Today in History

2nd September

1685 The beheading of Lady Alice Lisle, the last woman to have been executed by a judicial sentence of beheading in England. She was tried by Judge Jeffreys at the opening of the Bloody Assizes at Winchester and was executed for harbouring fugitives after the defeat of the Monmouth Rebellion at the Battle of Sedgemoor.

1898 The Battle of Omdurman. Lord Kitchener retook Sudan for Britain in an act of revenge for the 1885 death of General Gordon. It was a demonstration of the superiority of a highly disciplined army equipped with modern rifles, machine guns, and artillery over a force twice their size armed with older weapons. Around 10,000 Mahdists were killed and 13,000 were wounded. Kitchener's force lost 47 men, with 382 wounded.

1997 Six freelance photographers and a dispatch rider were jointly charged with manslaughter following the car crash in Paris in which Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Al Fayed were killed.
 

1798
The 1st U.S. bank robbery ,Bank of Philadelphia was robbed of $162,821
1931
Bing Crosby made his radio debut as the'Cremo Singer' from CBS radio station ,WABC in NYC. He was on 6 nights/wk from 7:15-7:30pm until 1932
1945
V-J Day formal surrender by Japan aboard USS Missouri ending WWII
1969
The 1st U.S. ATM machine installed in Rockville Center,NY
 

Sept 2nd Birthdays:
1918
Allen Drury- author' Advise&Consent
1929
Hal Ashbury- film director 'Being There, Coming Home, Shampoo,Harold&Maude
1937
Peter Uberroth- U.S. organizer of '84 Los Angeles Summer Olympic Games/Commissioner of Major League Baseball '84-'89
1952
Jimmy Connors- retired tennis player, won 8 Grand Slam titles
1964
Keanu Reeves- Canadian actor- 'Speed, The Lakehouse, Bill&Ted's Excellent Adventure,The Matrix
Deaths:
1910
Henri Rousseau- French post impressionist painter' The Dream' 66
1973
J.R.R. Tolkien- British author' The Hobbitt, Lord of the Rings' 81
2001
Dr Christiaan Barnard- South African cardaic surgeon who performed the 1st heart transplant 78
2005
Bob Denver- actor his best known TV roles' Maynard G. Krebbs' In CBS sitcom' The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, 'Gilligan' on CBS sitcom' Gilligan's Island 70{cancer}
 
On This Day In History, September 3rd

1995 Internet giant eBay is founded by Pierre Omidyar
The company owns ebay.com, an online marketplace and auction website.

1971 Qatar independence
The Persian Gulf state gained its independence after 55 years of British rule.

1967 Dagen H in Sweden
On this day, Swedish drivers switched from driving on the left-hand side of the road to the right.

1783 Treaty of Paris is Signed between Great Britain and the United States of America
The treaty ended the American Revolutionary War.

1752 Day skipped in the British Empire
The British Empire skipped 11 days starting September 3 when it adopted the Gregorian calendar.
 
Births On This Day, September 3rd 🎂

1965 Charlie Sheen
American actor

1929 Whitey Bulger
American mobster

1900 Percy Chapman
English cricketer

1899 Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Australian biologist, Nobel Prize laureate

1875 Ferdinand Porsche
Austrian/German engineer, and businessman, founded Porsche

Deaths On This Day, September 3rd 🪦

2005 William Rehnquist
American lawyer, jurist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States

1991 Frank Capra
Italian/American director, producer, screenwriter

1962 E. E. Cummings
American poet

1658 Oliver Cromwell
English general, politician

1634 Edward Coke
English judge, politician
 
3 September 2015 - Chris the sheep breaks the world record for biggest shorn fleece 40kg (88lb) near Canberra, Australia.
It was estimated Chris had not been shorn in 5 years.
It took four-time Australian Shearing Championship winner Ian Elkins and four helpers 42 minutes to shear the sheep.
The fleece length was 42cm (16.5"). Average maximum length of a Merino sheep's fleece is 10cm (4")
Previous record was held by Shrek - a New Zealand sheep whose fleece weighed 27kg.
 
3rd September

1650 English Parliamentarian forces led by Oliver Cromwell defeated an army loyal to King Charles II of England at the Battle of Dunbar. Cromwell described the victory as 'one of the most signal mercies God hath done for England and His people.' As a result of the destruction of the Scottish army, he was able to march unopposed to Edinburgh and quickly occupied the Scottish capital.

1658 Richard Cromwell (the third son of Oliver Cromwell) became Lord Protector of England but served just under 9 months, leading to his nickname of 'Tumbledown Dick' by Royalists.

1878 Over 640 died when the crowded paddle steamer Princess Alice collided with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames. It was the greatest loss of life in any Thames shipping disaster.

1935 Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile at over 300 mph.

1966 British soldiers Captain John Ridgway and Sergeant Chay Blyth become the first Britons to row across the Atlantic. They completed a 91-day row across the Atlantic in the English Rose III, when they rowed into Inishmore on the Isle of Aran.
 
301
San Marino one of the smallest nations in the world,oldest republic still in existence was founded by Saint Marinus. Its located on the Adreatic side of central Italy,population 33,700
1783
American Revoluntary War between U.S &Great Britain ends with the signing of Treaty of Paris in Paris,France
1995
Ebay,a global online auction/trade company is founded by Pierre Omidyar.It was the 1st company to create/market an internet web site to match buyers/sellers of goods&services
2017
a 1.4 ton WWII bomb was defused in Frankfurt, Germany 60,000 people were evacuated
2020
Mackenzie Scott, philathropist,ex wife of Amazon founder/CEO Jeff Bezos become the richest woman in the world, worth $68 billion
 
Sept 3rd Birthdays:
1913
Alan Ladd- actor, Shane, The Carpetbaggers, Citizen Kane, This Gun For Hire
1923
Mort Walker- U.S. cartoonist 'Beetle Bailey, Hi&Lois
1942
Al Jardine- guitarist/singer with group'The Beach Boys'
1986
Shaun White- U.S. Olympic Gold medal winner in snow boarding '06,'10,'18
Deaths:
1658
Oliver Cromwell- British military/political leader 59
1962
E.E.. Cummings- U.S poet 'I Carry Your heart With Me, 'I Thankyou God' 67
1970
Vince Lombardi- U.S. Pro Football Hall of Fame Coach with Green Bay Packers '59-'67. The Super Bowl Trophy is named in his honor 57
2007
Steve Fossett- U. S. adventurer,1st person to fly non stop around the world in a balloon.He disappeared while flying 63
2017
Walter Becker- rock bassist/ guitarist/songwriter' with group'Steely Dan' Deacon Blues, Peg' 67{cancer}
 
On This Day In History, September 4th

2002 Kelly Clarkson Becomes the First American Idol
The singer, songwriter, and Grammy Awards winner made her first appearance in the second episode of the reality TV show, which was co-hosted by Ryan Seacrest and Brian Dunkleman and was judged by Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell, and Randy Jackson. The popular show was broadcast on Fox television network and has been on television for 14 seasons.

1998 Google is founded
The internet company, now synonymous with the act of finding information on the world wide web was created by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. It started as a research project when Page and Brin were doctoral students at Stanford University.

1998 Who wants to be a Millionaire? Makes its Debut on British Television
The popular quiz game show that gave out cash prizes to contests for answering increasingly difficult questions was developed by David Briggs, Mike Whitehill, and Steven Knight, and was aired for the first time on ITC. Chris Tarrant hosted the British version of the show until 2014. The popularity of the show in the UK prompted TV channels from other countries to adapt it for their audiences.

1888 Printing and imaging company Kodak, also known as Eastman Kodak Company, was founded by inventor George Eastman
On the same day, Eastman received the patent for the roll-film camera. The cameras which were preloaded with rolls that were good for up to 100 photographs changed the world of photography by making it easier for amateurs to take it up as a hobby.

1870 Napoleon III was ousted as Emperor of France
The first elected president of France, Napoleon took over the title of Emperor in 1852. The ouster came in response to Napoleon's capitulation during the Franco-Prussian War. After being removed from power, he was exiled to England, where he died on January 9, 1873.
 
Births On This Day, September 4th 🎂

1981 Beyoncé Knowles
African/American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, actress

1977 Kia Stevens
American wrestler

1963 John Vanbiesbrouck
American ice hockey player

1949 Tom Watson
American golfer

1824 Anton Bruckner
Austrian composer

Deaths On This Day, September 4th 🪦

2014 Joan Rivers
American comedian, actress, author

2006 Steve Irwin
Australian zoologist, television host

1986 Hank Greenberg
American baseball player

1965 Albert Schweitzer
Alsatian physician, Nobel Prize laureate

1588 Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
 
September 4 - 1886 Apache leader, Geronimo surrendered to General Nelson A. Miles at Skeleton Canyon Arizona.

After his trial, Geronimo was put to work as a prisoner of war, doing heavy labour for the South Pacific Railroad. This was in violation of the agreement he made with the U.S. when he surrendered.
He spent the rest of his life as a prisoner of war and a scout for the U.S. Army.
He died at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in 1909, aged 84, still on the federal payroll as a scout.
 
4th September

1588 The death of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, a favourite and possible lover of Queen Elizabeth I. When his wife Amy died after falling down the stairs, it was widely rumoured that Dudley had murdered her in order to marry Elizabeth. The Queen rejected him, even proposing that he wed Mary, Queen of Scots.

1815 Sir Humphrey Davy invented the miner's safety lamp.

1893 Beatrix Potter introduced Peter Rabbit, Squirrel Nutkin, Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail in an illustrated note to her governess’s five-year-old son, Noel Moore. Her house, Hill Top, at Sawrey is now in the care of the National Trust.

1909 The first Boy Scout rally was held at Crystal Palace, near London.

1955 British TV newsreaders were seen in vision for the first time. The first was the BBC's Kenneth Kendall.

1964 Queen Elizabeth II opened the Forth Road Bridge across the Firth of Forth in Scotland.
 
1888
George Eastman patents the 1st roll film camera and registers name' Kodak'
1920
horse,'Man O'War wins 1 5/8 mile Lawrence Realization Stakes at Belmont Park,NY by 100 lengths.
It was the largest winning margin in throughbred racing history,world record time of 2 min,40 min,8 sec
1965
Beatles single' Help' hits # 1 on music charts,stays there for 3 weeks. The single' My Girl' by the Temptations bumped it from top spot
1998
2 Stanford Univ students, Larry Page&Sergi Bien co found 'Google Inc'
2009
movie' The Hurt Locker' directed by Kathryn Bigelow is released. The story of a hot shot demolotion expert, his 2 team mates arrive in Baghdad ,as they work together to disarm unexploded bombs. It starred Jeremy Renner,Brian Geraghty,Anthony Mackie, Guy Pearce The movie won 6 Oscars inc picture, director,orginal screen play Bigelow became the 1st woman to win best director
 
Sept 4th Birthdays:
1928
Dick York- actor, 'Inherit the Wind',his best known TV role' Darrin Stephens' in sitcom'Bewitched' co star with Elizabeth Montgomery
1931
Mitizi Gaynor- actress,singer, dancer' Anything Goes, South Pacific'
1949
Tom Watson- U.S golfer won 8 major titles, won British Open 5 times '75,'77,'80,'82,'83
1968
Mike Piazza- Baseball Hall of Fame catcher with L.A Dodgers, MYMets
Deaths:
1965
Albert Schweitzer- German/French theologian&philosopher 90
1991
Tom Tryon- actor 'The Cardinal,All That Glitters, The Longest Day' 65{stomach cancer}
2006
Steve Irwin-Australian naturalist/TV host'The Crocodile Hunter' attacked&killed by stingray 44
2018
Bill Daily- comedic actor, 2 best known TV roles' Capt Roger Healey' in NBC sitcom'I Dream of Jeannie', 'Howard Borden''sitcom, 'Bob Newhart Show' 91
 

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