Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII

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September 2 is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 120 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

44 BC – Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion.
44 BC – The first of Cicero's Philippics (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of them over the next several months.
31 BC – Final War of the Roman Republic: Battle of Actium – off the western coast of Greece, forces of Octavian defeat troops under Mark Antony and Cleopatra.
1649 – The Italian city of Castro is completely destroyed by the forces of Pope Innocent X, ending the Wars of Castro.
1666 – The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings including St Paul's Cathedral.
1752 – Great Britain adopts the Gregorian calendar, nearly two centuries later than most of Western Europe.
1789 – The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.
1792 – During what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution, rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic Church bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers.
1807 – The Royal Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon.
1833 – Oberlin College is founded by John Shipherd and Philo P. Stewart.
1856 – Tianjing Incident in Nanjing, China.
1859 – A solar super storm affects electrical telegraph service.
1862 – American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George B. McClellan to full command after General John Pope's disastrous defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run.
1864 – American Civil War: Union forces enter Atlanta, Georgia a day after the Confederate defenders flee the city.
1867 – Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Japan, marries Masako Ichijō. The Empress consort is thereafter known as Lady Haruko. Since her death in 1914, she's called by the posthumous name Empress Shōken.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan – Prussian forces take French Emperor Napoleon III and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.
1885 – Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers, killing 28, wounding 15, and forcing several hundred more out of town.
1898 – Battle of Omdurman – British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
1901 – Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
1925 – The U.S. Zeppelin the USS Shenandoah crashes, killing 14.
1935 – Labor Day Hurricane of 1935: a large hurricane hits the Florida Keys killing 423.
1939 – World War II: following the invasion of Poland, Free City of Danzig Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) is annexed by Nazi Germany.
1945 – Combat in World War II ends in the Pacific Theater: The final official surrender of Japan is accepted aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
1945 – Vietnam declares its independence, forming the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
1946 – Interim Government of India is formed with Jawaharlal Nehru as Vice President.
1958 – United States Air Force C-130A-II is shot down by fighters over Yerevan, Armenia when it strays into Soviet airspace while conducting a sigint mission. All crew lost.
1960 – The first election of the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration, in history of Tibet. The Tibetan community observes this date as the Democracy Day.
1963 – CBS Evening News becomes U.S. network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.
1967 – The Principality of Sealand is established, ruled by Prince Paddy Roy Bates.
1969 – The first automated teller machine in the United States is installed in Rockville Centre, New York.
1970 – NASA announces the cancellation of two Apollo missions to the Moon, Apollo 15 (the designation is re-used by a later mission), and Apollo 19.
1990 – Transnistria unilaterally proclaimed as Soviet republic; the Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev declares the decision null and void.
1991 – The United States recognizes the independence of the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
1996 – A peace agreement is signed between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Moro National Liberation Front in Malacañang Palace.
1998 – Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia. All 229 people on board are killed.
1998 – The UN's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Jean Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide.

Births

1661 – Georg Böhm, German organist (d. 1733)
1675 – William Somervile, English poet (d. 1742)
1753 – Marie Josephine Louise of Savoy, queen of France (d. 1810)
1778 – Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland (d. 1846)
1805 – Esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer (d. 1851)
1810 – William Seymour Tyler, American educator and historian (d. 1897)
1830 – William P. Frye, American politician (d. 1911)
1838 – Liliuokalani of Hawaii, Queen of Hawaii (d. 1917)
1847 – Roger Wolcott, 39th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1900)
1850 – Albert Spalding, baseball player and sporting goods manufacturer (d. 1915)
1850 – Woldemar Voigt, German physicist (d. 1919)
1852 – Paul Bourget, French novelist and critic (d. 1935)
1853 – Wilhelm Ostwald, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1932)
1854 – Hans Jæger, Norwegian writer and political activist (d. 1910)
1857 – Thomas Groube, Australian cricketer (d. 1927)
1862 – Franjo Krežma, Croatian violinist (d. 1881)
1866 – Charles Vintcent, South African cricketer (d. 1943)
1877 – Frederick Soddy, British chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1956)
1878 – Werner von Blomberg, German field marshal (d. 1946)
1879 – An Jung-geun, Korean assassin of Ito Hirobumi (d. 1910)
1883 – Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria, "The Red Archduchess" (d. 1963)
1884 – Dr. Frank C. Laubach, Christian missionary (d. 1970)
1894 – Joseph Roth, Austrian novelist (d. 1939)
1901 – Andreas Embirikos, Greek surrealist poet (d. 1975)
1901 – Adolph Rupp, American college basketball coach (d. 1977)
1911 – Romare Bearden, African American painter (d. 1988)
1912 – Ernest Bromley, Australian cricketer (d. 1967)
1913 – Bill Shankly, English Football Manager (d. 1981)
1914 – Tom Glazer, American folk singer and songwriter (d. 2003)
1915 – Meinhardt Raabe, actor, notable as Munchkin Coroner on The Wizard of Oz
1915 – Benjamin Aaron, American labor law expert (d. 2007)
1917 – Cleveland Amory, American author (d. 1998)
1917 – Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian guitarist (d. 1995)
1923 – Rene Thom, French mathematician (d. 2002)
1924 – Daniel arap Moi, President of Kenya
1925 – Hugo Montenegro, American composer and bandleader (d. 1981)
1928 – Horace Silver, American jazz pianist and composer
1929 – Hal Ashby, American film director (d. 1988)
1931 – Clifford Jordan, American jazz saxophonist (d. 1993)
1933 – Victor Spinetti, Welsh actor
1934 – Grady Nutt, American humorist
1935 – D. Wayne Lukas, American horse trainer
1936 – Andrew Grove, American computer chip manufacturer
1937 – Peter Ueberroth, American sport executive
1937 – Derek Fowlds, British actor
1937 – Len Carlson, Canadian voice actor (d. 2006)
1938 – Mary Jo Catlett, American actress
1938 – Clarence Felder, American actor
1938 – Giuliano Gemma, Italian actor
1939 – Sam Gooden, American singer (The Impressions)
1940 – Jimmy Clanton, American singer
1941 – David Bale, South African-born activist (d. 2003)
1941 – Graeme Langlands, Australian rugby league footballer
1943 – Rosalind Ashford, American singer (Martha and the Vandellas)
1943 – Glen Sather, Canadian ice hockey player and executive
1943 – Joe Simon, American singer
1946 – Billy Preston, American musician (d. 2006)
1946 – Dan White, American assassin (d. 1985)
1946 – Luis Avalos, Cuban actor
1946 – Walt Simonson, American comic book artist & writer
1947 – Richard Coughlan, English drummer and percussionist (Caravan)
1948 – Terry Bradshaw, American football player
1948 – Christa McAuliffe, American schoolteacher and astronaut (d. 1986)
1948 – Nate Archibald, American basketball player
1950 – Rosanna DeSoto, American actress
1950 – Michael Rother, German musician (Neu!, Kraftwerk, Harmonia, Cluster)
1950 – Yuen Wah, Chinese actor and stuntman
1951 – Jim DeMint, American politician
1951 – Mark Harmon, American actor
1951 – Michael Gray, American actor
1951 – Jon Feltheimer, American film executive
1952 – Jimmy Connors, American tennis player
1953 – Ahmad Shah Massoud, Afghan commander and a war hero (d. 2001)
1953 – John Zorn, American musician
1956 – Mario Tremblay, Canadian hockey player and coach
1956 – Angelo Fusco, Provisional Irish Republican Army member
1957 – Tony Alva, American skateboarder
1958 – Olivier Grouillard, French racing driver
1959 – Guy Laliberté, founder of Cirque du Soleil
1960 – Kristin Halvorsen, Norwegian politician
1960 – Rex Hudler, baseball player
1960 – Eric Dickerson, American football player
1960 – John S. Hall, American poet and spoken-word artist
1960 – Hideo Yoshizawa, General Manager at Namco Bandai
1961 – Carlos Valderrama, Colombian footballer
1962 – Prachya Pinkaew, Thai film director
1962 – Eugenio Derbez, Mexican comedian and actor
1962 – Jon Berkeley, author and illustrator
1963 – Sam Mitchell, former basketball player and coach
1964 – Keanu Reeves, Canadian actor
1965 – Lennox Lewis, British-born boxer
1965 – Partho Sen-Gupta, Indian filmmaker
1966 – Salma Hayek, Mexican actress
1966 – Dino Cazares, American musician
1966 – Olivier Panis, French race car driver
1966 – Tuc Watkins, American actor
1967 – Andreas Möller, German footballer
1968 – Cynthia Watros, American actress
1968 – Kristen Cloke, American actress
1969 – Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey, American singer
1969 – Chris Kuzneski, American bestselling author
1969 – Stéphane Matteau, French Canadian ice hockey player
1969 – Stephen Peall, Zimbabwean cricketer
1971 – Kjetil André Aamodt, Norwegian skier
1971 – Pawan Kalyan, Indian actor
1971 – César Sánchez, Spanish footballer
1971 – Tommy Maddox, American football player
1971 – Tom Steels, Belgian cyclist
1972 – Matthew Dunn, Australian swimmer
1972 – Robert Coles, professional golfer
1973 – Katt Williams, American comedian,actor,and rapper
1973 – Jason Blake, American hockey player
1973 – Indika de Saram, Sri Lankan cricketer
1974 – Steven Johnson, Australian racing driver
1974 – Daniel Southworth, American actor and stunt performer
1975 – MC Chris, American rapper
1976 – Phil Lipscomb, American musician (Taproot)
1976 – Erin Hershey, American actress.
1977 – Ramiro Muñoz, Colombian musician
1977 – Frédéric Kanouté, Malian footballer
1979 – Tomer Ben Yosef, Israeli footballer
1979 – Alex Chu, Canadian-born Korean singer
1979 – Ron Ng, Hong Kong actor
1979 – Brian Westbrook, American football player
1980 – Dany Sabourin, French Canadian Goaltender in the National Hockey League
1980 – Hiroki Yoshimoto, Japanese racing driver
1981 – Chris Tremlett, English cricketer
1981 – Bracha van Doesburgh, Dutch actress
1981 – Fariborz Kamkari, Iranian film director/producer
1982 – Joey Barton, English footballer
1982 – Mandy Cho, Hong Kong actress
1982 – Jason Hammel, American baseball player
1983 – Mark Foster, English rugby player
1983 – Aimee Osbourne, daughter of Ozzy
1984 – Danson Tang, Taiwanese actor, model, and singer
1984 – Jack Peñate, English/Spanish singer
1984 – Udita Goswami, Indian model and actress
1986 – Kyle Hines, American basketball player
1987 – Scott Moir, Canadian ice dancer
1988 – Ishant Sharma, Indian Cricketer
1989 – Alexandre Pato, Brazilian footballer
1989 – Ishmeet Singh Sodhi, Indian Playback Singer (d. 2008)
1990 – Marcus Ericsson, Swedish Racing Driver

Deaths

490 BC – Pheidippides, Greek hero
421 – Constantius III, Roman Emperor
1031 – Saint Emeric of Hungary
1274 – Prince Munetaka, Japanese shogun (b. 1242)
1397 – Francesco Landini, Italian composer
1540 – Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1501)
1680 – Per Brahe, Swedish soldier and statesman (b. 1602)
1688 – Robert Viner, Lord Mayor of London (b. 1631)
1690 – Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (b. 1615)
1764 – Nathaniel Bliss, English Astronomer Royal (b. 1700)
1765 – Henry Bouquet, Swiss-born British army officer (b. 1719)
1768 – Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician (b. 1703)
1790 – Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, German historian and theologian (b. 1701)
1813 – Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1763)
1820 – Jiaqing, Emperor of China (b. 1760)
1832 – Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach, Austrian astronomer (b. 1754)
1834 – Thomas Telford, Scottish civil engineer (b. 1757)
1865 – William Rowan Hamilton, Irish mathematician (b. 1805)
1872 – Nicolai Grundtvig, Danish writer and philosopher (b. 1783)
1877 – Constantine Kanaris, Greek admiral, freedom fighter and politician (b. 1793)
1896 – Nat Thomson, Australian cricketer (b. 1839)
1898 – Wilford Woodruff, fourth president of The Church of of Latter-day Saints (b. 1807)
1910 – Henri Rousseau, French painter (b. 1844)
1921 – Henry Austin Dobson, English poet (b. 1840)
1921 – Anthony Francis Lucas Croatian-born oil pioneer (b. 1855)
1934 – Alcide Nunez, American musician (b. 1884)
1934 – Russ Columbo, American singer, violinist and actor (b. 1908)
1934 – James Allan, New Zealand rugby union player, All Black (b. 1860)
1937 – Pierre de Coubertin, French founder of the modern Olympic Games (b. 1863)
1941 – Lloyd Seay, American stock car driver (b. 1919)
1942 – Tom Williams, Irish republican (b. 1924)
1944 – Bella Rosenfeld, subject of many of Marc Chagall paintings (b. 1895)
1948 – Sylvanus Morley, American archaeologist and spy (b. 1883)
1953 – Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV, U.S. general (b. 1883)
1962 – William Wilkerson, Founder of the Hollywood Reporter, The Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas and nightclubs such as Ciro's (b. 1890)
1964 – Glenn Albert Black, American archaeologist (b. 1900)
1964 – Francisco Craveiro Lopes, 13th President of Portugal (b. 1894)
1964 – Alvin York, American soldier (b. 1887)
1965 – Johannes Bobrowski, German writer (b. 1917)
1969 – Ho Chi Minh, President of Vietnam (b. 1890)
1973 – Carl Dudley, American film director (b. 1910)
1973 – J. R. R. Tolkien, British writer (b. 1892)
1976 – Stanisław Grochowiak, Polish writer (b. 1934)
1978 – Fred G. Meyer, Founder Fred Meyer Inc. (b. 1886)
1979 – Otto P. Weyland, American military figure (b. 1903)
1984 – Manos Katrakis, Greek actor (b. 1908)
1985 – Abe Lenstra, Dutch footballer (b. 1920)
1985 – Jay Youngblood, American professional wrestler
1991 – Alfonso García Robles, Mexican diplomat and politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1911)
1992 – Barbara McClintock, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (b. 1902)
1994 – Roy Castle, British entertainer (b. 1932)
1996 – Paddy Clift, Leicestershire cricketer (b. 1953)
1997 – Rudolph Bing, Austrian-born opera manager (b. 1902)
1997 – Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1905)
1998 – Jackie Blanchflower, Irish footballer (b. 1933)
1998 – Allen Drury, American author (b. 1918)
2000 – Elvera Sanchez, Puerto Rican dancer (b. 1905)
2000 – Curt Siodmak, German-born author (b. 1907)
2001 – Christiaan Barnard, South African heart surgeon (b. 1922)
2001 – Troy Donahue, American actor (b. 1936)
2002 – Dick Reynolds, Australian rules footballer and coach (b. 1915)
2004 – Joan Oró, Catalan scientist (b. 1923)
2004 – Eleni Zafeiriou, Greek actress (b. 1916)
2005 – Bob Denver, American actor (b. 1935)
2006 – Bob Mathias, American athlete and congressman (b. 1930)
2006 – Willi Ninja, dancer and choreographer (b. 1961)
2007 – Max McNab, National Hockey League executive (b. 1924)
2007 – Franz-Benno Delonge, German game designer (b. 1957)
2007 – Rajae Belmlih, Moroccan singer (b. 1962)
2008 – Bill Meléndez, American character animator (b. 1916)

Holidays and observances

Also see September 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
RC Saints – Saint Nonnosus, Agricola of Avignon, Saint Castor of Apt, Antoninus of Pamiers.
Mauritius – Ganesh Chaturthi.
Transnistria – Independence day, note Transnistria is not an internationally recognized independent state.
Sedan Day (Sedantag) – traditional national German holiday (see Sedan, France) that commemorates Prussia's victory over France in 1870, making the German Empire a reality.
Vietnam – National Day (independence from Japan and France, 1945).
Acepsimas of Hnaita and companions
Acoma Pueblo – Feast Day of San Esteban del Rey

[Krandall]

1945 – Combat in World War II ends in the Pacific Theater: The final official surrender of Japan is accepted aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

Pwnin noobs.

[disco]

Completely off-topic and unrelated to anything but I made a few observations today:

1.  Sandblasting while wearing shorts is  ill-advised and generally not recommended.

2.  "screened sand" means they took most of the rocks out but left all the pebbles slightly larger than the orifice on the gun.

3.  pressure pot blasters pwn siphon sand blasters, talking flame thrower vs Zippo here.

4.  pressure pot blasters have a voracious appetite for whatever you feed them.

4a.  I am now inspired to turn an old hot water heater into a 500# pressure pot blaster.

[Krandall]

http://www.holytaco.com/25-awesome-vanity-plates 

[socalrappy700]

September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 119 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

36 BC – In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate.
301 – San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, is founded by Saint Marinus.
590 – Gregory I became pope.
863 – Major Byzantine victory at the Battle of Lalakaon against an Arab raid.
1189 – Richard I of England (a.k.a. Richard "the Lionheart") is crowned at Westminster.
1260 – The Mamluks defeat the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut in Palestine, marking their first decisive defeat and the point of maximum expansion of the Mongol Empire.
1650 – Third English Civil War: Battle of Dunbar (1650)
1651 – Third English Civil War: Battle of Worcester – Charles II of England is defeated in the last main battle of the war.
1666 – The Royal Exchange burnt down in the Great Fire of London
1777 – Cooch's Bridge – Skirmish of American Revolutionary war in New Castle County, Delaware where the Flag of the United States is flown in battle for the first time.
1783 – American Revolutionary War: The war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1798 – Weeklong battle of St. George's Caye begun between Spanish and British off the coast of Belize.
1802 – William Wordsworth composed the sonnet "Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802".
1803 – English scientist John Dalton started using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements.
1812 – 24 settlers are killed in the Pigeon Roost Massacre.
1838 – Dressed in a sailor's uniform and carrying identification papers provided by a Free Black seaman, future abolitionist Frederick Douglass boards a train in Maryland on his way to freedom from slavery.
1855 – Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under American General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan Massacre by attacking a Sioux village, killing 100 men, women, and children.
1861 – American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Metz begins, which will result in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
1874 – The congress of the state of México elevates Naucalpan to the category of Villa, with the title of "Villa de Juárez".
1878 – Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
1914 – William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
1933 – Yevgeniy Abalakov reaches the highest point of the Soviet Union – Communism Peak (7495 m).
1935 – Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph
1939 – World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allies.
1941 – Holocaust: Karl Fritzsch, deputy camp commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, experiments with the use of Zyklon B in the gassing of Soviet POWs.
1942 – World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the Lakhva Ghetto.
1944 – Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from Westerbork to Auschwitz, arriving three days later.
1950 – "Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
1951 – The first long-running American television soap opera, Search for Tomorrow, airs its first episode on the CBS network.
1954 – The People's Liberation Army begin shelling the ROC-controlled islands of Quemoy.
1954 – The German U-Boat U-505 began its move from a specially constructed dock to its final site at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.
1967 – Dagen H in Sweden: traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight
1971 – Qatar becomes an independent state
1976 – Viking program: The Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
1994 – Sino-Soviet Split: Russia and the People's Republic of China agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other.
1995 – eBay founded.
1997 – A Vietnam Airlines Tupolev TU-134 crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
1999 – 87-automobile pile-up on Highway 401 freeway just east of Windsor, Ontario, Canada after an unusually thick fog from Lake St. Clair.
2004 – Beslan school hostage crisis: Day 3: The Beslan hostage crisis ends with the deaths of over 300 people, over half of which are children.

Births

1034 – Emperor Go-Sanjō of Japan (d. 1073)
1499 – Diane de Poitiers, mistress of Henri II of France (d. 1566)
1568 – Adriano Banchieri, Italian composer (d. 1634)
1675 – Paul Dudley, Attorney-General of Massachusetts (d. 1751)
1693 – Charles Radclyffe, British politician (d. 1746)
1695 – Pietro Locatelli, Italian composer (d. 1764)
1710 – Abraham Trembley, Swiss naturalist (d. 1784)
1724 – Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, British soldier and Governor of Quebec (d. 1808)
1781 – Eugène de Beauharnais, son of Josephine de Beauharnais (d. 1824)
1810 – Paul Kane, Canadian painter (d. 1871)
1820 – George Hearst, American businessman and father of William Randolph Hearst (d. 1891)
1841 – Tom Emmett, England cricketer (d. 1904)
1849 – Sarah Orne Jewett, American writer (d. 1909)
1851 – Olga Konstantinovna of Russia, Queen of Greece (d. 1926)
1856 – Louis Sullivan, American architect (d. 1924)
1856 – Robert Stewart, South African cricketer (d. 1913)
1869 – Fritz Pregl, Slovenian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1930)
1875 – Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian automotive engineer (d. 1951)
1882 – Johnny Douglas, England cricketer and boxer (d. 1930)
1887 – Frank Christian, American musician (d. 1973)
1897 – Sally Benson, American writer (d. 1972)
1899 – Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1985)
1900 – Maurice Dobb, British economist (d. 1976)
1900 – Urho Kekkonen, Finnish politician (d. 1986)
1900 – Percy Chapman, England cricketer (d. 1961)
1901 – Eduard van Beinum, Dutch conductor (d. 1959)
1905 – Carl David Anderson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
1905 – John Mills, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1972)
1907 – Loren Eiseley, American anthropologist (d. 1977)
1908 – Lev Semenovich Pontryagin, Russian mathematician (d. 1988)
1910 – Kitty Carlisle, American actress and television personality (d. 2007)
1910 – Maurice Papon, French Nazi collaborator (d. 2007)
1911 – Bernard Mammes, American cyclist (d. 2000)
1913 – Alan Ladd, American actor (d. 1964)
1914 – Dixy Lee Ray, American politician (d. 1994)
1916 – Eddie Stanky, American baseball player (d. 1999)
1918 – Helen Wagner, American actress
1921 – Marguerite Higgins, American reporter and war correspondent, Pulitzer prize winner (d. 1966)
1921 – Thurston Dart, English harpsichordist and conductor (d. 1971)
1923 – Mort Walker, American cartoonist (Beetle Bailey)
1925 – Bengt Lindström, Swedish artist (d. 2008)
1925 – Shoista Mullodzhanova, Shashmakom singer
1925 – Hank Thompson, American singer (d. 2007)
1926 – Alison Lurie, American novelist
1926 – Irene Papas, Greek actress
1928 – Gaston Thorn, President of the European Commission (d. 2007)
1929 – Carlo Clerici, Swiss cyclist (d. 2007)
1930 – Cherry Wilder, New Zealand author (d. 2002)
1931 – Albert DeSalvo, The Boston Strangler (d. 1973)
1931 – Dick Motta, American basketball coach
1932 – Eileen Brennan, American actress
1933 – Tompall Glaser, American singer
1933 – Basil Butcher, West Indian cricketer
1934 – Freddie King, American musician (d. 1976)
1938 – Caryl Churchill, English playwright
1938 – Ryoji Noyori, Japanese chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1940 – Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist
1940 – Pauline Collins, English actress
1941 – Sergei Dovlatov, Russian writer (d. 1990)
1942 – Al Jardine, American musician (The Beach Boys)
1942 – John Shrapnel, English actor
1943 – Valerie Perrine, American actress
1943 – Frank Lister, English footballer
1947 – Eric Bell, Irish guitarist (Thin Lizzy)
1947 – Kjell Magne Bondevik, Norwegian politician
1948 – Levy Mwanawasa – Zambian Politician (d. 2008)
1949 – Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria (d. 2004)
1949 – José Pekerman, Argentine football manager
1950 – Doug Pinnick, American bassist and singer (King's X)
1951 – Denys Hobson, former South African cricketer
1953 – Jean-Pierre Jeunet, French film director
1955 – Steve Jones, English musician (Sex Pistols)
1956 – Pat McGeown, Provisional Irish Republican Army member
1957 – Garth Ancier, American television executive
1957 – Earl Cureton, American basketball player
1959 – Merritt Butrick, American actor (d. 1989)
1962 – Costas Mandylor, Australian-born actor
1963 – Amber Lynn, American porn star
1963 – Mubarak Ghanim, UAE footballer
1964 – Adam Curry, Internet entrepreneur
1964 – Spike Feresten, American television writer
1964 – Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani singer
1964 – Holt McCallany, American actor
1964 – Nigel Rhodes, English actor and musician
1965 – Charlie Sheen, American actor
1966 – Vladimir Ryzhkov, Russian politician
1969 – John Fugelsang, American actor
1969 – Marianna Komlos, Canadian bodybuilder, fitness model, professional wrestler, and valet (d. 2004)
1970 – Jeremy Glick, American United Airlines Flight 93 passenger (d. 2001)
1970 – Gareth Southgate, English footballer
1971 – Chabeli Iglesias, Spanish journalist
1971 – Trevor St. John, American actor
1972 – Natalia Estrada, Spanish model and actress
1972 – Martin Straka, Czech ice hockey player
1973 – Norihiko Hibino, Japanese composer
1973 – Jennifer Paige, American singer/songwriter
1973 – Damon Stoudamire, American basketball player
1974 – Clare Kramer, American actress
1974 – Rahul Sanghvi, Indian cricketer
1975 – Cristobal Huet, French hockey player
1976 – Ashley Jones, American actress
1976 – Jevon Kearse, American football player
1976 – Vivek Oberoi, Indian actor
1977 – Rui Marques, Angolan footballer
1977 – Olof Mellberg, Swedish footballer
1977 – Nate Robertson, American baseball player
1978 – John Curtis, English footballer
1978 – Paul Moor, English ten-pin bowler
1978 – Michal Rozsival, Czech ice hockey player
1978 – Nick Wechsler, American actor
1978 – Valfar, Norwegian heavy metal vocalist/musician (Windir) (d. 2004)
1979 – Tomo Miličević, Croatian-born American musician (30 Seconds to Mars)
1979 – Tiffany Chapman, English actress
1980 – The B.G., American rapper
1980 – Daniel Ruben Bilos, Argentinian footballer
1980 – Cone McCaslin, Canadian bassist (Sum 41)
1980 – Jennie Finch, American softball player
1981 – Fearne Cotton, British television presenter
1982 – Andrew McMahon, American singer and songwriter
1982 – Kaori Natori, Japanese singer and model
1983 – Augusto Farfus, Brazilian racing driver
1983 – Nicky Hunt, English footballer
1983 – Marcus McCauley, American football player
1983 – Valdas Vasylius, Lithuanian basketball player
1984 – Garrett Hedlund, American actor
1985 – Scott Carson, English footballer
1985 – Kelvin Wilson, English footballer
1986 – Shaun White, American snowboarder
1987 – Chris Fountain, English actor
1993 – Rina Koike, Japanese junior idol

Deaths

1402 – Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan (b. 1351)
1420 – Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, regent of Scotland
1592 – Robert Greene, English writer (b. 1558)
1634 – Edward Coke, English jurist and Member of Parliament (b. 1552)
1653 – Claudius Salmasius, French classical scholar (b. 1588)
1658 – Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England (b. 1599)
1662 – William Lenthall, English politician (b. 1591)
1720 – Henri de Massue, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1648)
1722 – Ivan Skoropadsky, Hetman of Ukraine (b. 1646)
1729 – Jean Hardouin, French scholar (b. 1646)
1766 – Archibald Bower, Scottish historian (b. 1686)
1808 – John Montgomery, American Continental Congressman (b. 1722)
1857 – John McLoughlin, Canadian trapper (b. 1784)
1860 – Aleksey Khomyakov, Russian poet (b. 1804)
1866 – Konstantin Flavitsky, Russian painter (b. 1830)
1883 – Ivan Turgenev, Russian author (b. 1818)
1886 – William W. Snow, American politician (b. 1812)
1893 – James Harrison, Scottish-born inventor (b. 1816)
1903 – Joseph Skipsey, British poet (b. 1832)
1914 – Albéric Magnard, French composer (b. 1865)
1936 – Nikita Balieff, Armenian vaudevillian and impresario
1948 – Edvard Beneš, President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1884)
1961 – Robert E. Gross, American businessman (b. 1897)
1962 – E. E. Cummings, American poet (b. 1894)
1963 – Louis MacNeice, Irish poet (b. 1907)
1964 – Stewart Holbrook, American author (b. 1893)
1967 – James Dunn, American actor (b. 1905)
1967 – Francis Ouimet, American golfer and businessman(b.1893)
1968 – Isabel Withers, American actress (b. 1896)
1969 – John Lester, American cricketer (b. 1871)
1970 – Vince Lombardi, American football coach (b. 1913)
1970 – "Blind Owl" Wilson, American musician (Canned Heat) (b. 1943)
1974 – Harry Partch, American composer (b. 1901)
1980 – Dirch Passer, Danish actor (b. 1926)
1980 – Duncan Renaldo, American actor (b. 1904)
1981 – Alec Waugh, English writer (b. 1898)
1983 – Ellie Lambeti, Greek actress (b. 1926)
1985 – Johnny Marks, American singer (b. 1909)
1987 – Morton Feldman, American composer (b. 1926)
1991 – Frank Capra, American film director (b. 1897)
1994 – James T. Aubrey, American television executive (b. 1918)
1994 – Billy Wright, English former footballer (b. 1924)
1994 – Major Lance, American singer (b. 1939)
1996 – Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Australian artist (b. 1910)
2000 – Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter (b. 1914)
2001 – Pauline Kael, American film critic (b. 1919)
2001 – Thuy Trang, Vietnamese-American actress (b. 1973)
2002 – W. Clement Stone, American entrepreneur (b. 1902)
2003 – Paul Jennings Hill, American anti-abortion murderer (b. 1954)
2005 – R. S. R. Fitter, British ornithologist and botanist (b. 1913)
2005 – William Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1924)
2007 – Jane Tomlinson, British charity fund raiser (b. 1964)
2007 – Steve Ryan, American actor (b. 1947)
2007 – Syd Jackson, Māori activist and trade unionist (b. 1939)
2007 – Carter Albrecht, Musician (b. 1973)
2008 – Donald Blakeslee, American aviator, led 4th Fighter Group during World War II. (b. 1917)
2009 – Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Indian politician (b. 1949)

Holidays and observances

Australia – Flag Day.
Canadian Merchant Navy Day.
RC Saints – Pope Gregory I, Saint Marinus, Remaclus.
Qatar – Independence Day (from Great Britain, 1971).
San Marino – Foundation (301) by Saint Marinus.
Republic of China (Taiwan) – Armed Forces Day.
Tunisia – Memorial Day.

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2004 – Beslan school hostage crisis: Day 3: The Beslan hostage crisis ends with the deaths of over 300 people, over half of which are children.

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September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 115 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

70 – A Roman army under General Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem.
1191 – Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf – Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf.
1776 – World's first submarine attack: the American submersible craft Turtle attempts to attach a time bomb to the hull of British Admiral Richard Howe's flagship HMS Eagle in New York Harbor.
1812 – Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Borodino – Napoleon defeats the Russian army of Alexander I near the village of Borodino.
1818 – Carl III of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.
1821 – The Republic of Gran Colombia (a federation covering much of present day Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador) is established, with Simón Bolívar as the founding President and Francisco de Paula Santander as vice president.
1822 – Dom Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal on the shores of the Ipiranga creek in São Paulo.
1860 – Steamship Lady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 400 lives.
1864 – American Civil War: Atlanta, Georgia, is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.
1876 – In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are surrounded by an angry mob and are nearly killed.
1893 – The Genoa Cricket & Athletic Club, to become the first Italian football club, is established by British expats.
1895 – The first game of what would become known as rugby league football is played, in England, starting the 1895-96 Northern Rugby Football Union season.
1901 – The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
1906 – Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
1907 – Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City.
1909 – Eugene Lefebvre (1878–1909), while test piloting a new French-built Wright biplane, crashes at Juvisy France when his controls jam. Lefebvre dies, becoming the first 'pilot' in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft.
1911 – French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
1921 – In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
1922 – In Aydin, Turkey, independence of Aydin, from Greek occupation.
1927 – The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Taylor Farnsworth.
1929 – Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. 136 lives are lost.
1936 – The last surviving member of the thylacine species, Benjamin, dies alone in her cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
1940 – World War II: The Blitz – Nazi Germany begins to rain bombs on London. This will be the first of 57 consecutive nights of bombing.
1940 – Treaty of Craiova: Romania loses Southern Dobrudja to Bulgaria.
1942 – Holocaust: 8,700 Jews of Kolomyia (western Ukraine) sent by German Gestapo to death camp in Belzec.
1942 – First flight of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator.
1943 – A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston, Texas, kills 55 people.
1943 – World War II: The German 17th Army begins its evacuation of the Kuban River bridgehead (Taman Peninsula) in southern Russia and moves across the Strait of Kerch to the Crimea.
1945 – Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December of 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines.
1953 – Nikita Khrushchev is elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1963 – The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.
1965 – China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border.
1965 – Vietnam War: In a follow-up to August's Operation Starlight, United States Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate Operation Piranha on the Batangan Peninsula.
1970 – An anti-war rally is held at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, attended by John Kerry, Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland.
1970 – Fighting between Arab guerillas and government forces in Amman, Jordan.
1970 – Bill Shoemaker sets record for most lifetime wins as a jockey (passing Johnny Longden).
1977 – The Torrijos-Carter Treaties between Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed. The United States agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century.
1978 – While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police agent Francesco Giullino by means of a ricin pellet fired from in a specially-designed umbrella.
1979 – The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) makes its debut.
1979 – The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for USD $1 billion to avoid bankruptcy.
1986 – Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Church in South Africa.
1986 – Gen. Augusto Pinochet, president of Chile, escapes attempted assassination.
1988 – Abdul Ahad Mohmand, the first Afghan in space, returns aboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz TM-5 after 9 days on the Mir space station.
1997 – The first test flight of the F-22 Raptor takes place.
1999 – A 5.9 magnitude earthquake rocks Athens, rupturing a previously unknown fault, killing 143, injuring more than 500, and leaving 50,000 people homeless.
2004 – Hurricane Ivan, a Category 5 hurricane hit Grenada, killing 39 and damaging 90% of its buildings.
2005 – First presidential election is held in Egypt.
2008 – The US Government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Births

786 – Emperor Saga, 52nd Emperor of Japan (d. 842)
1438 – Louis II, Landgrave of Hesse (d. 1471)
1524 – Thomas Erastus, Swiss theologian (d. 1583)
1533 – Queen Elizabeth I of England (d. 1603)
1674 – Ernest Augustus (d. 1728)
1683 – Mary Anne of Austria, Archduchess of Austria and Queen consort of Portugal (d. 1754)
1694 – Johan Ludvig, Danish policitian (d. 1763)
1705 – Matthäus Günther, German painter (d. 1788)
1707 – Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist, biologist and author (d. 1788)
1726 – François-André Danican Philidor, French chess player and composer (d. 1795)
1740 – Johan Tobias Sergel, Swedish sculptor (d. 1814)
1777 – Heinrich Stölzel, German musician and composer (d. 1844)
1810 – Hermann Heinrich Gossen, Prussian economist (d. 1858)
1815 – John McDouall Stuart, Australian explorer (d. 1866)
1817 – Louise of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark (d. 1898)
1818 – Thomas Talbot, 31st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1886)
1819 – Thomas A. Hendricks, 21st Vice President of the United States (d. 1885)
1829 – Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, German organic chemist (d. 1896)
1831 – Alexandre Falguière, French sculptor and painter (d. 1900)
1836 – August Toepler, German physicist (d. 1912)
1842 – Johannes Zukertort, German chess master (d. 1888)
1851 – Edward Ashael Birge, American pioneer in limnology (d. 1950)
1855 – William Friese-Greene, British photographer (d. 1921)
1860 – Grandma Moses, American painter (d. 1961)
1862 – Sir Edgar Speyer, American-born British financier and philanthropist (d. 1932)
1866 – Tristan Bernard, French playwright and novelist (d. 1947)
1867 – Albert Bassermann, German actor (d. 1952)
1869 – Ben Viljoen, South African Boer general and circus act (d. 1917)
1870 – Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian writer, pilot, explorer and adventurer (d. 1938)
1870 – Thomas Curtis, American athlete (d. 1944)
1876 – C.J. Dennis, Australian poet and writer (d. 1938)
1877 – Mike O'Neill, Irish baseball player (d. 1959)
1885 – Elinor Wylie, American poet and novelist (d. 1928)
1887 – Edith Sitwell, British poet and critic (d. 1964)
1908 – Paul Brown, American football coach and executive (d. 1991)
1908 – Michael DeBakey, American cardiac surgeon (d. 2008)
1909 – Elia Kazan, Greek-born American film and theater director (d. 2003)
1911 – Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian Communist leader during the Cold War (d. 1998)
1912 – David Packard, American electrical engineer and businessman (d. 1996)
1913 – Anthony Quayle, British actor and director (d. 1989)
1914 – Graeme Bell, Australian pianist and composer
1914 – James Van Allen, American space scientist (d. 2006)
1917 – John Cornforth, Australian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1917 – Jacob Lawrence, American painter (d. 2000)
1919 – Alberic Schotte, Belgian cyclist (d. 2004)
1920 – Al Caiola, American guitarist
1921 – Josep Lluís Núñez, Spanish President of FC Barcelona (1978 – 2000)
1922 – Lucien Jarraud, Canadian radio host (d. 2007)
1923 – Peter Lawford, British-born American actor (d. 1984)
1925 – Allan Blakeney, Canadian politician
1926 – Erich Juskowiak, German footballer (d. 1983)
1926 – Don Messick, American voice actor (d. 1997)
1927 – Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, French Canadian judge
1927 – Eric Hill, British children's Author
1930 – Sonny Rollins, American jazz saxophonist
1930 – Baudouin I, King of the Belgians (d. 1993)
1934 – Little Milton, American musician (d. 2005)
1934 – Omar Karami, Prime Minister of Lebanon
1934 – Mary Bauermeister, German artist
1936 – Buddy Holly, American singer (The Crickets) (d. 1959)
1936 – Apostolos Kaklamanis, Greek politician
1937 – John Phillip Law, American actor (d. 2008)
1937 – Cüneyt Arkın, Turkish film actor
1937 – Oleg Lobov, Prime Minister of Russia
1940 – Dario Argento, Italian film director
1942 – Alan Oakes, British Footballer
1943 – Lena Valaitis, Lithuanian-German Schlager singer
1943 – Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada
1944 – Bertel Haarder, Danish politician
1944 – Earl "the Goat" Manigault, American basketball player (d. 1998)
1945 – Jacques Lemaire, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1946 – Willie Crawford, American baseball player (d. 2004)
1949 – Gloria Gaynor, American singer
1949 – Barry Siegel, American journalist
1950 – Julie Kavner, American actress
1951 – Morris Albert, Brazilian singer
1951 – Chrissie Hynde, American guitarist and singer (The Pretenders)
1951 – Mark Isham, American composer
1952 – Susan Blakely, American actress
1952 – Ricardo Tormo, Spanish motocyclist (d. 1998)
1953 – Benmont Tench, American keyboardist
1954 – Corbin Bernsen, American actor
1954 – Michael Emerson, American actor
1955 – Efim Zelmanov, Russian mathematician
1955 – Mira Furlan, Croatian actress
1956 – Byron Stevenson, British footballer (d. 2007)
1956 – Diane Warren, American song writer
1957 – Jermaine Stewart, American pop singer (Shalamar and Culture Club) (d. 1997)
1960 – Andrew Voss, Australian television personality
1961 – LeRoi Moore, American Saxophonist (Dave Matthews Band) (d. 2008)
1961 – Jean-Yves Thibaudet, French Pianist
1962 – Jennifer Egan, American novelist
1963 – Eazy-E, American rapper (N.W.A.) (d. 1995)
1965 – Andreas Thom, German footballer
1965 – Uta Pippig, German athlete
1965 – Darko Pančev, Macedonian footballer
1965 – Angela Gheorghiu, Romanian opera singer
1967 – Toby Jones, British actor
1969 – Darren Bragg, American baseball player
1969 – Angie Everhart, American model and actress
1969 – Diane Farr, American actress (Numb3rs)
1969 – Rudy Galindo, American skater figure
1970 – Tom Everett Scott, American actor
1970 – Jason Giambi, American baseball player
1971 – Briana Scurry, American soccer player
1972 – Jason Isringhausen, American baseball player
1972 – Slug, American rapper (Atmosphere)
1973 – Shannon Elizabeth, American actress
1974 – Mario Frick, Liechtensteiner footballer
1975 – Harold Wallace, Costa Rican footballer
1975 – Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle road racer (d. 2007)
1976 – Oliver Hudson, American actor
1977 – Nora Greenwald, American professional wrestler
1977 – Gianluca Grava, Italian footballer
1977 – Jon Macken, British Footballer
1978 – Matt Cooke, Canadian ice hockey player
1978 – Devon Sawa, Canadian actor
1978 – Erwin Koen, Dutch footballer
1979 – Pavol Hochschorner and Peter Hochschorner – Slovak slalom canoers
1979 – Brian Stokes, American baseball player
1979 – Owen Pallett, Canadian musician (Final Fantasy)
1980 – Mark Prior, American baseball player
1980 – Gabriel Milito, Argentine footballer
1980 – Javad Nekounam, Iranian footballer
1980 – Sara Carrigan, Australian cyclist
1981 – Paul McCoy, American musician (lead singer of 12 Stones)
1981 – Gökhan Zan, Turkish footballer
1982 – Andre Dirrell, American boxer
1983 – Pops Mensah-Bonsu, British basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks
1983 – Annette Dytrt, German skater figure
1983 – Philip Deignan, Irish cyclist
1983 – Mehmet Topuz, Turkisher footballer
1984 – Vera Zvonareva, Russian tennis player
1984 – Farveez Maharoof, Sri Lankan cricketer
1985 – Rafinha, Brazilian footballer
1985 – Adam Eckersley, English footballer
1986 – Colin Delaney, American professional wrestler
1987 – Evan Rachel Wood, American actress
1987 – Aleksandra Wozniak, Canadian tennis player
1988 – Kevin Love, American basketball player
1990 – Tanja Kolbe, German ice dancer

Deaths

355 – Claudius Silvanus, Roman usurper
1151 – Geoffrey of Anjou (b. 1113)
1312 – King Ferdinand IV of Castile (b. 1285)
1496 – King Ferdinand II of Naples (b. 1469)
1552 – Guru Angad Dev, second Sikh Guru (b. 1504)
1559 – Robert Estienne, French printer (b. 1503)
1632 – Emperor Susenyos of Ethiopia
1644 – Guido Bentivoglio, Italian statesman (b. 1579)
1654 – Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller, Bohemian rabbi (b. 1579)
1655 – François Tristan l'Hermite, French dramatist (b. 1601)
1657 – Arvid Wittenberg, Swedish count, field marshal and privy councilor (b. 1606)
1719 – John Harris, English writer
1729 – William Burnet, British-born American statesman (b. 1688)
1708 – Tekle Haymanot I of Ethiopia
1799 – Louis Guillaume Lemonnier, French botanist (b. 1717)
1809 – Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, King of Thailand (b. 1737)
1840 – Étienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre MacDonald, French marshal (b. 1765)
1881 – Sidney Lanier, American writer (b. 1842)
1891 – Lorenzo Sawyer, 9th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California (b. 1820)
1892 – John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet (b. 1807)
1920 – Simon-Napoléon Parent, politician, premier of the province of Quebec (b. 1855)
1921 – Alfred William Rich, watercolor painter (b. 1856)
1939 – Kyōka Izumi, Japanese novelist (b. 1873)
1943 – J. P. Morgan, Jr., American financier (b. 1867)
1949 – José Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter (b. 1883)
1951 – Maria Montez, Dominican actress (b. 1912)
1954 – Bud Fisher, American cartoonist (b. 1885)
1955 – Ham Fisher, American cartoonist (b. 1900)
1959 – Maurice Duplessis, Québec Prime Minister (b. 1890)
1962 – Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese novelist (b. 1892)
1962 – Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian singer (b. 1895)
1962 – Karen Blixen, Danish author (b. 1885)
1962 – Graham Walker, British motorcycle racer (b. 1897)
1965 – Catherine Dale Owen, American actress (b. 1900)
1971 – Spring Byington, American actress (b. 1886)
1978 – Keith Moon, English drummer (The Who) (b. 1946)
1982 – Ken Boyer, American baseball player (b. 1931)
1984 – Joe Cronin, American baseball manager and executive (b. 1906)
1990 – Earle E. Partridge, United States Air Force general (b. 1900)
1991 – Edwin McMillan, American physicist (b. 1907)
1994 – James Clavell, Australian-born American author (b. 1924)
1994 – Dennis Morgan, American actor (b. 1908)
1994 – Godfrey Quigley, British actor (b. 1923)
1994 – Terence Young, British film director (b. 1915)
1997 – Mobutu Sese Seko, dictator of Zaire (b. 1930)
1999 – Jim Keith, American conspiracy theorist (b. 1949)
2001 – Spede Pasanen, Finnish television personality (b. 1930)
2001 – Billie Lou Watt, American actress (b. 1924)
2002 – Cyrinda Foxe, American model (b. 1952)
2002 – Katrin Cartlidge, British actress (b. 1961)
2002 – Erma Franklin, American singer (b. 1938)
2002 – Uziel Gal, Israeli firearm designer (b. 1923)
2003 – The Great Antonio, Canadian eccentric (b. 1925)
2003 – Warren Zevon, American musician (b. 1947)
2004 – Bob Boyd, American baseball player (b. 1925)
2005 – Sergio Endrigo, Italian singer (b. 1933)
2005 – Hope Garber, Canadian actress (b. c. 1924)
2008 – Dino Dvornik, Croatian singer (b. 1964)
2008 – Don Haskins, American College Basketball coach (b. 1930)
2008 – Nagi Noda, Japanese pop artist and director (b. 1973)
2008 – Ilarion Ciobanu, Romanian actor (b. 1931)

Holidays and observances

RC Saints – Saint Regina; Saint Evurtius (Heortius), St. Cloud (Clodoald), Saint Gratus of Aosta, Saint Anastasius the Fuller
Also see September 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
Brazil – Independence day (from Portugal, 1822).
Aydın Turkey – Independence day 1922
Pakistan – Defence Day (Pak-Air-Force Day) Since 1971
Mozambique – Victory Day

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RC Saints

Saint Traxxus, Sainted Team Associated, and Saint Losi

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Happy Tuesday/4 day week!

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September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 114 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

70 – Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem.
1264 – The Statute of Kalisz, guaranteeing Jews safety and personal liberties and giving battei din jurisdiction over Jewish matters, is promulgated by Boleslaus the Pious, Duke of Greater Poland.
1331 – Stefan Dušan declares himself king of Serbia
1380 – Battle of Kulikovo – Russian forces defeat a mixed army of Tatars and Mongols, stopping their advance.
1449 – Battle of Tumu Fortress – Mongolians capture the Chinese emperor.
1504 – Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Florence.
1514 – Battle of Orsha – in one of the biggest battles of the century, Lithuanians and Poles defeat the Russian army.
1565 – Pedro Menéndez de Avilés settles St. Augustine, Florida.
1565 – The Knights of Malta lift the Turkish siege of Malta that started on May 18.
1727 – A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell in Cambridgeshire, England kills 78 people, many of whom are children.
1755 – French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George.
1756 – French and Indian War: Kittanning Expedition.
1761 – Marriage of George III of the United Kingdom to Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
1793 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Hondschoote.
1796 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Bassano – French forces defeat Austrian troops at Bassano del Grappa.
1810 – The Tonquin sets sail from New York Harbor with 33 employees of John Jacob Astor's newly created Pacific Fur Company on board. After a six-month journey around the tip of South America, the ship arrives at the mouth of the Columbia River and Astor's men establish the fur-trading town of Astoria, Oregon.
1831 – William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
1863 – American Civil War: Second Battle of Sabine Pass – on the Texas-Louisiana border at the mouth of the Sabine River, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.
1888 – In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
1888 – In England the first six Football League matches ever are played.
1900 – Galveston Hurricane of 1900: a powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
1914 – World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
1921 – 16-year-old Margaret Gorman wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.
1923 – Honda Point Disaster: nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost.
1926 – Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
1930 – 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape.
1934 – Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SS Morro Castle kills 135 people.
1935 – US Senator from Louisiana, Huey Long, nicknamed "Kingfish", is fatally shot in the Louisiana capitol building.
1941 – World War II: Siege of Leningrad begins. German forces begin a siege against the Soviet Union's second-largest city, Leningrad.
1943 – World War II: The O.B.S. (German General Headquarters for the Mediterranean zone) in Frascati is bombed by USAAF.
1943 – World War II: United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower publicly announces the Allied armistice with Italy.
1944 – World War II: London is hit by a V2 rocket for the first time.
1944 – World War II: Menton is liberated from Germany.
1945 – Cold War: United States troops arrive to partition the southern part of Korea in response to Soviet troops occupying the northern part of the peninsula a month earlier.
1951 – Treaty of San Francisco: In San Francisco, California, 48 nations sign a peace treaty with Japan in formal recognition of the end of the Pacific War.
1954 – The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
1959 – The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is established.
1960 – In Huntsville, Alabama, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA had already activated the facility on July 1).
1962 – Newly independent Algeria, by referendum, adopts a Constitution.
1962 – Last run of the famous Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, 9F locomotive 92220 'Evening Star'
1966 – The Severn Bridge is officially opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
1966 – The first Star Trek series premieres on NBC.
1967 – The formal end of steam traction in the North East of England by British Railways.
1968 – The Beatles perform their last live TV performance on the David Frost show. They perform their new hit Hey Jude.
1970 – Hijacking (and subsequent destruction) of three airliners to Jordan by Palestinians; the events to follow would later become known as Black September
1971 – In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass.
1974 – Watergate Scandal: US President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.
1975 – Gays in the military: US Air Force Tech Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, appears in his Air Force uniform on the cover of Time magazine with the headline "I Am A Homosexual". He is later given a general discharge.
1991 – Republic of Macedonia becomes independent.
1994 – A USAir Boeing 737 crashes in Hopewell Township, Pennsylvania, near the city of Aliquippa.
1998 – Mark McGwire hits his 62nd home run of the season off of Steve Trachsel (Chicago Cubs), breaking Roger Maris' long standing record of 61.
1999 – United States Attorney General Janet Reno names former Senator John Danforth to head an independent investigation of the 1993 fire at the Branch Davidian church near Waco, Texas in response to revelations in the film Waco: The Rules of Engagement contradicting the official government stories.
2004 – The NASA unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.
2005 – Two EMERCOM Il-76 aircraft land at a disaster aid staging area at Little Rock Air Force Base; the first time Russia has flown such a mission to North America.

Births

801 – Ansgar, German Christian archbishop (d. 865)
828 – Ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (d. 868)
1157 – King Richard I of England (d. 1199)
1207 – King Sancho II of Portugal (d. 1248)
1271 – Charles Martel d'Anjou, son of Charles II of Naples (d. 1295)
1380 – Saint Bernardino of Siena, Italian Franciscan missionary (d. 1444)
1474 – Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (d. 1533)
1515 – Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (d. 1585)
1588 – Marin Mersenne, French mathematician (d. 1648)
1611 – Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (d. 1671)
1621 – Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, French general (d. 1686)
1633 – Ferdinand IV of Germany (d. 1654)
1672 – Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer (d. 1703)
1742 – Ozias Humphrey, English artist (d. 1810)
1749 – Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac, French aristocrat (d. 1793)
1749 – Marie-Louise, princesse de Lamballe, Italian-born French aristocrat (d. 1792)
1778 – Clemens Brentano, German poet (d. 1842)
1783 – Nicolai Grundtvig, Danish writer and philosopher (d. 1872)
1804 – Eduard Mörike, German poet (d. 1875)
1814 – Charles-Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French writer and historian (d. 1874)
1824 – Jaime Nunó, Spanish composer (d. 1908)
1828 – Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, American Civil War soldier (d. 1914)
1828 – Clarence Cook, American writer and art critic (d. 1900)
1830 – Frédéric Mistral, French poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1914)
1841 – Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer (d. 1904)
1841 – Charles J. Guiteau, American assassin of James A. Garfield (d. 1882)
1852 – Emperor Gwangmu of Korea (d. 1919)
1857 – Georg Michaelis, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1936)
1873 – Alfred Jarry, French playwright (d. 1907)
1873 – David O. McKay, ninth president of The Church of of Latter-day Saints (d. 1970)
1881 – Harry Hillman, American athlete (d. 1945)
1884 – Théodore Pilette, Belgian racing driver (d. 1921)
1886 – Siegfried Sassoon, English poet (d. 1967)
1887 – Prince George of Yugoslavia (d. 1972)
1889 – Robert Alphonso Taft, American politician (d. 1953)
1895 – Sara García, Mexican actress (d. 1980)
1896 – Howard Dietz, American lyricist and librettist (d. 1983)
1897 – Jimmie Rodgers, American singer and composer (d. 1933)
1901 – Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, South African politician (d. 1966)
1910 – Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director (d. 1994)
1914 – Sir Denys Lasdun, English architect (d. 2001)
1915 – Frank Cady, American actor
1915 – Frank Pullen, English businessman and racehorse owner (d. 1992)
1918 – Derek Harold Richard Barton, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
1919 – Gianni Brera, Italian journalist and writer (d. 1992)
1921 – Harry Secombe, Welsh entertainer (d. 2001)
1922 – Sid Caesar, American comedian
1922 – Lyndon LaRouche, American politician
1924 – Mimi Parent, Canadian painter (d. 2005)
1924 – Marie-Claire Kirkland, Quebec politician
1924 – Grace Metalious, American novelist (d. 1964)
1925 – Peter Sellers, English actor (d. 1980)
1927 – Harlan Howard, American country music songwriter (d. 2002)
1929 – Christoph von Dohnanyi, German conductor
1929 – Roger Byrne, English footballer (d. 1958)
1930 – Nguyen Cao Ky, South Vietnamese politician
1930 – Mario Adorf, Swiss-born German actor
1931 – John Garrett, British politician (d. 2007)
1932 – Patsy Cline, American singer (d. 1963)
1933 – Asha Bhosle, Indian singer
1933 – Paul M. Fleiss, American pediatrician; father of Heidi Fleiss
1933 – Michael Frayn, British playwright
1933 – Eric Salzman, American composer
1934 – Rodrigue Biron, Canadian politician
1934 – Peter Maxwell Davies, British composer
1937 – Barbara Frum, Canadian news anchor (d. 1992)
1937 – Virna Lisi, Italian actress
1937 – Sam Nunn, American politician
1938 – Kenichi Horie, Japanese adventurer
1939 – Carsten Keller, German field hockey player
1939 – Guitar Shorty, American musician
1940 – Quentin L. Cook, LDS apostle
1941 – Bernie Sanders, American politician
1942 – Brian Cole, American musician (The Association) (d. 1972)
1943 – Adelaide C. Eckardt, American politician
1944 – Terry Jenner, Australian cricketer
1945 – Ron Pigpen McKernan, American musician (Grateful Dead) (d. 1973)
1945 – Rogie Vachon, Canadian ice hockey player
1946 – L.C. Greenwood, American football player
1947 – Ann Beattie, American writer
1947 – Valery Afanassiev, Russian pianist
1947 – Benjamin Orr, American bassist and singer (The Cars) (d. 2000)
1947 – Halldor Asgrimsson, former Prime Minister of Iceland
1948 – Jean-Pierre Monseré, Belgian cyclist (d. 1971)
1948 – Great Kabuki, Japanese professional wrestler
1950 – Zachary Richard, American singer and songwriter
1950 – Mike Simpson, American politician
1951 – Nikos Karvelas, Greek composer
1953 – Stu Ungar, American Legendary Gambler, 3 Time World Series Of Poker Main Event Winner (d. 1998)
1954 – Anne Diamond, English television presenter
1954 – Mark Foley, American politician
1954 – Michael Shermer, American science writer
1955 – Terry Tempest Williams, American author and environmentalist
1956 – Frank Tovey, British musician (d. 2002)
1956 – Maurice Cheeks, American basketball player and coach
1957 – Heather Thomas, American actress
1958 – Michael Lardie, American musician
1958 – Mitsuru Miyamoto, Japanese voice actor
1959 – Daler Nazarov, Tajik composer and actor
1960 – Aimee Mann, American musician
1960 – Stefano Casiraghi, Italian businessman; husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco (d. 1990)
1960 – David Steele, English musician
1960 – Aguri Suzuki, Japanese racing driver
1961 – Paul Zanetti, Australian political cartoonist
1962 – Sergio Casal, Spanish tennis player
1962 – Christopher Klim, American novelist
1962 – Thomas Kretschmann, German actor
1963 – Li Ning, Chinese gymnast
1963 – Brad Silberling, American television and film director
1963 – Hitoshi Matsumoto, Japanese comedian
1964 – Michael Johns, American business executive
1964 – Scott Levy, American professional wrestler
1964 – Joachim Nielsen, Norwegian musician (d. 2000)
1965 – Darlene Zschech, Australian Christian Singer
1966 – Carola, Swedish singer
1966 – Peter Furler, Australian musician (Newsboys)
1967 – Kimberly Peirce, American film director
1969 – Gary Speed, Welsh footballer
1969 – Oswaldo Ibarra, Ecuadorian footballer
1969 – Lars Bohinen, Norwegian footballer
1970 – Neko Case, American musician
1970 – Latrell Sprewell, American basketball player
1970 – Yuji Nishizawa, Japanese hijacker
1970 – Andy Ward, Irish rugby player
1971 – Brooke Burke, American model
1971 – Daniel Petrov, Bulgarian boxer
1971 – David Arquette, American actor
1971 – Martin Freeman, English actor
1971 – Pierre Sévigny, French-Canadian ice hockey player
1971 – Dustin O'Halloran, American pianist and composer
1971 – Vico C (Luis Armando Lozada Cruz), American (Puerto Rican) musician
1972 – Markus Babbel, German footballer
1972 – Os du Randt, South African rugby player
1972 – Giovanni Frezza, Italian actor
1972 – Lisa Kennedy, American television personality
1972 – Tomokazu Seki, Japanese voice actor
1972 – Phil Laak, Irish-born American professional poker player
1973 – Khamis Al-Owairan, Saudi Arabian footballer
1974 – Braulio Luna, Mexican footballer
1974 – Tanaz Eshaghian, Iranian-born American documentarian
1975 – Richard Hughes, English musician (Keane)
1975 – Elena Likhovtseva, Russian tennis player
1975 – Larenz Tate, American actor
1975 – Lee Eul-Yong, South Korean footballer
1975 – Chris Latham, Australian rugby player
1976 – Sjeng Schalken, Dutch tennis player
1976 – Gerald Drummond and Jervis Drummond, Costa Rican footballers
1976 – Brendan Kelly, American musician (The Lawrence Arms)
1976 – Sarah Kucserka, American screenwriter
1977 – Jay McKee, Canadian hockey player
1978 – Gerard Autet, Spanish footballer
1978 – Gil Meche, American baseball player
1978 – Angela Rawlings, Canadian-American author and performer
1979 – Pink, American singer
1980 – Teruyuki Moniwa, Japanese footballer
1980 – Slim Thug, American rapper
1981 – Morten Gamst Pedersen, Norwegian footballer
1981 – Jonathan Taylor Thomas, American actor
1983 – Wali Lundy, American football player
1983 – Diego Benaglio, Swiss footballer
1983 – Will Blalock, American basketball player
1983 – Chris Judd, Australian football player
1983 – Lewis Roberts-Thompson, Australian footballer
1984 – Vitaly Petrov, Russian racing driver
1984 – Peter Whittingham, English footballer
1984 – Bobby Parnell, Pitcher for the New York Mets
1985 – Yendi Phillips, Jamaican beauty pageant contestant
1986 – João Moutinho, Portuguese footballer
1986 – Matt Grothe, American football player
1987 – Wiz Khalifa, American hip-hop artist
1988 – Caitlin Hill, Australian internet personality
1988 – Arrelious Benn, American football player
1988 – Chantal Jones, American fashion model
1990 – Matt Barkley, American football player
1996 – Krystal Reyes, Filipina actress
1997 – Kimberlea Berg, English actress

Deaths

701 – Pope Sergius I
780 – Leo IV, Byzantine Emperor
1397 – Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester.
1425 – King Charles III of Navarre (b. 1361)
1539 – John Stokesley, English churchman
1560 – Amy Robsart, English noblewoman (b. 1534)
1601 – John Shakespeare, father of William Shakespeare (b. 1530)
1603 – George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon, English politician (b. 1547)
1613 – Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (b. 1566)
1637 – Robert Fludd, English mystic (b. 1574)
1644 – Francis Quarles, English poet (b. 1592)
1644 – John Coke, English politician (b. 1563)
1645 – Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish writer (b. 1580)
1656 – Joseph Hall, English bishop and writer (b. 1574)
1675 – Amalia of Solms-Braunfels, countess of Solms-Braunfels (b. 1602)
1682 – Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (b. 1606)
1721 – Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b. 1686)
1739 – Yuri Troubetzkoy, Governor of Belgorod (b. 1668)
1755 – Ephraim Williams, American philanthropist (b. 1715)
1761 – Bernard Forest de Bélidor, French engineer (b. 1698)
1780 – Enoch Poor, American Continental Army general (b. 1736)
1784 – Ann Lee, American religious leader (b. 1736)
1811 – Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist (b. 1741)
1831 – John Aitken, Scottish-born music publisher (b. 1745)
1853 – Frédéric Ozanam, founder of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (b. 1813)
1882 – Joseph Liouville, French mathematician (b. 1809)
1888 – Annie Chapman, widely believed to be the second victim of Jack the Ripper (b. 1841)
1894 – Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician (b. 1821)
1933 – King Faysal I of Iraq (b. 1883)
1943 – Julius Fucik, Czech journalist (executed) (b. 1903)
1944 – Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor (b.1881)
1948 – Thomas Mofolo, Lesotho writer (b. 1876)
1949 – Richard Strauss, German composer (b. 1864)
1965 – Dorothy Dandridge, American actress (b. 1922)
1965 – Hermann Staudinger, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
1969 – Bud Collyer, American television game show host (b. 1908)
1969 – Alexandra David-Néel, French explorer and writer (b. 1868)
1970 – Percy Spencer, inventor of the microwave oven, (b. 1894)
1977 – Zero Mostel, American actor (b. 1915)
1979 – Jean Seberg, American actress (b. 1938)
1980 – Willard Libby, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
1981 – Roy Wilkins, American civil rights activist (b. 1901)
1981 – Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
1983 – Antonin Magne, French cyclist (b. 1904)
1985 – John Franklin Enders, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1887)
1991 – Alex North, American composer (b. 1910)
1999 – Moondog, American composer, musician and poet (b. 1916)
2002 – Laurie Williams, West Indian cricketer (b. 1968)
2003 – Jaclyn Linetsky, Canadian voice actress (b. 1986)
2003 – Leni Riefenstahl, German film director (b. 1902)
2004 – Frank Thomas, American animator (b. 1913)
2005 – Noel Cantwell, Irish cricketer and footballer (b. 1932)
2006 – Hilda Bernstein, English-born South African author, artist, and activist (b. 1915)
2006 – Peter Brock, Australian racecar driver (b. 1945)
2006 – Frank Middlemass, actor (b. 1919)
2006 – Erk Russell, American football coach (b. 1923)
2007 – Ramón Cardemil, Chilean huaso (b. 1917)
2008 – Evan Tanner, UFC Champion (b. 1971)
2008 – Ahn Jae-hwan, South Korean actor (b. 1972)

Holidays and observances

1551 – The foundation day in Vitória, Brazil
Andorra – National day: Mare de Deu de Meritxell.
Bahá'í Faith – Feast of 'Izzat (Might) – First day of the tenth month of the Bahá'í calendar.
Macedonia – Independence day (from Yugoslavia, 1991).
Malta – Feast of Our Lady of Victories (il-Vittorja); anniversary of the 1565 victory of the Knights of Malta over the Ottoman Empire; anniversary of the 1943 surrender of Italy to the Allied forces, marking the end of World War II hostilities on Malta.
Fiestas de Santa Fe in New Mexico, USA.
International Literacy Day
Rhodri Day in Jersey, Channel Islands
Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia
Birth of Mary (mother of Jesus)
Feastday of Our Lady of Charity
Pope Sergius I
National Day in North Korea

[Krandall]

1998 – Mark McGwire hits his 62nd home run of the season off of Steve Trachsel (Chicago Cubs), breaking Roger Maris' long standing record of 61.

Woot for drugs.....



Drive into work today was crap. All the school busses back on the road.