Today in History for September 1935

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 19 of 19

2nd - A hurricane slams Florida Keys killing 423
3rd - 1st automobile to exceed 300 mph, Sir Malcolm Campbell (301.337 mph)
3rd - Andrew Varipapa sets bowling record of 2,652 points in 10 games
8th - Willy de Supervise swims runs world record 200 m freestyle (2:25.2)
11th - 49th US Womens Tennis: H H Jacobs beats Sarah H Palfrey Fabyan (62 64)
11th - US captures Davis Cup for 7th straight year
12th - 55th US Mens Tennis: Wilmer L Allison beats Sidney B Wood (62 62 63)
12th - Millionaire Howard Hughes flies his own designed plane at 352.46 mph
13th - Rockslide near Whirlpool Rapids Bridge ends the Great Gorge and International Railway.
15th - Nuremberg Laws deprives German Jews of citizenship & makes swastika official symbol of Nazi Germany
17th - Manuel Luis Quezón y Molina chosen 1st president of Philippines
20th - Pitts Crawfords beat NY Cubans to win Negro NL Championship, 3-0
22nd - Boston Braves lose NL record 110th game of year en route to 115
24th - Earl Bascom and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights at Columbia, Mississippi
25th - Maxwell Anderson's "Winterset," premieres in NYC
27th - Chicago Cubs win 21st consecutive game & clinch NL pennant
29th - 5th Ryder Cup: US wins, 9-3 at Ridgewood Country Club (Ridgewood, New Jersey, US)
30th - Gershwin's "Porgy & Bess" premieres in Boston
30th - The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 52 of 52

1st - Seiji Ozawa, Hoten Manchuria, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
2nd - Jim Moody, (Rep-D-WI, 1983- )
3rd - Eileen Brennan, LA California, actress (Laugh-In, Pvt Benjamin)
3rd - Otto Ketting, trumpeter/composer (Passacaglia)
5th - Helen Gifford, composer
5th - Mikhail Ivanovich Lisun, Russia, cosmonaut
5th - Werner Erhard, Phila, founded EST
6th - Bob Bouber, [Boris Blom], Dutch singer (ZZ & Masks)/actor
6th - Jock Wallace, soccer star/manager
7th - Abdou Diouf, president of Senegal (1981- )
7th - Don Messick, Buffalo NY, cartoon voice (Astro-Jetsons, Bamm Bamm)
8th - James Clay, saxophonist
9th - [Chaim] Topol, Tel Aviv Israel, actor (Fiddler on the Roof)
9th - Gopal Baratham, Singaporean author
10th - John Palmer, Kingsport Tenn, news anchor (NBC Weekend News)
10th - Paul van Vliet, Dutch cabaret performer
10th - Mary Oliver, American poet
11th - Arvo Part, composer
11th - Gherman Stepanovich Titov, USSR, cosmonaut (Vostok II)
12th - Allan B Swift, (Rep-D-Washington, 1979- )
12th - Richard H Hunt, Chicago, sculptor (Pyramidal Construction)
14th - Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese cartoonist (d. 2008)
15th - Jacques d'Ancona, journalist/TV host (Sound-Mix Show)
16th - Carl Andre, US sculptor (minimal/conceptual art)
16th - Bob Kiley, American public transit specialist
17th - Ken Kesey, author (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
17th - Timothy Bavin, Bishop of Portsmouth
19th - Esmond Bulmer, English cider brewer/Conservative Lower house leader
19th - Nick Massi, Newark NJ, rocker (4 Seasons-Sherry)
19th - Robert Kruger, (Sen-D Texas)
19th - Thomas W Ewing, (Rep-R-Illinois)
19th - Benjamin Hacker, American naval aviator (d. 2003)
20th - Keith J Roberts, England, writer (Irish Encounter, Ladies from Hell)
20th - Lubos Fiser, composer
20th - David Pegg, English footballer (d. 1958)
21st - Henry Gibson, Germantown Pa, comedian (Nashville, Laugh-In's poet)
21st - Jimmy Armfield, Former English Footballer and Manager
22nd - Harriet King, US, fencing (Olympic-1972)
23rd - Pierre Marietan, composer
24th - Barbara Brilliant, TV host/producer
24th - Lawrence Urquhart, CEO (Burmah Castrol)
24th - Sean McCann, Canadian actor
26th - Bob Barber, cricketer (dashing England lefty bat in 28 Tests 1960-68)
26th - Joe Sherlock, Irish Labour Party politician (d. 2007)
27th - Jerome Shipp, US, basketball (Olympic-gold-1964)
28th - Bruce Crampton, Sydney Australia, PGA golfer (1961 Milwaukee Open)
28th - Heather Sears, London England, actress (Room at the Top)
28th - Koko Taylor, [Cora Walton], US vocalist (Queen of the Blues)
29th - David Hannay, diplomat
Country Singer Jerry Lee Lewis (29th) 29th - Jerry Lee Lewis, Feriday La, country singer (Whole Lotta Shakin')
30th - Jill Corey, Avonmore Pa, singer (Your Hit Parade)
30th - Johnny Mathis, SF, voclaist (Chances Are, 12th of Never)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 9 of 9

3rd - Johannes Aengenent, bishop of Haarlem (1928-35), dies at 62
8th - Carl Austin Weiss, murderer of Sen Huey Long, shot down
8th - Huey P Long, (Sen-La) assassinated at Baton Rouge Capitol building
19th - Jules M Cambron, French gov-gen to Algeria/ambassador, dies
19th - Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky, Russian rocket scientist (b. 1857)
22nd - Karl Schroder, composer, dies at 86
26th - Andy Adams, US writer (Cattle fire), dies at 76
27th - Alan Gray, composer, dies at 79
28th - W.K. Dickson, Scottish inventor (b. 1860)