September 7 Deaths in History

2003	Warren Zevon, singer/songwriter, Werewolves of London, dies at 57
2002	Katrin Cartlidge, actress, Naked, dies at 41
2001	Billie Lou Watt, voice, Kimba the White Lion, dies at 71
1997	Alex Macintosh, broadcaster/actor (Hell Fight), dies at 72
1997	Derek Taylor, Beatles publicist, dies of cancer at 65
1997	Mobutu Sese Seko, dictator of Zaire (1965-97), dies at 66
1996	Niccolo Castiglioni, composer, dies at 64
1995	Gordon DeMarco, writer/activist, dies at 51
1994	Dennis Morgan, [Stanley], U.S. actor (21 Beacon Street), dies at 83
1994	Eric John Crozier, producer/librettist, dies at 79
1994	Godfrey Quigley, actor (Barry Lyndon, Educating Rita), dies at 71
1994	James Clavell, author (Shogun, Tai-Pan), dies at 69
1994	Terence Young, British director (Thunderball), dies of at 79
1992	Henry Ephron, U.S. screenwriter (Daddy Long Legs), dies at 81
1992	Indra Kamadjojo, [Broekveld], Indon/Dutch dancer (Stille Kracht), dies
1992	Leo van der Kar, masseur/businessman/founder (Sports Fund), dies at 79
1991	Archie N Menzies, playwright/composer (Under Your Hat), dies at 87
1991	Ben Piazza, actor (Consenting Adults), dies of cancer at 58
1991	John Crosby, U.S. columnist/detective writer dies at 79
1991	John Lawrence, examined effect of neutron radiation on fabric, dies
1990	Alan J P Taylor, British historian (Origins of WW II), dies
1986	Ruth Polsky, record promoter, dies after being run over by a cab at 30
1986	Vladimir Alexandrovich Vlasov, composer, dies at 83
1985	Rodney Robert Porter, British Scientist
1984	Joe Cronin, shortstop and American League President, dies at 77
1983	Hans Munch, composer, dies at 90
1978	Keith Moon, rock drummer (Who), dies of drug OD at 31
1977	Gustave Reese, composer, dies at 77
1973	Hans Lorbeer, writer, dies at 72
1972	Jacques Pirenne, Belgian historian, dies at 81
1971	Spring Byington, actress (Lily Ruskin-December Bride), dies at 84
1969	Everett Dirksen, Senator-R-Illinois 1951 - 1969, dies at 73
1966	Al Kelly, double talk comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), dies at 67
1965	Catherine Dale Owen, actress (Behind Office Doors), dies at 62
1962	Karen Blixen-Finecke, baroness/writer (Out of Africa), dies at 77
1962	Isak Dinesen, Danish Writer
1961	Pieter S Gerbrandy, lawyer/premier to London 1940-5, dies at 76
1960	Wilhelm Pieck, president of East Germany (1949-60), dies at 84
1956	Charles Burgess Fry, English athlete/cricketer/journalist, dies at 84
1955	Earnest Rabel, Austrian/US civil rights activist, dies at 81
1951	Maria Montez, actress, 'Arabian Nights', 'Sudan', dies at 31
1949	Elton Mayo, Australian Psychologist
1948	Henricus A Poels, Dutch RC theologist/social foreman, dies at 80
1946	Paul Zech, writer, dies at 65
1944	Eduardo Sanchez de Fuentes, composer, dies at 70
1940	Edmund Rumpler, Austria auto/airplane builder, dies
1933	Edward Grey, English viscount of Fallodon/Foreign minister, dies
1925	John Wesley Work, composer, dies at 52
1925	Rene [Raphael] Viviani, French premier (1914-15), dies
1917	Paul Meyer, French Writer
1914	Lord O'Brien, British nobleman, dies at 73
1909	Eugene Lefebvre, dies test piloting a Wright A aircraft
1907	R F Armand Sully-Prudhomme, French poet (Poesies, Nobel 1901), dies
1907	Richard de Bury, English Writer
1902	Franz Wullner, composer, dies at 70
1892	John G. Whittier, U.S. poet/secretary Anti-Slavery Society, dies
1892	John Greenleaf Whittier, American Poet
1881	Sidney Clopton Lanier, composer, dies at 39
1881	Sidney Lanier, American Poet
1872	Antoni Stolpe, composer, dies at 21
1871	Cowper Phipps Coles, English inventor (Steel warships), drowns
1871	Mehmed E Ali Pasja, Turkish statesman, dies
1845	Isabella Colbran, wife of Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, dies
1838	Joseph Panny, composer, dies at 43
1833	Hannah More, English Writer
1820	Coert L van Beyma thoe Kingma, Fries regent/patriot, dies at 67
1819	Jean-Louis Duport, composer, dies at 69
1809	Caroline von Schelling, [Michaelis], German author, dies at 46
1809	Karoline Schelling, writer, dies
1799	John Ingen Housz, Dutch/English physician/nature investigator, dies at 68
1783	Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician, dies
1775	Johann Georg Holzbogen, composer, dies at 48
1721	Bernhard Albinus, [Weiss], German artist (Frederik of Prussia), dies
1655	Tristan l'Hermite, French dramatist/poet, dies (birth date unknown)
1625	Rombout Hogerbeets, lawyer/pension executive of Lead, dies at 64
1151	Geoffrey Plantagenet, earl of Anjou/duke of Normandy, dies at 38
1134	Alfonso I de Strijdvaardige, king of Aragon (1104-34), dies from brainyhistory.com

September 7 Events in History

2004	American military deaths in the Iraq War reach 1,000
1998	Jerry Lewis' 33rd Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises
1997	111th U.S. Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beats Venus Williams (60 64)
1997	117th U.S. Mens Tennis: Patrick Rafter beats Greg Rusedski (63 62 46 75)
1997	Boone Valley Senior Golf Classic
1997	Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation
1997	Karrie Webb wins Safeway LPGA Golf Championship
1997	Men's championship at U.S. Tennis Open
1997	Steve Jones wins Canadian Golf Open with a 275
1996	Women's championship at U.S. Tennis Open
1995	12th MTV Awards
1995	STS-69 (Endeavour 9), launches into orbit
1995	Senator Bob Packwoord R-Oregon resigns rather than face expulsion
1994	Jingyi Le/Ying Shan/Ying Le/Bin Lu swimming 4x100 freestyle (3:37.91)
1993	Brazil votes over importing monarchy
1993	Cards Mark Whiten, hits 4 home runs and 12 RBIs in 2nd game of doubleheader
1992	Army of Ciskei homeland kills 28 ANC demonstrators
1992	Baseball commissioner Faye Vincent resigns
1992	Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
1991	105th U.S. Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats Martina Navratilova (76 61)
1991	1st South African international competition in 25 years, gymnastics
1991	Die Laughing wins Messenger Stakes
1991	Harry Hamlin weds Nicollette Sheridan
1991	Monica Seles (17) defeats Martina Navratilova (34) to win U.S. Open
1991	Ty Detmer of Brigham Young passes NCAA record 11,606 yards
1990	"Street Scene" opens at New York State Theater New York City for 6 performances
1990	Marjorie Judith Vincent (Ill), 25, crowned 64th Miss America 1991
1988	5th MTV Awards
1988	Guy Lafleur, Tony Esposito and Brad Park inducted in NHL Hall of Fame
1988	New York Daily News reports boxer Mike Tyson is seeing a psychiatrist
1988	Security and Exchange Commission accuses Drexel of violating security laws
1987	Jerry Lewis' 22nd Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $39,021,723
1987	Netherlands routes 2 minesweepers to Persian Gulf
1987	Rosie Jones wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
1987	South Africa frees Dutch anthropologist/Anc'er Klaas de Young
1986	100th U.S. Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Helena Sukova (63 62)
1986	106th U.S. Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Miloslav Mecir (64 62 60)
1986	Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship
1986	Desmond Tutu becomes Anglican archbishop of Capetown
1986	Failed assassination attempt on Chilean dictator Pinochet, 5 killed
1986	Ivan Lendl defeats Miloslav Mecir for U.S. Tennis open title
1986	Cleveland Browns becomes 1st team in NFL history to have a play reviewed by instant replay, Chicago 41, Browns 31
1985	99th U.S. Womens Tennis: Hana Mandlikova beats M Navratilova (76 16 76)
1985	Mary Decker Tabb Slaney runs U.S. 3K female record (8:25.83)
1984	Met Dwight Gooden's 11 strikeouts gives him NL rookie record 236
1983	Drury Gallagher sets fastest swim around Manhattan (6h41m35s)
1981	Cleveland Browns' Brian Sipe sets club record with 57 pass attempts
1981	Jerry Lewis' 16th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $31,500,000
1981	Joanne Carner wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
1981	Judge Wapner and People's Court premier on TV
1981	West Tampa Florida defeats Richmand Virgina, 6-4 to win American Legion World Series
1980	100th U.S. Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Bjorn Borg (76 61 67 57 64)
1980	32nd Emmy Awards shown despite boycott
1980	32nd Emmy Awards: Taxi, Lou Grant, Ed Asner and Barbara Bel Geddes
1980	Beth Daniel wins LPGA World Series of Women's Golf
1980	Cape Verde adopts its constitution
1980	Earnest Gray becomes 2nd New York Giant to score 4 TDs (vs St. Louis)
1980	Oakland A's pitch record 78th complete game of season
1980	Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Barth Golf Classic
1980	John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg stage one of the greatest U.S. Open finals as 21 year old McEnroe fends off Borg to win his 2nd straight title
1979	5 day MUSE concert against nuclear energy opens at MSG, New York
1978	1st game of Boston Massacre, Yankees beat Red Sox 15-3
1977	Ethiopia drops diplomatic relations with Somalia
1977	President Carter and General Herrera sign Panama Canal treaties
1976	U.S. courts find George Harrison guilty of plagiarism (He's So Fine)
1975	95th U.S. Mens Tennis: Manuel Orantes beats Jimmy Connors (64 63 63)
1975	Carol Mann wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
1975	Cincinnati Reds, win earliest NL division title
1975	Last day of 1st-class cricket for Hanif Mohammad
1975	Manuel Orantes upsets #1 seed Jimmy Connors to win U.S. Open
1974	"Irene" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 605 performances
1974	Shirley Cothran (Texas), 21, crowned 47th Miss America 1975
1973	Jackie Stewart becomes Formula 1 world champion
1973	Mike Storen becomes American Basketball Association's 4th commissioner
1970	Jerry Lewis' 5th Muscular Dystrophy telethon
1970	PLO hijacks 4 planes
1970	White Sox use record 41 players in doubleheader and lose both games
1970	Donald Boyles sets record for highest parachute jump from a bridge, by leaping off of 1,053' Royal George Bridge in Colorado
1969	83rd U.S. Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith Court beats Nancy Richey (62 62)
1969	Carol Mann wins LPGA Molson's Canadian Golf Open
1969	Rod Laver completes his 2nd grand slam winning U.S. Tennis Open
1969	U.S. amateur Womens Tennis: Margaret Court beat Virginia Wade (46 63 60)
1966	KTNE TV channel 13 in Alliance, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966	U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1965	Hurricane Betsy, kills 74 in Florida, Miss and La
1964	Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Valhalla Golf Open
1963	1st U.S. TV appearance of Beatles (Big Night Out-ABC)
1963	American Bandstand moves to California, and airs once a week on Saturday
1963	Pro Football Hall of Fame dedicated in Canton, Ohio
1960	Ljudmila Shevcova runs female olympic record 800m (2:04.3)
1958	72nd U.S. Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats Darlene R Hard (36 61 62)
1958	78th U.S. Mens Tennis: A J Cooper beats M J Anderson (62 36 46 108 86)
1957	71st U.S. Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats A Louise Brough (63 62)
1957	WWL TV channel 4 in New Orleans, Louisiana (CBS) begins broadcasting
1956	Bell X-2 sets Unofficial manned aircraft altitude record 126,000'+
1955	Yankees Whitey Ford is 5th to throw consecutive 1-hitters, beats A's
1954	Integration begins in Washington D.C. and Baltimore, Maryland public schools
1953	67th U.S. Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (62 64)
1953	73rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Tony Trabert beats Elias V Seixas, Jr. (63 62 63)
1953	Roy Campanella sets catcher record of 125 (en route to 142) RBIs
1952	66th U.S. Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (63 75)
1952	72nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Frank Sedgman beats Gardnar Mulloy (61 62 63)
1952	Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Carrollton Golf Tournament
1952	General Naguib forms Egyptian government/becomes premier
1952	Outfielder Don Grate throws a baseball a record 434'1" (Tennessee)
1952	Whitey Ford becomes 5th pitcher to hurl consecutive 1 hitters
1952	New York Yankees Johnny Mize's pinch-hit grand slam gives Yankees a 5-1 win at Washington He has now HRed in all 15 major league parks
1950	Monasteries shut down in Hungary
1948	1st use of synthetic rubber in asphaltic concrete, Akron, Ohio
1947	Battles between Hindus and Moslems in New Delhi
1945	Japanese at Rioekioe-islands surrender
1945	Joe Kuhel hits inside-the-park HR, only HR hit by a Senator all season at Washington's Griffith Stadium
1944	SS-general Kurt Meyer takes Durnal Belgium
1944	Strongest Hurricane of century in Netherlands (wind force 12)
1943	987 Dutch Jewish transported to Auschwitz Concentration Camp
1943	Fire in decrepit old Gulf Hotel kills 45 (Houston Texas)
1942	62nd U.S. Mens Tennis: F Schroeder, Jr. beats F Parker (86 75 36 46 62)
1942	German occupiers take silver anniversary coins in battle
1942	Transport nr 29 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
1941	61st U.S. Mens Tennis: R L Riggs beats Francis Kovacs (2d 57 61 63 63)
1940	54th U.S. Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Helen Hull Jacobs (62 63)
1940	60th U.S. Mens Tennis: McNeill beats Robert Riggs (46 68 63 63 75)
1940	German Air Force blitz London for 1st of 57 consecutive nights
1940	Luftwaffe loses 41 bombers above England
1939	Radio New York Worldwide-WRUL begins radio transmission
1936	Boulder Dam, now Hoover Dam, begins operation
1934	Luxury liner "Morro Castle" burns off NJ, killing 134
1932	Earl Grace, ends NL catcher record streak of 110 cons errorless games
1928	Sophie Treadwell's "Machinal," premieres in New York City
1927	Philo Farnsworth demonstrates 1st use of TV in SF
1923	Boston Red Sox Howard Ehmke no-hits Philadelphia A's, 4-0
1923	Interpol forms in Vienna
1923	Mary Katherine Campbell (Ohio), 16, crowned 2nd Miss America 1922-23
1916	Giants beat Brooklyn 4-1, to launch New York's record 26-game winning streak
1916	Workmen's Compensation Act passed by Congress
1915	35th U.S. Mens Tennis: Wm Johnston beats M E McLoughlin (16 60 75 108)
1915	John Gruelle patents his Raggedy Ann doll
1915	St. Louis Dave Davenport no-hits Chicago (Federal League), 3-0
1914	New York Post Office Building opens to public
1912	Eddie Collins steals record 6 bases in 9-7 Athletics win over Detroit
1907	Sutro's ornate Cliff House in San Francisco destroyed by fire
1903	Federation of American Motorcyclists organized in NY
1901	Peace of Peking - Ends Boxer Rebellion in China
1897	George Davis (Giants) HR off Sport McAllister (Spiders) in DH
1896	1st closed-circuit auto race, at Cranston, RI
1896	A. H. Whiting wins 1st automobile race held on a track in Cranston, Rhode Island
1892	James Corbett KOs John Sullivan in 21 for heavyweight boxing title
1891	Captain Frederick Lugards army reaches Kavalli Equatoria
1889	Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Engineer's Thumb"
1888	Edith Eleanor McLean is 1st baby place in an incubator
1880	Geo Ligowsky patents device to throw clay pigeons for trapshooters
1876	Bank robbery by James/Younger fails (Cole/Bob/Jim Younger arrested)
1863	Federal naval expedition arrives off Sabine Pass
1860	Excursion steamer "Lady Elgin" drowns 340 in Lake Michigan
1822	Brazil declares independence from Portugal (National Day)
1822	Pedro I, son of king Joao VI, declares Brazil independence
1813	"Uncle Sam" was 1st used to refer to U.S. (Troy Post of New York)
1812	Battle at Borodino: Napoleon-Kutuzov
1800	Zion AME Church dedicated (New York City)
1714	Treaty of Baden: Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and France, ends War of Spanish Succession, French retain Alsace, Austria gets bank of Rhine
1701	Germany, England and Netherlands sign anti-French covenant
1652	Battle of Monte Christo: Dutch fleet under J van Galen beat English
1599	Earl van Essex and Irish rebel Tyrone signs treaty
1596	Dutch fleet bombs Banten Java
1543	Duke Willem of Gulik surrenders to emperor Charles V
1525	Trial against "heretic" John Pistorius ends in the Hague
1497	Sailor Perkin Warbeck becomes English King Richard IV
1159	Ottaviano de Montecello elected as anti-Pope
70	Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem from brainyhistory.com

September 7 Birthdays in History

1987	Evan Rachel Wood, American Actress
1985	Tatia Jayne Starkey, Ringo's 1st grandchild
1978	G[eneral] A[ustin], Columbus, Georgia, rapper, Another Bad Creation
1978	Devon Sawa, Canadian Actor
1976	Marja de Graaf, Miss Universe-Netherlands 1996
1976	Shannon Elizabeth, American Actress
1976	Oliver Hudson, American Actor
1974	Antonio McDyess, NBA forward for the Phoenix Suns
1973	Sam Couch, born in Newport Beach, California, kayak alternate for 1996 Olympics
1972	Andreas Pusnik, hockey forward, Team Austria 1998
1972	Cedric Davis, NFL cornerback for the Arizona Cardinals
1972	Jason Isringhausen, born in Alton, Illinois, pitcher for the New York Mets
1972	Willy Tate, NFL tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs
1971	Briana Scurry, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, soccer goalkeeper 1996 Olympics
1971	John Burke, NFL tight end for the New England Patriots
1971	Tonny Jensen, Australian basketball guard 1996 Olympics
1971	Wesley Leasy, NFL linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals
1970	Macy Gray, American Musician
1969	Angie Everhart, born in Akron, Ohio, model/actress, Jade, Last Action Hero
1969	Darren Bragg, Waterbury CT, outfielder for the Seattle Mariners
1969	Rudy Galindo, born in San Jose, California, 1996 U.S. Mens' Champion
1968	Erik Williams, NFL tackle for the Dallas Cowboys
1968	Kyle Stevens, born in New Jersey, rock guitarist, Bang Tango-Dancin' on Coals
1967	Kathaleen K Cutone, Olenoridge, New Jersey, fig skater, 1994 Collegiate champ
1966	Christopher Acland, musician
1965	Bruce Armstrong, NFL tackle for the New England Patriots
1965	Danny Harris, born in Torrance, California, 400m hurdler 1984 Olympics silver
1963	Eric Eazy-E Wright, rapper
1960	David Steele, Birmingham, rock keyboardist, Fine Young Cannibals
1959	Jermaine Stewart, rocker
1958	D Elmina Davies, filmmaker
1958	Nadieh, Dutch singer/guitarist/composer, Haifa Blue
1957	Margot Chapman, born in Hawaii, vocals, Starland Vocal Band-Afternoon Delight
1957	Melvin Edward Mays, one of FBI's most wanted
1956	Michael J Feinstein, pianist, Isn't It Romantic
1954	Benmont Tench, born in Gainesville, Florida, rock keyboardist, Heartbreakers
1954	Corbin Bernsen, born in North Hollywood, California, actor, Arnie Becker-LA Law
1953	Ben Bossi, rocker, Romeo Void
1953	Michael Byron, composer
1951	Chrissie Hynde, born in Akron, Ohio, rocker, Pretenders-Mystery Achievement
1951	Julie Kavner, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Brenda-Rhoda, Marge-Simpsons
1951	William Katt, U.S., actor, Butch and Sundance Kid, Carrie
1950	Adriano Panatta, Rome, tennis star, French 1976, Italian 1976
1950	Peggy Noonan, author, What I Saw at the Revolution
1949	Gloria Gaynor, Newark, New Jersey, disco singer, I Will Survive
1948	Susan Blakely, Frankfurt Germany, actress, Rich Man Poor Man
1946	Alfa Anderson, born in Bronx, New York, rock vocalist, Chicago
1946	Joe Klein, American Journalist
1945	Luis Aravena Munoz, Chilean singer/exiled in Netherlands
1945	Peter Storey, English Athlete
1942	Garrison Keillor, humorist, Praire Home Companion
1942	Richard Roundtree, actor, Shaft, Earthquake
1941	Mogoboya NN Ramadike, South African politician in Lebowa
1940	Dario Argento, director, Creepers, Deep Red, Tenebrae
1939	Stanley David Griggs, born in Portland, Oregon, astronaut, STS-51-D, STS-33
1939	[Benjamin] Latimore, U.S. singer, Let's Straighten It Out
1937	George Patrick Reid, schoolkeeper
1937	John Phillip Law, Hollywood, actor, Barbarella, Love Machine
1937	Olly Wilson, born in St. Louis, Missouri, composer, double bassist, musicologist, contemporary classical music, preeminent African American composer, studied with Robert Wykes, earned PhD from University of Iowa
1936	Buddy Holly, born in Lubbock, Texas, singer, Peggy Sue, That'll Be the Day
1936	Romualds Kalsons, composer
1935	Abdou Diouf, president of Senegal, 1981-
1935	Toshihiko Fukui, Japanese Public Servant
1934	Bill Giles, born in Rochester, New York, baseball owner for the Philadelphia Phillies
1932	Malcolm Bradbury, English Novelist
1931	Al McGuire, U.S., basketball coach, Marquette
1931	Charles Camilleri, composer
1931	Cornelis de Wine, graphic artist
1930	Baudouin I, king of Belgium, 1951-93
1930	Sonny Rollins, born in New York City, jazz saxophonist, Blue Room
1930	Thijs van Vlijmen, Dutch MP, CDA
1929	Gil Wolman, situationist
1929	John Milford, Johnstown, New York, actor, Lieutenant, Legend of Jesse James
1929	T[homas] P[atrick] McKenna, Ireland, actor, Rivals, Holocaust
1927	Graham Dudley Whettam, composer
1926	Don Messick, born in Buffalo, New York, cartoon voice, Astro-Jetsons, Bamm Bamm
1924	Charles Braswell, McKinney, Texas, entertainer
1924	Daniel Ken Inouye, Sen-D Hawaii, 1963-
1924	Leonard Rosenman, born in Brooklyn, New York, TV composer, Marcus Welby MD
1924	Daniel Inouye, American Politician
1923	Louise Suggs, born in Atlanta, Georgia, LPGA golfer, U.S. Women's Open-1949, 52
1923	Peter Lawford, born in London, England, actor, Mrs Miniver, Thin Man
1922	Arthur Ferrante, pianist/composer, Ferrante and Tachere-Exodus
1922	Kirill Vladimirovich Molchanov, composer
1920	Harri Webb, Swansea, Wales, journalist, nationalist, poet, volunteered for the Royal Navy, published The Green Desert, a collection of poetry in 1969, Poems and Points in 1983
1918	Chaim Herzog, Israeli president
1918	Robert Lewis Campbell Lorimer, publisher
1917	Jacob Lawrence, American Artist
1914	Herbert Delauney Bill Hughes, educationist
1914	Hugo Pfister, composer
1914	Ian Ball, photographer
1914	James Van Allen, U.S. physicist, discovered Van Allen radiation belts
1913	Anthony Quayle, born in England, actor, Anne of 1000 Days, Lawrence of Arabia
1913	Oswald Szemerenyi, philologist
1913	Willem C L "Wim" van der Grinten, Dutch lawyer/undersec of Economy
1912	David Packard, electronic engineer/businessman
1911	Todor C Zjivkov, Bulgaria partizan/premier/president
1911	Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian Politician
1910	John Shea, U.S., 500m/1500m speed skater 1932 Olympics gold
1909	Elia Kazan, Constaninople Turkey, director, Streetcar Named Desire
1909	Jo Juda, Dutch musician
1909	Natalia Dmitrevna Shpiller, singer
1908	Max Kaminsky, trumpeter
1908	Michael E DeBakey, artificial heart pioneer
1908	Paul Brown, born in Norwalk, Ohio, NFL hall of famer, Browns, Bengals
1907	Ahmet Adnan Saygun, composer
1906	Filip Gershkovich, composer
1905	John Whitley, British air-marshal
1902	Roy Barcroft, [Howard Ravenscroft], Crab Orchard NE, actor, Freckles
1900	"Janet" Taylor Caldwell, England, novelist, Melissa
1900	Emerson Treacy, Philadelphia, actor, California Straight Ahead
1900	Giuseppe Zangara, Italian Criminal
1899	Leendert A Donker, Dutch Minister of Justice, PvdA
1893	Leslie Hore-Belisha, British Minister of Transport
1891	Roscoe Karns, San Bernadino California, actor, Captain Shafer-Hennesey
1889	Albert Plesman, aviation pioneer/founder/director, KLM
1889	Bruce F Cummings, English author, Journal of a Disappointed Man
1887	Edith Sitwell, English poet and author, Wheels
1885	Harry Sinclair Lewis, U.S., writer, Babbitt, Nobel 1930
1885	Elinor Wylie, American Poet
1882	Johanna F Zandstra-Giezen, oldest person in Netherland, died at 111
1881	Constant W. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Dutch archaeologist, banker, art expert
1880	Attilio Brugnoli, composer
1880	Kurt von Wolfurt, composer
1879	Nachman N "Neddy" Bamberg, Dutch actor, Haddock Mary
1870	Aleksander Kuprin, Russian author, Pojedinok
1869	Margot SE Scharten-Antink, Dutch author, Catherina, Sprotje
1867	Albert Basserman, Mannheim Germany, actor, Foreign Correspondant
1867	Camilod d'Almeida Pessanha, Portuguese poet, China
1866	Tristan Bernard, French Playwright
1864	Giovanni Tebaldini, composer
1860	Grandma "Anna Maria" Moses, New York, primitive painter, Old Oaken Bucket
1860	Willem H Nolens, priest/Dutch ambassador to Vatican
1860	Grandma Moses, American Artist
1842	John H Zuckertort, German chess player
1836	Henry Campbell-Bannerman, British Prime Minister, L, 1905-08
1831	Victorien Sardou, French stage writer, Madame Sans-Gane
1829	August Kekule von Stradonitz, discovered structure of benzene ring
1829	Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden, U.S., geologist, Geograph Survey 1859-86
1819	Jean E "Adriaan" van Bevervoorde, journalist, History of Holland
1815	Howell Cobb II, Major General/Secy of Treasury, Union, died in 1868
1811	William Hamsley Emory, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1887
1784	Frantisek Max Knize, composer
1782	Bernardus JC Dibbets, Dutch baron/general-major, Maastricht
1756	Willem Bilderdijk, Dutch poet/literature, Disease of Scientists
1739	Joseph Legros, composer
1737	Luigi Galvani, Italian anatomist/physicist
1735	Thomas Coutts, Scottish banker
1731	Damasus Brosmann, composer
1731	Elisabetta de Gambarini, composer
1726	Francois-Andre Danican Philidor, France, composer/chess champion
1707	George-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon, writer on natural history
1703	Jean Monnet, composer
1635	Pal Esterhazy, composer
1631	Clemens Thieme, composer
1533	Elizabeth, daughter of English king Henry VIII and Anna Boleyn
1533	Queen Elizabeth I, England, 1558-1603, daughter of Henry VIII
1471	Frederik I, king of Denmark/Norway, 1523-33 from brainyhistory.com

Today is Michael Jackson's birthday

Michael Jackson didn't live long enough to celebrate his 51st birthday but his fans remember him everyday. And today, 29th August, is a special day because it is King of Pop's birthday. Celebrate his life and music on this special occasion.

Over two months have passed since Michael Jackson died of suspected cardiac arrest on June 25 but people have not stopped talking about him. Media still keep hovering around his near and dear ones with the hope of striking upon a scoop. His music albums have been sold like hot cake after his demise.


Michael Jackson was famous not for nothing. The way he transformed the entertainment industry was incredible. He was set to hit the stage to entertain the people before death stopped his mission. He had been scheduled to perform 50 concerts at the O2 arena in London in July, which would end in 2010. The sold out shows were expected to earn him up to $50 million.

The world will continue to speculate on his life and his death itself but one thing is for sure – he has left a vacuum that nothing can replace. Michael, like any human being was not perfect but he was almost perfect as an artiste and entertainer if not completely perfect.

“If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with”: Michael Jackson.

Birthdates which occurred on your SELECTED date of October 01

1207 Henry III king of England (1216-72) 1685 Charles VI Holy Roman emperor (1711-40) 1746 John Muhlenberg Lutheran pastor/general/congressman 1760 William Beckford British writer (Epsiodes of Vathek) 1781 James Lawrence naval hero (War of 1812-"Don't give up the ship!") 1791 Sergey Aksakov Russia, novelist (Chronicles of a Russian Family) 1799 Rufus Choate US, lawyer (Hall of Fame) 1832 Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison 1st wife of Benjamin Harrison 1835 William H "Red" Jackson Brig Gen (7th Tennessee Cavalry) 1847 Annie Besant [Wood], England, philosopher/thesophist 1865 Paul Dukas Paris France, composer (Vell‚da) 1881 William Edward Boeing founded aircraft co (Boeing) 1885 Louis Untermeyer NYC, poet/critic (Immortal Poems, Story Poems) 1890 Stanley Holloway London England, actor (Higgins-Our Man Higgins) 1893 Faith Baldwin New Rochelle NY, author/novelist (They Who Love) 19-- Christine Andreas Camden NJ, actress (Taylor-Another World) 19-- David O'Brien Chic Ill, actor (Dr Larson-Our Private World) 19-- Robert Pierce Santa Monica Calif, actor (Bingo-Joanie Lov