September 5 Dateline

Birthdays

1187 - King Louis VIII of France, by name The Lion, was King of France from 1223 to 1226. From 1216 to 1217, he also claimed to be King of England. Louis was the only surviving son of King Philip II of France by his first wife, Isabelle of Hainaut, from whom he inherited the County of Artois.

1638 - King Louis XIV of France, known as Louis the Great or the Sun King, was King of France from 14 May 1643 until his death in 1715. His reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest recorded of any monarch of a sovereign country in European history. Louis XIV's France was emblematic of the age of absolutism in Europe.

1735 - Johann Christian Bach, (known as JC Bach), German composer of the Classical era, the 18th child of Johann Sebastian Bach, and the youngest of his eleven sons with Anna Magdalena Wilcken, his second wife. He is also known as "The English Bach", and during his time spent living in London, he came to be known as John Bach. He is noted for playing a role in influencing the concerto styles of Haydn and Mozart. He contributed significantly to the development of the new sonata principle. [(Video: J.C. Bach Piano Concertos, with Anthony Halstead, pianoforte. Members of The Hannover Band. Anthony Halstead. YouTube. Accessed September 5, 2018)

1774 -  Caspar David Friedrich, 19th-century German Romantic landscape painter, generally considered the most important German artist of his generation.

1912 - John Cage, American Composer, pioneer and exponent of experimental concepts, as indeterminacy, aleatoric music, and silence ...  (J. Cage's In a landscape, played by pianist Stephen Drury. Uploaded by Slow Basslines. Accessed September 5, 2018.)

1940 - Raquel Welch, American actress and singer. She first won attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage, after which she won a contract with 20th Century Fox. They lent her contract to the British studio Hammer Film Productions, for whom she made One Million Years B.C..

1946 - Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara), British singer-songwriter, record producer and lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. He is regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of popular music, and known for his flamboyant stage persona and four-octave vocal range.(Top 10 Freddie Mercury Moments. Uploaded by WatchMojo.com. Accessed September 5, 2017)

1950 - Cathy Lee Guisewite, American cartoonist who created the comic strip Cathy, which had a 34-year run. The strip focused on a career woman facing the issues and challenges of eating, work, relationships, and having a mother—or as the character put it in one strip, "the four basic guilt groups."

1951 - Michael Keaton (born Michael John Douglas), American actor. He first rose to fame for his roles on the CBS sitcoms All's Fair and The Mary Tyler Moore Hour and his comedic film roles in Night Shift, Mr. Mom, Johnny Dangerously, and Beetlejuice.

Lefties:
Composer John Cage
Cartoonist Cathy Guisewite

More birthdays and historical events, September 5 - On This Day

Historical Events

1781 - The Battle of Chesapeake Capes takes place, part of the American War of Independence against the British. A French fleet under Admiral de Grasse fights the British fleet under Admiral Thomas Graves. The actual sea battle is not conclusive, but it does have the effect of denying Cornwallis the support of the Royal Navy, leading to his eventual surrender to American forces at Yorktown.

1800 - French forces surrender on Malta, after Nelson arrives in the area and prevents them being resupplied. With no way of feeding them, Nelson allowed the French soldiers to withdraw to Marseilles.

1960 - In the first televised Olympic Games in the U.S., boxer Cassius Clay, aged 18, wins the gold medal in Rome. He is so proud that he wears it for two days. Later he changes his name to Muhammad Ali. He becomes one of the most legendary boxers of all time.        

1972 - A Palestinian terrorist group attacks Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. Two are shot dead and nine taken hostage. After a bungled rescue mission the remaining nine are killed.

1984 - Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment. 

1984 - The space shuttle Discovery lands on its maiden voyage. Dr. Judith Resnik, the second American woman in space, is on board. Two years later, she dies, along with Christa MacAuliffe, when Challenger explodes on take-off. 





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