Today in History for September 1945

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 34 of 34

1st - Japan surrenders ending WW II (US date, 9/2 in Japan)
1st - Phillies Vince DiMaggio ties NL record with 4th grand slam of season
2nd - 59th US Womens Tennis: Sarah P Cooke beats Pauline Betz (36 86 64)
2nd - Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam independence from France (National Day)
2nd - V-J Day; formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri (WW II ends)
3rd - 65th US Mens Tennis: Sgt Frank A Parker beats Wm Talbert (14-12 61 62)
3rd - Japanese forces in Philippines surrender to Allies
4th - Ruben Fine wins 4 simultaneous rapid chess games blindfolded
4th - US regains possession of Wake Island from Japan
6th - A's catcher George George punches ump Joe Rue gets suspended
7th - Japanese at Rioekioe-islands surrender
7th - Joe Kuhel hits inside-the-park HR, only HR hit by a Senator all season at Washington's Griffith Stadium
8th - US invades Japanese-held Korea
8th - Hideki Tojo, Japanese PM during most of WW II, attempts suicide rather than face war crimes tribunal attempt fails, later he is hanged
9th - Japanese in S Korea, Taiwan, China, Indochina surrender to Allies
9th - Jimmie Foxx hits his 534th & final HR
9th - Phila A's Dick Fowler no-hits St Louis Brown, 1-0
9th - 1st "bug" in a computer program discovered by Grace Hopper, a moth was removed with tweasers from a relay & taped into the log
10th - KLS-AM in Oakland Ca changes call letters to KWBR (now KDIA)
10th - Vidkun Quisling sentenced to death for collaborating with Nazis
10th - Mike the Headless Chicken is decapitated; he survives for another 18 months before choking to death.
15th - A hurricane in southern Florida and the Bahamas destroys 366 planes and 25 blimps at NAS Richmond.
16th - Barometric pressure at 856 mb (25.55") off Okinawa (record low)
18th - 1000 whites walk out of Gary Ind schools to protest integration
19th - Kim Il Sung arrives in harbor of Wonsan, Korea
19th - Lord Haw Haw (William Joyce) sentenced to death in London
20th - German rocket engineers begin work in US
26th - All old Dutch banknotes declared invalid
28th - "Mildred Price" starring Joan Crawford opens at Strand
28th - Canadian football's Calgary Bronks changes its name to Stampeders
28th - Robert T Duncan appears as Tonio in "I Pagliacci"
29th - Cubs clinch NL pennant
30th - Hank Greenberg's final day HR wins pennant for Tigers
30th - Bourne End rail crash, Hertfordshire, England killed 43

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 63 of 63

1st - Mustafa Balel, Turkish writer
3rd - George Biondo, rocker (Steppenwolf)
3rd - Mike Harrison, keyboardist (Spooky Tooth-It's All About)
4th - Daniel Wood Gatton, guitarist
5th - Al Stewart, Glasgow Scotland, rocker (Year of the Cat)
7th - Luis Aravena Munoz, Chilean singer/exiled in Netherlands
8th - Kelly Groucutt, rocker
8th - Rogie Vachon, Quebec, NHL goalie (Canadiens, Kings, Vezina-1968)
8th - Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, California, rocker (Grateful Dead, Grass Roots)
9th - Dee Dee Sharpe, [Dione Larue], US singer (I Love You Anyway)
9th - Omukama Patrick David Matthew Olimi Kaboyo II, king of Toro
9th - Dee Dee Sharp, American R&B singer
10th - Jose Feliciano, Lares, Puerto Rican singer/songwriter (Light my Fire)
10th - Rein van den Broek, Dutch trumpeteer (Ekseption)
10th - Richard M Mullane, Tx, USAF/astro (STS 41-D, STS-27, STS-36)
10th - Tom Ligon, New Orleans, actor (Joyride)
11th - Leo Kottke, Athens Ga, guitarist (Ice Water, Greenhouse)
11th - Franz Beckenbauer, German footballer
12th - John Mauceri, NYC, conductor (Wash DC Opera)
12th - Maria Aitken, actress (Fish Called Wanda)
12th - Vern M Lindblad, Seattle WA, Turkologist
13th - Alain Louvier, composer
13th - Noël Godin, Belgian humorist
13th - Andres Küng, Swedish-Estonian politician, journalist (d. 2002)
14th - Martin Tyler, British sports broadcaster
15th - Jessye Norman, US, opera singer (Carmen)
15th - Carmen Maura, Spanish actress
15th - Ron Shelton, American film director
17th - Phil Jackson, Deer Lodge Montana, NBA star (Knicks)/coach (Bulls)
17th - Bruce Spence, New Zealand actor
19th - David Bromberg, Phila, musician (Demon in Disguise)
19th - Freda Payne, Detroit Mich, vocalist (Band of Gold)
19th - Jane Blalock, Portsmouth NH, LPGA golfer (1972 Colgate-Dinah Shore
19th - Lee Dorman, St Louis Mo, rock bassist (Iron Butterfly)
19th - Randolph Mantooth, Sacramento California, actor (Emergency, Loving)
20th - Laurie Spiegel, composer
21st - Bjarni V Tryggvason, Reykjavik Iceland, astronaut (STS 85)
21st - Ombrettqa Colli, Italian entertainer
21st - Richard Childress, NASCAR team owner
21st - Shaw Clifton, the 18th General of The Salvation Army
23rd - Paul Petersen, Glendale California, actor (Jeff Stone-Donna Reed Show)
23rd - Ronald Bushy, Washington DC, rock drummer (Iron Butterfly)
23rd - Igor Ivanov, Russian politician
24th - Catherine Burns, NYC, actress (Last Summer, One Life to Live, Catcher)
24th - David A[llen] Drake, US, sci-fi author (Cross the Stars, Rolling Hot)
24th - Lou Dobbs, American journalist
25th - Kathleen Brown, state treasurer (D-California, 1991- )
25th - Owen "Onnie" McIntyre, Scotland, guitarist (Average White Band)
25th - Reynold Henry Weidenaar, composer
26th - Brian Ferry, England, rocker (Roxy Music-Let's Stick Together)
26th - Louise Beaudoin, French Canadian politician
26th - Gal Costa, Brazilian singer
27th - Misha Dichter, Shanghai China, pianist (Tchaikowsy 2nd prize-1966)
27th - Jack Goldstein, Canadian-born artist (d. 2003)
27th - Kay Ryan, American poet
28th - Conny Van Dyke, Nassawadox Va, actress (Framed, Hell's Angels '69)
28th - Marielle Goitschel, Ste Maxime France, alpine skier (Olympic-gold-64)
29th - Kyriacos Sfetsas, composer
29th - Nadezhda Chizova, USSR, shot putter (Oly-gold/silv/bronze-68/72/76)
29th - Sarah Tyacke, Keeper of British Public Records
29th - Tatiana Tauer, harpist
30th - Ehud Olmert, twelfth Prime Minister of Israel
30th - Bob Lassiter, American radio personality

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 3 of 3

7th - "Star Trek" actor DeForest Kelley (25) weds Carolyn Dowling
19th - Actress Shirley Temple (17) weds actor John Agar (24) in an Episcopal ceremony at Wilshire Methodist Church
27th - Actor Richard Cromwell (35) weds actress Angela Lansbury (19) in Independence, California

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 15 of 15

1st - Jacobus W G Balfoort, Dutch actor (Heimwee, Head On), dies at 57
6th - John S Mccain, US admiral, (WW II-Pacific Ocean), dies
10th - Vaino Raitio, composer, dies at 54
15th - Anton Friedrich Wilhelm von Webern, Austrian composer, dies at 61
15th - André Tardieu, Prime Minister of France (b. 1876)
16th - John "Pa" van de Steur, philanthropist (Java), dies at 80
16th - John McCormack, Irish singer (Irish national anthem/folk songs), dies
18th - Blind Willie Johnson American blues/spiritual singer and guitarist (b. 1897)
20th - William Buehler Seabrook, Writer, journalist, occultist and explorer (b. 1884)
20th - Augusto Tasso Fragoso, Brazilian president (b. 1869)
20th - Eduard Wirths, Nazi physician at Auschwitz, commits suicide at 36
25th - Bela Bartok, composer, dies at 64
25th - Charles A Ellwood, US sociologist/psychologist, dies at 72
26th - Béla V J Bartok, Hungarian pianist/composer dies at 64
26th - R Beer-Hofmann, writer, dies at 78