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Today in history for 9/16/2025: |
| * In 366 | [Ursinus] begins his reign as Catholic Pope
| | * In 827 | Valentine ends his reign as Catholic Pope
| | * In 855 | [Anastasius] ends his reign as Catholic Pope
| | * In 885 | St Adrian III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
| | * In 885 | Stephen V begins his reign as Catholic Pope
| | * In 1913 | Mary, circus elephant that trampled 3 lynched
| | * In 1954 | KOVR TV channel 13 in Stockton-Sacramento, CA (ABC) 1st broadcasting
| | * In 1954 | KPLC TV channel 7 in Lake Charles, LA (NBC) begins broadcasting
| | * In 1955 | KDLO TV channel 3 in Florence-Watertown, SD (CBS) begins broadcasting
| | * In 1965 | KYW radio in Phila goes all-news
| | * In 1965 | WKBS TV channel 48 in Philadelphia, PA (IND) begins broadcasting
| | * In 1965 | WMED TV channel 13 in Calais, ME (PBS) begins broadcasting
| | * In 1966 | WVIA TV channel 44 in Scranton Wilkes-Barre, PA (PBS) 1st broadcast
| | * In 1966 | WXXI TV channel 21 in Rochester, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting
| | * In 1983 | Joan Rivers becomes permanent guest host of Tonight Show
| | * In 1986 | Jay Leno becomes permanent guest host of Tonight Show
| | * In 1989 | Microsoft releases MS-DOS 3.21R
| | * In 1992 | Manhattan begins recycling
| | * In 1993 | Queens begins recycling
| | * In 1620 | Mayflower departs for America with 41 Pilgrim Fathers & family)
| | * In 1630 | Mass village of Shawmut changes name to Boston
| | * In 1662 | Flamsteed sees solar eclipse, 1st known astronomical observation
| | * In 1729 | Willem KH Friso installed as viceroy of Groningen
| | * In 1782 | Great Seal of US used for 1st time
| | * In 1795 | British capture Capetown
| | * In 1810 | Hidalgo begins Mexican revolt against Spain (National Day)
| | * In 1812 | Fire of Moscow
| | * In 1830 | Oliver Wendell Holmes writes "Old Ironsides"
| | * In 1848 | Slavery abolished in all French territories
| | * In 1857 | Mexican constitution of force (fiercely attacked by Pope Pius IX)
| | * In 1857 | Typesetting machine patent
| | * In 1858 | 1st overland mail for California
| | * In 1861 | Battle of Princeton WV
| | * In 1862 | Gen Bragg's army surrounds 4,000 federals at Munfordville, KY
| | * In 1864 | Battle of Coggin's Point, Virginia (Hampton-Rosser Cattle Raid)
| | * In 1868 | J C Watson discovers asteroid #105 Artemis
| | * In 1885 | Puritan (US) beats Genesta (England) in 6th running of America's Cup
| | * In 1890 | Newswriter George Whitney Calhoun names Green Bay team the Packers
| | * In 1892 | Amsterdam swim club renamed "The Y"
| | * In 1893 | Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma opened to white settlement homesteaders
| | * In 1908 | William Crapo Durant incorporates General Motors in Janesville Wisc
| | * In 1912 | M Wolf discovers asteroid #733 Mocia
| | * In 1913 | 1000s of women demonstrate for Dutch female suffrage
| | * In 1915 | Czar Nicolas II adjourns 4th Doema
| | * In 1915 | US takes control of customs & finances of Haiti for 10 years
| | * In 1919 | American Legion incorporated by an act of Congress
| | * In 1920 | Bomb explosion in Wall Street, kills 30
| | * In 1922 | Turkish troops chase Greeks out of Asia
| | * In 1924 | Cardinal Jim Bottomley bats in 12 RBIs in 1 game
| | * In 1925 | K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1051 Merope
| | * In 1926 | Italian-Romanian peace treaty signed
| | * In 1926 | St Louis Cards beat Phillies 23-3
| | * In 1927 | Rene Lacoste beats Bill Tilden for US Lawn Tennis Assn title
| | * In 1928 | Hurricane hits West Palm Beach-Lake Okeechobee Florida; 3,000 die
| | * In 1929 | Police shoots at strikers at Maastricht, 2 killed
| | * In 1930 | H Van Gent disc asteroid 1667 Pels, 1738 Oosterhoff & 1689 Floris-S01
| | * In 1930 | Phillies trailing 10-5, score 5 in 9th, then Pirates score 4 in top
| | | of 10th, so Phillies score 5 in bottom of 10th to win 15-14
| | * In 1932 | 30.8 cm rainfall at Westerly, Rhode Island (state record)
| | * In 1933 | S Arend discovers asteroids #1314 Paula & #1315 Bronislawa
| | * In 1938 | George E T Eyston sets world auto speed record at 357.5 MPH
| | * In 1938 | Y Vaisala discovers asteroids #1471 Tornio, #1494 Savo, #1498 Lahti,
| | | #1530 Rantaseppa & #1532 Inari
| | * In 1939 | Yanks clinch pennant #11
| | * In 1940 | Dutch SS forms
| | * In 1940 | Samuel T Rayburn of Tx elected speaker of House
| | * In 1941 | Jews of Vilna Poland confined to Ghetto
| | * In 1942 | Japanese attack on Port Moresby repelled
| | * In 1943 | Montgomery's 8th army contacts invasion - arm forces at Salerno
| | * In 1943 | Soviet army under general Vatutin reconquer Romny
| | * In 1945 | Barometric pressure at 856 mb (25.55") off Okinawa (record low)
| | * In 1947 | John Cobb sets world auto speed record at 394.2 MPH
| | * In 1949 | KABC TV channel 7 in Los Angeles, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting
| | * In 1950 | Cleveland Rams (formerly AAFC) play 1st NFL game, beat Phila 35-10)
| | * In 1950 | S Arend discovers asteroid #1613 Smiley
| | * In 1950 | Viet Minh-offensive against French bases in Vietnam
| | * In 1951 | Betsy Rawls wins US Women's Open Golf title
| | * In 1952 | Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #2023 Asaph & #3520
| | * In 1953 | AL approves St Louis Browns move to become Baltimore Orioles
| | * In 1954 | CKLW TV channel 9 in Windsor, ON (CBC) begins broadcasting
| | * In 1955 | Bauer & Berra homer in 9th beating Red Sox 5-4 taking over 1st
| | * In 1955 | US Auto Club forms to oversee 4 major auto reacing categories
| | * In 1957 | Coup in Thailand (Premier Songgram deposed)
| | * In 1959 | President De Gaulle recognizes Algerian right of self determination
| | * In 1960 | Amos Alonzo Stagg retires as a football coach at 98
| | * In 1960 | Mil Brave Warren Spahn no-hits Phila Phillies, 4-0
| | * In 1961 | CDU loses West German election
| | * In 1961 | WLKY TV channel 32 in Louisville, KY (ABC) begins broadcasting
| | * In 1962 | Gerda Crown runs 800 m in 2:02.8
| | * In 1962 | Public TV channel 13 begins in NYC
| | * In 1963 | "Outer Limits" premieres on TV
| | * In 1963 | Malaysia formed from Malaya, Singapore, Br No Borneo & Sarawak
| | * In 1963 | WVAN TV channel 9 in Savannah, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
| | * In 1964 | "Shindig" premieres
| | * In 1965 | Boston Red Sox Dave Morehead no-hits Cleve Indians, 2-0
| | * In 1965 | Sobibor trial opens in Hagen West Germany
| | * In 1966 | Metropolitan Opera opens at NY's Lincoln Center
| | * In 1967 | KPAZ TV channel 21 in Phoenix, AZ (IND) begins broadcasting
| | * In 1968 | KLNI (now KADN) TV channel 15 in Lafayette, LA (IND) begins
| | * In 1968 | Richard Nixon appears on "Laugh-in"
| | * In 1970 | Jordan king Hussein forms military govt
| | * In 1971 | 6 Klansmen arrested in connection with bombing of 10 school buses
| | * In 1971 | Crimean Astroph Obs disc asteroids #2163 Korczak & #2170 Byelorussia
| | * In 1971 | J Gibson & C U Cesco discovers asteroid #1919 Clemence
| | * In 1971 | P Wild discovers asteroid #1892 Lucienne
| | * In 1971 | West German chancellor Willy Brandt meets with soviet pres Brezhnev
| | * In 1972 | 1st TV series about mixed marriage-Bridgit Loves Bernie
| | * In 1972 | Penny Marshall appears on Bob Newhart Show in "Fly Unfriendly Skies"
| | * In 1973 | Buff Bill OJ Simpson rushes 250 yards (2 TDs), beating NE Pats 31-13
| | * In 1974 | BART begins regular transbay service
| | * In 1974 | Pres Ford announces conditional amnesty for US, Vietnam War deserters
| | * In 1974 | US General Haig becomes NATO-supreme commander in Europe
| | * In 1975 | Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia (National Day)
| | * In 1975 | Pirates beat Cubs 22-0, Rennie Stennett is 3rd to go 7 for 7
| | * In 1976 | Egypt president Sadat re-elected
| | * In 1976 | Episcopal Church approves ordination of women as priests & bishop
| | * In 1977 | 90 minute pilot of "Logan's Run" premieres on TV
| | * In 1977 | Ringo releases "Drowning in Sea of Love"
| | * In 1978 | 25,000 die in 7.7 earthquake in Tabar Iran
| | * In 1978 | Filming on Monty Python's Life of Brian, begins
| | * In 1978 | Yanks beat Red Sox for 6th time in 2 weeks, 3-2
| | * In 1979 | Catfish Hunter Day at Yankee Stadium
| | * In 1979 | Coup in Afghanistan under Hafizullah Amin
| | * In 1980 | Z Vavrova discovers asteroid #3022
| | * In 1982 | A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3137
| | * In 1982 | K Tomita discovers asteroid #3765
| | * In 1982 | Massacre of 1000+ Palestinian refugees at Chatila & Sabra begins
| | * In 1983 | Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes a US citizen
| | * In 1984 | "Miami Vice" premieres
| | * In 1986 | Fire in Kinross gold mine, Transvaal South Africa, 177 killed
| | * In 1987 | NASA launches space vehicle S-209
| | * In 1987 | NY's WNET-TV channel 13 begins round clock broadcasting
| | * In 1988 | Cin Reds Tom Browning pitches a perfect game, beats Dodgers, 1-0
| | * In 1988 | Fish leaves rock group Marillion
| | * In 1988 | Jury awards Valerie Harper $1.6 M in dispute over TV series
| | * In 1988 | Tom Browning of Cincinnati Reds pitches a perfect game against LA
| | * In 1989 | Singer Natalie Cole marries record producer Andre Fisher
| | * In 1990 | 101 year old Sam Ackerman weds 95 year old Eva in New Rochelle NY
| | * In 1990 | Dennis Quaid & Meg Ryan wed
| | * In 1990 | Emmy Awards
| | * In 1990 | Iraq televises an 8 minute uncensored speech from George Bush
| | * In 1990 | Pirate Radio NY International begins transmissions on WWCR
| | * In 1991 | US trial of Panamanian leader Noriega begins
| | * In 1992 | 900 die in flood in Pakistan
| | * In 1992 | FCC votes to allow competition for local phone service
| | * In 1992 | Vanna White suffers a miscarriage
| | * In 2000 | 27th Olympic games open at Sydney, Australia (sched)
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Happy Birthday To |
| In 1918 | [John] Zacherle, NY DJ (WXRK)/horror film actor (Geek Maggot Bingo)
| | In 1957 | Debi Richter, LA Calif, Miss Calif (1975)/actress (Hot Moves)
| | In 1964 | Jennifer Cooke, Long Island NY, actress (V, Friday the 13th part VI)
| | In 1965 | Michelle Johnson, Anchorage Alaska, actress (Blame it on Rio)
| | In 1968 | Catya Sassoon, LA CA, daughter of Vidal/actress (Angelfist, Silencers)
| | In 1386 | Traversari Ambrosius, Italian humanist//sciencist/general
| | In 1387 | Henry V, king of England (1413-22)
| | In 1547 | Abu al-Faiz ibn Mubarak Faizi, Persian-Dutch East Indies poet
| | In 1557 | Jacques Mauduit, composer
| | In 1574 | Samuel Coster, physician/playwright (Polyxena)
| | In 1584 | Matthias Gallas, Austria earl of Campo/duke of Lucerna/general-major
| | In 1638 | Louis XIV, [Sun King] king of France (1643-1715)
| | In 1651 | Engelbrecht Kmpfer, German/Neth VOC surgeon
| | In 1685 | John Gay, poet (Beggar's Opera)
| | In 1736 | Johann N Tetens, German/Danish philospher/mathematician
| | In 1762 | Charles GG, earl of Merode/mayor of Brussels/French senator
| | In 1797 | Anthony Panizzi, Librarian at British Museum
| | In 1800 | Jozef Nowakowski, composer
| | In 1818 | Francis S Haden, English surgeon/graphic artist
| | In 1822 | Charles S Crocker, Pres of Central & South Pacific Railroad
| | In 1823 | Francis Parkman, American historian/author (Oregon Trail)
| | In 1823 | Michael Obrenovic, ruler of Sweden
| | In 1832 | George Washington Custis Lee, Major General (Confederate Army)
| | In 1837 | Pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61)
| | In 1838 | James J Hill, Canada, RR entrepreneur (Great Northern Railroad)
| | In 1847 | Albert Ross Parsons, composer
| | In 1858 | A Bonar Law, (C) British PM (1922-23)
| | In 1858 | Andrew Bonar Law, England, conservative premier
| | In 1872 | Henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, Dutch/Flemish actress (Rose Kate)
| | In 1875 | James Cash Penney, department store founder (J C Penney)
| | In 1877 | James J Jeans, cosmologist/astrophysicist (Mysterious Universe)
| | In 1877 | Willem H Rassers, cultural anthropology (Panji, the culture hero)
| | In 1878 | Karl Albiker, German sculptor (female nude)
| | In 1880 | Alfred Noyes, British poet/essayist (Loom of Years, Highwayman)
| | In 1882 | Mart Saar, composer
| | In 1885 | Karen Horney, German/US, neo-freudian psychoanalyst
| | In 1887 | Hans/Jean Arp, French/Swiss painter/poet/sculptor
| | In 1887 | Nadia Boulanger, Paris, composer/music teacher (Lasirne Ideology)
| | In 1888 | Frans Sillanp, Finland, writer (Meek Heritage-Nobel 1939)
| | In 1889 | Claude A Barnett founder (Associated Negro Press)
| | In 1889 | Ludwig Tgel, German author/novelist/writer (Pferdemusik)
| | In 1891 | Czeslaw Josef Marek, composer
| | In 1891 | Karl Dnitz, German great admiral/Fhrer (1945)
| | In 1893 | Albert Szent-Gyrgyi, Hungary, biochemist (Vitamin C, Nobel 1937)
| | In 1893 | Alexander Korda, British movie producer (3rd man)
| | In 1895 | Charles W Bidwill Sr, Chicago, NFL hall of famer (Chicago Cardinals)
| | In 1895 | Karen Horney, Hamburg Germany, psychoanalyst/Zen practitioner
| | In 1895 | Karol Rathaus, composer
| | In 1896 | Andr Cheron, French chess/bridge theorist
| | In 1899 | Hans Swarowsky, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Graz Opera 1947-50)
| | In 19-- | Camilo Sesto, Spain, spanish singer (Amore Libre, Agenda de Baile)
| | In 19-- | Christopher Rich, actor (Another World)
| | In 19-- | Dwayne "Bebe" Jones, Paterson NJ, rapper (Riff-Judy had a Boyfriend)
| | In 19-- | Sallie Shockley, Neenah Wisc, actress (Valerie-Sarge)
| | In 19-- | Steven Shareaux, rocker (Kik Tracee-Hot Wire)
| | In 19-- | Yolandita Monge, PR, spanish singer (Te Digo Adios)
| | In 1901 | Andre Joly Bunet, France, figure skater pair (Olympic-gold-1928, 32)
| | In 1901 | CFH "Freddie" Gough, British major scout (WW II, Arnhem)
| | In 1903 | Richard Hall, composer
| | In 1906 | Annie Hermes, Dutch singer
| | In 1909 | John Megaw, British Lord Justice of Appeal
| | In 1911 | Wilfred Burchett, Australia, communist/writer (Catapult to Freedom)
| | In 1912 | Jerry Wald, NYC, producer (Mildred Pierce, Johnny Belinda)
| | In 1914 | Allen Funt, Bkln NY, TV host & creator (Candid Camera)
| | In 1915 | Cy Walter, Minneapolis Mn, pianist (3's Company)
| | In 1916 | Lord Ryder of Eaton hastings, CEO (Intl Publishing House)
| | In 1918 | Baroness Pike, former MP
| | In 1919 | Andy Russell, LA Calif, singer (Andy & Della Russell Show)
| | In 1919 | Milan Harasta, composer
| | In 1919 | Sven-Erik Bck, Swedish violinist/composer/conductor
| | In 1920 | Franco Pandolfini, Italy, water polo (Olympic-gold-1948)
| | In 1920 | Hannie [Jannetje J] Schaft, "Girl with red hair"
| | In 1920 | Sheila Quinn, adviser (British Red Cross)
| | In 1921 | Dusty Hughers, playwright
| | In 1921 | Fritz Geissler, composer
| | In 1921 | John Hendricks, lyricist singer (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross)
| | In 1921 | William Johnston, Chaplain to Queen of Scotland
| | In 1922 | Janis Paige, Tacoma Wash, actress (Lanigan's Rabbi, Trapper John MD)
| | In 1924 | Bess Myerson, NY, Miss America 1945/shoplifter (or 0716)
| | In 1924 | Lauren Bacall, Staten Island, actress (Dark Passage, Key Largo)
| | In 1924 | Paddy Stone, Winnipeg Manitoba, choreographer (Piccadilly Palace)
| | In 1925 | B[lues] B[oy] King, Itta Bena Miss, blues singer (Thrill is Gone)
| | In 1925 | Charles Haughey, Irish PM
| | In 1925 | Charlie Byrd, guitarist (Desfinado)
| | In 1926 | John Knowles, US writer (Morning in Antibes)
| | In 1926 | Lee Kuan Yew, PM (Singapore)
| | In 1926 | Robert Schuller, televangelist (Glass Cathedral)
| | In 1926 | Tommy "Butch" Bond, actor (Butch-Our Gang)
| | In 1927 | Jack Kelly, Astoria Queens, actor (Bart-Maverick, Get Christie Love)
| | In 1927 | Peter Falk, Ossining NY, actor (Colombo, Scared Straight)
| | In 1928 | Lamine Diakhat, Senegal, poet (Primordiale du Sixieme Jour)
| | In 1929 | Dale E Kildee, (Rep-D-Michigan, 1977- )
| | In 1930 | Ken Coates, Labour MEP
| | In 1931 | Jan Johansson, composer
| | In 1932 | Anne Francis, Ossining NY, actress (Honey West, Pancho Villa)
| | In 1932 | Mickey Stewart, manager (England Cricket Team)
| | In 1933 | George Chakiris, Norwood Ohio, actor (West Side Story)
| | In 1934 | Elgin Baylor, NBA star (1958-59 Rookie of Year-Lakers)
| | In 1934 | Eva Clayton, (Rep-D-North Carolina)
| | In 1935 | Carl Andre, US sculptor (minimal/conceptual art)
| | In 1936 | Frits Niessen, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
| | In 1937 | Aleksandr Medved, USSR, super heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1964 68, 72)
| | In 1937 | Andrew J[efferson V] Offutt, US, sci-fi author (Undying Wizard)
| | In 1937 | Vincent J Naimoli, Paterson NJ, owner (SF Giants)
| | In 1941 | Jim McBride, NYC, director/actor (Hot Times, Breathless, Big Easy)
| | In 1941 | Joe Butler, rocker (Lovin' Spoonful)
| | In 1941 | Tommy Carberry, jockey
| | In 1942 | Bernie Calvert, rocker (Hollies)
| | In 1942 | Linda G Miller, NYC, actress (Night of the Juggler, Mississippi)
| | In 1943 | David Wilshire, (C) MP
| | In 1944 | Ard Schenk, Holland 1500m, 5K, 10K speed skater (Olympic-gold-1972)
| | In 1946 | Lord Walton of Detchant, physician (Warden of Green College Oxford)
| | In 1947 | Aleksandr V Rutskoi, Ukrainian Hero of USSR/VP (1991- )
| | In 1947 | Andy Irvine, rugby player
| | In 1947 | Ilona Gusenbauer, Austria, high jumper (Olympic-bronze-1972)
| | In 1947 | Lucius Allen, NBA star (Milwaukee Bucks)
| | In 1947 | Michael R McNulty, (Rep-D-New York)
| | In 1947 | Russ Abbott, British TV comedian
| | In 1948 | Kenny Jones, rock singer
| | In 1948 | Rosemary Casals, tennis player (US Open doubles 1967,71,74)
| | In 1949 | Ed Begley Jr, LA Cal, actor (Eating Raoul, St Elsewhere, Parenthood)
| | In 1949 | Susan Ruttan, Oregon City Ore, actress (Roxanne-LA Law)
| | In 1950 | David Bellamy, Darby Fla, singer (Bellamy Bros-Let Your Love Flow))
| | In 1952 | Nile Rodgers, rocker
| | In 1953 | Gene Taylor, (Rep-D-Mississippi)
| | In 1953 | Jerry Pate, Macon Ga, PGA golfer (US Open 1976, Canadian Open 1976)
| | In 1956 | Anatoly Beloglazov, USSR, 52 kg freestyle wrestler (Olympic-gold-1980)
| | In 1956 | David Copperfield, [Kotkin], US, magician
| | In 1956 | Kevin R Kregel, NYC NY, Pilot/astronaut
| | In 1956 | Mark Daniel Gearan, Gardner Mass, campaign manager (Al Gore)
| | In 1956 | Sergei Beloglazov, USSR, 57 kg freestyle wrestler (Olympic-gold-1980)
| | In 1957 | Keith Connor, Anguilla, British triple jumper (Olympic-bronze-1984)
| | In 1958 | Jennifer Tilly, LA Calif, actress (Let it Ride, Off Beat, Psycho II)
| | In 1958 | Terry McBride, Austin Tx, singer (McBride & Ride-Can I Count on You)
| | In 1962 | Kimberly McArthur, Fort Worth Texas, playmate (January, 1982)
| | In 1963 | Richard Marx, Chicago Ill, rocker (Hold on to the Night)
| | In 1964 | David Michael Sabo, Perth Amboy NJ, rocker (Skid Row-Psycho Love)
| | In 1965 | Katy Kurtzman, Wash DC, actress (Lindsay-Dynasty)
| | In 1969 | Kathi Wolfgram, Minneapolis, rocker (Jets-You Got it All)
| | In 1971 | Charlie Fields, Bkln NY, actor (Shannon)
| | In 1972 | Shalane McCall, actor (Charlie Wade-Dallas)
| | In 1976 | Andres Javier Blazquez, PR, singer (Menudo-Cannonball)
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The following people died on this day |
| In 1638 | John Wilbye, composer, dies at 64
| | In 1703 | Johann Jakob Lowe von Eisenach, composer, dies at 74
| | In 96 | Titus Flavius Domitianus, emperor of Rome (81-96), dies at about 45
| | In 655 | Martinus I, bannished Pope (649-53), dies
| | In 1087 | Victor III, [Dauferio/Desiderius], Italian Pope (1086-87), dies
| | In 1380 | Charles V, the Wise, King of France (1364-80), dies
| | In 1394 | Clement VII, [Robert de Genve], Pope (1378-94), dies
| | In 1498 | Tomas de Torquemada, inquisitor who burned 10,000 people, dies
| | In 1652 | Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer, dies at 61
| | In 1672 | Anne Bradstreet, American poet, dies (birth date unknown)
| | In 1696 | Lambert Pietkin, composer, dies at 83
| | In 1736 | Daniel G Fahrenheit, Prussian/Neth physicist (thermometer), dies at 50
| | In 1798 | Damasus Brosmann, composer, dies at 67
| | In 1824 | Louis XVIII SX, earl of Province/king of France (1814-24), dies
| | In 1834 | Antoine-Vincent Arnault, French writer (Guillaume the Nassau), dies
| | In 1837 | Pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61), dies
| | In 1845 | John Kinker, translator/philosopher/poet, dies at 81
| | In 1896 | Carlos Gomez, composer, dies at 60
| | In 1911 | Edward Whymper, English mountaineer (Ascent of Matterhorn), dies
| | In 1920 | Daniel Andersson, Swedish poet/writer (Polar History), dies at 32
| | In 1925 | Leo Fall, Austria operetta composer (That Pink von Stambul), dies
| | In 1925 | Leopold Fall, composer, dies at 52
| | In 1926 | Rudolf C Eucken, German philosopher (Nobel 1908), dies at 80
| | In 1936 | Irving Thalberg, US producer (MGM), dies
| | In 1936 | Karl Buresch, Austrian politician, dies
| | In 1945 | John "Pa" van de Steur, philanthropist (Java), dies at 80
| | In 1945 | John McCormack, Irish singer (Irish national anthem/folk songs), dies
| | In 1946 | James Jeans, English physicist/mathematician/astronomer, dies at 69
| | In 1948 | Ferdinand I MKLM, prince of Saxon-Coburg/tsar of Bulgaria, dies
| | In 1953 | Colin G Fink, US chemist (electro-chemistry), dies
| | In 1955 | Leopold CMS Amery, Brit minister of Colonization (India), dies at 81
| | In 1961 | Yme C Schuitmaker, potato farmer/dramatist, dies
| | In 1962 | Saif al-Islam Achmad, monarch of Yemen, dies at about 71
| | In 1964 | Leo Weismantel, German writer (Das Totenliebespar), dies
| | In 1971 | Ferdinand LR Sassen, priest/philosopher (Descartes), dies at 77
| | In 1973 | Frederic Meyer, actor (Faraway Hill), dies at 63
| | In 1977 | Maria Callas, American-born prima donna, dies in Paris at 53
| | In 1979 | Mohammed Taraki, president of Afghanistan (1978-79), dies
| | In 1982 | Rolfe Sedan, actor (Mr Beasley-Burns & Allen Show), dies at 86
| | In 1992 | Millicent Fenwick, (Rep-R-NJ 1975-82), dies at 82, dies
| | In 1993 | Johanna F Zandstra-Giezen, oldest citizen of Netherlands, dies at 110
| | In 1993 | Willie Mosconi, world billiards champ, dies of heart attack at 80
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Holidays On this Day |
| | [Malaysia, Singapore] Independence Day (1963)
| | | [Oklahoma] Cherokee Strip Day (1893)
| | | [Papua New Guinea] Independence Day (1975)
| | | [US] American Legion Charter Day (1919)
| | | [UN observance] Intl Day of Peace
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Religious Observances On this Day |
| | [RC] Cyprianus, saint/bishop of Carthago/martyr
| | | [RC] Eugenia, abbess of Hohenburg
| | | [RC] Euphemia, martyr
| | | [RC] Ludmilla, wife of duke Boriwoj/grandmother of Wenceslaus I
| | In 253 | [RC] SS Cornelius, pope (251-53), & Cyprian, bishop, martyrs
| | In 430 | [Ang] Commemoration of St Ninian, Bishop in Galloway
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Wit and wisdom for today: |
| | America did not invent human rights,
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Special Reminders for today... |
| | 1915 93øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
| | | 1966 47øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
| | | 259th day of year with 106 days left (Numerology = 7)
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