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by
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Fri Aug 04 2000 at 18:43:09
Some
interesting events
,
famous birthdays
and
famous deaths
that occured on
October 2
nd, the same
day of the year
that
mr.nick
was born.
Events
0939
-
Battle at Andernach
:
King Otto
&
Hermann of Zwaben
beat
Eberhard of France
&
Giselbert of Lutherans
0976
-
Hisham II
appointed
kalief of Cardoba
1134
-
Storm flood
ravages
Zeeland county
1187
-
Sultan Saladin
captures
Jerusalem
from
Crusaders
1492
-
King Henry VII
of
England invades France
1518
-
English cardinal
Thomas Wolsey
makes European plan
1535
-
Jacques Cartir
discovers
Mount Royal
(Montreal)
1540
-
Venice
/
Turkey
signs peace
1572
-
Spanish army
occupies/plunders/destroys
Mechelen
1586
-
Battle at Zutphen
: English-Dutch army
1608
-
Prototype
of modern
reflecting telescope
completed by
Jan Lippershey
1614
-
French
king Louis XIII
(13) declared an adult
1656
-
US colony
Connecticut
passes law against
Quakers
1700
-
Spanish
king Carlos II
appoints
Philip van Anjou
, heir to throne
1760
-
Russian
/
Austrian
army evacuates
Berlin
1787
-
Maagden House
opens in
Amsterdam
1792
-
Baptist Missionary Society
forms in
London
1795
-
Tula
(leader
slave uprising
) sentence to
death
in
Curaeao
1799
-
Duke of York
&
Russian
s capture
Alkmaar
in
Netherlands
1804
-
England
mobilizes to protect against
French invasion
1833
-
Charles Darwin
rides through
Corunda
to
Santa Fe Argentina
1833
-
NY Anti-Slavery Society
organized
1836
-
Darwin
returns to
England
aboard
HMS Beagle
(after 5 years)
1853
-
Austrian
law forbids
Jews
from owning
land
1861
- Former
VP John C Breckinridge
flees
Kentucky
1864
-
Battle of Saltville
,
VA
1866
-
J Osterhoudt
patents
tin can
with
key opener
1870
-
Italy
annexes
Rome & Papal States
;
Rome
made
Italian capital
1871
-
Brigham Young
,
mormon leader
, arrest for
bigamy
1872
-
Morgan State University
founded
1879
- Start of
Sherlock Holmes
adventure "
Musgrave Ritual
"
1889
- 1st
Pan American
conference (
Washington DC
)
1895
- 1st
cartoon
comic strip
is
printed
in a
newspaper
1899
-
Orange Free
state mobilizes
1900
-
Belg
crown prince Albert von Saksen-Coburg
weds
Elisabeth of Bayern
1901
- 1st
Royal Naval
submarine
launched at
Barrow
1906
-
Tommy Burns
KOs
Jim Burns
in 15 for
heavyweight boxing
title
1907
-
Phillies Eddie Grant
goes 7 for 7 in a
doubleheader
vs
Giants
1908
-
Addie Joss
perfect game
stops
Ed Walsh
1-0 who won 40 in a row
1909
- 1st
rugby match
(
Twickenham
)
1910
- 1st
2 aircraft collision
(
Milan Italy
)
1910
-
Henry Wijnmalen
flies to 2,800m
altitude
(
world record
)
1913
-
Phillies
beat
NY Giants
2 games out of 3 in a
tripleheader
1916
-
Grover Cleveland Alexander
records his 16th shutout of year
1916
-
San Diego Zoo
founded
1919
- 1st edition "
Volkskrant
" (
People's newspaper
) published in
Neth
1919
-
Pres Woodrow Wilson
has a stroke, leaving him
partially paralyzed
1920
- Only
tripleheader
of century (
Reds
win 13-4, 7-3 then
Pirates
win 6-0)
1921
-
NY Yankee
Babe Ruth
hits then record 59th
Home Run
1923
-
British
occuping army
leaves
Constantinople
1923
-
Harry Heilmann
goes 2-for-2, sit out rest of season, except for a
pinch single
on final day, hitting .403
1924
-
League of Nations
approves protocols of
Geneva
1926
-
Bert Gibb
of
Hamilton Tigers
kicks 9 singles in a game
1931
-
Pope Pius XI
encyclical On
economic crisis
1932
-
NY Yankees
sweep
Chicago Cubs
in
29th World Series
1932
-
Washington Redskins
(as
Boston Braves
) play
1st NFL game
, lose 14-0
1933
-
Eugene O'Neill
's
comedy
"
Ah, Wilderness
," premieres in
NYC
1935
-
Mussolini
's
Italian armys
attacks
Abyssinia
(
Ethiopia
)
1935
-
NY Hayden Planetarium
, 4th in US, opens
1936
- 1st
alcohol
power plant
forms,
Atchison, Kansas
1936
-
Amsterdam
's
Calvinist Churches
reject
nazism
1936
-
French franc
devalued
1936
-
NY Yankees
score
World Series
record 18 runs, beating
Giants
18-4
1936
-
Tony Lazzeri
becomes 1st Yank to hit a
World Series
grand slam
1937
-
FDR
visits
Grand Coulee Dam
construction site in
Washington State
1938
-
Indian
Bob Feller
strikes out record 18
Tigers
(
Chester Laabs
5 times)
1939
-
Birdbaths
installed in
Union Square, SF
1940
- 17
German
aircraft
s shot down above
England
1940
-
British
Council receives
British Charter
1940
-
British
liner
Empress
loaded with refugees for
Canada
, sunk
1941
- 6
Paris
synagogues
are bombed by
Gestapo
1941
-
German
s launch attack on
Moscow
1942
- "
Queen Mary
" slices cruiser "
Curacao
" in half, killing 338
1942
- 1st
self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction
demonstrated,
Chicago
1943
-
Japanse
troops leave
Kolombangara
,
Solomon Island
1943
-
Yankees
sweep 14th
doubleheader
of year, beating
Browns
, 5-1 & 7-6
1944
-
Nazis
crush
Warsaw Uprising
killing 250,000 people
1944
-
US
B-17
's drops
pamphlets
on
Walcheren
1946
- 1st
network soap opera
-
Faraway Hill
-
Dumont
1947
- "]Music in My Heart]" opens at
Adelphi Theater NYC
for 124 performances
1947
-
Revised International Telecommunication Convention
adopted
1947
-
Yankee
Yogi Berra
becomes 1st to pinch hit a
World Series
homer
1948
- "
Finian's Rainbow
" closes at
46th St Theater NYC
after 725 perfs
1949
-
St Louis
Browns
use 9 pitchers, lose to
Whites Sox
4-3
1949
-
USSR
recognizes
People's Republic of China
1949
-
Yanks & Red Sox
, tied for 1st place, play
final game of season
.
Yanks
win 5-3 &
clinch pennant
#16
1950
- 1st strip of
Charlie Brown
, "
Li'l Folks
," later "
Peanuts
" in 9 papers
1950
-
Mao Tse Tung
proclaims in telegram to
Stalin
,
China intervenes Korea
1950
-
Red Sox
Dom DiMaggio
leads AL with only 15
stolen bases
1950
-
Bob Shaw
of
Chicago Cardinals
sets
NFL
record with 5 TD receptions
1950
-
Chic Cards
Jim Hardy
passes for 6 touchdowns vs
Balt Colts
(55-13)
1951
- 1st
Netherland
TV broadcast
(
Toverspiegel
)
1951
-
Dodgers
beat
Giants
10-0, in 2nd game of play-offs
1953
- "
Comedy in Music
(
Victor Borge
)" opens at
John Golden NYC
for 849 perf
1953
-
Dodger
Carl Erskine
strikes out 14
Yankees
in
World Series
1954
- 8th
NHL
All-Star Game
:
All-Star
s beat
Detroit
2-2 at
Detroit
1954
- Former
French
possession of
Chandernagore
made part of
West Bengal
1954
-
NY Giants
sweep
Cleveland Indians
, in 51st
World Series
1955
- "]Alfred Hitchcock Presents]"
premieres
1955
- 9th
NHL
All-Star Game
:
Detroit
beat
All-Stars
3-1 at
Detroit
1955
- Actress
Joyce Randolph
marries publisher
Richard Charles
1955
-
Chiva Stoica
becomes
premier of Romania
1955
-
WHTN
(now
WOWK
)
TV
ch 13 in
Huntington-Charleston, WV
(
CBS
) begins
1956
- 1st
atomic power clock
exhibited-
NYC
1957
-
NY Yankees
appear in their 25th
World Series
1957
- New
volcanic island
appears off
Fayal Island Azores
1958
-
Guinea
(
French Guinea
) gains
independence
from
France
(
National Day
)
1958
-
Musical show
"
Valmouth
," 1st produced in
London
1958
-
USSR
performs
nuclear test
at
Novaya Zemlya USSR
1959
-
Rod Serling
's "
Twilight Zone
" premieres on
CBS-TV
1960
-
Louise Suggs
wins
LPGA San Antonio Civitan Golf Tournament
1961
- "
Ben Casey
" premieres on
NBC-TV
1961
-
USSR
performs
nuclear test
at
Novaya Zemlya USSR
1961
-
WETA TV
channel 26 in
Washington, DC
(
PBS
) begins
broadcasting
1961
-
WHRO TV
channel 15 in
Hampton-Norfolk, VA
(
PBS
) begins
broadcasting
1962
-
SF
beats
LA
, 8-7 in 4h18m 9 inning playoff game
1962
-
US
performs
atmospheric nuclear test
at
Johnston Island
1963
-
Dodgers
'
Sandy Koufax
strikes out
World Series
record 15
Yankees
1963
-
W German Chancellor Adenauer
condemns western grain shipments to
USSR
1964
-
Phillies
tie major league record with season's 3rd
triple play
(
Reds
)
1965
-
Dodgers
beat
Braves
to clinch
NL pennant
1965
-
Mel Stottlemyre
wins game #20
1965
-
Phillies
'
Chris Short
strikes-out 18
NY Mets
1965
-
Pope Paul VI
named
MR Perey bishop
's helper of
New Orleans
1966
-
Mickey Wright
wins
LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational
1966
-
LA Dodgers
Sandy Koufax
clinches 3rd LA pennant in 4 years
1967
-
Grateful Dead
members arrested by
narcotic
agents
1967
-
Groundbreaking
begins on
Veteran Stadium
in
Philadelphia
1967
-
Mickey Wrigh
t wins
LPGA Seven Lakes Golf Invitational
1967
-
Thurgood Marshall
sworn in as
1st black Supreme Court Justice
1968
- 1st
London
performance of "
Promises Promises
" presented
1968
-
Bob Gibson
sets a
World Series
record of 17
strikeout
s
1968
-
Mexico City
police
fire on
protesting students
, 300-500 killed
1968
-
Peru
coup under gen
Velasco Alvarado
, pres
Bela£nde Terry
flees
1968
-
Republic Guinea
forms (day of republic)
1968
- 1st time, 2 soon-to-be-named MVPs oppose each other Cards
Bob Gibson
beat
Tigers
Denny McLain
4-0
1969
-
Seattle
Pilots
last game in
Seattle
, lose 3-1 to As in front of 5,473
1969
-
US
performs
underground nuclear test
at
Amchitka Island Aleutians
1970
-
Billy Martin
named manager of Det
Tigers
1970
-
Plane
carrying
Wichita State
U
football team
crash
es killing 30
1971
-
Homing pigeon
averages 133
KPH
(record) in 1100-km
Australian race
1972
- "
From Israel with Love
" opens at
Palace Theater NYC
for 8 performances
1972
-
Aeroflot
Il-18 crashes near
Black Sea
resort of
Sochi
, kills 105
1972
-
Bill Stoneman
of
Montreal
pitches his 2nd no-hitter, beating
Mets
, 7-0
1972
-
Danish
population votes for
European Common Market
membership
1972
- Mont Expos
Bill Stoneman
2nd no-hitter beats
NY Mets
, 7-0
1972
-
Ron Johnson
becomes 1st
NY Giant
to score 4 TDs (vs Phila)
1974
-
Hank Aaron
's 733rd career HR on his last NL at bat
1976
- "
Let My People Come
" closes at
Morosco Theater NYC
after 106 perfs
1977
-
Pakistan
general Zia ul-Haq
bans all opposition
1977
-
Vivian Brownlee
wins
LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
1977
-
Dusty Baker
30th HR joins teammates
Steve Garvey
(33),
Reggie Smith
(32), &
Ron Cey
(30) in make
Dodgers
1st team to boast 4 30-HR hitters
1978
-
Syrian
&
Palestinians
shoot in
East Beirut
, 1,300 killed
1978
-
Yanks
win 3rd straight AL East beating
Red Sox
5-4 in a playoff game.
Guidry
wins #25 aided by
Dent
's homer & [Pinella['s fielding
1980
-
Larry Holmes
TKOs
Muhammad Ali
in 11 for
heavyweight boxing
title
1980
-
Michael Myers
(D-Pa), is 1st rep expelled in over 100 years (ABSCAM)
1981
-
Ali Chamenei
elected
president of Iran
1982
-
Bomb attack
in
Teheran
, kills 60, injures 700
1983
-
Art Monk
begins
NFL
streak of 136 plus consecutive game receptions
1983
-
Carl Yastrezemski
's last at bat
1983
-
Kathy Postlewait
wins
LPGA San Jose Golf Classic
1984
- 3
cosmonauts
return after a record
237 days in orbit
1984
- In 1st
LCS game
played with replacement umps,
Cubs
beat
Padres
13-0
1984
-
Richard Miller
, becomes 1st (former)
FBI agent
, charged with
espionage
1985
-
Russian
party leader
Gorbatsjov
visits
Paris
1985
-
Tigers
Darrell Evans
is 1st to hit 40 HR seasons in both leagues
1986
- Failed
assassination attempt
on
India
premier
Rajiv Gandhi
1986
-
Mike Scott
is 3rd NL pitcher to strike out 300 in a season (306)
1986
-
NY Met
Dwight Gooden
is 1st to strike out 200 or more in 1st 3 seasons
1986
-
Sikhs
attempt to
assassinate
Indian
Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi
1988
- 24th
Olympic
games close at
Seoul, Korea
1988
-
Gelindo Bordin
wins 21st
Olympics
marathon
(2:10:32)
1988
-
Minn Twins
are 1st AL club ever to break 3 million season attendance
1988
-
Pakistan's Supreme Court
orders free elections
1988
-
Police
breakup domestic disturbance between
Mike Tyson
&
Robin Givens
1988
-
Mike Tyson
wrecks furniture in his
Bernardsville NJ
Mansion
1990
- "
Michael Feinstein in Concert
-" opens at
Golden NYC
for 30 perfs
1990
-
Allies
cede any remaining rights as occupiers of
Germany
1990
- [Chinese[
plane
explodes, about 100 die
1990
-
US Senate
votes 90-9 to confirm
David Souter
to
Supreme Court
1990
-
Radio Berlin International
's final transmission (links to
Deutsche Welles
of
West Germany
); final song is "
The End
" by Doors
1991
-
Eric Lindros
, refused to sign with
Quebec Nordiques
1991
-
Steffi Graf
becomes the youngest woman to win 500
pro tennis
matches
1991
-
Toronto Blue Jays
clinches AL East title & becomes 1st team to draw 4 million fans
1992
-
VP Itamar Franco
becomes pres of
Brazil
1993
-
Spike Lee
weds
Tonya Lewis
1994
- "
Show Boat
," opens at
Gershwin Theater NYC
1994
-
Pakistan
defeat
Australia
by one wicket in
Karachi Test
1995
- "
Moon Over Buffalo
" opens at
Martin Beck Theater NYC
for 308 perfs
1995
-
Seattle Mariners
beat
Cal Angels
, 9-1 in a playoff game to win AL West
1996
-
30th Country Music Assn Award
:
Brooks & Dunn
win
Birthdays
1452
-
King Richard III
, of
England
(1483-85)
1595
-
Jacob Louys
, Flemish engraver
1616
-
A Gryphius
, writer
1619
-
G‚d‚on Tallemant des R‚aux
, French author (Historiettes)
1646
-
Guillaume Poitevin
, composer
1704
-
Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma
, composer
1715
-
Peter II
, czar of Russia (1727-30)
1737
-
Francis Hopkinson
, US, writer/lawyer (design Stars & Stripes)
1737
-
Franz Schneider
, composer
1752
-
Samuel Story
, Dutch admiral (Battle at Kamperduin)
1756
-
Jacob van Strij
, Dutch cartoonist/graphic artist
1756
-
Josef Jawurek
, composer
1792
-
Philip Cipriani Hambley Potter
, pianist/composer
1800
-
Nat Turner
, Virginia, leader of major slave rebellion (1831)
1809
-
Anton Emil Titl
, composer
1817
-
Gunnar Wennerberg
, composer
1819
-
George Washington Getty
, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1901
1821
-
Alexander Peter "Old Straight" Stewart
, Lt Gen (Confederate Army)
1822
-
Joannes Kappeyne van de Coppello
, Dutch Internal minister (1877-79)
1827
-
Edmund Jackson Davis
, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1883
1832
-
Edward Burnett Tylor
, English anthropologist
1832
-
Julius von Sachs
, botanist/naturalist
1835
-
Louis A Ranvier
, French anatomist/historian
1839
-
Hans Thoma
, painter
1847
-
Paul Ludwig Hans von Beneckendorf und Hindenburg
, German president
1851
-
Ferdinand Foch
, France, responsible for Allies winning WW I
1852
-
William Ramsay
, chemist
1857
-
Marthinus T Steyn
, pres of Orange-Free state (1896-1902)
1866
-
Charles de Souzy Ricketts
, artist
1869
-
Mahatma Karamchand Ghandi
, Porbandar Kathiawad India, pacifist
1871
-
Cordell Hull
, US Sec of State (1933-44), lowered tariffs (Nobel 1945)
1873
-
Pelham Warner
, cricketer (
England
1898-1912, later notable official)
1875
-
Henry Fevrier
, composer
1878
-
Fran‡ois C Schlumberger
, French physicist
1879
-
Wallace Stevens
, Reading Pa, poet (Ideas of Order)
1880
-
George Alexander Russell
, composer
1881
-
Fred Barlow
, composer
1885
-
Ruth Bryan Rohde
, US, (Rep), minister to Denmark
1886
-
Pieter "Pierre" Balledux
, stage manager/Dutch resistance fighter
1890
-
Groucho Marx
,
Julius
, NYC, comedian (Marx Bros, You Bet Your Life)
1891
-
H V Porter
, basketball pioneer, created fan shape backboard
1893
-
Leroy B Shield
, US pianist/producer/composer (Laurel & Hardy)
1895
-
Bud Abbott
, Asbury Pk NJ, comedian (Abbott & Costello)
1895
-
Louis Lebeer
, Dutch art historian
1896
-
Fjodor I Panfjorov
, Russian author (Volga)
OS=Sep 20
1896
-
Fritz Eberhard
,
Hellmut Rauschenplat
, W-German lawyer/resistor (Law)
1901
-
Christopher Clarkson
, test Pilot
1901
-
Ignatius
Roy
D
Campbell, South African poet (Flowering Rifle)
1902
-
Dick Ket
, Dutch painter/cartoonist
1902
-
Leopold Figl
, premier of Austria
1904
-
Dermot Boyle
, marshal (RAF)
1904
-
Godfrey Baseley
, radio executive
1904
-
Graham Greene
, English journalist (3rd Man)
1904
-
Shi Lal Bahadur Shastri
, India premier (1964-66)
1904
-
Henry
Graham Greene,
England
, prolific novelist (Brighton Rock)
1906
-
John Humphreys Whitfield
, scholar of Italian language & literature
1907
-
Alexander Robertus
, organic chemist
1907
-
Lord Todd
, chemist
1907
-
William Marshall
, producer/director/actor/singer (Blackmail)
1911
-
Stuart Rose
, designer (
British
Post Office)
1912
-
Eric Wilson
, VC/
British
Lt Col
1913
-
Vivian Ridler
, printer (Oxford University)
1914
-
Albe Vidakovic
, composer
1914
-
Bengt Viktor Johansson
, composer
1914
-
Charles Drake
, Bayside NYC, actor (Air Force, Glenn Miller Story)
1915
-
Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise
, musician
1917
-
Francis Jackson
, organist & master of Music/York minister
1917
-
William Marshall III
, Chicago IL, actor (Blacula, Honky)
1919
-
Geoffrey Luttrell
, Lord-Lt of Somerset
1919
-
Shirley Clarke
, film director
1920
-
William Cramond
, psychiatrist/vice-chancellor (Stirling University)
1921
-
A Scott Crossfield
, US Test pilot (XS-1)
1921
-
Robert Runcie
,
Kennedy
, Liverpool
England
, Archbishop of Canterbury
1922
-
Otmar Macha
, composer
1922
-
Thomas T Nkobi
, S Afr ANC-leader (Alexandra-bus boycott 1957)
1922
-
Wolfhart U Pannenberg
, German theologist (Gingham Girl)
1923
-
Jack Dellal
, English immovables-goedbezitter/multi-millionaire
1924
-
Sam Wainwright
, deputy chairman (
British
Post Office)
1925
-
Alois Pinos
, composer
1925
-
Brian Dilton
,
British
lord justice of appeal
1926
-
Jan Morris
, travel writer (Among the Cities, Hong Kong, Journeys)
1928
-
Anthony Tippett
,
British
chief of Fleet Support
1928
-
Clay Felker
, St Louis, journalist (NY Herald Tribune, Esquire)
1928
-
George Emmett McFarland
, Dallas, act (Spanky-Our Gang/Little Rascals)
1928
-
James Porter
, CEO (Commonwealth Institute)
1928
-
Robin Duthie
, CEO (Britoil)
1929
-
John Zochonis
,
British
multi-millionaire soap magnate
1929
-
Kenneth Leighton
, composer
1929
-
Moses Gunn
, St Louis Mo, actor (Amityville II, Good Times, Shaft)
1930
-
Gunter Kochan
, composer
1930
-
J M Ghorpade
, cricketer (8 Tests for India 1952-59 with little impact)
1932
-
Maury Wills
, baseball shortstop (LA Dodgers, NL MVP 1962)
1933
-
Dimiter Khristov
, composer
1933
-
Phill Niblock
, composer
1934
-
Duncan Thompson
, keeper (Scottish National Portrait Gallery)
1934
-
Geoff Millman
, cricketer (
England
wicket-keeper in 6 Tests 1961-62)
1934
-
Richard Scott
,
British
high court judge
1935
-
Peter Frankl
, pianist
1935
-
Robert H Lawrence
, Chicago Ill, USAF/astronaut
1936
-
Ian McLachlan
, cricketer (Cambridge & S Aust bat, later Liberal MP)
1936
-
Johnnie Cochran
, attorney (OJ Simpson defense attorney)
1936
-
Roger Sainsbury
, bishop of Barking
1937
-
Helga Schtz
, writer
1938
-
Lloyd Turner
, journalist
1938
-
Rex Reed
, Ft Worth Tx, movie critic/actor (Myra Breckinridge)
1939
-
B K Kunderan
, cricketer (Indian keeper-batsman of 60's)
1939
-
Yuri Nikolayevich Glazkov
, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 24)
1940
-
Lord Davies
, chairman (Welsh National Opera)
1941
-
Ron Meagher
, rocker
1943
-
Anna Ford
,
British
broadcaster/actress (Secret Policeman's Ball)
1943
-
Henri SZEPS
, Lausanne Switzerland, actor (Mother & Son)
1944
-
Peter Hobson
, headmaster (Giggleswick School)
1944
- Vernor
Steffen
Vinge, US, sci-fi author (Witling, True Names)
1945
-
Don McLean
, New Rochelle NY, singer/songwriter (American Pie, Vincent)
1945
-
Frank Tejeda
, (Rep-D-Texas)
1945
-
Neil Frances Tennant
, rocker (Pet Shop Boy-West End Girl)
1945
-
Vladimir Ivanovich Kozlov
, cosmonaut
1946
-
Jo-el Sonnier
, Rayne La, country singer (Louisiana)
1946
-
Roger Jett
, Cumberland Maryland, actor (Smithereens)
1948
-
Avery Brooks
, Evansville Ind, actor (Spenser for Hire, Deep Space 9)
1948
-
Chris LeDoux
, Biloxi Miss, country singer (Ridin' for a Fall)
1948
-
Donna Karan
, Forest Hills NY, fashion designer (Coty Award-1977)
1948
-
Robert Anderson
, cricketer (NZ batsman 1976-78)
1948
-
Trevor Brooking
, English soccer player
1949
-
Lorraine Bracco
, Bay Ridge Bkln NY, actress (Valentino
1949
-
Richard Hell
,
Richard Myers
, Lexington Ky, rock bassist (Television)
1950
-
Michael Rutherford
, English pop bassist (Genesis-Silent Sun)
1950
-
Persis Khambatta
, Bombay India, actress (Star Trek, Megaforce)
1951
-
Romina Power
, LA CA, daughter of Tyrone Power/actress (Justine)
1951
-
Sting
,
Gordon Sumner
, rock vocalist (Police-Roxanne)/actor (Dune)
1952
-
Clive Barker
, writer (Hellraiser, Lord of Illusions)
1952
-
George Meegen
,
England
, walked 19,019 miles from Argentina to Alaska
1952
-
John Otway
, rocker
1952
-
Steve Penrod
, race horse trainer
1954
-
Greg Jennings
, Okla City Okla, country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels)
1954
-
Lani O'Grady
, Walnut Creek Calif, actress (Mary-8 is Enough)
1954
-
Lorraine Bracco
, Bkln, actress (Someone to Watch Over Me, Dream Team)
1955
-
Gary Streeter
, MP
1955
-
Kathryn Morrison Long Beach CA
, playmate (May, 1978)
1955
-
Philip Oakey
, Sheffield, rock vocalist (Human Leauge-Only Human)
1956
-
Freddie Jackson
, US R&B singer/songwriter (Rock Me Tonight)
1956
-
Murphy Morobe
, South Afr UDF leader (spent 3 yrs in Robbeneiland Jail)
1957
-
John Neuman Cook
, Toledo OH, PGA golfer (1981 Bing Crosby)
1957
-
Kimberly Herrin
, Santa Barbara Calif, playmate (March, 1981)
1959
-
Joe Deegan
, jockey
1960
-
Django Bates
, jazz musician
1960
-
Glenn Anderson
, Vancouver, NHL right wing (Edmonton Oilers)
1961
-
Alan Wells
, cricketer (
England
Test batsman v WI in one Test 1995)
1961
-
Pablo Arraya
, Argentina, tennis star
1961
-
Robbie Nevil
, rocker (A Place Like This)
1962
-
Esai Morales
, Brooklyn NY, actor (Bad Boys, La Bamba)
1962
-
Mark Rypien
, quarterback (St Louis Rams)
1963
-
Libby Wilson
, Brisbane Qld, golfer (1988 - Singapore Open)
1964
-
Michael Brooks
, NFL linebacker (NY Giants)
1964
-
Sheila Echols
, Memphis Tn, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1988)
1964
-
Sherry Arnett
, St Louis Mo, playmate (Jan, 1986)
1965
-
Darren Cahill
, Australia, tennis star
1965
-
Francesca Dellera
,
Cervellera
, Rome Italy, actress (Capriccio)
1965
-
Jill Powell
, Jacksonville Fla, actress (Marcy-As The World Turns)
1965
-
Robert Goff
, NFL defensive tackle (NO Saints)
1965
-
Roger Dube
, hockey forward (Team France 1998)
1965
-
Tom Moody
, cricket batsman (Australian 1989-92 Ton in 26 mins)
1966
-
Yokozuna
,
Rodney Anoia
, wrestler (WWF/NJPW/AWA, Wild Samoan Kokina)
1967
-
Thomas Muster
, Leibnitz Austria, tennis star (1995 French Open)
1968
-
Craig Kanada
, Portland OR, Nike golfer (1994 NIKE SC Classic-3rd)
1968
-
Glen Wesley
, Red Deer, NHL defenseman (Hartford Whalers)
1968
-
Jana Novotna
, Brno Czech, tennis star (1995 Aust/Wimbledon doubles)
1968
-
Mark James Crear
, SF, 110m hurdler (Olympics-silver-96)
1969
-
Marcus Robertson
, NFL safety/cornerback (Houston/Tenn Oilers)
1969
-
Matthew Walbeck
, Sacramento CA, catcher (Minn Twins)
1970
-
Eddie Guardado
, Stockton CA, pitcher (Minn Twins)
1970
-
Kelly Ripa
, actress (Hayley Vaughan-All My Children)
1971
-
Jair Lynch
, Amherst Mass, gymnast (Olympics-silver-96)
1971
-
Steve McLaughlin
, NFL kicker (Atlanta Falcons)
1971
- Tiffany
Renee Darwich
, Norwalk Cal, singer (I Think We're Alone Now)
1972
-
Aaron McKie
, NBA guard (Portland Trail Blazers, Phila 76ers)
1972
-
Adrian Van Troost
, fast cricket bowler (Somerset & Holland)
1972
-
Patricia Gauani
, Miss USA-Delaware (1997)
1972
-
Rafael Carmona
, Rio Piedras Puerto Rico, pitcher (Seattle Mariners)
1972
-
Tara Dawn Holland
, Overland Park Kansas, Miss America (1997)
1972
-
Torey Hunter
, CFL defensive back (Montreal Alouettes)
1973
-
Bret Hudson
, NSW Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)
1973
-
Dalida Chammai
, Miss Lebanon Universe (1997)
1974
-
Anthony Johnson
, NBA guard (Sacramento Kings)
1974
-
Ricky Bell
, cornerback (Chicago Bears)
1991
-
Beau Grayson
, son of country singer Tanya Tucker
Deaths
0472
-
Olybrius
, emperor of Westromeinse republic (472), dies
0939
-
Giselbert
, duke of Lutheran, drowns at about 49
1113
-
Mawdoed
, Selchuk emir/governor of Mosul, dies
1264
-
Urbanus IV
,
Jacques Pantal‚on
, French Pope (1261-64), dies
1517
-
John Murmelius
, humanist/theory/school book writer, dies at about 37
1564
-
Andreas Vesalius
,
Andries of Wesel
, Flemish anatomist, dies at 49
1588
-
Bernardino Telesio
, Italian philosopher (Rerum in Child), dies
1617
-
Isaac Oliver
, miniature painter, dies
1629
-
Pierre the B‚rulle
, French cardinal/founder (French Oratorio), dies
1656
-
Stephan Otto
, composer, dies at 53
1678
-
Wu San-kuei
, gen, invited Manchus to China, dies trying to expel them
1707
-
Anne Jules duke the Noailles
, marshal of France (huguenot), dies at 57
1721
-
Benott Audran
, artist/engraver, dies
1729
-
Arnold Boonen
, portrait painter, dies at 60
1780
-
John Andr‚
,
British
major, hanged by Americans (spied with B Arnold)
1786
-
August Keppel
, 1st viscount/naval commander/politican, dies
1803
-
Samuel Adams
, US revolutionary (Boston Massacre-Tea Party), dies at 81
1809
-
Wybo Fijnje
, politician/patriot/journalist, dies at 59
1823
-
Daniel Steibelt
, composer, dies at 57
OS=Sept 20
1842
-
Jose Mariano Elizaga
, composer, dies at 56
1842
-
William Ellery Channing
, cleric/writer, dies
1850
-
Sarah Biffin/Beffin
, limbless miniature painter, dies
1853
-
D Fran‡ois J Arago
, French astronomer/physicist (chromosome), dies
1860
-
Louis Hersent
, painter, dies
1863
-
Justinus van de Brugghen
, lawyer/minister of Justice, dies
1872
-
Eberhard F Walcker
, organ builder (Paulskirche Frankfurt A/M), dies
1873
-
Cornelius Varley
, water-color painter, dies
1905
-
Jose Maria de Heredia
, Cuban/French sonnet poet, dies at 62
1915
-
Russell Alexander
, composer, dies at 38
1916
-
Benjamin Kidel
, English sociologist (Social Evolution), dies at 58
1919
-
Ernest Halliwell
, cricketer (S African wicketkeeper 1892-1904), dies
1920
-
Max Bruch
, composer, dies at 82
1927
-
Svante August Arrhenius
, chemist, dies
1931
-
Thomas Johnstone Lipton
, sportsman/merchant, dies
1936
-
G H Simpson-Hayward
, cricketer (Eng 1910, great lob bowlers), dies
1943
-
Robert Nathaniel Dett
, composer, dies at 60
1944
-
Rudolf Schmundt
, German gen/Hitlers army adjunct, dies from injuries
1955
-
James Dean
, US actor (East of Eden, Giant), dies
1955
-
O B Clarence
, actor (Penn of Pensnsylvania), dies
1956
-
George Bancroft
, actor (Texas, Stagecoach, Little Men), dies at 74
1956
-
Paul de Backer
, Belgian radiologist, dies at 73
1957
-
Jacques Fesch
, French political assassin/saint?, beheaded at about 26
1958
-
Marie Stopes
, birth control pioneer, dies
1958
-
Wilhelmus L Re˜ers
, sculptor, dies at 48
1960
-
Jaroslav Doubrava
, composer, dies at 51
1961
-
Reggie Spooner
, cricketer (
England
centurion v S Africa 1912), dies
1962
-
Frank Lovejoy
, actor (Man Against Crime, Meet McGraw), dies at 48
1965
-
John
Selwyn (Brooke) Lloyd,
British
statesman, dies
1967
-
Albertina Rasch
, ballerina/choreographer, dies at 76
1969
-
Katharine Susannah Prichard
, novelist (Black Opal), dies at 85
1970
-
Alfred Julius Swan
, composer, dies at 79
1970
-
Anders Bo Leif Linde
, composer, dies at 37
1973
-
Paavo "Flying Finn" Nurmi
, who won 6 Olympic gold medals, dies at 76
1973
-
Paul Hartman
, actor (Bert-Petticoat Junction), dies at 84
1974
-
Ina Seidel
, writer, dies at 89
1975
-
Wade Crosby
, actor (Sign of Wolf, Tales of Robin Hood), dies at 70
1980
-
Valentin Stepanovich Varlamov
, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 46
1981
-
Hazel Scott
, Trinidadian singer/pianist, dies at 63
1982
-
William Bernbach
, advertising magnate, dies at 71
1983
-
Gerald Strang
, Canadian composer, dies at 75
1985
-
George Savalas
, actor (Kojak), dies at 58
1985
-
Rock Hudson
, actor (MacMillian & Wife), dies of AIDS at 59
1985
-
Sidney Clute
, actor (Lou Grant, Cagney & Lacey), dies at 69
1987
-
Madeleine Carroll
, actress (39 Steps, Secret Agent), dies at 81
1987
-
Peter Brian Medawar
, medical scientist, dies
1989
-
Liesbeth Ribbius Peletier
, Neth's 1st female advisor of State, dies
1991
-
Dimitrios I
, patriarch/primus interparis orthodox Christians, dies
1991
-
Jan H Christianse
, political chairman (CDA), dies
1993
-
Henry Ringling North
, circus owner (Ringling Bros Circus), dies at 83
1994
-
Faith Davis
, oldest triplets (Charity & Hope survive), dies at 95
1994
-
Harriet Nelson
, actress (Ozzie & Harriet), dies of heart failure at 80
1994
-
Ronald James Herron
, architect, dies at 64
1995
-
Elizabeth Jane Lloyd
, artist/teacher, dies at 67
1995
-
Norman Ewart Thurston
, musician, dies at 74
1996
-
Andrey Lukanov
, PM of Bulgaria (1990), assassinated at 58
1996
-
Frideswide Frances Emma Knight
, musician/socialist, dies at 85
1996
-
Ivan Mark Waller
, mountaineer, dies at 89
1996
-
Robert Bourassa
, PM of province of Quebec (1970-76, 85-93), dies at 63
1996
-
Ronald John Bilsland Colville
, businessman, dies at 79
1996
-
Sybil Marion Rosenfeld
, theatre historian, dies at 93
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