Famous birthdays, deaths and events of September 10
Birthdays 1588 - Nicholas Lanier, English composer (d. 1666) 1638 - Maria Theresa of Spain, queen of Louis XIV of France (d. 1683) 1659 - Henry Purcell, English composer (d. 1695) 1714 - Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer (d. 1774) 1758 - Hannah Webster Foster, American author (d. 1840) 1788 - Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist (d. 1868) 1801 - Marie Laveau, American Voodoo practitioner (d. 1881) 1839 - Isaac Kauffman Funk, American publisher (d. 1912) 1844 - Abel Hoadley, Australian confectioner (d. 1918) 1852 - Alice Brown Davis, Seminole chief (d. 1935) 1866 - Jeppe Aakjær, Danish writer (d. 1930) 1886 - Hilda Doolittle, American poet and novelist (d. 1961) 1890 - Elsa Schiaparelli, French couturiere (d. 1973) 1890 - Franz Werfel, Austrian-Bohemian novelist (d. 1945) 1895 - Kavi Samrat Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Telugu writer (d. 1976). 1897 - Georges Bataille, French writer (d. 1962) 1897 - Hilde Hildebrand, German actress (d. 1976) 1898 - Bessie Love, American actress (d. 1986) 1908 - Waldo Wedel, American Archaeologist (d. 1996) 1908 - Raymond Scott, American composer 1912 - Mary Walter, Filipina actress (d. 1993) 1914 - Robert Wise, American film director (d. 2005) 1915 - Edmond O'Brien, American actor (d. 1985) 1918 - Rin Tin Tin, German shepherd dog (d. 1932) 1922 - Yma Súmac, Peruvian singer 1924 - Ted Kluszewski, American baseball player (d. 1988) 1924 - Boyd K. Packer, LDS apostle 1928 - Jean Vanier, Canadian disabilities advocate 1928 - Walter Martin, American Christian apologist (d. 1989) 1929 - Arnold Palmer , American golfer 1931 - Philip Baker Hall , American actor 1932 - Bo Goldman, American screenwriter 1934 - Roger Maris, American baseball player (d. 1985) 1935 - Mary Oliver, American poet 1937 - Jared Diamond, American biologist and author 1941 - Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist (d. 2002) 1942 - Danny Hutton, American singer 1943 - Eldridge Coleman ("Superstar" Billy Graham), American professional wrestler 1943 - Daniel Truhitte, American actor 1943 - Neale Donald Walsch, American author 1944 - Sir Thomas Allen, English baritone 1945 - Jose Feliciano, Puerto Rican singer 1946 - Jim Hines, American athlete 1946 - Don Powell, English drummer 1948 - Tony Gatlif, Algerian-born director 1948 - Judy Geeson , English actress 1948 - Bob Lanier, American basketball player 1948 - Margaret Trudeau, former wife of Pierre Trudeau 1948 - Zhang Chengzhi, Chinese writer 1948 - Charlie Waters, American football player 1949 - Don Muraco, professional wrestler 1950 - Joe Perry, American musician 1952 - Gunpei Yokoi, the creator of the original Gameboy (d. 1997). 1953 - Amy Irving , American actress 1956 - Johnny Hickman, American musician 1957 - Carol Decker, UK singer 1957 - Kate Burton, Swiss actress 1958 - Chris Columbus , American film director 1958 - Siobhan Fahey, Irish singer 1959 - Peter Nelson, American actor 1960 - Colin Firth , English actor 1960 - David Lowery, American musician 1963 - Randy Johnson, American baseball player 1963 - Bill Stevenson, American music producer and musician 1965 - Robin Goodridge, English rock drummer 1966 - Joe Nieuwendyk, Canadian ice hockey player 1968 - Big Daddy Kane, American rapper 1968 - Guy Ritchie , British film director 1969 - Jonathon Schaech, American actor 1970 - Paula Kelley, musician 1972 - Ghada Shouaa, Syrian athlete 1972 - James Duval, American actor 1972 - Bente Skari, Norwegian cross-country skier 1972 - Katarína Hasprová, Slovak singer 1973 - Ferdinand Coly, Senegalese footballer 1974 - Ryan Phillippe , American actor 1974 - Ben Wallace , American basketball player 1975 - Jonathan Hoenig, American investment advisor 1979 - Jacob Young , American actor and singer 1980 - Mikey Way, American Bassist (My Chemical Romance) 1986 - Hiroki Uchi, Japanese Idol 1988 - Jordan Staal, Canadian ice hockey player 1988 - Coco Rocha , Canadian fashion model
Deaths 918 - Count Baldwin II of Flanders, (b. 865) 1197 - Henry II of Champagne, (b. 1166) 1482 - Federico da Montefeltro, Italian Renaissance condottiero and arts patron 1604 - William Morgan, Welsh Bible translator (b. 1545) 1607 - Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Italian composer and organist (b. 1545) 1669 - Henrietta Maria, queen of Charles I of England (b. 1609) 1676 - Gerrard Winstanley, English religious reformer (b. 1609) 1680 - Baldassare Ferri, Italian castrato (b. 1610) 1748 - Mother Ignacia del Espiritu Santo, foundress of the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary (b. 1663) 1797 - Mary Wollstonecraft, English author (b. 1759) 1867 - Simon Sechter, Austrian composer (b. 1788) 1898 - Elisabeth of Austria, (assassinated) 1905 - Pete Browning, American baseball player (b. 1861) 1937 - Sergei Tretyakov, Russian writer (b. 1892) 1961 - Leo Carrillo, American actor (b. 1880) 1961 - Wolfgang von Trips, German racing driver (b. 1928) 1971 - Pier Angeli , Italian actress (b. 1932) 1976 - Dalton Trumbo, American writer (b. 1905) 1978 - Ronnie Peterson, Swedish race car driver (b. 1944) 1991 - Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player (b. 1908) 1995 - Charles Denner, French actor (b. 1926) 1996 - Joanne Dru, American actress (b. 1923) 1997 - Jack Adkisson, professional wrestler (b. 1929) 1998 - Carl Forgione, British actor (b. 1944) 2001 - DJ Uncle Al, (b.1969) 2005 - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, American musician (b. 1924) 2006 - Patty Berg, American golf player (b. 1918) 2006 - Daniel Wayne Smith, son of Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith (b. 1986) 2007 - Jane Wyman, American actress (b.1917) 2007 - Anita Roddick, British businesswoman (b.1942) 2007 - Ted Stepien, former basketball team owner (b. 1925) 2008 - Domagoj Kapeć, Croatian hockey player (b. 1989) 2011 - Cliff Robertson , American actor (b. 1923)
Events 506 - The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. 1419 - John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France. 1608 - John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia. 1776 - American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army. 1798 - At the Battle of St. George's Caye, British Honduras defeats Spain. 1813 - The United States defeats the British Fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. 1823 - Simón Bolívar is named President of Peru. 1846 - Elias Howe is granted a patent for the sewing machine. 1858 - George Mary Searle discovers the asteroid 55 Pandora. 1897 - Lattimer Massacre 1898 - Empress Elizabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni. 1919 - Austria and the Allies sign the Treaty of Saint-Germain recognizing the independence of Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. 1927 - France had its first Davis Cup win, though it had competed since 1905. 1932 - The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally-owned IND, is opened. 1939 - World War II: The submarine HMS Oxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMS Triton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss. 1939 - World War II: Canada declares war on Nazi Germany, joining the Allies 1942 - World War II: The British Army carries out an amphibious landing on Madagascar to re-launch Allied offensive operations in the Madagascar Campaign. 1943 - World War II: German forces begin their occupation of Rome. 1945 - Mike the Headless Chicken is decapitated; he survives for another 18 months before choking to death. 1951 - United Kingdom began an economic boycott of Iran. 1961 - Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 13 spectators hit by his Ferrari. 1963 - 20 African-American students enter public schools in Alabama. 1967 - The people of Gibraltar vote to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain. 1972 - The United States loses its first international basketball game in a disputed match against the Soviet Union at Munich, Germany. 1974 - Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal. 1976 - A British Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident and an Inex-Adria DC-9 collide near Zagreb, Yugoslavia, killing 176. 1977 - Hamida Djandoubi, convicted for torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by guillotine in France. 1990 - The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire – the largest church in Africa is consecrated by Pope John Paul II. 2000 - The musical Cats closes on Broadway. 2002 - Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, joins the United Nations. 2003 - Anna Lindh, the foreign minister of Sweden, is fatally stabbed while shopping, and dies of her wounds. 2007 - Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after seven years in exile, following a military coup in October 1999. 2008 - The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland. 2011 - Zanzibar ferry sinking: The MV Spice Islander I, carrying at least 800 people, sinks off the coast of Zanzibar, killing 240 people.
