Events in History
Meeting of Interest
Sep 5 King Edward VII of Great Britain meets Russia's Foreign Minister Alexander Izvolski in an attempt to strengthen Russia's relationship with Britain
- Sep 7 Adolph Sutro's ornate Cliff House in San Francisco destroyed by fire
- Sep 7 Ocean liner RMS Lusitania begins her maiden voyage sailing from Liverpool to New York City
- Sep 8 Pope Pius X publishes encyclical Pasceni dominici gregis (anti-modernism)
- Sep 13 Lusitania arrives in New York City after record 5 day crossing of Atlantic
- Sep 23 Proclamation sets fineness & weight of silver & bronze coins of Canada
- Sep 26 New Zealand and Newfoundland each become dominions within the British Empire
- Sep 29 Construction begins on Washington National Cathedral
- Sep 30 Cards Ed Konetchy steals home twice & Joe Delahanty also steals home for record 3 steals of home (vs Boston)
Birthdays in History
- Sep 1 Joaquin Balaguer, president Dominican Republic
- Sep 1 Walter P. Reuther, American labor leader and President of the UAW & CIO, born in Wheeling, West Virginia (d. 1970)
- Sep 3 Andrew Brewin, Canadian lawyer and MP for Greenwood, born in Brighton, England (d. 1983)
- Sep 3 Loren Eiseley, American anthropologist and natural science writer (The Unexpected Universe), born in Lincoln, Nebraska (d. 1977)
- Sep 4 Leo Castelli, Italian-American art dealer, born in Trieste, Austrian Littoral, Austria-Hungary (d. 1999)
- Sep 4 Maurice Ashley, British historian and editor (The Listener) (d. 1994)
- Sep 6 Elizabeth Ferrars, British crime writer, born in Yangon, Myanmar (d. 1995)
- Sep 6 Johnny Kelly, American marathon runner (Berlin 1936, Boston 1935..1991), born in Medford, Massachusetts (d. 2004)
- Sep 9 Leon Edel, American biographer (Henry James: A Biography 1953–1972 - Pulitzer 1963), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1997)
- Sep 10 Alva R. Fitch, American army officer (d. 1989)
- Sep 12 Louis MacNeice, Irish poet and playwright, born in Belfast, Ireland (d. 1963)
- Sep 13 Victor Reinganum, English artist and illustrator, born in London (d. 1995)
- Sep 14 A. Cecil Snyder, American lawyer and Chief Justice of Puerto Rico, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1959)
- Sep 17 Desmond Heap, British lawyer and authority on British planning law, born in Burnley, Lancashire (d. 1998)
- Sep 17 Warren E. Burger, 15th Supreme Court chief justice (1969-86), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota (d. 1995)
- Sep 18 Edwin M. McMillan, American physicist and discoverer of plutonium (Nobel 1951), born in Redondo Beach, California (d. 1991)
- Sep 19 Lewis F. Powell Jr., American Supreme Court justice (1972-87), born in Suffolk, Virginia (d. 1998)
- Sep 21 Helen Foster Snow, American journalist (reported from China in the 1930s), born in Cedar City, Utah (d. 1997)
- Sep 23 Dominique Aury, French novelist (d. 1998)
- Sep 23 Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, heir to the throne of Portugal (d. 1976)
- Sep 23 Herbert Kappler, German head of Nazi police and security services (SS) in Rome during WWII and war criminal responsible for the Ardeatine massacre, born in Stuttgart, German Empire (d. 1978)
- Sep 26 Anthony Blunt, British art historian and spy for USSR, born in Bournemouth, Hampshire, England (d. 1983)
Bhagat Singh (1907-1931)
Sep 28 Indian freedom fighter, born in Jaranwala Tehsil, Punjab
Weddings in History
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sep 18 Author Arthur Conan Doyle (48) weds Jean Elizabeth Leckie
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