Today in the Past
Events
1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers.
1630 - Mass village of Shawmut changes name to Boston
1662 - Flamsteed sees solar eclipse, 1st known astronomical observation
1782 - Great Seal of US used for 1st time
1810 - Mexico issues Grito de Dolores, which called for the end of Spanish rule Mexican Independence Day celebrates this event
1847 - United Shakespeare Company buys his home in Stratford-upon-Avon
1848 - Slavery abolished in all French territories
1863 - Robert College of Istanbul-Turkey, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.
1885 - Puritan (US) beats Genesta (England) in 6th running of America’s Cup
1906 - Roald Amundsen discovers Magnetic South Pole
1908 - William Crapo Durant incorporates General Motors in Janesville Wisc
1919 - American Legion incorporated by an act of Congress
1920 - Bomb explosion in Wall Street, kills 30
1926 - -22] Hurricane in Florida & Alabama, kills 372
1931 - Blimp is moored to Empire State Building (NYC)
1938 - George E T Eyston sets world auto speed record at 357.5 MPH
1940 - FDR signs Selective Training & Service Act (1st peacetime draft)
1945 - Barometric pressure at 856 mb (25.55″) off Okinawa (record low)
1947 - John Cobb sets world auto speed record at 394.2 MPH
1955 - US Auto Club forms to oversee 4 major auto racing categories
1963 - ”Outer Limits” premieres on ABC-TV
1968 - Richard Nixon appears on “Laugh-in”
1975 - The first prototype of the MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight.
1978 - 25,000 die in 7.7 earthquake in Tabar Iran
1978 - Filming on Monty Python’s Life of Brian, begins
What have the Romans ever done for us The Stoning
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life He’s Not The Messiah
1979 - Coup in Afghanistan under Hafizullah Amin
1986 - Fire in Kinross gold mine, Transvaal South Africa, 177 killed
1991 - US trial of Panamanian leader Noriega begins
1997 - Apple Computer Inc names co-founder Steve Jobs temporary CEO
2000 - Sammy Sosa’s becomes the second player to hit 50 or more home runs in three consecutive years, joining Mark McGwire
Births
16 - Drusilla, daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder (d. 38)
1387 - Henry V, king of England (1413-22)
1507 - Jiajing, Emperor of China (d. 1567
1666 - Antoine Parent, French mathematician (d. 1716)
1745 - Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (d. 1813)
1822 - Charles S Crocker, Pres of Central & South Pacific Railroad
1823 - Francis Parkman, American historian/author (Oregon Trail)
1832 - George Washington Custis Lee, Major General (Confederate Army)
1875 - James Cash Penney, Hamilton Missouri, department store founder (J C Penney), (d. 1971)
1891 - Karl Dönitz, German naval leader (d. 1980)
1893 - Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Hungary, biochemist (Vitamin C, Nobel 1937)
1893 - Alexander Korda, British movie producer (3rd man)
1898 - H.A. Rey, American children’s author, creator of “Curious George” (d. 1977)
1914 - Allen Funt, Bkln NY, TV host & creator (Candid Camera)
Lady With A Monkey On Her Head
Buster Keaton on Candid Camera
1924 - Lauren Bacall, Staten Island, actress (Dark Passage, Key Largo)
Labor Day 1965 at Rock Hudson’s House
1925 - Riley B King, Itta Bena Miss, blues singer (Thrill is Gone)
Why I Sing The Blues Key to the Highway
Best Solo Guitar King of Blues Since I Met You Baby wth Gary Moore
The Thrill Is Gone Rock Me Baby with Eric Clapton & George Benson
1925 - Charlie Byrd, guitarist (Desfinado)
1926 - Tommy “Butch” Bond, actor (Butch-Our Gang)
The Little Rascals Good Singin’
1927 - Peter Falk, Ossining NY, actor (Colombo, Scared Straight)
1934 - Elgin Baylor, NBA star (1958-59 Rookie of Year-Lakers)
1937 - Aleksandr Medved, USSR, super heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1964 68, 72)
1941 - Richard Perle, American political advisor
1943 - Dennis W Conner, yachting pro (4-time America’s Cup-winning skipper)
1953 - Earl Klugh, Jazz pianist/guitarist
1956 - David Copperfield, [Kotkin], Metuchen, New Jersey, magician
1992 - Nick Jonas, American singer, member of The Jonas Brothers
Deaths
96 - Titus Flavius Domitianus, emperor of Rome (81-96), murdered at 45
1380 - Charles V, the Wise, King of France (1364-80), dies
1498 - Tomas de Torquemada, inquisitor who burned 10,000 people, dies
1701 - James II of England and VII of Scotland (b. 1633)
1736 - Daniel G Fahrenheit, Prussian/Neth physicist (thermometer), dies at 50
1864 - John Hanning Speke, English explorer (b. 1827)
1911 - Edward Whymper, English mountaineer (Ascent of Matterhorn), dies
1932 - Ronald Ross, English physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1857)
1977 - Marc Bolan, rock vocalist/guitarist (T Rex), dies in a car crash at 29
1977 - Maria Callas, American-born prima donna, dies in Paris at 53
1993 - Willie Mosconi, world billiards champ, dies of heart attack at 80
1996 - McGeorge Bundy, US national security advisor (1961-66), dies at 77
2002 - James Gregory, American actor (b. 1911)
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