On This Day

[Demonic Angel]

Interesting fact of the day for 2nd September:

Today, in 1666 was the day the Great Fire of London started in Pudding Lane. It burned for three days and destroyed over 13,000 houses, 87 churches and St Pauls Cathedral.

Use this thread for any interesting "On this day"s you come across!

Todays "On this Day" was brought to you by Wikipedia! :)

[martin_longbow]

This is a regular feature of both the Scotsman and the Glasgow Herald although one of them uses now and then but I always find them interesting......clearly becoming too much of a nerd

[Red Yaris 54]

On this day in 1994 Roy Castle (Entertainer) died :(

On this day in 1945 Japan surrendered bringing to an end six years of world war :) ...............Now we buy their cars ;)

[Red Yaris 54]

On this day in 1998 --229 people died when a Swissair MD11 aircraft crashed in the sea off Nova Scotia one hour after taking off from New York

On this day in 1939 Britain and France declared war on Germany following the invasion of Poland

On this day in 1984 at least 1,300 people died when a typhoon hit the Southern Philippines :(

A sad day throughout history

[Red Yaris 54]

On this day in 1964, the Forth Road Bridge was officially opened...................At the time it was Europes longest suspension bridge

[Bizarra]

On this day

1522 Ferdinand Magellan’s ship the Vittoria, under the command of Del Cano, arrived in San Lucar, Spain, after completing the first circumnavigation of the world.

Magellan was not present, having been killed in action on the island of Mactan.

1651 Charles II spent the night in an oak tree at Boscobel after his defeat at the Battle of Worcester.

1666 The Great Fire of London was finally extinguished — it started on September 2.

1852 The first free public lending library was opened in Manchester.

1879 The first British telephone exchange opened in Lombard Street, London.

1880 England beat Australia by five wickets at the Oval in the first Test match played in England, and WG Grace scored the first Test century in England.

1941 Yellow Star of David badges became compulsory for all Jewish citizens in Nazi Germany.

1966 Hendrik Verwoerd, South African Prime Minister since 1958, was assassinated in Parliament in Cape Town by Dimitric Tsafondas.

[Red Yaris 54]

On this day in 1997 - Diana Princess of Wales was laid to rest following her tragic death.

On this day in 1952 - 31 people were killed when a De Haviland 110 jet fighter broke up at an air display in Hampshire

[Demonic Angel]

On this day 10 years ago, Google was born! Happy Birthday Google! :)

[Red Yaris 54]

On this day in 1978 - Keith Moon........(Drummer with THE WHO) died of a drugs overdose

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On this day in 1941 - Otis Redding (Soul singer) was born

[Bizarra]

1669 Henrietta Maria, French wife of Charles I of England, died near Paris.

Henrietta Street, London WC2, is named after her.

1771 Scottish explorer Mungo Park was born near Stirling.

1855 The Russian Black Sea base of Sebastopol fell to Anglo-French forces after an 11-month siege.

1897 Marlborough Street Police Court in London fined taxi driver George Smith £1 to make him the first person in Britain to be convicted for drunken driving.

He drank three glasses of beer and drove his electric taxi on the pavement in Bond Street.

1919 The Treaty of Saint-Germain was signed; the new boundaries it set brought about the end of the Austrian Empire.

1942 In a single raid, the RAF dropped 100,000 bombs on Dusseldorf.

[Bizarra]

1945 Vidkun Quisling, the ''Puppet'' Premier of Norway, was sentenced to death for collaboration and was executed on 24 October.

1960 English League football was first seen live on television with the Blackpool v Bolton Wanderers match.

It ended 0-0.

1965 Yale University published a map purporting to show that the Vikings discovered America in the 11th century.

1981 Picasso's Guernica returned to Spain after 40 years custodianship in the US.

Picasso refused to allow the painting be shown in Spain until the restoration of democracy.

1988 Steffi Graf became only the fifth person to win the Grand Slam of the four top women's tennis tournaments in the same calendar year when she beat Gabriella Sabatini to win the US Open.

[Red Yaris 54]

On this day in 1963 - American Express opened a credit card service in Britain

On this day in 1973 - BIBA (Fashion) opened a large department store in Kensington High Street.................somewhere to use the credit card ;)

[Bizarra]

On This Day Over The Years

1297 Scottish hero William Wallace defeated the English at Stirling Bridge.

1777 The British, under General Howe, the Americans commanded by George Washington at the battle of Brandywine Creek in the American War of Independence.

1841 The commuter age began for the south-east of England when the London to Brighton commuter express train began a regular service taking just 105 minutes.

1885 DH Lawrence was born in Eastwood, Notts - destined to become one of the most controversial novelists of the 20th century.

1895 The FA Cup was stolen from football outfitters William Shillock in Birmingham - 68 years later an 83-year-old man confessed that he had melted it down to make counterfeit half-crown coins.

1914 WC Handy published his St Louis Blues which has since been recorded more than 100 times.

[Bizarra]

1915 The first Women’s Institute was formed in Anglesey, Wales.

1928 The world’s first television play was transmitted live by station WGY in New York.

The Queen’s Messenger had only two characters, but there were four actors, as old-fashioned cameras could not be moved around.

1972 The BBC TV quiz programme, Mastermind, was first transmitted.

1978 Bulgarian defector Georgi Markov was killed in London, stabbed by a poisoned umbrella point wielded by an unknown secret agent.

The unidentified poison brought on a coma and Markov died on 15 September.

[Red Yaris 54]

On this day in 2001 the USA was rocked by a series of terrorist attacks that left the World Trade Centre destroyed and about 3000 people dead

[Leeky]

3000 people dead

flippen ek! i never realised that many people died :(

[Boro Sera]

Nothing happened in 1752 on this day in history............In Fact September 11th never happened in 1752 at all.

( feel free to google this one........it''s right ! )

[JadeGTI]

Interesting fact of the day for 2nd September:

Today, in 1666 was the day the Great Fire of London started in Pudding Lane. It burned for three days and destroyed over 13,000 houses, 87 churches and St Pauls Cathedral.

Use this thread for any interesting "On this day"s you come across!

Todays "On this Day" was brought to you by Wikipedia! :)

Im a few days out...

Did you know, if you laid 'Monument' in London on its side it would stretch accross the whole length of area that the great fire of london spread. (or something to that effect)

xxxx

[Bizarra]

1387 Henry V was born in Monmouth Castle.

'Bluff' Prince Hal became a ruthless king who fought two bloody campaigns which came to a climax at Agincourt.

Shortly afterwards, in 1422, he died unheroically of dysentery.

1498 Tomás de Torquemada, Spanish Inquisitor-General, died.

1620 The 101 Pilgrim Fathers set sail from Plymouth in the Mayflower, captained by Myles Standish.

1736 The Shah of Iran, Reza Khan Pahlavi, abdicated.

1859 David Livingstone discovered Lake Nyasa.

1861 The Post Office Savings Bank was instituted.

1908 The American car firms Buick and Oldsmobile merged to form General Motors.

[Raistlin]

Sorry I couldn't resist

9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends.

506 - The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde.

1185 - Isaac II Angelus kills Stephanus Hagiochristophorites and then appeals to the people, resulting in the revolt that deposes Andronicus I Comnenus and places Isaac on the throne of the Byzantine Empire.

1226 - The Roman Catholic practice of public adoration of the Blessed Sacrament outside of Mass spreads from monasteries to parishes.

1297 - Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots led by William Wallace defeat the English.

1390 - Lithuanian Civil War (1389–1392): the Teutonic Knights begin a five-week siege of Vilnius.

1541 - Santiago, Chile, is destroyed by indigenous warriors, lead by Michimalonko.

1609 - Expulsion order announced against the Moriscos of Valencia; beginning of the expulsion of all Spain's Moriscos.

1609 - Henry Hudson discovers Manhattan Island and the natives living there.

1649 - Siege of Drogheda ends: Oliver Cromwell's English Parliamentarian troops take the town and execute its garrison.

1683 - John III Sobieski of Poland arrives on Kahlen Hill, leading to the Battle of Vienna the next day.

1697 - Battle of Zenta.

1708 - Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the Great Northern War. The army is defeated nine months later in the Battle of Poltava, and the Swedish empire is no longer a major power.

1709 - Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain, Netherlands and Austria fight against France.

1714 - Barcelona surrenders to Spanish and French Bourbon armies in the War of the Spanish Succession.

1758 - Battle of Saint Cast France repels British invasion during the Seven Year's War.

1773 - The Public Advertiser publishes a satirical essay titled Rules By Which A Great Empire May Be Reduced To A Small One, which is written by Benjamin Franklin.

1776 - British-American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolution.

1777 - American Revolution: Battle of Brandywine - The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

1786 - The Beginning of the Annapolis Convention.

1789 - Alexander Hamilton is appointed as the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.

1792 - The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other crown jewels when six men break into the house used to store the jewels.

1802 - France annexes the Kingdom of Piedmont.

1814 - The climax of the Battle of Plattsburgh, a major United States victory in the War of 1812.

1847 - Stephen Foster's well-known song, Oh! Susanna, is first performed at a saloon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

1857 - The Mountain Meadows Massacre: Mormon settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah.

1888 - Death of the Argentine politician Domingo Sarmiento, after whom the Latin American Teacher's Day is chosen.

1891 - The Jewish Colonization Association is established by Baron Maurice de Hirsch.

1893 - First conference of the World Parliament of Religions is held.

1897 - After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom.

1903 - The first race at The Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.

1906 - Mahatma Gandhi coins the term "Satyagraha" to characterize the Non-Violence movement in South Africa.

1914 - Australia invades New Britain, defeating a German contingent there.

1915 - The Pennsylvania Railroad begins electrified commuter rail service between Paoli and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, using overhead AC trolley wires for power.

1916 - The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge initially collapsed in toto on August 29, 1907.

1919 - U.S. Marines invade Honduras.

1921 - Nahalal, the first moshav in Israel, is settled.

1922 - The British Mandate of Palestine begins.

1922 - The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia.

1922 - One of the Herald Sun of Melbourne, Australia's predecessor papers The Sun News-Pictorial is founded.

1926 - An assassination attempt on Benito Mussolini fails.

1931 - Salvatore Maranzano is murdered by Charles Luciano's hitmen.

1932 - Franciszek Żwirko and Stanisław Wigura, Polish Challenge 1932 winners, are killed in a plane crash when their RWD 6 crashes into the ground during a storm.

1940 - George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.

1940 - World War II: Buckingham Palace is damaged during a German air raid.

1941 - Ground is broken for the construction of The Pentagon.

1941 - World War II: The U.S. Navy is ordered to attack German U-boats.

1941 - Charles Lindberg's Des Moines Speech accusing the British, Jews and the Roosevelt administration of pressing for war with Germany.

1943 - World War II: German troops occupy Corsica and Kosovo-Metohija.

1943 - World War II: Start of the liquidation of the Ghettos in Minsk and Lida by the Nazis.

1944 - World War II: The first Allied troops of the U.S. Army cross the western border of Germany.

1944 - World War II: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500.

1945 - World War II: Liberation of the Japanese-run POW and civilian internee camp at Batu Lintang, Kuching, Sarawak on the island of Borneo by Australian 9th Division forces. Over 2,000 prisoners, including women and children, were due to be executed on September 15.

1955 - Dedication of the first Temple of The Church of Jesus ***** of Latter-day Saints in Europe, the Bern Switzerland Temple.

1956 - People to People International is founded by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

1960 - The Young Americans for Freedom, meeting at home of William F. Buckley, Jr., promulgate the Sharon Statement.

1961 - Foundation of the World Wildlife Fund.

1961 - Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the strongest storm ever to hit the state.

1965 - The 1st Cavalry Division of the United States Army arrives in Vietnam.

1968 - Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and 6 crew.

1970 - 88 of the hostages from the Dawson's Field hijackings are released. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews and Israeli citizens, are held until September 25.

1970 - The Ford Pinto is introduced.

1971 - The Egyptian Constitution becomes official.

1972 - Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) in San Francisco, California begins regular service.

1973 - A CIA backed coup in Chile headed by General Augusto Pinochet topples the democratically elected President Salvador Allende. Pinochet remains in power for almost 17 years.

1974 - Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew.

1978 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter, President Anwar Sadat of Egypt, and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel meet at Camp David and agree on a framework for peace between Israel and Egypt and a comprehensive peace in the Middle East.

1980 - Voters approve the present Constitution of Chile.

1981 - A small plane crashes into the Swing Auditorium in San Bernardino, California damaging it beyond repair.

1982 - The international forces that were guaranteeing the safety of Palestinian refugees following Israel's 1982 Invasion of Lebanon leave Beirut. Five days later, several thousand refugees are massacred in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps.

1985 - Baseball: Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds gets his 4,192nd career base hit, breaking Ty Cobb's record which had stood for over 60 years.

1987 - Dan Rather walks off the set of the CBS Evening News over disapproval of the handling of a major event being interrupted and postponed by a sports program, leaving six minutes of dead air.

1989 - The iron curtain opens between the communist Hungary and Austria. From Hungary thousands of East Germans throng to Austria and West Germany.

1990 - U.S. President George H. W. Bush delivers a nationally televised speech in which he threatens the use of force to remove Iraqi soldiers from Kuwait, which Iraq had recently invaded. He mentions the term "New World Order" in this speech for the first time, which is also named "Towards a New World Order".(full text of the speech)

1992 - Hurricane Iniki, one of the most damaging hurricanes in United States history, devastates Hawaii, especially the islands of Kauai and Oahu.

1994 - Frank Eugene Corder steals a Cessna plane, intending to crash it into the White House.

1996 - Union Pacific Railroad purchases Southern Pacific Railroad.

1997 - NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.

1997 - After a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament, within the United Kingdom.

1998 - Independent counsel Kenneth Starr sends a report to the U.S. Congress accusing President Bill Clinton of 11 possible impeachable offenses.

1998 - Opening ceremony for the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia is the first Asian country to host the games.

2000 - Activists protest against the World Economic Forum meeting in Melbourne, Australia.

View of the WTC on fire and the Statue of Liberty2001 - Airplane hijackings and the subsequent coordinated attacks result in the collapse of the World Trade Center in New York City, destruction of the western portion of The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and an unplanned passenger airliner crash in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, which happened after airplane passengers fought back on the plane. In total, 2,974 people are killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks.

2002 - Through extreme and coordinated effort, The Pentagon is rededicated after repairs are completed, exactly one year after the attack on the building.

2003 - Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh dies after being assaulted and fatally wounded on September 10.

2003 - The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety enters into effect.

2004 - All passengers are killed when a helicopter crashes in the Aegean Sea. Passengers include Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria and 16 others (including journalists and bishops of the Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria).

2005 - The State of Israel completes its unilateral disengagement from the Gaza Strip.

2007 - Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of all bombs.

Births

1182 - Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (d. 1204)

1522 - Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian naturalist (d. 1605)

1524 - Pierre de Ronsard, French poet (d. 1585)

1611 - Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, Marshal of France (d. 1675)

1681 - Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German jurist (d. 1741)

1700 - James Thomson, Scottish poet (d. 1748)

1711 - William Boyce, English composer (d. 1779)

1723 - Johann Bernhard Basedow, German educational reformer (d. 1790)

1786 - Friedrich Kuhlau, German composer (d. 1832)

1798 - Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist and physicist (d. 1895)

1800 - Daniel S. Dickinson, New York senator (d. 1866)

1816 - Carl Zeiss, German lens maker (d. 1888)

1825 - Eduard Hanslick, German music critic (d. 1904)

1836 - Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American author (d. 1870)

1838 - John Ireland, American Catholic archbishop (d. 1918)

1859 - Vjenceslav Novak, Croatian writer (d. 1905)

1860 - Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (d. 1938)

1860 - James Allan, former All Black (d. 1934)

1862 - O. Henry, American writer (d. 1910)

1862 - Julian Byng, British army officer (d. 1935)

1865 - Rainis, Latvian poet and playwright (d. 1929)

1877 - James Hopwood Jeans, Scientist (d. 1946)

1885 - D. H. Lawrence, English novelist (d. 1930)

1891 - William Thomas Walsh, American author (d. 1949)

1892 - Pinto Colvig, Goofy's and Pluto's voice (d. 1967)

1892 - Lucien Buysse, Belgian cyclist (d. 1980)

1893 - W. Douglas Hawkes, British racing driver (d. 1974)

1899 - Jimmie Davis, composer (d. 2000)

1899 - Philipp Bouhler, German nazi leader (d. 1945)

1900 - D. W. Brooks, American farmer and businessman (d. 1999)

1903 - Theodor Adorno, German philosopher and sociologist (d. 1969)

1911 - Bola de Nieve, Cuban pianist (d. 1971)

1913 - Paul "Bear" Bryant, American football coach (d. 1983)

1914 - Pavle, Patriarch of Serbia, Patriarch of Serbian Orthodox Church

1917 - Ferdinand Marcos, 10th President of the Philippines (d. 1989)

1917 - Jessica Mitford, British writer (d. 1996)

1917 - Herbert Lom, Czech-born British film actor

1917 - Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and racehorse owner (d. 2001)

1918 - Donald Blakeslee, American aviator (d. 2008)

1921 - Edwin Richfield, British Actor (d. 1990)

1924 - Daniel Akaka, Chinese-American politician

1924 - Tom Landry, American football coach (d. 2000)

1924 - Rudolf Vrba, Jewish Canadian professor, Holocaust survivor (d. 2006)

1925 - Harry Somers, Canadian composer (d. 1999)

1926 - Eddie Miksis, baseball player (d. 2005)

1927 - G. David Schine, American businessman (d. 1996)

1927 - Vernon Corea, Sri Lankan broadcaster (d. 2002)

1927 - Willie Christine King, Sister of Martin Luther King Jr.

1928 - Reubin O'Donovan Askew, American politician

1928 - Earl Holliman, American actor

1930 - Saleh Selim, Egyptian football player (d. 2002)

1931 - Hans-Ulrich Wehler, German historian

1932 - Peter Anderson, English footballer

1933 - William Luther Pierce, American author and activist (d. 2002)

1934 - Oliver Jones, Canadian jazz pianist

1934 - Norma Croker, Australian sprinter

1935 - Arvo Pärt, Estonian composer

1935 - Gherman Titov, second man in space (d. 2000)

1936 - Ian Abercrombie, English actor

1937 - Iosif Kobzon, Soviet singer and Russian businessman

1937 - Queen Paola Ruffo di Calabria of Belgium

1937 - Robert Crippen, American astronaut

1938 - David Higgins, British Composer and Conductor

1939 - Charles Geschke, American inventor and businessman

1940 - Brian de Palma, American film director

1940 - Theodore Olson, U.S. Solicitor General

1940 - Nong Duc Manh, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam

1940 - Robert Palmer, last CEO of Digital Equipment Corporation

1942 - Lola Falana, American singer

1942 - Gerome Ragni American Playwright

1943 - Mickey Hart, American drummer (Grateful Dead)

1943 - Raymond Villeneuve, Canadian terrorist

1944 - Everaldo, Brazilian footballer

1944 - Freddy Thielemans, mayor of Brussels

1945 - Franz Beckenbauer, German footballer

1945 - Leo Kottke, American acoustic guitarist

1945 - Felton Perry, American actor

1948 - John Martyn, English musician

1949 - Bill Whittington, race car driver

1950 - Bruce Doull, Australian rules footballer

1950 - Amy Madigan, American actress

1950 - Barry Sheene, British motorcyclist (d. 2003)

1951 - Richard D. Gill, British-Dutch mathematician

1951 - Hugo Porta, Argentine rugby player

1951 - Miroslav Dvořák, Czechoslovak ice hockey player (d. 2008)

1953 - Tommy Shaw, American musician and singer (Styx)

1953 - Jani Allan, South African journalist and media personality

1956 - Tony Gilroy, American screenwriter and director

1957 - Brad Bird, American director and animator

1957 - Jeff Sluman, American professional golfer

1958 - Brad Lesley, American baseball player, actor and television personality

1958 - Scott Patterson, American actor

1958 - Roxann Dawson, American actress

1958 - Phoef Sutton, American television writer and producer

1960 - Anne Ramsay, American actress

1961 - Virginia Madsen, American actress

1961 - Philip Ardagh, British writer

1962 - Elizabeth Daily, American actress

1962 - Filip Dewinter Belgian politician

1962 - Kristy McNichol, American actress

1962 - Julio Salinas, Spanish footballer

1963 - Dr Patrick McWilliams, Irish author

1963 - Colin Wells, English actor

1964 - Ellis Burks, American baseball player

1964 - Victor Wooten, American musician

1965 - Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria

1965 - Paul Heyman, American wrestling manager

1965 - Moby, American musician

1965 - David Roe, English snooker player

1966 - Princess Akishino, Japanese Imperial Family

1967 - Maria Bartiromo, financial broadcast journalist

1967 - Harry Connick, Jr., American singer

1967 - Tony David, Australian darts player

1968 - Kay Hanley, American musician

1968 - Paul Mayeda Berges, American film writer and director

1969 - Eduardo Perez, American baseball player

1969 - Gidget Gein, American musician

1970 - Chris Garver, tattoo artist

1970 - Taraji P. Henson, American actress and singer

1970 - William Joppy, American boxer

1970 - Ted Leo, American musician

1970 - Laura Wright, American actress

1971 - Richard Ashcroft, British singer

1971 - Markos Moulitsas, American blogger and author

1971 - Johnny Vegas, English comedian

1971 - Shelton Quarles, American football player

1972 - Matthew Gilmore, Belgian cyclist

1975 - Juan Cobián, former Argentine footballer

1975 - Pierre Issa, South African footballer

1975 - Mark Klepaski, American musician

1976 - Elephant Man, Jamaican musician

1976 - Tomáš Enge, Czech racing driver

1976 - Flora Redoumi, Greek hurdler

1977 - Ludacris, American rapper

1977 - Matthew Stevens, Welsh snooker player

1977 - Jon Buckland, British guitarist (Coldplay)

1978 - Ed Reed, American football player

1978 - Ben Lee, Australian musician and singer

1978 - Dejan Stanković, Serbian footballer

1979 - Nathan Gale, American murderer (d. 2004)

1979 - Ariana Richards, American actress

1979 - Frank Francisco, Major League Baseball pitcher

1979 - Steve Hofstetter, comedian & radio personality

1979 - David Pizarro, Chilean footballer

1980 - Mike Comrie, Canadian ice hockey player

1980 - Antônio Pizzonia, Brazilian race car driver

1981 - Andrea Dossena, Italian footballer

1981 - Dylan Klebold, Columbine High School Massacre co-perpetrator (d. 1999)

1982 - Shriya Saran, South Indian actress

1983 - Ike Diogu, American basketball player

1983 - Jacoby Ellsbury, American baseball player

1985 - Shaun Livingston, American basketball player

1985 - Zack Stortini, Canadian ice hockey player

1986 - Chiliboy Ralepelle, South African rugby player

1986 - Dwayne Jarrett, American football player

1987 - Tyler Hoechlin, American actor

Deaths

1161 - Queen Melisende of Jerusalem (b. 1105)

1185 - Stephanus Hagiochristophorites, Byzantine courtier

1279 - Robert Kilwardby, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. c. 1215)

1298 - Philip of Artois, French soldier (b. 1269)

1349 - Bonne of Luxembourg, wife of John II of France (b. 1315)

1599 - Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman executed for planned fratricide (b. 1577)

1677 - James Harrington, English political philosopher (b. 1611)

1680 - Roger Crab, English Puritan political writer (b. 1621)

1680 - Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (b. 1596)

1721 - Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician (b. 1665)

1733 - François Couperin, French composer (b. 1668)

1760 - Louis Godin, French astronomer (b. 1704)

1822 - Fortunat Alojzy Gonzaga Żółkowski, Polish actor (b. 1777)

1823 - David Ricardo, economist (b. 1772)

1843 - Joseph Nicollet, mathematician and explorer (b. 1786)

1851 - Sylvester Graham, American nutritionist (b. 1794)

1865 - Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière, French general (b. 1806)

1888 - Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, President of Argentina (b. 1811)

1896 - Francis James Child, American ballad collector (b. 1825)

1911 - Louis Henri Boussenard, French novelist (b. 1847)

1915 - William Sprague IV, American politician (b. 1830)

1915 - William Cornelius Van Horne, American railway executive (b. 1843)

1917 - Georges Guynemer, French aviator (b. 1894)

1921 - Subramanya Bharathy, Tamil poet (b. 1882)

1926 - Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor (b. 1875)

1931 - Salvatore Maranzano, American crime boss (b. 1868)

1932 - Franciszek Zwirko and Stanislaw Wigura, Polish pilots (Żwirko b. 1895 Wigura b. 1901)

1939 - Konstantin Korovin, Russian painter (b. 1861)

1941 - Christian Rakovsky, Bulgarian-born socialist revolutionary (b. 1873)

1948 - Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan (b. 1876)

1950 - Jan Smuts, South African soldier and statesman (b. 1870)

1956 - Billy Bishop, Canadian pilot in World War I (b. 1894)

1958 - Robert W. Service, Scottish-born Canadian poet (b. 1874)

1958 - Camillien Houde, French Canadian politician (b. 1889)

1965 - Ralph C. Smedley, Founder of Toastmasters International (b. 1878)

1966 - C. E. Woolman, American airline magnate (b. 1889)

1967 - Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish technician and textilist (b. 1904)

1968 - René Cogny, French General (b. 1904)

1971 - Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev, Soviet politician and leader (b. 1894)

1971 - Bella Darvi, Polish-born French actress (b. 1928)

1972 - Max Fleischer, American animator (b. 1883)

1973 - Salvador Allende, President of Chile (b. 1908)

1973 - Neem Karoli Baba, Indian guru

1974 - Víctor Olea Alegría, Chilean Socialist Party member

1978 - Mike Gazella, American baseball player (b. 1895)

1978 - Georgi Markov, Bulgarian dissident (b. 1929)

1978 - Janet Parker, medical photographer (b. c. 1938)

1978 - Ronnie Peterson, Swedish F1 driver (b. 1944)

1984 - Jerry Voorhis, American politician (b. 1901)

1985 - William Alwyn, English composer (b. 1905)

1985 - Andrew C. Thornton II, American drug smuggler (b. 1945)

1987 - Lorne Greene, Canadian actor (b. 1915)

1987 - Peter Tosh, Jamaican musician and singer (b. 1944)

1988 - John Sylvester White, American actor (b. 1919)

1990 - Myrna Mack, Guatemalan anthropologist (b. 1949)

1991 - Ernst Herbeck, German Poet (b. 1920)

1993 - Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian conductor (b. 1912)

1993 - Antoine Izméry, Haitian pro-democracy activist (b. unknown)

1994 - Jessica Tandy, American actress (b. 1909)

1994 - William Obanhein, police officer, mentioned in "Alice's Restaurant" (b. 1924)

1995 - Anita Harding, neurologist (b. 1952)

1997 - Camille Henry, National Hockey League player (b. 1933)

1997 - Hannah Weiner American experimental poet (b. 1928)

1998 - Dane Clark, American actor (b. 1913)

1999 - Belkis Ayón, Cuban artist (b. 1967)

1999 - Gonzalo Rodriguez, Uruguayan auto racing driver (b. 1972)

2001 - Alice Stewart Trillin, American author (b. 1938)

2001 – see also Category:Victims of the September 11 attacks:

2001 - Marwan Al-Shehhi, 9/11 terrorist (b. 1978)

2001 - David Angell, American sitcom creator (b. 1946)

2001 - Mohamed Atta, 9/11 terrorist (b. 1968)

2001 - Garnet Bailey, Canadian hockey player and scout (b. 1948)

2001 - Todd Beamer, passenger on United Airlines Flight 93 (b. 1968)

2001 - Berry Berenson, widow of Anthony Perkins (b. 1948)

2001 - Mark Bingham, passenger on United Airlines Flight 93 (b. 1970)

2001 - Tom Burnett, American businessman (b. 1963)

2001 - Peter J. Ganci, Jr., Chief of Department, FDNY (b. 1946)

2001 - Hani Hanjour, 9/11 terrorist (b. 1972)

2001 - Ziad Jarrah, 9/11 terrorist (b. 1975)

2001 - Father Mychal F. Judge, Chaplain, FDNY (b. 1933)

2001 - Angel L. Juarbe, Jr., American firefighter (b. 1966)

2001 - John P. O'Neill, American anti-terrorism FBI agent (b. 1952)

2001 - John Ogonowski, pilot for American Airlines Flight 11 (b. 1951)

2001 - Barbara Olson, American political commentator (b. 1955)

2001 - Daniel M. Lewin, founder of Akamai Technologies (b. 1970)

2002 - Kim Hunter, American actress (b. 1922)

2002 - Johnny Unitas, American football player (b. 1933)

2003 - Anna Lindh, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1957)

2003 - John Ritter, American actor (b. 1948)

2004 - Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria (b. 1949)

2004 - Fred Ebb, American lyricist (b. 1933)

2004 - David mann, U.S. artist (b. 1939)

2005 - Chris Schenkel, American sportscaster (b. 1923)

2006 - William Auld, Scottish poet, writer and supporter of Esperanto (b. 1924)

2006 - Pat Corley, American actor (b. 1930)

2006 - Joachim Fest, German journalist and author (b. 1926)

2006 - Johannes Bob van Benthem, Dutch lawyer (b. 1921)

2007 - Ian Porterfield, Manager of Armenia National Football Club (b. 1946)

2007 - Gene Savoy, American author and cleric (b. 1927)

2007 - Joe Zawinul, Austrian musician (b. 1932)

Holidays and observances

RC Saints - Virgin of the Holy cave; Saint Deiniol, Our Lady of Coromoto, Protus and Hyacinth.

Also see September 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) (Revised Julian Calendar).

Beheading of John the Baptist (or The Forerunner) in the Eastern Orthodox tradition (Julian Calendar).

Feast of Neyrouz, the New Year's Day in the Coptic calendar.

New Year's Day in the Ethiopian calendar (Enkutatash).

Catalonia - National Day of Catalonia, remembering those Catalan patriots who died in the Siege of Barcelona, in defense of the city, against the Franco-Spanish army.

Latin America Teacher's Day, after the death of Argentine Domingo F. Sarmiento.

Liberation Day of Dijon, France (commemorating the Allied liberation of the city from Nazi occupation in 1944)

Death anniversary of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan.

Proclaimed 9-1-1 Emergency Number Day by President Reagan on August 26 in 1987 and celebrated since then by some United States communities, particularly the local emergency services.

Patriot Day (USA) - Anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

Feast day of Saint Deiniol.

[Bizarra]

That was one busy day ! I knew there had to be a reason why I stayed in bed too long

[Bizarra]

1356 The English, led by Edward, the Black Prince, defeated the French at the Battle of Poitiers in the Hundred Years’ War.

1839 George Cadbury was born.

He expanded his father’s chocolate business and established a model village for his workers at Bourneville.

1876 The first carpet-sweeper was patented by Melville Bissell of Grand Rapids in Michigan.

1881 James Abram Garfield, 20th US president, died of wounds suffered when he was shot in July.

1888 The world’s first beauty contest took place in Spa, Belgium.

1928 The first cartoon talking picture, Walt Disney’s Steamboat Willie, featuring Mickey Mouse, was shown in New York.

1945 Wartime traitor William Joyce - Lord Haw-Haw - was sentenced to be hanged after his trial at the Old Bailey.

[Raistlin]

Events

1960 A new dance craze began when Chubby Checker's 'The Twist' entered the US charts.

1960 The new traffic wardens issued the first 344 parking tickets in London.

1983 The Caribbean islands of St Kitts-Nevis achieved independence from Britain.

1989 The New York Supreme Court reversed an earlier decision to award the America's Cup to New Zealand, allowing the San Diego Yacht Club to retain the award.

1994 US troops invaded Haiti, encountering no resistance; on the 26th the USA lifted sanctions.

1996 IBM announced that from Jan 1997 it would provide health-care coverage and other benefits to the partners of US homosexual and lesbian employees.

Births

1802 Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian statesman

1839 George Cadbury, English chocolate manufacturer and social reformer

1911 William Golding, English novelist

1948 Jeremy Irons, English actor

1948 Rosemary Casals, US tennis player

1949 Twiggy (Lesley Hornby), English model and actress

Deaths

1812 Meyer Amschel Rothschild, German banker

1881 James Garfield, 20th US president

1905 Thomas John Barnardo, British philanthropist

1963 David Low, British cartoonist

1968 Chester Carlson, US inventor of the xerography photocopying process

1988 Roy Kinnear, English comedy actor

1995 Rudolf Peierls, German-born British physicist

[Wild west Drifter]

I should have stayed at home today- had do a training course for a couple of people from Iceland( the country not the shop) and between them they had about 8 sentences in english. :ffs: