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Events
- 1590 - Alexander Farnese's army
forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris.
- 1661 - Fall of Nicolas Fouquet: Louis XIV Superintendent of Finances is arrested
in Nantes by D'Artagnan, captain of the king's
musketeers.
- 1666 - Great Fire of London ends: 10,000
buildings including St. Paul's Cathedral are destroyed, but only 16 people are known
to have died.
- 1698 - In an effort to move his people away from archaic customs, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on
beards.
- 1725 - Wedding of Louis XV and Maria Leszczyńska.
- 1774 - First Continental Congress assembles in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1781 - Battle of the Chesapeake in the
American Revolutionary War.
- 1793 - French Revolution the French National Convention initiates the Reign of
Terror.
- 1798 - Conscription is made mandatory in France by the Jourdan law.
- 1800 - Malta is conquered by Great Britain.
- 1816 - Louis XVIII has to dissolve the
Chambre introuvable ("Unobtainable Chamber").
- 1836 - Sam Houston is elected as the second
president of the Republic of Texas.
- 1839 - The First Opium War begins in China.
- 1840 - Premiere of Giuseppe Verdi's Un giorno di regno at La Scala of Milan.
- 1862 - American Civil War: the Potomac River is crossed at White's Ford in the Maryland Campaign.
- 1864 - Achille François Bazaine becomes
Marshall of France.
- 1877 - Indian Wars: Oglala
Sioux chief Crazy Horse is bayoneted by a United States soldier after resisting confinement in a
guardhouse at Fort Robinson in Nebraska.
- 1882 - The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
- 1905 - Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, USA, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by US
President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.
- 1914 - World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.
- 1915 - The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference
begins.
- 1918 - Decree "On Red Terror" is published in
Russia
- 1932 - The colonie of Upper Volta is broken apart between
Ivory Coast, Mali, and Niger.
- 1937 - Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls.
- 1938 - Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist
National Socialist Movement of Chile are assassinated in the
Seguro Obrero massacre.
- 1939 - World War II: The United States declares its neutrality in the war.
- 1942 - World War II: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, first Japanese defeat in the Pacific War.
- 1943 - World War II: The 503d
Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Nazdab, near Lae in the Salamaua-Lae campaign.
- 1944 - Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg constitute Benelux.
- 1945 - Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese-American suspected of being wartime radio propagandist Tokyo
Rose, is arrested in Yokohama.
- 1948 - Robert Schuman becomes President of the Council while being Foreign
minister, As such, he is the negotiator of the major treaties of the end of World War II.
- 1957 - Cuba: Fulgencio
Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos.
- 1960 - The poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is elected
as the first President of Senegal.
- 1961 - The first conference of the Non Aligned
Countries is held in Belgrade.
- 1969 - My Lai Massacre: U.S. Army Lt. William
Calley is charged with six specifications of premeditated murder for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai.
- 1970 - Vietnam War: Operation Jefferson Glenn begins: the United States
101st Airborne Division and the South Vietnamese 1st Infantry Division initiate a new operation in Thua
Thien province.
- 1972 - Munich Massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attack
Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games.
- 1975 - Sacramento, California: a follower of incarcerated cult leader Charles
Manson, Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford.
- 1977 - Hanns Martin Schleyer, is kidnapped in
Cologne, West Germany by the Red Army Faction and is later murdered.
- 1977 - Voyager program: Voyager 1 is launched
after a brief delay.
- 1978 - Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace process at
Camp David, Maryland.
- 1980 - The St. Gotthard Tunnel opens in
Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at 10.14 miles (16.224 km) stretching from Goschenen to
Airolo.
- 1984 - STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage.
- 1984 - Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.
- 1986 - Pan Am Flight 73 with 358 people on board is
hijacked at Karachi International
Airport.
- 2005 - Mandala Airlines Flight 091 crashes
into a heavily-populated residential of Sumatra, Indonesia,
killing 104 people on board and at least 39 persons on ground.
- 2007 - 3 terrorists suspected to be a part of Al-Quaeda are
arrested in Germany after planning attacks on both the Frankfurt International airport and US-Military installations. See
German Terror Plot 9/07
Births
- 1187 - Louis VIII of France (d. 1226)
- 1568 - Tommaso Campanella, Italian theologian,
philosopher, and poet (d. 1639)
- 1621 - Juan Andrés Coloma, Spanish noble (d.
1694)
- 1638 - Louis XIV of France (d. 1715)
- 1667 - Giovanni Gerolamo Saccheri, Italian
mathematician (d. 1733)
- 1695 - Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician (d.
1770)
- 1722 - Frederick Christian, Elector of
Saxony (d. 1763)
- 1725 - Jean-Étienne Montucla, French
mathematician (d. 1799)
- 1735 - Johann Christian Bach, German composer
(d. 1782)
- 1750 - Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet (d.
1774)
- 1771 - Archduke Charles of Austria,
Austrian general (d. 1847)
- 1774 - Caspar David Friedrich, German artist
(d. 1840)
- 1775 - Juan Martín Díez, el Empecinado (the
undaunted), Spanish guerrillero (d. 1825)
- 1787 - François Sulpice Beudant, French
mineralogist and geologist (d. 1850)
- 1791 - Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer (d.
1864)
- 1792 - Pierre-Armand Dufrénoy,
French geologist and mineralogist (d. 1857).
- 1806 - Christophe Léon Louis
Juchault de Lamoricière, French general (d. 1865)
- 1807 - Richard Chenevix Trench, Irish Anglican
clergyman and philologist (d. 1886)
- 1809 - Manuel Montt Torres, President of Chile (d. 1880)
- 1827 - Goffredo Mameli, Italian poet and writer (d.
1849)
- 1836 - Justiniano Borgoño, President of
Peru (d. 1921)
- 1847 - Jesse James, American outlaw (d. 1882)
- 1857 - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian rocket
scientist and inventor (d. 1935)
- 1867 - Amy Beach, American composer and pianist (d.
1944)
- 1874 - Nap Lajoie, American baseball player (d.
1959)
- 1876 - Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field
marshal (d. 1956)
- 1876 - Abdelaziz Thâalbi, Tunisian politician.
(d. 1944)
- 1881 - Otto Bauer, Austrian Social Democratic politician
(d. 1938)
- 1888 - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, second
President of India (d. 1975)
- 1892 - Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist (d.
1973)
- 1901 - Mario Scelba, Italian politician and former Prime
Minister of Italy (d. 1991)
- 1902 - Darryl F. Zanuck, American film producer and
executive (d. 1979)
- 1905 - Arthur Koestler, Hungarian writer (d.
1983)
- 1905 - Maurice Challe French general (d. 1979), one of
the leaders of the Algiers putsch in 1961.
- 1908 - Gloria Holden, British actress (d.
1991)
- 1912 - John Cage, American composer (d. 1992)
- 1912 - Kristina Söderbaum, German actress and photographer (d. 2001)
- 1912 - Frank Thomas, American animator (d. 2004)
- 1914 - Nicanor Parra, Chilian poet and
mathematician
- 1916 - Frank Yerby, American novelist (d. 1991)
- 1916 - Frank Shuster, Canadian comedian (Wayne and
Shuster) (d. 2002)
- 1918 - Luis Alcoriza, Mexican screenwriter, film
director, and actor (d. 1992)
- 1921 - Jack Valenti, American political advisor and film
executive (d. 2007)
- 1924 - Paul Dietzel, American college football coach
- 1927 - Paul Volcker, American banker
- 1929 - Bob Newhart, American actor and comedian
- 1929 - Andrian Nikolayev, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2004)
- 1933 - Francisco Javier Errázuriz
Ossa, Chilian catholic archbishop
- 1934 - Carol Lawrence, American actress and singer
- 1935 - Johnny Briggs MBE, English actor
- 1936 - Bill Mazeroski, American baseball player
- 1937 - Antonio Valentin Angelillo,
Argentinian footballer
- 1937 - Robert Lucas, American economist, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics
recipient
- 1939 - William Devane, American actor
- 1939 - George Lazenby, Australian actor
- 1939 - Clay Regazzoni, Swiss racing driver (d. 2006)
- 1940 - Raquel Welch, American actress
- 1942 - Werner Herzog, German film director
- 1942 - Eduardo Mata, Mexican conductor and composer (d. 1995)
- 1942 - Denise Fabre French television presenter.
- 1944 - Dario Bellezza, Italian poet, author and
playwright (d. 1996)
- 1945 - Al Stewart, Scottish singer and songwriter
- 1946 - Freddie Mercury, Zanzibar-born singer and
songwriter (Queen) (d. 1991)
- 1946 - Loudon Wainwright III, American singer and composer
- 1947 - Buddy Miles, American musician
- 1948 - Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Austrian
diplomat and politician
- 1950 - Cathy Guisewite, American cartoonist
- 1950 - Paul William Roberts, Canadian writer
- 1951 - Paul Breitner, German footballer
- 1951 - Patti McGuire, American model and television producer
- 1951 - Michael Keaton, American actor
- 1956 - Roine Stolt, Swedish guitarist (The Flower Kings)
- 1957 - Peter Winnen, Dutch bicycle road athlete
- 1961 - Marc-André Hamelin, Canadian pianist
- 1962 - Peter Wingfield, Welsh actor
- 1963 - Juan Alderete, American bassist (Racer X)
- 1963 - Jeff Brantley, American baseball player
- 1963 - Jonathan Phillips, English actor
- 1963 - Taki Inoue, Japanese racing driver
- 1963 - Kristian Alfonso, American actress
- 1964 - Frank Farina, Australian footballer
- 1965 - Chris Morris, English satirist
- 1965 - David Brabham, Australian racing driver
- 1965 - César Rincón, colombian matador
- 1966 - Achero Mañas, Spanish actor and film director
- 1966 - Milinko Pantić, retired Serbian footballer
- 1967 - India Hicks, English model
- 1967 - Jane Sixsmith, English field hockey player
- 1968 - Brad Wilk, American musician (Audioslave, Rage Against the Machine)
- 1969 - Dweezil Zappa, American musician
- 1969 - Leonardo Nascimento de Araujo, Brazilian footballer
- 1969 - Mark Ramprakash, English cricketer
- 1970 - Steve Burton, American actor
- 1970 - Liam Lynch, American musician (Sifl and
Olly)
- 1970 - Kim Hye-su, South Korean actress and model
- 1973 - Rose McGowan, Italian-born actress
- 1973 - Alexandra Kerry, daughter of American Senator John Kerry
- 1973 - Paddy Considine, English actor
- 1975 - Rod Barajas, American baseball player
- 1975 - George Boateng, Dutch footballer
- 1975 - Matt Geyer, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1975 - Jamie Spaniolo, American horrorcore rapper
- 1976 - Tatyana Gutsu, Ukrainian gymnast
- 1976 - Carice van Houten, Dutch actress
- 1977 - Minoru Fujita, Japanese professional
wrestler
- 1977 - Rosevelt Colvin, American football player
- 1977 - Nazr Mohammed, American Basketball player
- 1977 - Joseba Etxeberria, Spanish football winger
- 1977 - Alexey Harkov, Russian bassist (Kipelov,
Sergey Mavrin)
- 1978 - Chris Jack, New Zealand rugby union footballer
- 1978 - Laura Bertram, Canadian actress
- 1978 - Zhang Zhong, Chinese chess player
- 1979 - John Carew, Norwegian footballer
- 1979 - Stacey Dales, Canadian basketball player and sportscaster
- 1979 - George O'Callaghan, Irish footballer
- 1980 - Franco Costanzo, Argentinian football
goalkeeper
- 1981 - Filippo Volandri, Italian tennis player
- 1981 - Drew Carter, American football player
- 1982 - Alexandre Geijo, Spanish/Swiss
footballer
- 1982 - Sondre Lerche, Norwegian musician
- 1983 - Eugen Bopp, Ukrainian-German footballer
- 1987 - Pierre Casiraghi, son of princess
Caroline of Monaco
- 1991 - Skandar Keynes, English actor
- 1993 - Gage Golightly, American actress
Deaths
- 1165 - Emperor Nijo of Japan (b. 1143)
- 1201 - Constance, Duchess of Brittany
(b. 1161)
- 1235 - Henry I, Duke of Brabant (b.
1165)
- 1548 - Catherine Parr, Sixth wife of Henry VIII of England (b. c. 1512)
- 1607 - Pomponne de Bellièvre, chancellor of
France (b. 1529)
- 1629 - Domenico Allegri, Italian composer (b. c.
1585)
- 1734 - Nicolas Bernier, French musician and composer
(b. 1664)
- 1786 - Jonas Hanway, English merchant, traveler, and
philanthropist (b. 1712)
- 1803 - Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French
general and author (b. 1741)
- 1803 - François Devienne, French composer (b. 1759)
- 1808 - John Home, Scottish writer (b. 1722)
- 1836 - Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian playwright (b.
1790)
- 1838 - Charles Percier, French architect (b.
1764)
- 1857 - Auguste Comte, French sociologist (b.
1798)
- 1867 - Santiago Derqui, Argentinian politician (b.
1809)
- 1876 - Manuel Blanco Encalada, first president
of Chile (b. 1790)
- 1877 - Crazy Horse, Lakota (Sioux) chief (b.
1849)
- 1898 - Sarah Edmonds, Canadian nurse, soldier,
and spy (b. 1841)
- 1901 - Ignacij Klemenčič, Slovenian physicist (b.
1853)
- 1902 - Rudolf Virchow, German pathologist and
politician (b. 1821)
- 1906 - Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist (b.
1844)
- 1912 - Arthur MacArthur, Jr., U.S. Army general
(b. 1845)
- 1914 - Charles Péguy, French poet, essayist and editor
(b. 1873)
- 1917 - Marian Smoluchowski, Polish physicist (b.
1872)
- 1920 - Robert Harron, American actor (b.
1893)
- 1922 - Georgette Agutte, French painter (b.
1867)
- 1926 - Karl Harrer, German journalist and politician, one
of the founding members of the "Deutsche Arbeiterpartei", which would become the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei
(NSDAP) (b. 1890)
- 1930 - Robert Means Thompson, American naval
officer (b. 1849)
- 1931 - John Thomson, football player who
died in an accidental collision during a match (b. 1909)
- 1932 - Francisco Acebal, Spanish novelist, playwright
and journalist (b. 1866)
- 1936 - Federico Borrell García, Spanish
anarchist soldier during the Spanish Civil War (b. 1912)
- 1936 - Gustave Kahn, French Symbolist poet and art critic (b. 1859)
- 1942 - François de Labouchère, French
aviator of World War II, compagnon de la Libération. (b. 1917)
- 1943 - Aleš Hrdlička, Czech anthropologist (b.
1869)
- 1945 - Clem Hill, Australian cricketer (b. 1877)
- 1948 - Richard C. Tolman, American mathematical
physicist (b. 1881)
- 1953 - Richard Walther Darré, Nazi politician,
one of the leading ‘blood and soil’ ideologists (b. 1895)
- 1954 - Eugen Schiffer, German politician (b.
1954)
- 1965 - Thomas Johnston, Scottish-born politician (b.
1882)
- 1966 - Dezső Lauber, Hungarian athlete (b.
1879)
- 1970 - Jochen Rindt, Austrian Formula One driver, the
first ever posthumous world champion (b. 1942)
- 1973 - Jack Fournier, American baseball player (b.
1889)
- 1975 - Georg Ots, Estonian singer (b. 1920)
- 1977 - Marcel Thiry, Belgian writer and wallon militant (b. 1897)
- 1979 - Alberto di Jorio, former head of the
Vatican Bank and secretary of the 1958
conclave (b. 1884)
- 1982 - Douglas Bader, RAF fighter pilot in World War II
(b. 1910)
- 1983 - Antonio Mairena, flamenco singer (b.
1909)
- 1988 - Gert Fröbe, German actor (b. 1913)
- 1990 - Ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian revolutionary (b.
1896)
- 1992 - Fritz Leiber, American author (b. 1910)
- 1995 - William Kunstler, American lawyer and activist
(b. 1919)
- 1997 - Georg Solti, Hungarian conductor (b.
1912)
- 1997 - Mother Teresa, Albanian-born missionary and humanitarian, recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1910)
- 1998 - Leo Penn, American film director (b. 1921)
- 1998 - Verner Panton, Danish designer (b. 1926)
- 1999 - Allen Funt, American radio and television
personality (b. 1914)
- 1999 - Bryce Mackasey, Canadian politician (b. 1921)
- 2001 - Vladimir Žerjavić, Croatian UN statistician
(b. 1912)
- 2002 - David Todd Wilkinson, American astronomer,
author of the first study of the Cosmic microwave background
radiation (b. 1935)
- 2003 - Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian-born singer (b.
1927)
- 2005 - Roberto Viaux, Chilean Army General and the
primary planner in two failed coup d'état attempt in Chile (b. 1917)
- 2007 - Jennifer Dunn, American politician (b.
1941)
- 2007 - Paul Gillmor, American politician (b. 1939)
- 2007 - D. James Kennedy, American televangelist (b. 1930)
- 2007 - Thomas Hansen (musician) (b. 1976)
Holidays and observances
Religious observances
References
- ^ Holweck, F. G. A Biographical Dictionary of the
Saints. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924.
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