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The driver and 26 children die in one of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history. [13] 1959 – Discoverer 1, an American spy satellite that is the first object intended to achieve a polar orbit, is launched but fails to achieve orbit. [14]
1725 – J. S. Bach led the first performance of his chorale cantata Jesu, nun sei gepreiset, which features trumpet fanfares at the start and end.; 1801 – Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi discovered the dwarf planet Ceres, naming it after the Roman goddess of agriculture and of motherly love.
Actor Steve Schirripa (“The Sopranos”) is 67. Actor Holt McCallany (“Lights Out,” ″CSI: Miami”) is 60. Guitarist Todd Lewis of The Toadies is 59.
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 8-14: Sept. 8: Ventriloquist Willie Tyler (with Lester) is 84. Actor Alan Feinstein is 83. Singer Sal Valentino of The Beau Brummels is 82.
1987 – Dorothy Bliss, American invertebrate zoologist, curator at the American Museum of Natural History (b. 1916) 1988 – Glenn McCarthy, American businessman, founded the Shamrock Hotel (b. 1907) 1988 – Pablo Sorozábal, German-Spanish composer and conductor (b. 1897) 1989 – Doug Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1924)
962 – Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the Diploma Ottonianum, recognizing John as ruler of Rome. [1]1258 – Siege of Baghdad: Hulegu Khan, a prince of the Mongol Empire, orders his army to sack and plunder the city of Baghdad, which they had just captured.
1847 – Mir Mosharraf Hossain, famous novelist of Bengali literature (d. 1912) 1848 – Albert I, Prince of Monaco (d. 1922) 1850 – Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist (d. 1894) 1853 – John Drew Jr., American actor (d. 1927) 1854 – George Whitefield Chadwick, American composer and educator (d. 1931)