost
,
Louisiana
judge,
Confederate
commissioner (b.
1797
)
1902
-
Frederick Augustus Abel
, English chemist (b.
1827
)
1907
-
Sully Prudhomme
, French writer,
Nobel Prize
laureate (b.
1839
)
1938
-
John Stuart Hindmarsh
, British racing driver and aviator (b.
1907
)
1950
-
Olaf Stapledon
, British writer and philosopher (b.
1886
)
1951
-
James W. Gerard
, American jurist and diplomat (b.
1867
)
1952
-
Gertrude Lawrence
, English actress (b.
1898
)
1962
-
Hanns Eisler
, German-born composer (b.
1898
)
1962 -
Seiichiro Kashio
, Japanese tennis player (b.
1892
)
1966
-
Margaret Sanger
, American birth control activist (b.
1879
)
1966 -
Hendrik Verwoerd
,
Prime Minister of South Africa
(b.
1901
)
1969
-
Arthur Friedenreich
, Brazilian football player (b.
1892
)
1974
-
Olga Baclanova
, Russian-born actress (b.
1896
)
1978
-
Tom Wilson
, American record producer (b.
1931
)
1981
-
Christy Brown
, Irish author (b.
1932
)
1984
-
Ernest Tubb
, American singer (b.
1914
)
1985
-
Johnny Desmond
, American singer (b.
1919
)
1986
-
Blanche Sweet
, American actress (b.
1895
)
1987
-
Quinn Martin
, American television producer (b.
1922
)
1988
-
Leroy Brown
, professional wrestler (b.
1950
)
1990
-
Len Hutton
, English cricketer (b.
1916
)
1990 -
Tom Fogerty
, American singer (b.
1941
)
1991
-
Bob Goldham
, Canadian ice hockey player (b.
1922
)
1994
-
Nicky Hopkins
, British musician (b.
1944
)
1997
-
P. H. Newby
, British author and BBC radio director (b.
1918
)
1998
-
Akira Kurosawa
, Japanese film director (b.
1910
)
1999
-
René Lecavalier
, French Canadian sportscaster (b.
1918
)
2000
-
Breanna Lynn Bartlett-Stewart
, first
Kleihauer-Betke
stillbirth
(b.
2000
)
2001
-
Carl Crack
, German musician (
Atari Teenage Riot
) (b. 1971)
2003
-
Harry Goz
, American actor (b.
1932
)
2003 -
Mohammad Oraz
, Iranian mountain climber (b.
1969
)
2005
-
Hasan Abidi
, Pakistani journalist and
Urdu
poet (b.
1929
)
2007
-
Madeleine L'Engle
, American author (b.
1918
)
2007 -
Luciano Pavarotti
, Italian tenor (b.
1935
)
2007 -
Alex
, African Grey parrot "student" of
Dr. Irene Pepperberg
(b.
1976
)
2008
-
Sören Nordin
, Swedish harness racing driver and trainer (b.
1917
)
2008 -
Anita Page
, silent film vixen, last living attendee of the 1st Annual Academy Awards, (b.
1910
)
Holidays and observances
RC Saints
– Saint
Begga
of
Cumbria
;
Saint Gondulphus
Also see
September 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
.
Bulgaria
–
Unification Day
.
Canada
–
Stillbirth Remembrance Day
in
New Brunswick
,
Quebec
,
Ontario
, and
Nova Scotia
(as of
2006
).
Pakistan
–
Defence Day
(
Pak-Army Day
) Since
1965
Swaziland
–
Independence Day
(from the
United Kingdom
,
1968
).
United States
–
Stillbirth Remembrance Day
in 39
states
, in remembrance of
Breanna Lynn Bartlett-Stewart
External links
BBC: On This Day
On This Day in Canada
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