Today in History for September 1907

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 11 of 11

7th - Sutro's ornate Cliff House in SF destroyed by fire
8th - Pius X publishes encyclical Pasceni dominici gregis (anti-modernism)
12th - Lusitania arrives in NYC after 5 day crossing of Atlantic (record)
13th - Interprovincial Rugby Football union (Big Four) forms with Hamilton Tigers, Toronto Argonauts, Ottawa Rough Riders & Montreal Foot Ball
20th - Pitts Nick Maddox no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 2-1
23rd - Proclamation sets fineness & weight of silver & bronze coins of Canada
25th - Jean Sibelius' 3rd Symphony, premieres
26th - NZ declares independence from UK
26th - New Zealand and Newfoundland each become dominions within the British Empire.
29th - Construction begins on Washington National Cathedral
30th - Cards Ed Konetchy steals home twice & Joe Delahanty also steals home for record 3 steals of home (vs Boston)

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 53 of 53

1st - Joaquin Balaguer, president Dominican Republic
1st - Walter Reuther, labor leader/president (UAW & CIO)
3rd - Andrew Brewin, Canada, lawyer/cofound New Democratic Party
3rd - Loren Eiseley, professor of Anthropology (Animal Secrets)
4th - Leo Castelli, Trieste, American art dealer
4th - Maurice Ashley, historian
5th - Sunnyland Albert Luandrew Slim, blues pianist
6th - Elizabeth Morna MacTaggart Ferrars, crime writer
6th - John A Kelly, US marathon runner (Berlin 1936, Boston 1935..1991)
7th - Ahmet Adnan Saygun, composer
8th - Buck O'Neil, Old Negro League Baseball player
8th - Gavin Muir, Chic Ill, actor (Hollister-Betty Hutton Show)
8th - Leon Askin, Vienna Austria, actor (Pierre-Charlie Farrell Show)
8th - Sid Tomack, actor (Life of Riley)
9th - Leon Edel, biographer
9th - Pinky Tomlin, Eureka Springs Ark, singer/actor (Tip-Waterfront)
10th - Alva R. Fitch, American army officer (d. 1989)
12th - Joe Lederer, Austrian actress/writer (Drei Tage Liebe)
12th - Louis MacNeice, Irish poet (d. 1963)
13th - Victor Reinganum, artist
14th - A Cecil Snyder, Chief Justice of Puerto Rico
14th - Cecil Brown, news correspondent (CBS)
15th - Fay Wray, Alberta Canada, actress-King Kong's main squeeze
15th - Jack Bailey, Hampton Iowa, TV host (Queen for a Day)
17th - Desmond Heap, authority on British planning law
17th - Helen Vinson, TX, actress (Transatlantic Tunnel, In Name Only)
17th - Warren E Burger, Minn, Supreme Court chief justice (1969-86)
18th - Edwin M McMillan, US, physicist/discoverer plutonium (Nobel prize)
19th - Lewis F Powell Jr, Va, Supreme Court justice (1972-87)
21st - Helen Foster Snow, writer
21st - Lloyd Gough, actor (Mike Axford-Green Hornet)
22nd - Philip Fotheringham-Parker, British racing driver (d. 1981)
23rd - Jarmila Novotna, soprano (Met Opera)/pres of Czechoslovakia (1957-68)
23rd - Dominique Aury, French novelist (d. 1998)
23rd - Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, heir to the throne of Portugal (d. 1976)
24th - Pierre Moulaert, composer
25th - Jan Felderhof, composer
25th - Phyllis Pearsall-Gross, British Geographer (A to Z Map Company)
25th - Robert Bresson, France, director (Pickpocket, Mouchette)
26th - Anthony F Blunt, British historian/spy for USSR
26th - Bep [Lambertus] van Klaveren, European Boxing Champ (Oly-silver-1928)
26th - Ralph Michael, London England, actor (Quest, Doctor in the House)
27th - Bernard Miles, British actor (In Which We Serve, Mermaid Theatre)
27th - Bhagat Singh, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1931)
28th - Glen "Turk" Edwards, NFL tackle (Boston/Washington Redskins)
28th - Heikki Savolainen, Finland, pommel horse gymnist (Olympic-gold-1948)
28th - Ida Turay, Budapest, actress (Deryne, Ida Regenye)
28th - John Prickett, teacher/ecumenist
28th - Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (d. 1931)
29th - Gene Autry, Tioga Tx, cowpoke/singer/actor/owner (California Angels)
29th - Michael Shepley, Plymouth England, actor (Dick & the Duchess)
29th - Richard Harkness, Artesian SD, newscaster (Story of the Week, NBC)
30th - Arnold Elston, composer

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 6 of 6

4th - Edvard Grieg, composer, dies at 64
4th - Edvard Hagerup Grieg, Norwegian composer (Peer Gynt Suite), dies at 64
7th - R F Armand Sully-Prudhomme, French poet (Poesies, Nobel 1901), dies
9th - Ernest Roland Wilberforce, English bishop (b. 1840)
17th - Ignaz Brull, composer, dies at 60
28th - Frederich I W L, Grand Duke of Baden (1856-1907), dies at 81