Historical Events In September - 11

1946  Arthur van Schendel, writer (Holland Drama), dies at 72) on this day in history.   

1948  Albert Powell, cricketer (one Test S Africa v England 1898-99), dies on September - 11.   

1949  Henri Rabaud, French composer/conductor (L'ete), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1950  On this day in history 33 die in a train crash in Coshocton Ohio   

1950  Dick Tracy TV show sparks uproar concerning violence on this day in history.   

1950  On September - 11 first typesetting machine to dispense with metal type exhibited   

1950  On this day in history john C Smuts, co-found British RAF/S African PM (1919..48), dies at 80   

1951  Florence Chadwick becomes first woman to swim the English Channel from England to France. It takes 16 hours,19 minutes on this day in history.   

1952  On September - 11 west German Chancellor Adenauer signs a reparation pact for Jews   

1954  First Miss America TV broadcast on September - 11.   

1954  Licinio Refice, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1957  Petar Stojanovic, composer, dies at 80 on September - 11.   

1958  On this day in history robert Lach, composer, dies at 84   

1959  Paul Douglas, actor (Adventure Theater), dies at 52 on September - 11.   

1960  The 17th Olympic games close in Rome on September - 11.   

1961  On September - 11 bob Dylan's first NY performance   

1962  Beatles cut "Love Me Do" and "PS I Love You" on September - 11.   

1964  Gillette's 20 year contract with MSG & ABC to televise fights for free ends as Dick Tiger defeats Don Fullmer at the Cleve Auditorium on September - 11.   

1965  Beatles' "Help!," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks on September - 11.   

1965  On this day in history first elements of the First Cavalry Division, U.S. Army, with their helicopter and light observation aircraft, went ashore at Qui Nhon, South Vietnam, from Boxer in which they had been transported from Mayport, Fla., by way of the Suez Canal.   

1966  Charlie Cantor, actor (Artie-Ray Bolger Show), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history uS Surveyor 5 makes first chemical analysis of lunar material   

1970  Chester Morris, actor (Diagnosis: Unknown), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1971  On September - 11 nikita Khrushchev, dies of a heart attack at 77   

1972  BART begins service with a 26-mi (42-km) line from Oakland to Fremont on September - 11.   

1973  Chile's President, Salvador Allende, deposed in a military coup on September - 11.   

1973  Salvador Allende Gossens, president Chile (1970-73), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1974  Víctor Olea Alegría, Chilean Socialist Party member on September - 11.   

1976  Jan Kunc, composer, dies at 93 on September - 11.   

1977  On this day in history don Blackman, actor (Old Man & Sea, Desert Legion), dies at 65   

1980  Jose Antonio Calcano, composer, dies at 80 on September - 11.   

1981  Frank McHugh, actor (Dawn Patrol, Going My Way), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history albert Soboult, French historian, dies at 68   

1984  On this day in history australian Royal Commission finds servicemen were deliberately exposed to radiation in British nuclear tests at Maralinga in 1956-57.   

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1182  Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (d. 1204) was born on this day in history.   

1458  Bernardo Accolti, [Unico Aretino], Italian writer (Virginia) was born on September - 11.   

1476  Louise of Savoye, French mother/regentes of king Francois I was born on this day in history.   

1522  Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical was born on September - 11.   

1523  On September - 11 birth of pierre de Ronsard, poet   

1525  Johan Georg, elector of Brandenburg (1571-91) was born on September - 11.   

1584  On this day in history birth of thomas Erpenius, [van Erpe], Dutch orientalist/arabist (grammar)   

1611  Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, Marshal of France (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.   

1161  Death of Queen Melisende of Jerusalem (b. 1105) on September - 11.   

1185  On this day in history death of stephanus Hagiochristophorites, Byzantine courtier   

1297  On September - 11 hugh de Cressingham, English treasurer, dies in battle   

1298  Death of Philip of Artois, French soldier (b. 1269) on this day in history.   

1349  Death of Bonne of Luxembourg, wife of John II of France (b. 1315) on September - 11.   

1599  On this day in history death of cornelis de Houtman, navigator (1st Dutch trip to Java), murder at 35   

1630  Death of John de White, calvinist/banker to Prague, commits suicide on September - 11.   

1646  Johann Stobaeus, composer, dies at 66 on September - 11.