Today In History - Sunday, September 13, 2026




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Welcome to Today In History for Sunday, September 13, 2026.

On this day in history ..

0122 - Building begins on Hadrian's Wall
0604 - Sabinian begins his reign as Pope replacing Pope Gregory the Great
1125 - Duke Lotharius of Supplinburg crowned as German king Lotharius III
1515 - -14] Battle at Marignano: France beats Habsburgers & Pope Leo X
1549 - Pope Paul III signs Council of Bologna
1553 - English Hugh Latimer arrested
1556 - Charles V & Maria of Hungary march into Spain
1574 - Turkish fleet recaptures Tunis
1579 - Breda forms Union of Utrecht
1625 - 16 Rabbis (including Isiah Horowitz) are imprisoned in Jerusalem
1631 - Admiral Tholen conquerors 30+ Spanish frigates
1663 - 1st serious slave conspiracy in colonial America (Virginia)
1743 - England, Austria & Savoye-Sardinia sign Treaty of Worms
1751 - England signs Austrian & Russian alliance
1759 - British beat French forces at Plains of Abrahams (Quebec)
1775 - Gotthold Lessing's "Die Juden," premieres in Frankfurt-am-Main
1787 - Prussian army moves into Netherlands
1788 - NY City becomes 1st capital of US
1789 - 1st loan to US Govt (from NYC banks)
1791 - France's King Louis XVI accepts constitution
1800 - Cura‡ao in English hands (until Jan 1803)
1847 - American-Mexican war: US Gen Winfield Scott captures Mexico City
1849 - 1st US prize fight fatality (Tom McCoy)
1858 - Hamburg-US ship Austria catches fire & sinks, 471 die
1861 - 1st naval battle of Civil War, Union frigate "Colorado" sinks privateer "Judah" off Pensacola, Fla
1867 - Gen E R S Canby orders SC courts to impanel blacks jurors
1869 - Jay Gould & James Fisk attempt to control US gold market
1881 - Lewis Latimer invents & patents electric lamp with a carbon filament
1882 - Battle at Count el-Kebir: British troops invade Egypt
1883 - Cleveland Hugh Daily no-hits Phila 1-0
1883 - Hugh Daily, a one-armed pitcher for Cleveland (Forest City), tosses 1-0 no-hitter against Phila
1890 - Cecil Rhodes' colonies hoist Union Jack in Mashonaland & Salisbury
1898 - 20,000 Paris construction workers go on strike
1898 - Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film
1906 - 1st airplane flight in Europe
1907 - Interprovincial Rugby Football union (Big Four) forms with Hamilton Tigers, Toronto Argonauts, Ottawa Rough Riders & Montreal Foot Ball
1909 - Ty Cobb clinches AL HR title with his 9th HR (all inside-the-park)
1910 - Regina Rugby Club forms
1918 - Train accident at Weesp Neth, kills 42
1919 - Guy Bolton & George Middleton's "Adam & Eve," premieres in NYC
1922 - 136.4øF (58øC), El Aziziyah, Libya in shade (world record)
1923 - With Spain's king Alfonso XIII assist, army coup under de Rivera
1924 - 19th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Philadelphia (5-0)
1925 - 1st US University for Blacks, Xavier University, opens in New Orleans
1925 - Bkln Dodger Dazzy Vance no-hits Phillies, 10-1
1927 - Yanks clinch pennant, Ruth hits 2 HRs (52 en route to 60)
1927 - Waite Hoyt became only 20 game winner of 1927 Yankees
1928 - KOH-AM in Reno NV begins radio transmissions
1930 - 50th US Mens Tennis: J H Doeg beats Francis Shields (10-8 16 64 16-14)
1930 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 20,000m (1:04:38.4)
1930 - Tommy Armour wins PGA golf tournament
1930 - Winnipeg Rugby Football Club 1st game, loses to St John's Rugby, 7-3
1931 - Capt G H Stainworth flies world speed record (655 kph)
1931 - Right-radical coup of Dr Pfrimer fails in Austria
1932 - NY Yankees clinch their 7th AL pennant
1934 - Judge Landis sells World Series broadcast rights to Ford for $100,000
1936 - Cleve Bob Feller strikes out then record 17 in a game (vs Phila A's)
1938 - Alexander Cartwright selects to Baseball's Hall of Fame
1939 - Igor Stravinsky invents 1st helicopter
1940 - Buckingham Palace destroyed by German bombs
1940 - Italian troops under Marshal Graziani attack Egypt
1942 - Battle of Edson's Ridge (2nd Japanese assault) at Guadalcanal
1942 - Cubs shortstop Leonard Merullo makes 4 errors in 1 inning
1942 - German forces attack Stalingrad
1943 - Chiang Kai-shek became president of China
1943 - German counter attack at Salerno
1943 - Having been Generalissimo since 1928, Chiang Kai-shek elected pres
1944 - 30th Infantry division of US 1st Army frees Margraten
1944 - Last transport out camp Westerbork to Bergen Belsen
1944 - US 28th Infantry division opens assault on Siegfried line/Westwall
1946 - Boston Red Sox clinch AL pennant
1947 - WPVI TV channel 6 in Philadelphia, PA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1948 - Margaret Chase Smith (R-Me) elected senator, 1st woman to serve in both houses of Congress
1949 - Ladies Pro Golf Association of America formed in NYC
1951 - St Louis Cards beat NY Giants 6-4 (rescheduled from 9/12) then at night lose to Boston Braves 2-0
1952 - Adolfo Ruiz Cortinez elected president of Mexico
1953 - Nikita Khrushchev appointed 1st secretary-general of USSR
1953 - Pitcher Bob Trice is 1st black to play on Phila A's
1954 - Reds Ted Kluszewski scores a run in record 17 consecutive games
1954 - WPBN TV channel 7 in Traverse City, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting
1956 - Dike around Dutch polder Eastern Flevoland closes
1956 - Stravinsky's "Canticum Sacrum," premieres in Venice
1958 - Braves Warren Spahn is 1st lefty to win 20 or more games 9 times
1958 - Queen Juliana christens passenger ship Rotterdam
1959 - 73rd US Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Christine Truman (61 64)
1959 - 79th US Mens Tennis: Neale Fraser beats Alejandro Olmedo (63 57 62 64)
1959 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Memphis Golf Open
1959 - USSR's Luna 2 becomes 1st probe to contact another celestial body
1960 - Dutch 1st Chamber condemns soccer-law
1961 - "Car 54 Where are You?" premieres on TV
1961 - Battles between UN & Katanga troops in Congo
1961 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1961 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1961 - Unmanned Mercury-Atlas 4 launched into Earth orbit
1963 - "Outer Limits" premieres on ABC TV
1963 - Barbra Striesand & Elliot Gould marry
1963 - Jim Bouton's 20th win clinches Yanks 28th pennant
1963 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1964 - 3rd sitting of 2nd Vatican council opens in Rome
1964 - 78th US Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Carole Graebner (61 60)
1964 - 84th US Mens Tennis: Roy Emerson beats Frederick S Stolle (64 62 64)
1964 - Mary Mills wins LPGA Eugene Ladies' Golf Open
1964 - St Louis is 1st NL to score runs in every game since 1923, win 15-2
1964 - WKEF TV channel 22 in Dayton, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting
1965 - Beatles release "Yesterday"
1965 - Beatles win 1st Grammy, for Best Group of 1964
1965 - Today Show's 1st totally color broadcast
1965 - Willie Mays's 500th HR (off Don Nottebart), Giants 11th straight win
1966 - Johannes Balthazar Vorster sworn in as premier of South Africa
1968 - Albania leaves Warsaw pact
1969 - Baltimore Orioles, win earliest AL Eastern division title
1969 - Bobby Bonds is baseballs 4th 30-HR, 30-steal player
1969 - Plastic Ono Band's (John, Yoko & Eric Clapton) 1st live performance
1970 - 1st NYC Marathon won by Gary Muhrcke in 2:31:38
1970 - 84th US Womens Tennis: M Smith Court beats Rosemary Casals (62 26 61)
1970 - 90th US Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats Tony Roche (26 64 76 63)
1970 - IBM announces System 370 computer
1970 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Wendell-West Golf Open
1970 - Palestine guerillas conquer Irbid Jordania
1971 - 11 guards & 31 prisoners die in take over at Attica State Prison
1971 - Frank Robinson hits his 500th HR
1971 - Nikita Krushchev, Soviet premier, buried in Moscow
1971 - WIIQ TV channel 41 in Demopolis, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1971 - World Hockey Association forms
1972 - 1st TV broadcast of "Waltons" on CBS
1973 - ABC announces it obtained TV rights for 1976 Olympics
1973 - Congress passes & sends a bill to Nixon to lift football's blackout
1973 - Syrian/Israeli dogfight over Mediterranean Sea
1974 - -17] 3 Japanese kidnap French ambassador in Hague
1974 - 1st broadcast of "Rockford Files" on NBC-TV
1974 - Phillies set NL record, using 27 players in a game, St Louis uses 24, tying record of 51. Phils win 7-3 in 17
1974 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1975 - -27] Hurricane Eloise, kills 71 in Caribbean & US
1976 - 2nd Enterprise, approach & lands Test Cricket (ALT) flight (5m28s)
1977 - 1st TV viewer discretion warning-Soap
1977 - 2nd Test Cricket of Space Shuttle Enterprise
1977 - General Motors introduces 1st US diesel auto (Oldsmobile 88)
1978 - 1st flight of McDonnell Douglas F-18A Hornet
1978 - NY Yanks win to gain sole possession of 1st place from 14 games back
1979 - China PR performs nuclear test
1979 - South Africa grants Venda independence (Not recognized out of S Afr)
1980 - 1st United Negro College Fund
1981 - 101st US Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Bj”rn B”rg (46 62 64 63)
1981 - 33rd Emmy Awards: Taxi, Hill St Blue, Judd Hirsh & Isabel Sanford wins
1981 - April Moon sets women's handbow distance record of 1,039 yds & 13"
1981 - Atlanta Falcons tie record of 31 points in 4th quarter (vs Green Bay)
1981 - Jan Stephenson wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
1981 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1982 - 50 die in Spantax Airlines DC-10 on takeoff from Malaga, Spain
1982 - Joe Lefevre gets 6 hits in one baseball game
1983 - Dan Quisenberry record 39th season save
1983 - Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation
1983 - Oakland's Rickey Henderson 3rd straight 100 steals for season
1983 - Steve O'Shaughnessy scores 100 in 35 mins, Lancs v Leics
1983 - US mint strikes 1st gold coin in 50 years (Olympic Eagle)
1984 - STS 41-G launch vehicle moves to launch pad
1984 - Simon Peres forms Israeli govt with Likoed
1985 - 2nd MTV Awards: Bruce Springsteen
1985 - John Williams introduces new Today Show theme
1986 - Bert Blyleven gives up a record 44 HRs in a season
1986 - Kellye Cash (Tenn), 21, crowned 60th Miss America 1987
1987 - Cesium-137 stolen from abandoned hospital in Rio de Janeiro
1987 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship
1987 - Paul Lynch of Great Britain does 32,573 push-ups in 24 hours
1988 - 10th time, 4 players hit baseball major-league record grand slams
1988 - 9 hard/software manufacturers announce EISA computer bus in NY
1988 - Gilbert is strongest (26.13 barometer) hurricane in Western Hemisphere
1989 - "Les Miserables," opens at Fisher Theatre, Detroit
1989 - Desmond Tutu leads biggest anti-apartheid protest march in S Africa
1989 - Fay Vincent elected baseball's 8th commissioner
1990 - Commuter train at Johannesburg South Africa attacked, 36 die
1990 - Iraqi troops storm residence of French ambassador in Kuwait
1990 - Robert E Nederlander appointed NY Yankee managing general partner
1990 - Senate Judiciary Com opens hearing on confirmation of David Souter
1991 - 55 ton concrete beam falls in Montreal's Olympic Stadium
1991 - Joe Carter is 1st to have 3 consec 100-RBI seasons with 3 differ teams
1991 - Joe Coleman 3rd 100 RBI season in a row 3 teams (Cleve, SD & Toronto)
1991 - Kim Zmeskal is 1st American to win a medal at World Gymnastics Championships, she wins the gold with 39.848 pts
1992 - 112th US Mens Tennis: Stefan Edberg beats Pete Sampras (36 64 76 62)
1992 - NY Giants trailing Dallas Cowboys 34-0 in 3rd, lose 34-28
1992 - Nancy Lopez wins Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship
1992 - Steffan Edberg beats Pete Sampress to win US Open
1993 - Israeli min of Foreign affairs Peres & PLO-Abu Mazen sign peace accord
1993 - Junxia Cheek runs ladies world record 3000m (8:06.11)
1993 - Queens NY begins required recycling
1994 - George Burns, undergoes surgery to drain fluid from his brain
1994 - Space probe Ulyssus passes south pole of Sun
1996 - Phil Simmons scores 171 & takes 6-14 for Leics v Durham
1997 - Carolina Hurricane's 1st exhibition game beat NY Islanders 4-1
1997 - Katherine Shindle (Ill), 24, crowned 71st Miss America 1998
1998 - 112th US Womens Tennis
1998 - 118th US Mens Tennis
1998 - SAFECO Golf Classic

Famous birthdays for this day ..

1157 - Alexander Neckum/de Sancto Albano, English theologist/encyclopedist
1520 - William Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier
1551 - Pandolfo Zallamella, composer
1594 - Francesco Manelli, composer
1673 - Hercule Brehy, composer
1682 - Theodor Christleib Reinhold, composer
1688 - Luca Antonio Praedieri, composer
1739 - Giuseppe Sigismondo, composer
1739 - Grigory Potemkin, army officer, statesman, Catherine II's lover, OS
1751 - Henry Kobell, Dutch painter/cartoonist
1755 - Oliver Evans, pioneered high-pressure steam engine
1806 - Joseph Lewis Hogg, Brig General (Confederate Army), die in 1862
1806 - Moritz Ganz, composer
1813 - John Sedgwick, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
1814 - Nicolas Beets, [Hildebrand], Dutch writer (Camera Obscura=
1817 - John McAuley Palmer, US Union msj-gen/(Gov-Ill, 1868-72)
1818 - Olivier Gloux, [Aimard], Fren world explorer/writer (Grande Flibuste)
1819 - Clara Josephine Schumann, [n‚e Wieck], Leipzig Germ, pianist/composer
1836 - John McCausland, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1927
1841 - Johannes de Koo, Dutch journalist/stage writer
1842 - Odon Peter Jozsef de Mihalovich, composer
1846 - Richard Kiepert, German cartographer (Africa)
1847 - Charles Dupee Blake, composer
1851 - Walter Reed, US Army Surgeon, proved mosquitoes transmit yellow fever
1857 - Milton S Hershey, chocolate manufacturer/philanthropist
1858 - Catherinus Elling, composer
1860 - John J (Blackjack) Pershing, US commander (WW I)
1862 - Dirk Bos, Dutch liberal 2nd Member of parliament
1863 - Arthur Henderson, Britain, socialist/disarmament worker (Nobel 1934)
1866 - Adolf Meyer, US, psychiatrist/neurologist (pioneered mental hygiene)
1871 - Alma Kruger, Pittsburgh PA, actress (Made For Each Other)
1874 - Arnold Franz Walter Schonberg, Vienna Austria, composer (2nd Quartet)
1876 - Sherwood Anderson, Winesburg, Ohio, author/publisher (Winesburg)
1882 - Henri Potiron, composer
1886 - Alain L Lovke, philosopher
1889 - Pierre Reverdy, French author/poet (Coeur de ChŠvre)
1894 - Anton Roosjen, Dutch politician/NCRV-chairman
1894 - John B[oynton] Priestly, author (Good Companions)/wed Jessica Hawkes
1895 - Ruth McDevitt, Coldwater Mich, actress (Jo-All in the Family)
1896 - Morris Kirksey, US, 4 X 100m (Olympic-gold-1920)
1897 - Gaspar Cassado Moreu, composer
1899 - Anton Constandse, Dutch anarchist/writer
1901 - Philip Dorn, Scheveningen Netherlands, actor (I Remember Mama)
1902 - Hermine Heijermans, Dutch actress/author
1902 - Leland Hayward, US producer (Spirit of St Louis)
1903 - Claudette Colbert, [Lily Chauchoin], Paris, actress (Texas Lady)
1904 - Gladys George, Patten Maine, actress (Roaring Twenties)
1907 - Victor Reinganum, artist
1908 - Ray Burns Green, composer
1909 - Herbert Berghof, Vienna Austria, actor (Belarus File)
1911 - Bill Monroe, Rosine Ky, country singer (Blue Moon of Kentucky)
1912 - Reta Shaw, South Paris Maine, actress (Ghost & Mrs Muir)
1913 - Roy Engle, Mo, actor (Police Chief-My Favorite Martian)
1914 - Leonard Geoffrey Feather, jazz critic/musician
1915 - Peter Guy Wykeham-Barnes, fighter Pilot
1916 - Roald Dahl, Norway, sci-fi author (Over to You, Taste, 2 Fables)
1917 - Jon Thorarinsson, composer
1917 - Robert Eugene Ward, Cleveland Ohio, composer (Pantaloon)
1918 - Ray Charles, Chicago, orch leader (Perry Como)
1920 - Carole Mathews, Montgomery Ill, actress (Wilma-Californians)
1923 - Reninca, [Ren‚e Lauwers], Flemish author (Seed in the Wind)
1924 - Maurice Jarre, Lyons France, composer (Dr Zhivago-Acad Award 1966)
1924 - Norman Alden, Fort Worth Tx, actor (Pilaski-Hennesey, Al-Fay)
1924 - Scott Brady, Bkln NY, actor (China Syndrome, Gremlins, Johnny Guitar)
1925 - Gabriel Charpentier, composer
1925 - Mel Torm‚, Chic Ill, jazz singer "Velvet Fog" (Jet Set, Night Court)
1926 - Emile Francis, NHL player/coach/GM (Rangers, Blues, Whalers)
1928 - Ernest L Boyer, educator/chancellor (NY's State Universities-SUNY)
1930 - James McLane, US, 1500m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1948)
1930 - Robert Gavron, English publisher/multi-millionaire (St Ives)
1931 - Barbara Bain, Chic, actress (Cinnamon-Mission Impossible, Space 1999)
1931 - Marjorie Jackson, Australia, sprinter (Olympic-gold-1952) [or Feb 13]
1932 - Bengt Hallberg, composer
1933 - Arif Melikov, composer
1933 - Eileen Fulton, Asheville NC, actress (Our Private World)
1937 - Fred Silverman, broadcasting exec (ABC/NBC/CBS)
1938 - Judith Martin, author/journalist/columnist (Miss Manners)
1939 - Joyce Arleen Aug‚r, US soprano (Mozart/Matth„us Passion)
1939 - Larry Speakes, presidential press secretary
1939 - Richard Kiel, Detroit Mich, actor (So Fine, Jaws-Moonraker, Skidoo)
1940 - Joyce Schouten, Dutch singer (Fouryo's)
1941 - Oscar Arias S nchez, president of Costa Rica (1986- , Nobel 1987)
1943 - Ray Elliott, rock pianist/saxophonist (Them)
1944 - Peter Cetera, Chicago, lead singer (Chicago-25 or 6 to 4, Old Days)
1944 - [Winifred] Jacqueline Bisset, England, actress (Class, Deep, Secrets)
1945 - Alain Louvier, composer
1948 - Clyde Kusatsu, Honolulu Hawaii, actor (Ali-Bring 'em Back Alive)
1948 - Nell Carter, Birmingham Ala, actress (Nell-Gimme a Break, Lobo)
1951 - David Clayton-Thomas, singer (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World)
1952 - Johanna Klier-Schaller, German DR, 100m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1976)
1952 - Karen Wyman, Bronx NY, singer (Long & Winding Road)
1953 - Taryn Power, LA CA, daughter of Tyrone Power/actress (Maria)
1954 - Ted Mueller, rock drummer (Axe)
1956 - [Joan] Joni Sledge, Phila, vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family)
1957 - Mark Charles Wiebe, Seaside OR, PGA golfer (1985 Anheuser-Busch)
1958 - Ann Dusenberry, Tucson Az, actress (Jaws 2, Lies, Basic Training)
1959 - Jean Smart, Seattle Wash, actress (Charlene-Designing Women)
1962 - Brian Andrew Fowler, Christchurch NZ, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1962 - Grady Neal Lancaster, Smithfield NC, PGA golfer (1994 Byron Nelson)
1964 - Peter Remie, soccer player (NAC)
1965 - Zak Starsky, rock drummer, son of Beatle Ringo
1966 - Igor Kravchuk, Ufa Russia, NHL defenseman (Team Russia, St Louis)
1967 - Michael Johnson, Dallas Tx, 200m/400m runner (Olympic-2 gold-96)
1968 - Bernie Williams, San Juan Puerto Rico, outfielder (NY Yankees)
1968 - Brad Johnson, NFL quarterback (Minn Vikings)
1968 - Chris Morris, CFL tackle (Edmonton Eskimos)
1968 - Denny Neagle, Prince Georges Cnty, pitcher (Pitts Pirates)
1969 - Igor Kravchuk, NHL defenseman (Ottawa Senators, Russia Oly-Sil-98)
1970 - Marc Latupeirissa, soccer player (Willem II)
1971 - Goran Ivanisevic, Crotia, tennis star (1994 Wimbledon finalist)
1971 - Nancy Anne Roberts, Miss Vermont USA (1996)
1971 - Richie Anderson, NFL running back (NY Jets)
1971 - Stella Nina McCartney, daughter of Paul & Linda McCartney
1971 - Ted Drury, Boston Mass, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994)
1973 - Brian Evans, NBA forward (Orlando Magic)
1973 - Philip Dulebohn, Washington DC, figure skater (1997 Eastern Sr - 3rd)
1974 - Travis Knight, NBA center (Boston Celtics)
1975 - Patricia Spehar, Miss France Universe (1997)
1975 - Sean McClain, Dayton Ohio, fencer-foil (Olympics-96)
1980 - Ben Savage, actor (Little Monsters, Wild Palms)

Famous deaths for this day ..

0081 - Titus Flavius Vespasianus, emperor of Rome (69-81), dies at about 42
0867 - Nicholas I, the Great, Italian Pope (858-67), dies
1321 - Dante Alighieri, author (Divine Comedy), dies
1592 - Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, French philosopher (L'Amiti‚), dies at 59
1596 - Pieter D Keyzer/Keyser, astronomer/navigator (Java)
1598 - Philip II, King of Spain (1556-98), dies at 71
1650 - Ferdinand, of Bayern, prince-bishop of Luik/archbishop, dies at 72
1657 - Jacob van Campen, painter/architect (Amsterdam Townhall), dies at 62
1759 - James Wolfe, British general (Plains of Abraham), dies in battle at 32
1803 - John Barry, 1st American commodore, dies
1813 - Louis-Alexandre Crett‚, Belgian porselein painter, dies at about 55
1859 - Cornelis J van Axes, lawyer, dies at 71
1872 - Ludwig A Feuerbach, German philosopher (Man what he eats), dies at 68
1881 - Ambrose Everett Burnside, US Union general, dies at 57
1894 - Alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier, Fr composer (Espa¤a, L'‚toile), dies at 53
1906 - Georg Jacobi, composer, dies at 66
1913 - Alfred Gaul, composer, dies at 76
1921 - Italo Svevo, writer, dies at 59
1921 - Ludwig-Alexander von Battenberg [Mountbatten], adm (WW I), dies at 67
1924 - Pekka Hannikainen, composer, dies at 69
1928 - Italo Svevo, [Ettore Schmitz], Italian writer (Una Vita), dies at 66
1932 - Julius Rontgen, composer, dies at 77
1932 - Paul Gorguloff, murderer of French pres Doumer, beheaded
1938 - Samuel Alexander, Engl philosopher (Space, time & deity), dies at 79
1948 - Paul Wegener, German actor/director (Golem, Svengali), dies at 73
1950 - Sara Allgood, Irish actress (Jane Eyre, Spiral Staircase), dies at 56
1953 - Lewis Stone, actor (Just This Once, Key to the City), dies at 73
1959 - Gilbert Adrian, costume designer, dies of heart attack at 56
1960 - Leo Weiner, Hungarian composer (Toldi), dies at 75
1967 - Russell L Rogers, USAF/astronaut (X-20), dies in explosion at 38
1969 - Charles Foulkes, Canada gen/honorary citizen of Wageningen, dies at 66
1971 - Lin Piao, Chinese party leader, dies in air crash at 63 [or Sept 13]
1971 - Nelly A "Nell" Knoop, Dutch actress (Silent Waters), dies at 72
1971 - Nikita Krushchev, Soviet premier, buried in Moscow
1973 - Betty Field, actress (Kings Row), dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 60
1977 - Arthur Fagg, cricketer (5 Tests for England 1936-39/umpire), dies
1977 - Leopold Stokowski, symphonic conductors, dies in England, at 95
1981 - William Loeb, publisher of Manchester Union Leader, NH, dies at 75
1982 - Grace, Princess of Monaco, dies at 52 in a car crash
1982 - Philip Ober, actor (Gen Stone-I Dream of Jeannie), dies at 80
1985 - Dane Rudhyar, composer, dies at 90
1987 - Mervyn Leroy, actor/screenwriter/director (Quo Vadis), dies at 86
1989 - G‚za Frid, Hungarian/Dutch pianist/composer, dies
1989 - Yamada Koun, Zen teacher Sanbo Kyodan line, dies at 82
1991 - Ferry Barendse, trumpeter/composer/arranger (Ramblers), dies
1991 - Joe Pasternak, producer (Spinout, Big City), dies of Parkinson's at 73
1992 - Lou Jacobs, US clown (1966 US postage stamp), dies at 89
1994 - John William Stevens, jazz drummer, dies at 54
1994 - Kaleria Fadicheva, ballerina, dies at 58
1994 - Pieter Zaanen, architect (Musical Trade scholarship, Amsterdam), dies
1995 - Francesco Messina, sculptor, dies at 94
1995 - Harold Sheperdson, soccer Trainer, dies at 76
1995 - Walter Goetz, illustrator cartoonist/painter, dies at 83
1996 - Anthony Nicholas Maria Wahl, historian, dies at 68
1996 - Cesar Mendoza, general of Military junta of Chile (1973-85), dies
1996 - Jane Baxter, actress (We Live Again, Blossom Time), dies at 87
1996 - Silas Roy Crain, singer/songwriter, dies at 85
1996 - Tupac Shakur, rap star/actor (Juice, Bullet), killed in drive by at 25