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Events

Births

Deaths

Holidays and observances

References

External links

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.

★ 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 - Fascist, nationalist and conservative groups overthrow democratic government in Argentina.

★ 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.

★ 1995 - Cal Ripken, Jr. breaks Lou Gehrig's consecutive games played record.

★ 1995 - With the jury absent, Los Angeles police detective Mark Fuhrman invokes his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in the murder trial of O.J. Simpson.

★ 1997 - Diana, Princess of Wales is laid to rest in front of a television audience of more than 2.5 billion.

★ 2000 - The Millennium Summit takes place.

★ 2003 - Tropical Depression 9 formed in the Tropical Atlantic Ocean, later to become Hurricane Isabel, the 9th named storm of the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season.

★ 2006 - Nude scandal of Vanessa Hudgens

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)

★ 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)

★ 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

★ 1919 - Wilson Greatbatch, American Inventor

★ 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

★ 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

★ 1954 - Ève Luquet, French stamp designer

★ 1956 - Bill Ritter, American politician

★ 1957 - Michaëlle Jean, 27th Governor-General of Canada

★ 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)

★ 1962 - Elizabeth Vargas, American journalist

★ 1963 - Alice Sebold, American novelist

★ 1963 - Geert Wilders, Dutch politician

★ 1963 - Bryan Simonaire, American politician

★ 1964 - Rosie Perez, American actress

★ 1965 - John Polson, Australian actor and film director

★ 1968 - Paul Rea, American television journalist

★ 1969 - Ben Finegold, American chess player

★ 1969 - CeCe Peniston, American dance music singer

★ 1970 - Paul Miller, American composer and author

★ 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

★ 1975 - Derrek Lee, American baseball player

★ 1974 - Justin Whalin, American actor

★ 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 - Alex Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player

★ 1978 - Tony Thaxton, drummer (Motion City Soundtrack)

★ 1979 - Foxy Brown, American rapper

★ 1979 - Brandon Silvestry, American professional wrestler

★ 1979 - Massimo Maccarone, Italian 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

★ 1983 - Ljubisa Bojic, Serbian student movement leader

★ 1985 - Webbie, American rapper

★ 1986 - Raven Riley, American porn star

★ 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

★ 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, Ameerican record producer (b. 1931)

★ 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)

★ 2003 - Harry Goz, American actor (b. 1932)

★ 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)

Holidays and observances

★ RC Saints - Saint Begga of Cumbria^[1]; 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

References

1.
★ Attwater, Donald and Catherine Rachel John. ''The Penguin Dictionary of Saints''. 3rd edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1993. ISBN 0140513124.

External links

★ BBC: On This Day

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★ On This Day in Canada
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