Today in History for September 2010

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 2 of 2

4th - Canterbury earthquake: a 7.1 magnitude earthquake which struck the South Island of New Zealand at 4:35 am causing widespread damage and several power outages.
17th - The 54 year run of the soap opera As the World Turns ends as its final episode is broadcast.

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 4 of 4

18th - Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder (45) weds model Jill McCormick (32) in Hawaii
25th - Actress Emily Deschanel (33) weds writer-actor David Hornsby (34) in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles
25th - PayPal founder Elon Musk (39) weds actress Talulah Riley (24) at Dornoch Cathedral in Scotland
25th - Charlie Sheen's daughter Cassandra Estevez (25) weds Casey Huffman (27) in Santa Barbara, California

Famous Divorces

Divorces 1 - 2 of 2

3rd - Pop singer Cheryl Cole (27) divorces England soccer player Ashley Cole (29) due to unreasonable behavior after 3 and a half years of marriage
30th - "CSI: Miami" actor Eddie Cibrian (36) divorces actress Brandi Glanville (37) due to irreconcilable differences after eight years of marriage

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 23 of 23

1st - Wakanohana Kanji I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 45th Yokozuna (b. 1928)
3rd - Robert Schimmel, American stand-up comedian (b. 1950)
5th - Shoya Tomizawa Japanese MotoGP Racer (b. 1990)
7th - Amar Garibović, Serbian Cross Country Skier (b. 1991)
7th - Barbara Holland, American writer (b. 1933)
7th - John Kluge, American Businessman (b. 1914)
7th - Glenn Shadix, American Actor (b. 1952)
12th - Claude Chabrol, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1930)
12th - Giulio Zignoli, Italian footballer (b. 1946)
15th - Arrow, Montserratian soca musician (b. 1949)
20th - Kenny McKinley, American football player (b. 1987)
20th - Leonard Skinner, American high school gym teacher; namesake of rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd (b. 1933)
22nd - Eddie Fisher, American singer (b. 1928)
23rd - Malcolm Douglas, Australian conservationist (b. 1941)
23rd - Teresa Lewis, American murderer (b. 1969)
24th - Gennady Yanayev, Soviet politician (b. 1937)
25th - Art Gilmore, American actor (b. 1912)
26th - Gloria Stuart, American actress dies from respiratory failure at 100
27th - George Blanda, American football player (b. 1927)
Actress Gloria Stuart (26th) 27th - Balaji Sadasivan, Singaporean politician and neurosurgeon (b. 1955)
28th - Dolores Wilson, American opera singer (b. 1928)
29th - Tony Curtis, American Actor (b. 1925)
29th - Greg Giraldo, American comedian (Comedy Central Roast) (b.1965)