Today in History


Birthdays 🎂

1815 John McDouall Stuart, Australian explorer, born in Dysart, Fife, Scotland

1876 C. J. Dennis, Australian poet (The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke), born in Auburn, South Australia

1894 Vic Richardson, Australian cricket batsman and captain (19 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 138; South Australia) and SANFL player (Magarey Medal 1920 Sturt FC), born in Adelaide, Australia

1914 Graeme Bell, Australian jazz pianist, band leader, and composer, born in Richmond, Victoria, Australia

1917 John Cornforth, Australian-British chemist (Nobel Prize 1975), born in Sydney, Australia

1960 Andrew Voss, Australian television personality (Fox League), born in Sydney, Australia

1980 Sara Carrigan, Australian cyclist (Olympic gold, road race 2004), born in Gunnedah, New South Wales

2000 Ariarne Titmus, Australian swimmer (Olympic gold 200/400m 2021, 400m & 4x200m
2024; World C'ship gold 400m, 4x200m 2019), born in Launceston, Australia

Deaths

1984 Don Tallon, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (21 Tests, 58 dismissals, 2 x 50s; Queensland CA), dies of heart disease at 68
 

September 7th
1695: Henry Every Raids The Mughal Ship Ganj-i-SawaiEnglish pirate Henry Every raids the Mughal ship Ganj-i-Sawai in the Indian Ocean. Referred to as the most profitable raid in piracy history, the attack earned Every the equivalent of £115 million today.

1665 The death of George Viccars, the first plague victim to die in the village of Eyam in Derbyshire. The plague raged for 14 months. Out of a population of 350 people, only 80 survived. 1735 The birth of Thomas Coutts, son of a wealthy Scottish merchant. He and his brother James founded a banking house in London.



1838 Grace Darling and her father rescued the crew of the Forfarshire, a steamer wrecked off the Northumberland coast, close to the Longstone Lighthouse .. She became a national heroine.
 
7th September

1571 Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, was arrested for his role in the Ridolfi plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots.

1940 The German air force unleashed a wave of heavy bombing raids on London, killing hundreds of civilians and injuring many more.

1907 The Lusitania set sail from Liverpool for New York on her maiden voyage.

1978 While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov was assassinated by a Bulgarian secret police agent using a ricin pellet fired from a specially-designed umbrella.

2013 New Yorker Marin Alsop become the first woman to lead the Last Night of the Proms in its 118-year history.
 

7th September 1985
For the first time in the Rock Era, the top three songs on the Hot 100 were all written for movies:
#1: "St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)" by John Parr
#2: "The Power of Love" by Huey Lewis & the News (from Back To The Future)
#3: "We Don't Need Another Hero" by Tina Turner (from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome)
 
1880
George Ligowsky patents a device to throw clay pigeons for trapshooters
1915
Johnny Gruelle patents his 'Raggedly Ann' doll
1923
Interpol is formed in Vienna, the world's largest international police organization with 196 countries,HQ's in Lyon, France. The org focuses on 3 major areas are transnation crime, terrorism, cybercrime& organized crime
1963
NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame officially opens in Canton,Ohio
1979
ESPN{Entertainment & Sports Programming} launches hosted by Lee Leonard&George Grande. The 1st event covered was a slo- pitch softball game between Milwaukee Schlitzes vs. Kentucky Bourbons
2021
El Salvador becomes the 1st country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender
 
On This Day In History, August 8th

1988 – 8888 Uprising in Myanmar Begins
The pro-democracy uprising began as a student protest in Burma’s capital city, Yangon. Hundreds and thousands of protesters came out on the streets to protest against the one-party rule by General Ne Win. The protests lasted for over a month and were violently put down by the government. They ended after the State Peace and Development Council, a group of senior military officers, took over the government in a coup and installed a military junta. The uprisings get their name from the date the protests began - August 8, 1988.

1974 – Nixon Announces His Resignation
The 37th President of the United States, Richard Nixon’s resignation came as response to the Watergate Scandal. The scandal erupted after it was revealed that the Nixon government was involved in the cover-up of a break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate Complex. The revelations prompted Congress to initiate impeachment proceedings against Nixon. His resignation made him the first president in American history to resign while in office.

1969 – Photographer Iain Macmillan Takes an Iconic Photograph of the Beatles
One of the most recognisable images of the 20th century, the photograph was taken in the middle of Abbey Road in London and showed all the members of the popular rock band, The Beatles, crossing the road on a zebra crossing. The photograph was used as a cover for their 11th album, Abbey Road.

1967 – ASEAN is Founded
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is an economic and political organisation which was formed after the heads of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand signed the Bangkok Declaration. The purpose of the organisation is to promote regional peace and stability and encourage economic development in the region. Today, ASEAN has 10 member states.

1908 – Wright Brothers Publicly Show Off Their Flying Machine For the First Time
The human air flight pioneers displayed their flying machine and its capabilities at a racecourse at Le Mans, France, 5 years after they made their first successful flight in 1903. The flight piloted by Wilbur lasted only 1 minute and 45 seconds, captured the imagination of their audiences, and silenced their critics and doubters.
 
Births on August 8 🎂

1981 – Roger Federer
Swiss tennis player

1981 – Harel Skaat
Israeli singer-songwriter

1969 – Faye Wong
Chinese singer-songwriter, actress

1953 – Nigel Mansell
English race car driver

1937 – Dustin Hoffman
American actor

Deaths on August 8 🪦

1985 – Louise Brooks
American actress, dancer

1973 – Dean Corll
American serial killer

1944 – Michael Wittmann
German SS officer

1909 – Mary MacKillop
Australian saint, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart

1827 – George Canning
English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
 
September 8th1664 – The Dutch Surrender New Amsterdam



On September 8, 1664, the Dutch formally surrendered New Amsterdam to the English, marking a significant shift in control of the region. The surrender followed a relatively bloodless confrontation, as the English fleet, dispatched by King Charles II and commanded by Colonel Richard Nicolls, easily overpowered the Dutch defenses. The English renamed the city New York in honor of the Duke of York, who later became King James II.





1727 A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell, Cambridgeshire, killed 78 people (51 of them children). The doors had been nailed shut to prevent further people getting in, a simple act which was key to the tragedy which resulted. On 8th September 2005, a plaque was unveiled at the site of the barn in memorial of the fire.

1968 The Beatles perform ‘Hey Jude’ on the David Frost Show before a specially invited Audience.
 
1930
U, S. inventor, Richard Gurley Drew invents Scotch tape
1956
Harry Belafonte's album' Calypso' hits #1 on album charts, stays there for 31 weeks. The hit single 'Day -O' The Banana Boat' song hits #5 on singles chart. In the 1988 movie 'Beetle Juice' there is a funny scene in the dining room as the actors dance to it
1974
motorcycle daredevil, Evel Kneivel attempts to jump across Snake River Canyon in Idaho but fails, he only suffered minor injuries
1990
Ellis Island Historical site opens on Ellis Island in NYC
2022
Queen Elizabeth II, United Kingdom's longest serving monarch at 70 yrs, dies at Balmoral Castle. Her eldest son, Charles inherits the throne as King Charles
 
On This Day In History, August 9th

1965 – Singapore Leaves Malaysia
The Southeast Asian Island country had joined a Malaysian Federation in 1963 as part of the Malaysia Agreement. In 1965, due to disagreements between leaders of the other members of the federation and Singaporean leaders and race tensions, the Malaysian parliament decided to expel Singapore from the Federation. The country reluctantly became independent on August 9 under the leadership of Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew.

1945 – An Atomic Bomb is dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki
3 days after the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, the city of Nagasaki was destroyed by a 21 kiloton atomic bomb nicknamed Fat Boy. About 40 to 80 thousand people were estimated killed during this American-led attack towards the end of the Second World War. A few days later on August 15, Japan surrendered to the Allies, effectively bringing the War to a close by September, 1945.


1942 – Quit India Movement Begins in India
The civil disobedience movement against the British colonists was spearheaded by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Gandhi had called for peaceful protests in a speech a day earlier at the Gowalia Tank Maidan, Mumbai. In the speech, he made a call of “do or die” and asked his followers to adopt nonviolence when interacting with the British. The movement began with the British imprisoning the Congress Party leadership, including Gandhi. The British ruled India from 1858, when the British Crown took over control of the country from the British East India Company. India gained its independence on August 15, 1947.

1930 – Betty Boop Makes Her Debut

1854 – Henry David Thoreau Publishes Walden
 
Births on August 9th 🎂

1981 – Li Jiawei
Singaporean table tennis player

1963 – Whitney Houston
American singer, actress, producer, and model

1947 – Roy Hodgson
English football manager

1922 – Philip Larkin
English poet

1896 – Jean Piaget
Swiss psychologist

Deaths on August 9th 🪦

2012 – David Rakoff
Canadian/American author, actor

1996 – Frank Whittle
English engineer, inventor developed the jet engine

1995 – Jerry Garcia
American singer-songwriter, guitarist

1975 – Dmitri Shostakovich
Russian composer

1962 – Hermann Hesse
German writer, Nobel Prize laureate
 
September 9th

John Smith chosen president of Jamestown
Having survived capture by Indians (reputedly through the efforts of Pocahontas, a chief's daughter), John Smith became president of Jamestown colony, the first permanent English settlement in North America, this day in 1608.



1855 Crimean War: The Siege of Sevastopol (Sebastopol) came to an end when Russian forces abandon the city. Although defended heroically and at the cost of heavy Allied casualties, (almost 130,00 in total), the fall of Sevastopol led to the Russian defeat in the Crimean War.


Footnote-
Sebastopol is the southernmost suburb of Pontypool in the county borough of Torfaen, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire in South Wales. It is named in honour of the Crimean city Sevastopol (also known as Sebastopol) that was taken during the Crimean War.
Someone local fought in the war which is how this came about.




1879 The death of John Smith, English brewer, best known for operating the John Smith's Brewery in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire. As at 2012, John Smith's was the highest selling bitter in the world.




1911 The launch of the first airmail service in England, between Hendon and Windsor.




2004The Oxford English Dictionary adds the word bootylicious , defined as "(of a woman) sexually attractive."
 
On This Day In History, August 10th

2003 – The First Person to Get Married While in Space
Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko was on the International Space Station when he married Ekaterina Dmitrieva, who was located in Texas at the time of the wedding. The wedding took place through a NASA satellite hookup.

2001 – An attack on a train during the Angolan Civil War kills about 250 people
Rebels from the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) in Angola derailed a train using an anti-tank mine and opened fire on the passengers.

1990 – Magellan Space Probe is Inserted in Orbit Around Venus
The first spacecraft to be launched by a space shuttle, Magellan was a robotic space probe that spent 8 months gathering data about the surface of the planet, also known as Earth's twin. The probe was launched from Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, on May 4, 1989, when Space Shuttle Atlantis took it to low Earth orbit and released it.

1944 – Battle of Narva ends
The 8-day-long battle was fought between the German Army and the Soviet Leningrad Front for control of the Narva Isthmus in Estonia during the Second World War. The battle ended with a decisive German victory

1675 – The foundation stone for the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, is laid
Commissioned by King Charles II of England, the Royal Observatory started operating in 1676 under the supervision of John Flamsteed, the first British Astronomer Royal. The observatory is famous around the world because its location marks the Prime Meridian passes through it.
 
Births on August 10th 🎂

1980 – Wade Barrett
English wrestler

1973 – Lisa Raymond
American tennis player

1971 – Roy Keane
Irish footballer

1960 – Antonio Banderas
Spanish actor

1874 – Herbert Hoover
American politician, 31st President of the United States

Deaths on August 10th 🪦

2008 – Isaac Hayes
American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor

1980 – Yahya Khan
Pakistan's general, politician, 3rd President of Pakistan

1945 – Robert H. Goddard
American physicist, inventor

1932 – Rin Tin Tin
German/American acting dog

1896 – Otto Lilienthal
German pilot, engineer
 
September 10th
  • 1798 British Honduras defeats Spain in the Battle of St. George's Caye

  • 1813 American naval commander Oliver Hazard Perry defeats the British in the Battle of Lake Erie
1891 Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-E, the most popular song in Victorian England in the 1890s was written by former Canadian bandsman Henry J Sayers. Sayers later admitted to copying an Austrian song after hearing the tune being played in a brothel.

1897 George Smith, a London cab driver, became the first person to be convicted for drunken driving. He was fined £1.
10 Sep 1973
The BBC banned The Rolling Stones single 'Star Star', from their Goat's Head Soup album because it contained the word "Star-f word ‘in the chorus a dozen times.
 
1913
The Lincoln Highway,the 1st highway designed specifically for motor traffic opens. It started in Times Square in NYC, ends in Lincoln Park in San Francisco. The highway goes through NJ,PA,Ohio,Indiana, Illinois,Iowa,Nebraska,Wyoming,Utah, Calif
1953
Swanson sells its 1st TV dinner,a turkey meal with cornbread dressing,peas & sweet potatoes
1955
TV Western,'Gunsmoke' debuts on CBS starring James Arness'Marshall Matt Dillion',Amanda Blake' Kitty,Milburn Stone' Doc Adams', Dennis Weaver'Chester', Ken Curtis' Festus' At the time was the longest running TV show,lasted 20yrs. It was surpassed by NBC"s Law&Order: SVU{Special Victims Unit} which started in 1999 still on air
1966
singer/ songwriter, Neil Diamond had his 1st hit single on Billboard charts with 'Cherry, Cherry' it peaked at #6
1984
the 1st episode of daily syndicated game show' Jeopardy' with Alex Trebek as host
2002
Switzerland, a traditionally neutral country joins the United Nations
 
11th September 1982
John Cougar Mellencamp becomes the only male artist to have two singles in the US Top Ten as well as the number one album.
"Jack and Diane" was number 4, while "Hurts So Good" sat at number 8.
The LP "American Fool" stayed on top for nine weeks.

1987 - Canadian born actor Lorne Green passed away at the age of 72.

2011 - 87-year-old Doris Day became the oldest female artist ever to hit the UK Top Ten with an album of newly-released material when "My Heart" debuted at #9.
 
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On This Day In History, August 11th

1999 – Last Total Solar Eclipse of the Millennium
The eclipse was visible from Europe, most of Asia and Africa and in parts of North America. Because of its path through heavily populated parts of the world, the solar eclipse is thought to be one of the most viewed eclipses in recorded history.

1992 – Mall of America Opens Its Doors to Shoppers
Located in Bloomington, Minnesota, the mall is the largest shopping Mall in the United States. Spanning 4,870,000 sq ft, it has an indoor theme park and attracts about 40 million visitors each year.

1962 – The Soviet Space Agency Launches Vostok 3
The spacecraft was piloted by Andriyan Nikolayev, the first cosmonaut to have orbited the Earth 64 times in 4 days.

1960 – Chad gains its independence from the French
The Central African country came under French rule in 1900 after the Battle of Kousséri. Francois Tombalbay became Chad's first president.

1948 – The first Olympic Games after the 1938 Berlin Olympics open in London
The next two games after Berlin, scheduled to be held in Tokyo and Helsinki, were cancelled due to the Second World War. The first Olympics to be broadcast on television, the London Olympics were popularly known at the time as the Austerity Games. This was because of the cutbacks the host nation had to do due to the post-war economy.
 
Births on August 11th 🎂

1978 – Jermain Taylor

American boxer
1953 –

Hulk Hogan
American wrestler, actor

1950 – Steve Wozniak
American computer scientist, programmer, co-founded Apple Inc.

1943 – Pervez Musharraf
Pakistani general, politician, 10th President of Pakistan

1897 – Enid Blyton
English author

Deaths on August 11th 🪦

1984 – Alfred A. Knopf, Sr.
American publisher, founded Alfred A. Knopf

Inc.
1956 – Jackson Pollock
American painter

1919 – Andrew Carnegie
Scottish/American businessman, founded the Carnegie Steel Company

1908 – Khudiram Bose
Indian activist

1890 – John Henry Newman
English cardinal
 
On this day Monday September 10th 2001 24 years ago 246 people went to sleep in preparation for their morning flights. 2,606 people went to sleep in preparation for work in the morning. 343 FDNY firefighters went to sleep in preparation for their morning shift. 60 police officers went to sleep in preparation for morning patrol. 8 paramedics went to sleep in preparation for the morning shift. None of them saw past 10:00am Sept 11, 2001. In one single moment life may never be the same. As you live and enjoy the breaths you take today and tonight before you go to sleep in preparation for your life tomorrow, kiss the ones you love, snuggle a little tighter, and never take one second of your life for granted.


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September 11th
wasn’t sure I should do one today…


….1836 Register Office marriages were introduced in Britain.


1841 The London to Brighton commuter express train began regular service, taking just 105 minutes.


1879 268 miners died in an explosion at the Prince of Wales Colliery, at Abercarn, South Wales.
Just over the mountain from me.



1885 D.H. Lawrence, controversial English author of Sons and Lovers, Women in Love and Lady Chatterley's Lover, was born.


1895 The prestigious FA Cup trophy was stolen from football outfitters William Shillock of Birmingham. 68 years later an 83 year old man confessed he'd melted it down to make counterfeit halfcrown coins.

1962 The Beatles completed the recording of their first single 'Love Me Do' at the Abbey Road Studios in north London.


1968 The housing charity, Shelter, said up to three million people in Britain were living in damp, overcrowded slum conditions.



2012 Andy Murray wins the US Open.
 
12th September 2003
Johnny Cash passes away.
He won 13 Grammys.
He also had fourteen number one Country music hits.
He was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980 and inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992.
Johnny Cash was awarded a lifetime achievement award in 1999, and 9 Country Music Association Awards.
In 1996 he received a Kennedy Center Honor. (Awarded to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to American culture through the performing arts, including music, dance, theater, film, and television.)
 

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