Today in History for 29th September 2017:
Historical Events
1815 – King Willem I forms Dutch Order of the Lion
1906 – US intervenes in Cuba ousts dictator Estrada Palma
1943 – 1st Silbertanne-murder by German occupiers in Meppel
1960 – “Johnny Ringo” TV Western Drama; last airs on CBS-TV
1975 – Sharon Dahlonega Raiford Bush becomes American television’s first African-American weathercaster.
1976 – USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
Famous Birthdays
1908 – James Norman Dalrymple Anderson, lawyer
1935 – Jerry Lee Lewis, American country singer (Whole Lotta Shakin’), born in Ferriday, Louisiana
1948 – Mike Pinera, rock guitarist (Iron Butterfly)
1964 – Julie Peterson, playmate (Feb, 1987), born in Havre de Grace, Maryland
1968 – Matt Goss, rocker (Bros-I Owe You Nothing)
1969 – Kelly Robbins, LPGA golfer (1995 McDonald’s LPGA), born in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
Famous Deaths
1619 – Hans Lippershey, credited inventor of the telescope, buried aged 48 or 49
1825 – Daniel Shays, American officer in the American Revolution and leader of Shay’s Rebellion, dies
1908 – Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Brazilian writer (Epitaph of a small winner), dies at 69
1959 – Bruce Bairnsfather, cartoonist, dies
1974 – John Smallenbroek, Dutch Internal minister, dies at 72
2006 – Michael A. Monsoor, United States Navy SEAL (posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor), killed in Iraq at 25