Today in the Past
Events
610 - Heraclius’ fleet takes Constantinople
869 - 4th Council of Constantinople (8th ecumenical council) opens
1349 - Paris’ theologist Jean de Fayt warns for flagellanten at Avignon
1550 - Foundation of Concepción, city in Chile.
1568 - Conference of York begins: trial against Mary Stuart
1568 - Willem of Oranges army occupies Brabant
1665 - The University of Kiel is founded.
1813 - Battle of Thames in Canada; Americans defeat British
1863 - Confederate sub David damages Union ship Ironsides
1864 - Battle of Allatoona, 1/3 of Union troops die repulsing South
1864 - Most of Calcutta destroyed by cyclone (approx 60,000 die)
1869 - A strong hurricane devastates the Bay of Fundy region of Maritime Canada. The storm had been predicted over a year before by a British naval officer.
1877 - Chief Joseph surrenders, ending Nez Perce War
1892 - Dalton Gang ends in shoot-out in Coffeville, Kansas bank holdup
1905 - Orville/Wilbur Wright’s ”Flyer III“ flight 38.5 km in 38.3″
1914 - World War I first aerial combat resulting in a kill.
1923 - Edwin Hubble identifies Cepheid variable star
1924 - 1st Little Orphan Annie-strip appears in NYC Daily News
1931 - 1st nonstop transpacific flight, Japan to Wash (Herndon & Pangborn)
1945 - ”Meet the Press” premieres on radio
1945 - Hollywood Black Friday: A six month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of Warner Brothers’ studios.
1947 - 1st Presidential address televised from White House- Harry Truman
1949 - WOR (now WWOR) TV channel 9 in NY-Secaucus, NY (IND) begins
1953 - Earl Warren sworn in as 14th chief justice of US
1953 - The first documented recovery meeting of Narcotics Anonymous is held.
1954 - Hurricane Hazel hits Eastern US
1957 - Yugoslav dissident Milovan Djilos sentenced to 7 years
1962 - Beatles release their 1st record “Love Me Do”
1965 - Chuck Linster performs 6,006 consecutive push-ups
1965 - Dick McInnes stays aloft almost 12 hours in a kite
1969 - Monty Python’s Flying Circus begins airing on BBC (see UE 8/17 , 9/16 , 10/4 )
1970 - John Creach, joins Jefferson Airplane
1970 - Quebec separatists kidnap British trade commissioner James Cross
1970 - PBS became a television network.
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1974 - Guildford pub bombing by the IRA leaves 5 dead and 65 injured.
1978 - Over 30 major nations ratify the Environmental Modification Convention which prohibits environmental modification techniques
1981 - Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg becomes an honarary American
1982 - Unmanned rocket sled reaches 9,851 kph at White Sands, NM
1983 - Lech Walesa wins Nobel Peace Prize(see Uncurrent Events 9/29 Births)
1984 - 13th Space Shuttle Mission (41-G)-Challenger 6-launched
1986 - London Sunday Times reports Israel is stocking nuclear arms
1988 - Brazil adopts its Constitution
1988 - Israel bans Meir Kahane’s Kach Party on grounds of racism
1990 - Cincinnati jury acquits art gallery of obsentity (Mappelthorpe photos)
1991 - The first official version of the Linux kernel, version 0.02, is released.
1999 - The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in west London kills 31 people.
2000 - Mass demonstrations in Belgrade lead to resignation of Serbian strongman Slobodan Milošević. These demonstrations are often called the Bulldozer Revolution.
2001 - Robert Stevens becomes the first victim in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
Births
1458 - Kazimierz de Saint, Polish ruler/saint
1626 - Johann Schop, composer
1641 - Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, French mistress of King Louis XIV of France (d. 1707)
1713 - Denis Diderot, Langres, France, enlightenment philosopher (Encyclopédie), (d. 1784)
1715 - Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist (d. 1789)
1792 - Joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (d. 1844)
1795 - Alexander Keith, Scottish-born Canadian brewer (d. 1873)
1804 - Robert Parker Parrott, Inventor, died in 1877
1829 - Chester A. Arthur, Fairfield Vt, (Republican) 21st American President (1881-85)
1840 - John Addington Symonds, Brit historian/writer (Probs in Greek Ethics)
1863 - Ludwig Borchardt, German Egyptologist
1864 - Louis Lumière, with brother Auguste made 1st motion picture in 1895
1892 - Remington Kellogg, American naturalist (d. 1969)
1895 - Walter Bedell Smith, US general (WW II)/head of CIA (1950-52)
1902 - Larry Fine, [Laurence Feinberg], PA, comedian (3 Stooges)
1902 - Ray Kroc, Oak Park, Illinois, fast food entrepreneur (MacDonalds), (d. 1984)
1903 - M. King Hubbert, American geophysicist (d. 1989)
1904 - George Chesterman Phillips, naval officer
1913 - Eugene Bennett Fluckey American Navy Submariner (d. 2007)
1919 - Allen Ludden, Mineral Point Wisc, TV host (Password)
1919 - Donald Pleasence, Worksop England, actor (Fantastic Voyage, Halloween)
1923 - Philip Berrigan, militant priest (Chicago 7)
1924 - Bill Dana, Quincy Mass, comedian/actor (Jose Jimenez)
1926 - Willi Unsoeld, American climber (d. 1979)
1929 - Richard F Gordon Jr, Seattle, Capt USN/astronaut (Gemini 11, Apol 12)
1936 - Vaclav Havel, writer/pres Czechoslovakia (1989-92)
1942 - Richard Street, Detroit Mi, rocker (Temptations)
1943 - Steve Miller, Milwaukee, rocker (Abracadabra, Space Cowboy)
1949 - B. W. Stevenson, American singer (d. 1988)
1950 - Jeff Conaway, NYC, actor (Bobby-Taxi, Loving)
1952 - Clive Barker, English author and film director (Hellraiser, Lord of Illusions)
1954 - Bob Geldof, rocker
1957 - Bernie Mac, American comedian (d. 2008)
1958 - Brent W Jett Jr, Pontiac Mich, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut (STS 72, sk:81)
1958 - André Kuipers, Dutch astronaut
1959 - Troy Luccketta, rock drummer (Tesla-Psychotic Supper)
1962 - Michael Andretti, Indy-car racer/Auto Hall of Fame (elected 1986)
1969 - Karyn Parsons, actress (Hilary-Fresh Prince of Bel Air) [or Oct 8 66]
1974 - Rich Franklin, American Mixed Martial Artist
1975 - Kate Winslet, Reading Engld, actress (Titanic, Jude, Hamlet, Get Back)
1976 - J. J. Yeley, American race car driver
1977 - Lia Rousset, Alhambra California, sprint kayak (Olympics-96)
1980 - Paul Thomas, American bassist (Good Charlotte)
Deaths
578 - Justinus II, Byzantine emperor (565-78), dies
1056 - Henry III, RC German King (1039-56), dies
1111 - Robrecht II of Jerusalem, Count of Flanders (1st Crusader), dies
1285 - Philippe III, the Stout, King of France (1270-85), dies
1399 - Raymundus of Capua, Italian general, dies
1496 - Ferdinand II, king of Naples, dies
1777 - Ján Andrej Segner, Slovak and German mathematician, physicist, and physician (b. 1704)
1787 - Thomas Stone, US attorney/signer (Dec of Ind), dies at about 44
1791 - Grigori Potemkin, Russian statesman (b. 1739)
1805 - Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, British general (b. 1738)
1813 - Tecumseh, US Shawnee-chief/English Gen (Battle of Thames), dies
1930 - Christopher Birdwood Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson, British military officer (b. 1875)
1940 - Lincoln Loy McCandless, American cattle rancher (b. 1859)
1941 - Louis D Brandeis, 1st Jewish Supreme Court Judge (1916-39), dies at 84
1967 - Clifton C Williams Jr, astronaut, dies at 35, in T-38 jet crash
1976 - Lars Onsager, Norwegian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903)
1979 - Charlie Smith, oldest American (137 year), dies
1983 - Earl Tupper, American inventor (b. 1907)
1984 - Leonard Rossiter, actor (2001, Water), dies of a heart attack at 57
1986 - Hall B Wallis, US movie production (Barefoot in Park), dies at 87
1986 - Mike Burgmann, Australian racing driver (b. 1947)
1990 - Meir Kahane, founder of Jewish defense league, assassinated at 58
1992 - Eddie Kendricks, singer (Temptations), dies of lung cancer at 52
1993 - Karl G Henize, astronaut (STS 51-F), dies of heart failure at 66
1996 - Seymour Cray, computer designer, dies in auto accident at 71
2003 - Timothy Treadwell, American bear enthusiast featured in Grizzly Man (b. 1957)
2004 - Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian (b. 1921)
Rappin’ Rodney Back to School – Triple Lindy
First Economics Class Funiculi, Funicula
2011 - Steve Jobs, American Businessman, co-founder and CEO of Apple, dies from respiratory arrest at 56
2011 - Charles Napier, American actor (b. 1936)
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