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Richie Ashburn, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1927)

On September 9, in the year 1997, Richie Ashburn, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1927). This event is recorded as a Notable Deaths event in the history of September 9, one of 447 recorded events on this date across all of history.

1 notable person is associated with this event, including Richie Ashburn. Learn more below.

Don Richard Ashburn, also known by the nicknames "Putt-Putt", "the Tilden Flash", and "Whitey", was an American professional baseball player and television sports commentator. He played in Major League Baseball as a center fielder from 1948 to 1962, most prominently as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies, where he was a four-time All-Star player and member of the 1950 National League pennant winning team known as the Whiz Kids.

Key Facts

  • This event took place on September 9, 1997 (AD era).
  • It is categorised as a Notable Deaths event in recorded history.
  • Referenced in 1 Wikipedia article.
  • 1 notable person is recorded as involved in or associated with this event.
  • Wikipedia source last updated on 20 August 2026.

On This Date in History 447

Type Year Date Event
Historical Events 2025 Sep 9 Six people are killed when Israel carries out an airstrike on Doha in a failed attempt to decapitate the Hamas…
Historical Events 2025 Sep 9 Several Russian drones incur on Polish airspace and are subsequently shot down, marking the first time a NATO member…
Notable Deaths 2025 Sep 9 Mark Norell, American vertebrate paleontologist (born 1957).
Notable Deaths 2024 Sep 9 John Cassaday, American comic book artist and writer (born 1971)
Notable Deaths 2024 Sep 9 James Earl Jones, American actor (born 1931)
Notable Deaths 2024 Sep 9 Caterina Valente, Italian-French singer and dancer (born 1931)
Historical Events 2016 Sep 9 The government of North Korea conducts its fifth and reportedly biggest nuclear test. World leaders condemn the act,…
Historical Events 2015 Sep 9 Elizabeth II becomes the longest reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.
Notable Deaths 2015 Sep 9 Annemarie Bostroem, German poet, playwright, and songwriter (born 1922)
Notable Deaths 2015 Sep 9 Einar H. Ingman Jr., American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1929)
Notable Deaths 2015 Sep 9 K. Kunaratnam, Sri Lankan physicist and academic (born 1934)
Historical Events 2014 Sep 9 The album Songs of Innocence by U2 is digitally released at no charge to all customers of the iTunes Music Store,…
Notable Deaths 2014 Sep 9 Montserrat Abelló i Soler, Spanish poet and translator (born 1918)
Notable Deaths 2014 Sep 9 Firoza Begum, Bangladeshi singer (born 1930)
Notable Deaths 2014 Sep 9 Graham Joyce, English author and educator (born 1954)
Notable Deaths 2013 Sep 9 Sunila Abeysekera, Sri Lankan scholar and activist (born 1952)
Notable Deaths 2013 Sep 9 Alberto Bevilacqua, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1934)
Notable Deaths 2013 Sep 9 Saul Landau, American journalist, director, and author (born 1936)
Historical Events 2012 Sep 9 The Indian space agency puts into orbit its heaviest foreign satellite yet, in a streak of 21 consecutive successful…
Historical Events 2012 Sep 9 A wave of attacks kills more than 100 people and injure 350 others across Iraq.
Notable Deaths 2012 Sep 9 Verghese Kurien, Indian engineer and businessman, founded Amul (born 1921)
Notable Deaths 2012 Sep 9 John McCarthy, Australian footballer (born 1989)
Notable Deaths 2012 Sep 9 Mike Scarry, American football player and coach (born 1920)
Notable Deaths 2012 Sep 9 Ron Tindall, English footballer and manager (born 1935)
Selected Events 2010 Sep 9 A natural-gas pipeline in San Bruno, California, exploded and "shot a fireball more than 1,000 feet (300 m) in the…
Historical Events 2009 Sep 9 The Dubai Metro, the first urban train network in the Arabian Peninsula, is ceremonially inaugurated.
Historical Events 2006 Sep 9 Space Shuttle Program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-115 to resume assembling the International Space…
Notable Deaths 2006 Sep 9 Gérard Brach, French director and screenwriter (born 1927)
Notable Deaths 2006 Sep 9 Richard Burmer, American composer and engineer (born 1955)
Notable Deaths 2006 Sep 9 Matt Gadsby, English footballer (born 1979)
Notable Deaths 2006 Sep 9 William Bernard Ziff Jr., American businessman, founded Ziff Davis (born 1930)
Notable Deaths 2004 Sep 9 Ernie Ball, American guitarist and businessman (born 1930)
Notable Deaths 2004 Sep 9 Caitlin Clarke, American actress (born 1952)
Notable Births 2003 Sep 9 Luke Hughes, American ice hockey player
Notable Deaths 2003 Sep 9 Edward Teller, Hungarian-American physicist and academic (born 1908)
Notable Deaths 2003 Sep 9 Don Willesee, Australian telegraphist and politician, 29th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (born 1916)
Historical Events 2001 Sep 9 Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan by two al-Qaeda assassins who…
Notable Births 2001 Sep 9 Hailey Van Lith, American basketball player
Notable Deaths 2001 Sep 9 Ahmad Shah Massoud, Afghan commander and politician, Afghan Minister of Defense (born 1953)
Notable Births 2000 Sep 9 Ricky Pearsall, American football player
Notable Deaths 2000 Sep 9 Julian Critchley, English lawyer and politician (born 1930)
Notable Deaths 1999 Sep 9 Arie de Vroet, Dutch footballer and manager (born 1918)
Notable Deaths 1999 Sep 9 Catfish Hunter, American baseball player (born 1946)
Notable Deaths 1999 Sep 9 Ruth Roman, American actress (born 1922)
Selected Events 1999 Sep 9 The first banknotes of the Portrait Series of the Singapore dollar were introduced by the Board of Commissioners of…
Notable Births 1998 Sep 9 Jordan Nwora, Nigerian-American basketball player
Notable Deaths 1998 Sep 9 Lucio Battisti, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1943)
Notable Deaths 1998 Sep 9 Bill Cratty, American dancer and choreographer (born 1951)
Notable Deaths 1997 Sep 9 John Hackett, Australian-English general and author (born 1910)
Notable Deaths 1997 Sep 9 Burgess Meredith, American actor, director, and producer (born 1907)

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