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On This Day In History, September 5th

1977 Voyager 1 probe is launched
NASA launched the Voyager 1 probe from Florida. It is currently the farthest man-made object in Space.

1972 Massacre at the Munich Olympics
A group of Palestinian militants belonging to the Black September terrorist group stormed the apartment Israeli athletes were staying at the Olympic Village in Munich, Germany several days after the XX Olympic Summer Games had begun. They killed 2 athletes and took 9 hostages, demanding the release of release over 230 Arab prisoners being held in Israel. The ensuing violence to release the hostages ended with the death of all 9 hostages and 5 militants. All Olympic events were suspended for a day to mourn and pay respects to the slain members of the Israeli delegation.

1957 On the Road Hits the Bookshelves for the First Time
The iconic book was written by American author Jack Kerouac and was based on his and his friends’ travels across America. The book is considered to be a prime example of the Beat Generation – a group of authors and artists who examined and studied American culture after the Second World War.

1944 Benelux is Formed
The political and economic union consists of 3 countries - Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxemburg. The name comes from joining the first 2 letters, 3 in the case of Luxemburg of the member countries.

1836 Sam Houston is Elected President of Texas
He was made the Head of State of the Republic of Texas after colonists won their revolt against the Mexican government and created an independent and sovereign nation. Houston was responsible for the Texian victory against Mexican forces during the Battle of San Jacinto. Houston was elected president of the Republic of Texas twice and was also the only person to be governor of two different states - Texas and Tennessee.
 

Births On This Day, September 5th 🎂

1986 Colt McCoy
American football player

1946 Freddie Mercury
Tanzanian/English singer-songwriter, producer

1942 Werner Herzog
German director

1847 Jesse James
American criminal, murderer

1638 Louis XIV of France

Deaths On This Day, September 5th 🪦

1997 Mother Teresa
Macedonian/Indian missionary, Nobel Prize laureate

1997 Georg Solti
Hungarian conductor

1982 Douglas Bader
English pilot

1945 Clem Hill
Australian cricketer

1877 Crazy Horse
Native American war leader
 


Holidays on This Day 🌴🍹

International Day of Charity- USA

Labor Day- American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Palau

Labour Day- Bermuda, Canada

Mother Teresa Beatification Day- Albania

Umhlanga Reed Dance- Eswatini
 
1774
The 1st Continental Congress meeting 12/13 delegates from British colonies convene a meeting in Philadelphia, PA at Carpenter's Hall
1882
10,000 workers march in the 1st Labor day Parade in NYC
1972
at the Munich Summer Olympic Games, 11 Israeli atheletes are taken and later killed by Palestinan Black Sept Group
1980
the world's longest tunnel,St Gottard located in the Swiss Alps opens.Its 49,222ft{15,0002 meters} long
1995
Balitmore Oriole baseball player, Cal Ripken,Jr ties Lou Gehrig's record of playing in 2,130 straight games
 
Sept 5th Birthdays:
1847
Jesse James- American outlaw
1902
Darryl Zanuck- U.S. film producer, Pres of 20th Century Fox Studio
1929
Bob Newhart- comedian/actor, he starred in 2 TV shows bearing his name:
1. 'Bob Newhart Show'- played 'Bob Hartley' a successful Chicago psychartrist, TV wife was Suzanne Pleshette'Emily'
2. Newhart- played Dick Louden' who co owned a Vermont inn TV with TV wife played by Mary Frann
Bob won his 1st Prime time Emmy in 2013 as guest actor on CBS sitcom'Big Bang Theory' played' Prof Proton'
1945
Al Stewart- Scottish singer/songwriter 'Year of The Cat, Time Passages"
1951
Michael Keaton- actor Night Shift, Mr Mom, Beetlejuice, Batman,Birdman
Deaths:
1877
Crazy Horse- last Sioux Indian War Chief 37
1997
Mother Teresa- Indian nun, was founder of Missionaries of Charity 87
1999
Allen Funt- creator of TV show' Candid Camera' 84
2003
Gisele MacKenzie- Canadian singer/actress who was regular on 50's music TV show' Your Hit Parade 76
 
On This Day In History, September 6th

2007 Israel Conducts Operation Orchard
The military operation was conducted by the Israeli air force to destroy a suspected nuclear reactor in the Deir el-Zor region of Syria.

1999 Suai Church Massacre
More than 200 people who had found refuge in a church in Suai, East Timor were killed by pro-Indonesia militia after the results of an independence referendum came out.

1968 Swaziland Gains Independence From the British
The Southern African state became a British protectorate in 1902 after the Anglo-Boer war. King Sobhuza became the head of the nation and reigned even after independence until 1982. He was succeeded by Mswati III, his son, who currently rules the country.

1870 A Woman casts her Vote in the US for the first time
Louisa Ann Swain voted during state elections in the state of Wyoming. Although women weren’t extended the right to vote in the US until 1920, the governor of Wyoming, John A. Campbell, signed a bill that gave women the right to vote on December 13, 1869. This meant that women could vote in local and state elections, but not country-wide elections.

1522 Victoria Becomes the First Ship to Circumnavigate the World
The Spanish ship, which was commanded by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, set sail from Spain on September 20, 1519, to find a better route to Indonesia. The expedition began with 5 ships including Victoria and 260 crew members. Magellan himself died during the voyage, and only Victoria with 18 crew members returned to Seville, Spain, after circumnavigating the world.
 
Births On This Day, September 6th 🎂

1972 Idris Elba
English/American actor

1969 CeCe Peniston
American singer-songwriter, actress

1963 Geert Wilders
Dutch politician

1945 Go Nagai
Japanese illustrator, author

1757 Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
French general

Deaths On This Day, September 6th 🪦

2007 Luciano Pavarotti
Italian tenor

1998 Akira Kurosawa
Japanese director, screenwriter, producer

1990 Len Hutton
English cricketer

1966 Margaret Sanger
American activist

1919 Lord Charles Beresford
Irish Admiral, politician
 
6 September 1962,
Bobby Vinton 's song - Roses are Red was number 1 on the Australian Charts

6 September 1990,
48 year old Tom Fogerty, rhythm guitarist for Creedence Clearwater Revival, died of respiratory failure.

6 September 1997,
An estimated 2.5 billion people watched Elton John on television sing a re-worked version of "Candle In The Wind" at the funeral of England's Princess Diana.
After the song is re-recorded and released as a single, it would become the largest selling record in history since UK and US singles charts began in the 1950s, with sales topping 33 million.
 
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1651 Charles II famously spent the night hidden in an oak tree at Boscobel after his defeat by Oliver Cromwell at the Battle of Worcester.

1866 Three British tea clippers reached London within 2 hours of each other after a 16,000 mile race from China as there were big bonuses for the first ships home with the new season's tea.

1939 World War II: In an episode known as The Battle of Barking Creek, a friendly fire incident near Ipswich resulted in the first war death of a British fighter pilot (Pilot Officer Montague Hulton-Harrop). The incident exposed the inadequacies of RAF radar and identification procedures, leading to them being greatly improved by the crucial period of the Battle of Britain.

1944 World War II: The city of Ypres in Belgium was liberated by allied forces. As it was a difficult name to pronounce in English, British troops nicknamed the city 'Wipers'.

1952 Thirty-one people, including pilot John Derry, were killed. Dozens more were wounded at the Farnborough Air Show in Hampshire on 6 September 1952. Thousands of spectators watched as a De Havilland 110 aircraft broke the sound barrier and then disintegrated in the sky above them and fell to earth.
 
1716
The 1st lighthouse built in North America is located on Little Brewster Island in Boston,Mass harbor. Its still in operation today by the U.S. Coast Guard
1899
Carnation processes 1st can of evaporated milk,still on the market now made by Nestle's
1968
Eric Clapton records guitar tracks on George Harrison's song' While My Guitar Gently Weeps'
1984
movie' Amadeus' directed by Milos Forman,based on play by British playwright, Peter Shaffer. The story is about the intense rivalry of 18th century composers, Antonio Saleri,Wolfgang Amadeus.The movie stars, F.Murray Abraham{Saleri},Tom Hulce{Amadeus}, Elizabeth Berridge, Simon Callow, Roy Dotrice.The movie won 8 Oscars inc picture, director,actor{Abraham} adapted screenplay
1991
Saint Petersburg,Russia's 2nd largest city has its name restored,since 1924 the city was known as Leningrad
 
Sept 6th Birthdays:
1869
Felix Salten- Austrian author'Bambi,a Life in The Woods'
1943
Roger Waters- British rock bassist/singer with 'Pink Floyd'
1947
Jane Curtin- comedic actress,her best known TV roles, orginial cast member on SNL known as 'Not Ready For Prime Time PLayers '75-'80,'Allie' in CBS sitcom' Katie&Allie' co stars with Susan Saint James' ,'Dr Mary Albright' on NBC sitcom 'Third Rock from the Sun' co stars with John Lithgow
1972
Idris Elba- British actor' Luther, The Wire'
Deaths:
1959
Kay Kendall- British actress 'Genevieve,The Constant Husband' 32
2007
Luciano Pavarotti- Italian operatic tenor 71
2015
Martin Milner- actor 2 best known TV roles' 'Ted Stiles' on CBS drama' Route 66","Officer Peter Malloy" on NBC police drama'Adam 12' 83
2018
Burt Reynolds- actor, Delverance, Cannonball Run, Smokey&The Bandit, he famously posed nude as the centerfold in 'Cosmo' magazine in '72. He later said in an interview'he regretted doing,wrecked his career 82
 
On This Day In History, September 7th

1978 Georgi Markov is murdered
The Bulgarian writer and dissenter had left Bulgaria in 1969 and was working at BBC in London during the time of his murder. His murder, which is popularly known as the Umbrella Murder took place while he was crossing Waterloo Bridge in London. The assassin, nicknamed Piccadilly, used a modified umbrella to shoot a pellet full of ricin in Markov’s leg. Markov died 4 days later, on September 11 of ricin poisoning.

1977 Treaty giving the Panama Canal to Panama is Signed
The Torrijos–Carter Treaties were two treaties signed between the heads of state of the US and Panama. The treaties gave control of the canal that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean to Panama. The canal was constructed by and had been in the control of, the United States since 1904.

1940 Germans Begin the Blitz over London
The Germans began strategically bombing the United Kingdom and London on this day. For 57 days, the German Luftwaffe aerially bombed London, killing over 20,000 people and destroying over a million homes in the city. The strategy lasted until May 1941 but did not succeed in breaking British resolve. By 1941, German attention was diverted to the Soviet Union.

1936 The Tasmanian Tiger Becomes Extinct :cry:
The last surviving Tasmanian Tiger – a carnivorous marsupial, died in captivity at the Hobart Zoo, Tasmania, Australia. Called Benjamin, the thylacine, as the species was called, is believed to have died due to neglect. Thylacines were natives of Australia and New Guinea and went extinct due to overhunting and the introduction of invasive species like dingos.
 
Births On This Day, September 7th 🎂

1984 Vera Zvonareva
Russian tennis player

1940 Abdurrahman Wahid
Indonesian politician, 4th President of Indonesia

1909 Elia Kazan
Greek/American actor, director, producer, writer

1908 Paul Brown
American football coach, executive

1533 Elizabeth I of England

Deaths On This Day, September 7th 🪦

2011 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster
Victims of the

1997 Mobutu Sese Seko
Congolese politician, President of Zaire

1984 Don Tallon
Australian cricketer

1978 Keith Moon
English drummer, songwriter, producer

1566 Suleiman the Magnificent
Ottoman sultan
 
7 September 1936.
One of those sad dates in Tasmanian/Australian and World history
The last surviving Tasmanian Tiger died in captivity in a Hobart Zoo.
To show how pathetic humans are, a law to protect the Tasmanian Tiger was passed two months before the death of this last survivor.
How does one protect a species when there is only one of the species?
Man is a disgrace when it comes to protecting native animals.
A bounty was placed on the Tigers because farmers mistakenly blamed the Tigers for killing their sheep and cattle.
For every dead Tiger presented, one pound was paid to the hunters.
Livestock was more valuable than the native Thylacine.
Sad day indeed.
 
1888
Edith McLean is 1st U.S. baby to be placed in a incubator at State Emigrant Hosptial on Wards Island,NY
1915
"Raggedy Ann' doll is patent by Johnny Gruelle
1963
TV entertainment show,'American Bandstand' moves to Calif,airs once/wk on Saturdays
1979
30,000 TV viewers tune in at 7pm for the debut of a new sports channel'ESPN" {Entertainment Sports, Programming Network} It was co founded by Bud Rasmussen&his son Scott. At the time a 24 hrs/sports channel had never been considered, its the world leader in sports reaching 100mill U.S households broadcasts in several countries world wide
2015
British archaelogists announce the discovery of a Neolithic 'superhenge' under 3 ft of earth in Durrington Walls
 
Sept 7th Birthdays:
1908
Michael DeBakey- U.S cardiac surgeon,pioneer of artifical heart
1923
Peter Lawford- British actor/ producer 'Mrs Miniver,The Thin Man' ex husband of Patricia Kennedy, sister of Pres John Kennedy, Sen Ted Kennedy
1936
Buddy Holly- rock n roll singer/ songwriter in the 50's 'Peggy Sue','That'll Be The Day
1954
Corbin Bernsen- actor best known TV roles 'Arnie Becker' in NBC legal drama' L.A.Law', 'Henry Spencer' in TV show' Psych'
Deaths:
1978
Keith Moon- British rock drummer with band 'The Who' 32{drug overdose}
1994
James Clavell- British author' Shogun, Tai-Pan, Noble House, King Rat, Whirlwind 69
2003
Warren Zevon -singer/songwriter' Werewolves in London', Excitable Boy' 56
 
On This Day In History, September 8th

2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Makes its Debut
The comedian was a correspondent for the Daily Show and the host of the Colbert Report on Comedy Central before he took over David Letterman as the host of The Late Show on CBS. The first show featured Presidential hopeful and former Governor of the state of Florida, Jeb Bush, and actor George Clooney.

1991 The republic of Macedonia Declares its Independence From Yugoslavia
The landlocked Balkan country became independent after a referendum for independence from Yugoslavia was approved by about 96% of the voting public.

1986 Oprah Winfrey Show Airs For the First Time
The widely popular daytime talk show hosted and produced by Oprah Winfrey ran for 25 years and won over 45 Daytime Emmy Awards. The topic for the first episode of the show was titled “How to Marry the Man or Woman of Your Choice”.

1974 President Ford Pardons Nixon
Gerald R. Ford, the 38th President of the United States, issued Proclamation 4311, which pardoned his predecessor Richard Nixon for any crimes he may have committed in his role as the U.S. President. In August 1974, Nixon resigned from the office of the President - the only President to do so in the history of the United States, after impeachment proceedings against him were started in the House of Representatives because of his connection to the Watergate Scandal. The pardon was controversial. Many experts believe that it was a contributing factor to Ford’s inability to get elected as President 2 years later.

1966 Star Trek Makes its Television Debut
The popular science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry was about the adventures of the crew of the starship USS Enterprise. The starship was commanded by Captain James T. Kirk, who was assisted by Science Officer Spock and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Leonard McCoy. The first episode of the series, which is now known as The Original Series (TOS), was called the Man Trap and aired on NBC.
 
Births On This Day, September 8th 🎂

1979 Pink
American singer-songwriter, producer, actress

1970 Neko Case
American singer-songwriter, guitarist

1932 Patsy Cline
American singer-songwriter, pianist

1925 Peter Sellers
English film actor, comedian, singer

1922 Lyndon LaRouche
American politician, and activist, founded the LaRouche movement

Deaths On This Day, September 8th 🪦

2012 Thomas Szasz
Hungarian/American psychiatrist, academic

2006 Peter Brock
Australian race car driver

2003 Leni Riefenstahl
German director

1949 Richard Strauss
German composer, conductor

1916 Friedrich Baumfelder
German pianist, composer, conductor
 
Holidays on This Day, September 8th 🌴🍹

Day of Asturias- Spain

Day of Extremadura- Spain

Feast of the Nativity of Mary- Philippines

Independence Day- North Macedonia

International Literacy Day- the USA
 

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