Page 6: Historical Events In September - 11

1946  Arthur van Schendel, writer (Holland Drama), dies at 72)   

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

1949  Henri Rabaud, French composer/conductor (L'ete), dies at 75   

1950  33 die in a train crash in Coshocton Ohio   

1950  Dick Tracy TV show sparks uproar concerning violence   

1950  inaugural typesetting machine to dispense with metal type exhibited   

1950  John C Smuts, co-are discovered British RAF/S African PM (1919..48), dies at 80.   

1951  Florence Chadwick is recorded as becoming inaugural woman to swim the English Channel from England to France. It takes 16 hours,19 minutes.   

1952  West German Chancellor Adenauer signs a reparation pact for Jews.   

1954  inaugural Miss America TV broadcast   

1954  Licinio Refice, composer, dies at 69.   

1957  Petar Stojanovic, composer, dies at 80.   

1958  Robert Lach, composer, dies at 84   

1959  Paul Douglas, actor (Adventure Theater), dies at 52   

1960  The 17th Olympic games close in Rome   

1961  Bob Dylan's inaugural NY performance   

1962  Beatles cut "Love Me Do" and "PS I Love You"   

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

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

1965  inaugural elements of the inaugural 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   

1967  US Surveyor 5 makes inaugural chemical analysis of lunar material.   

1970  Chester Morris, actor (Diagnosis: Unknown), dies at 69.   

1971  Nikita Khrushchev, dies of a heart attack at 77.   

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

1973  Chile's President, Salvador Allende, deposed in a military coup.   

1973  Salvador Allende Gossens, president Chile (1970-73), dies at 65.   

1974  Víctor Olea Alegría, Chilean Socialist Party member.   

1976  Jan Kunc, composer, dies at 93.   

1977  Don Blackman, actor (Old Man and Sea, Desert Legion), dies at 65   

1980  Jose Antonio Calcano, composer, dies at 80.   

1981  Frank McHugh, actor (Dawn Patrol, Going My Way), dies at 83   

1982  Albert Soboult, French historian, dies at 68   

1984  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   

1458  Bernardo accolti: [unico aretino], italian writer (virginia)   

1476  Louise of savoye: French mother/regentes of king francois i   

1522  Ulisse aldrovandi: Italian biologist/medical   

1523  Pierre de ronsard: Poet   

1525  Johan georg: Elector of brandenburg (1571-91)   

1584  Thomas erpenius: [van erpe], dutch orientalist/arabist (grammar)   

1611  Henri de la tour d'auvergne: Vicomte de turenne, marshal of france   

1161  Queen melisende of jerusalem: Queen melisende of jerusalem (b. 1105)   

1185  Stephanus hagiochristophorites: Byzantine courtier   

1297  Death of Hugh de cressingham: English treasurer,   

1298  Death of Philip of artois: French soldier (b. 1269)   

1349  Bonne of luxembourg: Wife of john ii of france (b. 1315)   

1599  Death of Cornelis de houtman: Navigator (1st dutch trip to java), murder at 35   

1630  John de white: Calvinist/banker to prague, commits suicide   

1646  Death of Johann stobaeus: Composer,