Today in History for September 1925

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 19 of 19

1st - Pierre de Coubertin steps down as chairman of Intl Olympic Committee
2nd - The U.S. Zeppelin the USS Shenandoah crashes, killing 14.
3rd - 1st international handball match held
3rd - Dirigible "Shenandoah" crashed near Caldwell Ohio, 13 die
5th - 112 F (44°C), Centerville, Alabama (state record)
5th - 29th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Bobby Jones
12th - 20th Davis Cup: USA beats France in Philadelphia (5-0)
13th - 1st US University for Blacks, Xavier University, opens in New Orleans
13th - Bkln Dodger Dazzy Vance no-hits Phillies, 10-1
18th - Bill Tilden wins 6th straight US tennis championship
19th - 45th US Mens Tennis: Wm T Tilden beats Wm M Johnston (46 119 63 46 63)
22nd - Yank Ben Paschal hits 2 inside-the-park-homers
23rd - George Kaufman's "Butter & Egg Man," premieres in NYC
23rd - Washington shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh is named AL MVP
26th - 8th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at Olympia Fields CC Matteson Ill
26th - Italian sub "Sebastiano Veniero" lost off Sicily with 54 dead
29th - French Gen of Morocco, marshal Lyautey, is dismissed
29th - Greek republican constitution enforced
30th - General Pangulos disbands Greek parliament

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 55 of 55

1st - Art[hur E] Pepper, US, alto saxophonist
1st - Ruth S White, composer
1st - Art Pepper, American musician (d. 1982)
2nd - Ronnie Stevens, London England, actor (Rodney-Dick & Duchess)
2nd - Hugo Montenegro, American composer and bandleader (d. 1981)
3rd - Bengt Lindström, Swedish artist (d. 2008)
3rd - Shoista Mullodzhanova, Shashmakom singer
3rd - Hank Thompson, American singer (d. 2007)
4th - Forrest Carter, American author (d. 1979)
5th - Jos Vandeloo, Flemish journalist/playwright (Cola Drinkers)
5th - Justin Kaplan, US
6th - Jimmy Reed, Mississippi, blues singer (Soulin', Big Boss Man)
7th - Allan Blakeney, Canadian politician
8th - Alexander Nikolayevich Kholminov, composer
8th - Denise Darcel, Paris France, actress (Dangerous When Wet)
8th - Heinz Lau, composer
8th - Magnus Blondal Johansson, composer
8th - Peter Sellers, England, actor (not now, Kato, Bobo, Pink Panther), (d. 1980)
9th - Cliff Robertson, La Jolla California, actor (Charly)/spokesman for AT&T
Actor Peter Sellers (8th) 10th - Roy James Brown, New Orleans, boxer/soul singer (Good Rockin' Tonight)
11th - Ashley Heenan, composer
11th - Harry Stuart Somers, composer
12th - Dickie Moore, LA California, actor (Expert, Oliver Twist, Little Men)
12th - Stan Lopata, American baseball player
13th - Gabriel Charpentier, composer
13th - Mel Tormé, American singer (d. 1999)
14th - M L de Braauw, Dutch minister (DS'70)
14th - Ruth Mompati, S Afr sec of Nelson Mandela/W Sisulu
15th - Forrest Compton, Reading Pa, actor (Gomer Pyle USMC, Edge of Night)
15th - Carlo Rambaldi, Vigarano Mainarda, Italy, Special effects artist (Alien, E.T.), (d. 2012)
16th - B[lues] B[oy] King, Itta Bena Miss, blues singer (Thrill is Gone)
16th - Charles Haughey, Irish president (1979-81, 82, 87-92)
16th - Charlie Byrd, guitarist (Desfinado)
18th - Harvey Haddix, baseball pitcher (pitched perfect game into 12th)
20th - Ananda Mahidol, King of Thailand (d. 1946)
20th - Bobby Nunn, American singer (The Coasters) (d. 1986)
22nd - Virginia Capers, Sumter SC, actress (White Mama, Original Intent)
23rd - Barry Linehan, actor (Bullseye, Dark Places, Witchcraft)
23rd - Denis Twitchett, Cambridge scholar, and Chinese historian (d. 2006)
23rd - Eleonora Rossi Drago, Italian actress
24th - Autar Singh Paintal, Indian medical scientist (d. 2004)
25th - Silvana Pampanini, Rome Italy, actress (Day in Court, Island Sinner)
25th - William Edgar Mitchell, physicist
25th - Paul MacCready, engineer/inventor (1st man-powered aircraft)
26th - Bobby Shantz, baseball player (1952 AL MVP)
26th - Marty Robbins, Glendale Az, singer (Devil Woman, I Walk Alone)
26th - Norm Dussault, American ice hockey player
27th - Viscount Rothermere, English press magnate (Daily Mail, Evening News)
28th - Arnold Stang, Mass, comedian/actor (Broadside, Milton Berle, Top Cat)
28th - Frank Latimore, [Kline], Darien Ct, actor (Patton, Breakin Up)
28th - Seymour Cray, inventor (Cray I computer)
29th - John Balcombe, Lord Chief Justice of Appeal
29th - John Tower, (Sen-R-Tx)
29th - Trevor Hughes, water engineer
30th - Gwyn A Williams, historian/socialist

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 8 of 8

7th - John Wesley Work, composer, dies at 52
7th - René [Raphael] Viviani, French premier (1914-15), dies
16th - Leo Fall, Austria operetta composer (That Pink von Stambul), dies
16th - Leopold Fall, composer, dies at 52
16th - Alexander Alexandrovich Friedman, Russian physicist (b. 1888)
29th - E Runar Schildt, Finnish writer (Galgmannen), dies at 36
29th - Leon VA Bourgeois, French premier (1895-96, Nobel 1920), dies at 74
30th - Philip Hutchinson, cricketer (2 Tests for S Afr 1889), dies