| 1997 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Toronto Canada on CILQ 107.1 FM |
| 1997 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Montreal Canada on CHOM 97.7 FM |
| 1996 |
Jerry Lewis' 31st Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $49,200,000 |
| 1996 |
Michelle McGann wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic |
| 1996 |
Soyuz TM-24, lands |
| 1995 |
Frank Bruno beats Oliver McCall in 12 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 1995 |
Southern California begins using new area code 562 |
| 1995 |
Actor Charlie Sheen (30th birthday) marries Donna Peele (25) |
| 1994 |
Miguel Indurain bicycles world record time (53,040 km) |
| 1993 |
10th MTV Awards: Pearl Jam, En Vogue wins |
| 1993 |
Day of Peace in South Africa |
| 1993 |
Central African Republic ex-emperor Bokassa freed |
| 1992 |
Nicaragua struck by earthquake/floodings; 118 die |
| 1992 |
US dollar valued at 156.50 guilder (record) |
| 1992 |
U.S. dollar valued at 156.50 guilder (record) |
| 1991 |
Jerry Lewis' 26th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $45,071,657 |
| 1991 |
US officially recognizes independence of Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania |
| 1991 |
Pat Bradley wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic |
| 1991 |
U.S. officially recognizes independence of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania |
| 1990 |
Steve Allen, installed as a new abbot of Hartford St Zen Center, SF |
| 1990 |
"Grapes of Wrath" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 188 performances |
| 1990 |
Steve Allen, installed as a new abbot of Hartford St. Zen Center, SF |
| 1990 |
"Grapes of Wrath" closes at Cort Theater New York City after 188 performances |
| 1989 |
Rev Al Sharpton leads a civil rights march through Bensonhurst |
| 1988 |
Amnesty International's Human Rights Now! tour begins in Wembley |
| 1987 |
Kevin Bass is 1st NLer to switch hit home runs in a game twice in 1 season |
| 1987 |
Donald Trump takes out a full page NY Times ad lambasting Japan |
| 1987 |
Donald Trump takes out a full page New York Times ad lambasting Japan |
| 1987 |
Kevin Bass is 1st NLer to switch hit HRs in a game twice in 1 season |
| 1987 |
Philips introduces CD-video |
| 1987 |
West German pilot Mathias Rust, who flew a private plane from Helsinki Finland, to Moscow's Red Square, forms trial in Russia |
| 1986 |
Cathy Evelyn Smith sentenced to 3 years for death of John Belushi |
| 1985 |
Betsy King wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic |
| 1985 |
Jerry Lewis' 20th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $33,100,000 |
| 1984 |
"Zorba" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 362 performances |
| 1984 |
"Zorba" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 362 performances |
| 1983 |
Yitzhak Shamir (Herut) endorsed by Menachem Begin for Israeli PM |
| 1982 |
Rolling Stone Keith Richard's house burns down |
| 1981 |
U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test |
| 1981 |
USSR performs underground nuclear test |
| 1980 |
John Arlott calls his last game, England v Australia at Lord's |
| 1980 |
John Arlott calls his last game, England vs. Australia at Lord's |
| 1979 |
79th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Mark O'Meara |
| 1979 |
"I Remember Mama" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 108 performances |
| 1979 |
"I Remember Mama" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 108 perfs |
| 1979 |
79th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Mark O'Meara |
| 1978 |
Reggie Jackson is 19th player to hit 20 HR in 11 straight years |
| 1978 |
John McClain performs 180 outside loops in an airplane over Houston |
| 1978 |
George Harrison marries Olivia |
| 1978 |
Graham Salmon set worlds record for 100 meters by a blind man |
| 1978 |
Gloria Fajardo (21) marries Emilio Estefan (25) (Miami Sound Machine) |
| 1974 |
Prest Gerald Ford signs Employee Retirement Income Security Act |
| 1974 |
Jerry Lewis' 9th Muscular Dystrophy telethon |
| 1973 |
Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Charity Golf Classic |
| 1973 |
Billy Martin fired as manager of Tigers |
| 1973 |
Netherlands wins hockey world's championship |
| 1972 |
Rod Stewart's 1st #1 hit (You Wear it Well) |
| 1972 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
| 1972 |
Renate Stecher runs 100m European female record (11.07 sec) |
| 1972 |
Chic White Sox Milt Pappas no-hits SD Padres, 1-0 |
| 1972 |
U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. |
| 1972 |
Chicago White Sox Milt Pappas no-hits San Diego Padres, 1-0 |
| 1971 |
New York's Electric Circus Club goes out of business |
| 1971 |
Cesar Cedeno hits an inside-the-park grand slammer |
| 1971 |
NY's Electric Circus Club goes out of business |
| 1971 |
Chris Evert and Jimmy Connors win their 1st U.S. Open tennis matches |
| 1971 |
Chris Evert & Jimmy Connors win their 1st US Open tennis matches |
| 1970 |
1st tennis tie break at a Grand Slam (US Open) (9 pt sudden death) |
| 1970 |
1st tennis tie break at a Grand Slam (U.S. Open) (9 pt sudden death) |
| 1969 |
NY Yankee Joe Pepitone is reinstated |
| 1969 |
New York Yankee Joe Pepitone is reinstated |
| 1969 |
Ralph Houk signs 3-year contract to manage Yankees at $65,000 a season |
| 1968 |
Jerry Lewis' 3rd Muscular Dystrophy telethon |
| 1967 |
KUHI (now KSNF) TV channel 16 in Joplin, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1966 |
Mickey Wright wins LPGA Ladies' World Series of Golf |
| 1965 |
Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits his 400th HR (off Curt Simmons) |
| 1965 |
Treblinka trial in Dusseldorf ends |
| 1965 |
Treblinka trial in D?sseldorf ends |
| 1964 |
Indonesian paratroopers lands in Malaysia |
| 1964 |
Norman Manley scores 2-consecutive holes-in-one at Del Valley, Cal |
| 1963 |
CBS and NBC expand network news from 15 to 30 minutes |
| 1963 |
Mickey Wright wins LPGA Idaho Centennia Golf Tournament |
| 1963 |
CBS & NBC expand network news from 15 to 30 minutes |
| 1963 |
Alabama Gov George C Wallace prevents integration of Tuskegee HS |
| 1962 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR |
| 1962 |
Stan Musial's 3,516th hit moves over Tris Speaker into 2nd place |
| 1962 |
U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. |
| 1960 |
Tamara and Irina Press (U.S.S.R.) become 1st sisters to win olympic gold |
| 1960 |
Tamara & Irina Press (USSR) become 1st sisters to win olympic gold |
| 1960 |
William Walton's 2nd Symphony, premieres |
| 1959 |
U.S. President Eisenhower arrives in Paris |
| 1959 |
US President Eisenhower arrives in Paris |
| 1958 |
Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island |
| 1958 |
National Defense Education Act was signed |
| 1958 |
Minn announces $9 million bond issue to improve Metropolitan Stadium |
| 1958 |
Henry Verwoerd appointed PM of South Africa |
| 1958 |
KAYS TV channel 7 in Hays, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1957 |
Milwaukee Braves' Frank Torre scores 6 runs in 1 game |
| 1957 |
U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1957 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1957 |
1st edition newspaper the Ware Time (in Suriname), 1,700 die |
| 1956 |
Washington-Jackson cable line replaced by bus service |
| 1956 |
Orioles trailing Red Sox 8-0 come back to win 11-10 in 9 innings |
| 1956 |
Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India) |
| 1955 |
KCRA TV channel 3 in Sacramento, California (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| 1955 |
KCRA TV channel 3 in Sacramento, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| 1954 |
Hurricane Edna batters NE U.S., killing 20 |
| 1954 |
WTVD TV channel 11 in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| 1954 |
WTVD TV channel 11 in Raleigh-Durham, NC (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| 1954 |
Hurricane Edna batters NE US, killing 20 |
| 1952 |
Dr. Floyd J Lewis 1st uses deep freeze technique in heart surgery |
| 1952 |
Dr Floyd J Lewis 1st uses deep freeze technique in heart surgery |
| 1951 |
Australia, NZ & US sign ANZUS-pact |
| 1951 |
Australia, NZ and U.S. sign ANZUS-pact |
| 1949 |
Fire in riverfront area kills 1,700 (Chungking China) |
| 1946 |
Johnny Neun replaces Bill Dickey as Yankee manager |
| 1946 |
Nehru forms government in India |
| 1946 |
Nehru forms govt in India |
| 1945 |
59th U.S. Womens Tennis: Sarah P Cooke beats Pauline Betz (36 86 64) |
| 1945 |
59th US Womens Tennis: Sarah P Cooke beats Pauline Betz (36 86 64) |
| 1945 |
Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam independence from France (National Day) |
| 1945 |
V-J Day; formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri (WW II ends) |
| 1944 |
Holocaust diarist Anne Frank was sent to Auschwitz |
| 1944 |
During WW II, George Bush ejects from a burning plane |
| 1944 |
Belgium's Emissie bank closes |
| 1944 |
US leaders meet in Belgium |
| 1944 |
U.S. leaders meet in Belgium |
| 1942 |
German troops enter Stalingrad |
| 1941 |
Academy copyrights Oscar statuette |
| 1940 |
Great Smoky Mountains National Park dedicated |
| 1940 |
23rd PGA Championship: Byron Nelson at Hershey CC Hershey Pa |
| 1937 |
U.S. Housing Authority created by National Housing Act |
| 1937 |
US Housing Authority created by National Housing Act |
| 1936 |
1st transatlantic round-trip air flight |
| 1935 |
A hurricane slams Florida Keys killing 423 |
| 1930 |
1st non-stop airplane flight from Europe to U.S. (37 hrs) |
| 1930 |
1st non-stop airplane flight from Europe to US (37 hrs) |
| 1929 |
Unilever forms by merger of Margarine Union and Lever Bros |
| 1929 |
WOR (New York City) ends affiliation with CBS radio network |
| 1929 |
Unilever forms by merger of Margarine Union & Lever Bros |
| 1929 |
WOR (NYC) ends affiliation with CBS radio network |
| 1927 |
Rumour starts that Yankee Lou Gehrig will be traded to Tigers |
| 1926 |
Italy signs treaty with Yemen |
| 1924 |
Rudolf Friml's "Rose Marie" opens to rave reviews in New York City |
| 1924 |
44th US Mens Tennis: William Tilden beats William Johnston (61 97 62) |
| 1924 |
Rudolf Friml's "Rose Marie" opens to rave reviews in NYC |
| 1924 |
44th U.S. Mens Tennis: William Tilden beats William Johnston (61 97 62) |
| 1922 |
President Ebert declares "Deutschland uber alas" as German national anthem |
| 1922 |
Pres Ebert declares "Deutschland ?ber alas" as German national anthem |
| 1920 |
W Somerset Maugham's "East of Suez," premieres in London |
| 1919 |
Italy agress to general voting right/proportional representation |
| 1919 |
National Commission recommends a best-of-9 World Series |
| 1919 |
Communist Party of America organizes in Chicago |
| 1917 |
Deutsche Vaterlands Party forms (by admiral Tirpitz) |
| 1914 |
Gen von Hausen and countess of France regime flees to Bordeaux |
| 1914 |
-3] Gen von Hausen & countess of France regime flees to Bordeaux |
| 1913 |
Amsterdam reroutes sewage of canals to South Seas |
| 1911 |
Joao Chagas forms Portuguese govt |
| 1911 |
Joao Chagas forms Portuguese government |
| 1909 |
English King Edward VII signs South Africa Bill |
| 1908 |
Tommy Burns KOs Bill Lang in 6 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 1901 |
VP Theodore Roosevelt advises, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" |
| 1901 |
VP Theodore Roosevelt advises, "Speak softly & carry a big stick" |
| 1900 |
Telegraph use between Germany and U.S. begins |
| 1900 |
Telegraph use between Germany & US begins |
| 1898 |
Machine gun 1st used in battle |
| 1898 |
Battle of Omdurman: Lord Kitchener retakes Sudan for Britain |
| 1897 |
"McCall-magazine 1st published |
| 1894 |
Forest fires destroy Hinckley Minnesota: about 600 die |
| 1894 |
-3] Amsterdam Municipal theater opens |
| 1894 |
Amsterdam Municipal theater opens |
| 1870 |
Napoleon III surrenders to Prussian armies |
| 1867 |
1st Girl School opens in Haarlem Neth |
| 1864 |
Union General William T Sherman captures Atlanta |
| 1859 |
Gas lighting introduced to Hawaii |
| 1839 |
Salon of Vari‚t‚s opens in Amsterdam |
| 1839 |
Salon of Varietes opens in Amsterdam |
| 1806 |
A side of Rossberg Peak collapses into Goldau Valley Switz, kills 500 |
| 1796 |
Jews of the Netherlands are emancipated |
| 1792 |
Paris masses remove nobles/clergymen out of jails and slaughter them |
| 1792 |
Paris masses remove nobles/clergymen out of jails & slaughter them |
| 1789 |
US Treasury Department established by Congress |
| 1789 |
U.S. Treasury Department established by Congress |
| 1752 |
Last Julian calender day in US & England (no Sept 3-Sept 13th) |
| 1752 |
Last Julian calender day in U.S. and England (no Sept 3-Sept 13th) |
| 1752 |
Last day of Julian calendar in Britain, British colonies |
| 1743 |
England/Austria/Savoye-Sardinia sign Treaty of Worms |
| 1732 |
Pope Clement XII renews anti-Jewish laws of Rome |
| 1686 |
Habsburgse armies occupy Buda on Turks |
| 1666 |
Great Fire in London ends, kills 8 |
| 1666 |
Fire in London destroys 13,000 houses and kills 8 |
| 1666 |
Fire in London destroys 13,000 houses & kills 8 |
| 1666 |
-06] Great Fire in London ends, kills 8 [NS=Sept 12] |
| 1644 |
Battle at Lostwithiel: Robert Devereux' infantry surrenders |
| 1537 |
King Christian III publishes "Ordinance on the Danish Church" |
| 1519 |
1st Battle of Tehuacingo, San Salvador vs Mexico |
| 1192 |
Sultan Saladin & king Richard the lion hearted sign cease fire |
| 1192 |
Sultan Saladin and king Richard the lion hearted sign cease fire |
| 911 |
Viking-monarch Oleg of Kiev-Russia signs treaty with Byzantines |
| 1997 |
Rudolf Bing, opera manager (NY Met Opera), dies at 95 |
| 1997 |
Viktor Frankl, psychotherapist (Man's Search for Meaning), dies at 92 |
| 1996 |
Cyril Reuben, violinist, dies at 69 |
| 1996 |
Emily Kngwarreye, artist, dies at 86 |
| 1996 |
Kenneth M Stewart, euro MP for Merseyside West, dies at 71 |
| 1996 |
Otto Luening, composer, dies at 96 |
| 1996 |
Paddy Clift, cricketer (Rhod & Leicester all-rounder 1970-88), dies |
| 1995 |
Vaclav Neummann, conductor, dies at 74 |
| 1994 |
Harry Vincent Kemp, poet, dies at 82 |
| 1994 |
Mildred Mcafee Horton, US 1st head mistress of WAVES, dies |
| 1994 |
Richard M Major, US anti-terror specialist (CIA Red Book), dies at 72 |
| 1994 |
Roy Castle, entertainer, dies at 62 |
| 1994 |
Detlef Macha, German DR cyclist (5x world champ), dies at 35 |
| 1993 |
John/Eoin Higgins, N Ire supreme court justice (1984-93), dies at 66 |
| 1993 |
Eric Berry, English/US actor (Pippin, 49th Parallel), dies at 80 |
| 1992 |
Barbara McClintock, US, geneticist (Nobel 1983), dies at 90 |
| 1992 |
Piotr Jaroszewicz, premier of Poland (1970-80), dies |
| 1991 |
Concetto Lo Bello, Italian intl soccer judge, dies |
| 1991 |
Alfonso Garcia Robles, Mexican foreign minister (Nobel 1982), dies |
| 1989 |
A Bartlett Giamatti, baseball commisioner, dies at 51 |
| 1985 |
Abe Lenstra, Dutch soccer star, dies at 64 |
| 1982 |
Tom Bakker, actor (Golden Voyage of Sinbad), dies of a drug OD at 42 |
| 1982 |
Jay Novello, actor (Harum Scarum, Rebel Breed), dies of cancer at 78 |
| 1980 |
William Douglas Denny, composer, dies at 70 |
| 1979 |
Felix Aylmer, actor (Quartet, Hamlet, Dreaming Lips), dies at 90 |
| 1973 |
John R R Tolkien, British story writer (Hobbitt), dies of ulcer at 81 |
| 1970 |
Cornelis L "Kees" van Baaren, Dutch composer (Hollow Men), dies at 63 |
| 1970 |
Allan Walker, actor/writer (Red Buttons Show), dies at 64 |
| 1969 |
Harry Williams Millard, producer, dies of cancer at 41 |
| 1968 |
Ernest Claes, Belgium, author (The White), dies at 82 |
| 1965 |
Johannes Bobrowski, writer, dies at 48 |
| 1964 |
Morris Ankrum, actor (Kronos, Earth vs Flying Saucers), dies at 67 |
| 1964 |
Francisco H Craveiro Lopes, Portuguese gen/pres (1951-58), dies at 70 |
| 1961 |
Greet Koeman, Dutch singer, dies at 54 |
| 1957 |
William A Craigie, Scottish lexicographer, dies at 90 |
| 1955 |
Rudolf Kattnigg, composer, dies at 60 |
| 1944 |
George W Norris, US senator (lame duck-amendement), dies |
| 1937 |
Esther de Farmer-of Rich, actress (Kniertje-On hope of blessing), dies |
| 1937 |
Pierre de Coubertin, baron/revivor of Olympics, dies at 74 |
| 1934 |
Ruggiero de Rudolpho "Russ" Columbo, US singer/violist, dies at 26 |
| 1915 |
August Stramm, writer, dies at 41 |
| 1914 |
EugŠne OdŠne, French mayor of Senlis, executed |
| 1910 |
Henri "le Douanier" Rousseau, French ambassador/painter, dies |
| 1906 |
Guiseppe Giacosa, Ital screenwriter (libretti opera Puccini), dies |
| 1905 |
Walter Cecil Macfarren, composer, dies at 79 |
| 1898 |
Hubert Howard, British journalist (Times), dies through friendly fire |
| 1896 |
Nat Thompson, cricketer (played 1st Two Tests for Australia), dies |
| 1891 |
Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger, composer, dies at 76 |
| 1870 |
Charles Victor Arthur Saint-Leon, composer, dies at 48 |
| 1862 |
Thornton F Brodhead, US lawyer/politician/brig-general, dies at 40 |
| 1790 |
Johann N von Hontheim, German religious historian/Bishop, dies |
| 1779 |
Onno Zwier van Hairs, Fries poet (Agon), dies at 66 |
| 1715 |
Constantin Christian Dedekind, composer, dies at 87 |
| 1698 |
Justus Vingboons, Architect, buried |
| 1645 |
lady Alice Lisle, English widow of John Lisle, beheaded |
| 1606 |
Carel van Mander, Flemish painter/art historian, dies at 58 |
| 1566 |
Taddeo Zuccari, Italian painter, dies at 37 |
| 1547 |
Hernan Cortes, Spanish general defeated Aztec Indians |
| 1418 |
Jan III Chalon, prince of Orange/gov of Burgundy, dies |
| 1384 |
Louis I, duke of Anjou/king of Naples (Battle of Poitiers), dies |
| 421 |
Flavius Constantine III, emperor of Westromeinse, dies at about 51 |
