September 15
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1776 - The ‘Red Coats’ occupied New York City during the American Revolution. British General Howe landed at Kip’s Bay this day and entered the city of New York virtually unopposed. In November, Howe pursued Washington out of New York and across New Jersey.1821 - The colony of Guatemala, including the present-day nations of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, declared its independence from Spain.
1857 - Timothy Alden of New York City earned a patent for the typesetting machine. Newspaper and magazine publishers were very happy, as the machine made the production of these publications much faster and easier to accomplish ... making them more timely. We wonder what Timothy would have thought of the computer.
1928 - Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming noticed a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory. The mold was later developed into penicillin, the revolutionary antibiotic. Fleming (by then Sir Alexander Fleming) shared a Nobel Prize in 1945.
1930 - Hoagy Carmichael recorded Georgia on My Mind on the Victor label. Carmichael composed the song (lyrics by Stuart Gorrell) that has has been recorded by Ray Charles and many other artists over the years. Georgia on My Mind became the official state song of Georgia in 1979.
1934 - NBC radio presented The Gibson Family to American audiences. The program was the first musical-comedy-drama to be broadcast. Ernest Whitman and Eddie Green were featured members of the cast and were billed as “network radio’s only colored comedians.” The show originated from the studios of WEAF in New York City.
1935 - The Nuremberg Laws were enacted by the National Socialist (Nazi) Party. The act stripped all German Jews of their civil rights and the swastika was made the official symbol of Nazi Germany.
1940 - The tide turned in The Battle of Britain. The Royal Air Force shot down 185 Luftwaffe planes. It was at this point that Adolf Hitler abandoned his invasion plans.
1942 - The U.S. aircraft carrier Wasp was torpedoed at Guadalcanal. Wasp was hit by three torpedoes from Japanese submarine I-19 The resulting damage set off several explosions, destroyed her water-mains and knocked out the ship’s power. As a result, her damage-control teams were unable to contain the ensuing fires that blazed out of control. She was abandoned and scuttled by USS Lansdowne later that evening. Her wreck was found in early 2019. This was the eighth U.S. Navy ship to be named the Wasp. There have been two since.
1944 - U.S. troops landed on Peleliu and Morotai.
1948 - An F-86A Sabre set the world aircraft speed record of World Air Speed Record of 670.981 mph (1,079.841 kph).
1949 - The Lone Ranger premiered on ABC-TV. Clayton Moore was the Lone Ranger and Jay Silverheels played Tonto. The series ran through Sep 12, 1957.
1950 - U.N. forces made amphibious landings at Seoul’s port city of Inchon and began their drive toward Seoul to cutoff North Korean forces in the south.
1959 - Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev arrived in the U.S. to begin a thirteen-day visit. He was welcomed by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
1963 - Matty, Felipe and Jesus Alou, the famed Alou Brothers of baseball, took to the outfield and played together for the first time. The brothers played for the San Francisco Giants, who beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 13-5, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
1963 - Four children were killed when a bomb went off during Sunday services at a the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. The church had been a rallying point for civil rights demonstrations. Update: Robert Chambliss, known as ‘Dynamite Bob’, was convicted of murder in 1977 and died in prison; ex-Klansman Thomas Blanton Jr. was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison in 2001; former Ku Klux Klansman Bobby Frank Cherry was found guilty of first-degree murder in 2002; and a fourth suspect, Herman Cash, died in 1994 without being charged.
1965 - It was a grand time in Hooterville. Oliver (Wendell) Douglas and his socialite wife Lisa; storekeeper Sam Drucker; Arnold the Pig and a whole bunch of funny neighbors showed up at Green Acres on CBS-TV. Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor headed a memorable cast in this, the first of six seasons on the network.
1971 - Twelve members of the Don’t Make a Wave Committee founded Greenpeace, the environmental organization committed to a green and peaceful world. The group from Vancouver, British Columbia was aboard the Phyllis Cormack sailing to Amchitka, Alaska to protest nuclear testing.
1973 - Secretariat won the Marlboro Cup and set a world record for the 1-1/8 mile event. The legendary thoroughbred won in 1 minute, 45-2/3 seconds and earned $250,000.
1978 - Muhammad Ali defeated Leon Spinks to win World Heavyweight Boxing title for the third time. Muhammad Ali was the first man to win the world heavyweight title three times.
1979 - Bob Watson of the Boston Red Sox hit a single, double, triple, and home run to become the first player in the major leagues to hit for the cycle in both leagues. Boston walloped the Baltimore Orioles 10-2.
1982 - USA Today, a publication of the Gannett media empire, was published for the first time. The paper was called “The Nation’s Newspaper.” Critics called the satellite-transmitted, colorful, splashy, somewhat glitzy publication, “News McNugggets,” “The Nation’s Comic Book” and the winner of the “Pulitzer Prize for Best Investigative Paragraph.” USA Today -- now with editions throughout the world -- has changed the shape of newspapers everywhere. Many have imitated the fast-reading format pioneered by USA Today in an attempt to revitalize the suffering newspaper industry.
1983 - Jazz and salsa percussionist Willie Bobo died of cancer at the age of 49. Willie Bobo was also a regular on the first Bill Cosby television show (1969-1971), had his own 1976 variety show, and recorded for Sussex, Blue Note and Columbia.
1984 - Princess Diana and Prince Charles celebrated the birth of their second child, a blue-eyed baby boy who weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces. At the time of his birth, Prince Harry (Henry Charles Albert David) was third in the line of succession to succeed his grandmother to the British throne. He is currently fifth in line, after his nephew George and niece Charlotte.
1986 - LA Law premiered on NBC-TV. The series about life in a large Los Angeles law firm stars Harry Hamlin (as Michael Kuzak), Susan Dey (as Grace Van Owen), Corbin Bernsen (Arnie Becker), Jill Eikenberry (Ann Kelsey/Markowitz), Michael Tucker (Stuart Markowitz), Alan Rachins (as Douglas Brackman, Jr.), Michele Greene (Abby Perkins), Jimmy Smits (Victor Sifuentes), Susan Ruttan (Roxanne Melman/Meyer), Richard A. Dysart (Leland McKenzie), Larry Drake (Benny Stulwicz), Blair Underwood (Jonathan Rollins), Sheila Kelley (Gwen Taylor), Amanda Donohoe (C.J. Lamb) and John Spencer (as Tommy Mullaney).
1989 - Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Penn Warren died at 84 years of age. Warren was the first poet laureate of the United States.
1991 - Radio/TV announcer André Baruch died. He was 83 years old.
1993 - James Brown was on hand in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, as officials dedicated The James Brown Soul Center of the Universe Bridge.
1994 - An Arab Charter on Human Rights was adopted by the Council of the League of Arab States.
1995 - The U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women adjourned in Beijing, China after approving a wide-ranging platform promoting inheritance rights and condemning rape in wartime.
1995 - Movies opening in the U.S.: Angus, starring Charlie Talbert, Kathy Bates, Rita Moreno, Chris Owen, Ariana Richards and George C. Scott; Hackers, starring Jonny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie, Jesse Bradford, Matthew Lillard, Laurence Mason, Renoly Santiago, Fisher Stevens and Alberta Watson; and The Stars Fell on Henrietta, with Robert Duvall, Aidan Quinn, Frances Fisher and Brian Dennehy.
1997 - Elton John’s Candle in the Wind 1997 sold more than 600,000 copies in its first day in British stores. At one Tower Records in London, 1,000 copies of the Princess Diana tribute were snatched up in less than 90 minutes. The single was released in the U.S. on Sep 23 and hit #1 Oct 11.
1998 - Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals hit his 63rd home run of the season -- against the Pittsburgh Pirates (who won the game).
1999 - Hurricane Floyd hit North Carolina with 13-16 inches of rain. Extensive damaged was reported in the Bahamas on the islands of Abaco, Eleuthera, Cat and San Salvador. Damage from Floyd was later estimated at over $800 million with 45 deaths attributed to the storm.
2000 - Motion pictures released in the U.S. this day: Warner Bros.’ Bait, and Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport; United Artists’ Crime + Punishment in Suburbia; and Hollywood Pictures’ Duets.
2000 - The XXVII Olympic Games opened in Sydney, Australia with a parade of athletes and Aborigine runner Cathy Freeman igniting an Olympic ring of fire.
2001 - Fred De Cordova, executive producer of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, died in Woodland Hills, CA. De Cordova was 90 years old.
2002 - Sweden’s voters bucked the conservative trend in Europe, reaffirming support for that country’s generous welfare system, as the ruling Social Democrats claimed victory in the national elections.
2003 - The birthplace of Ginger Rogers was designated by the Independence, MO city council to be a local landmark.
2004 - Johnny Ramone, guitarist and co-founder of the seminal punk band The Ramones, died of cancer in Los Angeles. He was 55 years old.
2005 - Armored car robber Heather Tallchief turned herself in to authorities. Heather had disappeared Oct 1, 1993, along with a Loomis Armored van filled with more than $3 million.
2006 - New movies in U.S. theatres: The Black Dahlia, starring Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart, Mia Kirshner and Hilary Swank; Everyone’s Hero, featuring the voices of Rob Reiner, Whoopi Goldberg, Brian Dennehy, William H. Macy, Mandy Patinkin, Dana Reeve, Robert Wagner, Richard Kind, Raven-Symone, Joe Torre and Jake Syzmanski; Gridiron Gang, with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Xzibit, Kevin Dunn, Leon Rippy, Danny Martinez, Mo, Trever O'Brien, Six Reasons, Brandon Smith, Jade Yorker, Robert Zepeda, Michael Jace and Bill Smitrovich; and The Last Kiss, starring Zach Braff, Jacinda Barrett, Casey Affleck, Michael Weston, Eric Christian Olsen, Rachel Bilson, Blythe Danner, Tom Wilkinson, Lauren Lee Smith and Marley Shelton.
2006 - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation requiring drivers to use hands-free devices while talking on mobile telephones.
2006 - The $200-million Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall opened in Costa Mesa, CA. The hall, designed by Cesar Pelli, features a custom-designed concert organ, dedicated chorus seating, box seats, silver-leafed adjustable acoustical canopies, adjustable reverberation chambers and a solo piano lift and orchestra pit capabilities.
2007 - A meteorite made a fiery crash in southern Peru and villagers were soon struck by a mysterious illness. The fireball streaked across the sky late at night and crashed into a field near Carancas, near the border with Bolivia. Farmers later complained of headaches and vomiting. Police who went to investigate the crater were also stricken with nausea, prompting authorities to dispatch a medical team. “The odour is strong and it's affecting nearby communities,” reported local health department official, Jorge López.
2008 - Lehman Brothers, burdened by $60 billion in soured real-estate holdings, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after attempts to rescue the 158-year-old firm failed. Meanwhile, Bank of America Corp. said it was snapping up Merrill Lynch & Co. in a $50 billion all-stock transaction.
2009 - The Obama administration announced a far-reaching and long-term cloud computing policy intended to cut costs of U.S. government infrastructure and reduce the environmental impact of government computing systems.
2010 - Never Let Me Go opened in U.S. theatres. The sci-fi thriller stars Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley, Sally Hawkins, Andrew Garfield and Charlotte Rampling.
2010 - Russia and Norway ended a 40-year dispute and signed an Arctic border treaty which opened the door to offshore oil and gas exploration. President Dmitry Medvedev and Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg presided over the signing in Murmansk, Russia.
2011 - For those of us who tend to get a little grumpy when we are hungry: British scientists reported that fluctuations of serotonin levels in the brain, which often occur when someone hasn’t eaten or is stressed, affect regions of the brain that allow people to regulate anger.
2012 - Team owners of the National Hockey League locked out their players after failing to agree on a new contract. A tentative deal on the new collective bargaining agreement was not reached until January 6, 2013.
2013 - Nina Davuluri was crowned Miss America 2014 in Atlantic city, NJ. She was the first Indian American to be chosen Miss America.
2013 - Mexico’s southwestern Pacific coast was drenched as Tropical Storm Manuel and Hurricane Ingrid closed in on the Gulf Coast. Heavy rains and landslides killed at least 21 people and caused the evacuation of thousands of others.
2014 - Microsoft spent $2.5 billion to acquire Mojang, the Swedish firm behind the Minecraft video game (said to have over 100 million players at the time).
2015 - 12 people were killed when flash floods struck Hildale, Utah. Seven others were killed in nearby Zion national Park.
2015 - Millionaire Malcolm Turnbull was sworn in as the Australia’s fourth prime minister in just over two years. The rapid turnover was the result of a recent Australian political tradition of swiftly removing failing leaders.
2016 - The European Union’s border agency Frontex said some 23,000 irregular migrants had arrived in Italy in August 2016, most crossing the Mediterranean from Libya on what had become the main immigration route into Europe.
2016 - A week after warning U.S. consumers to stop using the new Galaxy Note 7 smartphones made by Samsung Electronics, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced a recall of about 1 million of the high-end devices because of serious fire and burn hazards. This is “such a serious fire hazard I urge all consumers to take advantage of this recall right away,” Elliot Kaye, chairman of the CPSC told a news conference. “Last week the public heard our message to power down the phone. This week’s message is go get a replacement or a refund.”
2017 - Movies opening in the U.S. included: All I See Is You, with Yvonne Strahovski, Blake Lively and Jason Clarke; American Assassin, starring Michael Keaton, Dylan O’Brien and Taylor Kitsch; Mother!, starring Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem and Ed Harris; Because of Grácia, with John Schneider, Ben Davies and Chris Massoglia; Brad’s Status, starring Ben Stiller, Austin Abrams and Jenna Fischer; In Search of Fellini, with Maria Bello, Ksenia Solo and Beth Riesgraf; and Rebel in the Rye, starring Zoey Deutch, Kevin Spacey and Nicholas Hoult.
2017 - French President Emmanuel Macron invited cameras into his Elysee Palace office as he signed into law new legislation. Macron became the first French president to wield his constitutional power in public view.
2017 - Harvard University revoked the visiting fellowship position of convicted U.S. intelligence leaker and transgender activist Chelsea Manning. This, after sharp criticism from the Central Intelligence Agency. “I now think that designating Chelsea Manning as a visiting fellow was a mistake, for which I accept responsibility,” said the dean of the Kennedy School, Douglas Elmendorf. “We are withdrawing the invitation to her to serve as a visiting fellow – and the perceived honour that it implies to some people – while maintaining the invitation for her to spend a day at the Kennedy School and speak in the school’s forum.”
2018 - U.S. Border Patrol agent Juan David Ortiz was arrested in Laredo, Texas for the murder of four women, all sex workers. Another prostitute, Erika Peña, managed to notified authorities after learning that Ortiz had killed others. Ortiz was later charged with capital murder. Webb County, TX District Attorney Isidro R. Alaniz said Ortiz’s apparent motive was a desire to, “...clean up the streets of Laredo by targeting this community of individuals who he perceived to be disposable, that no one would miss and that he did not give value to.”
2018 - U.S. authorities warned residents displaced by a killer hurricane against returning home. Florence was dumping “epic amounts of rainfall” on the eastern United States, resulting in life-threatening flooding.
2019 - The United Auto Workers (UAW) said that its roughly 48,000 hourly workers at General Motors Co facilities would go on strike as of midnight today after US labor contract talks reached an impasse, the first nationwide strike at GM in 12 years. (A new agreement was reached on Oct 16, 2019.)
2020 - U.S. export restrictions on critical mobile chips used by China’s Huawei went into effect. The move was seen a threat to Beijing’s push to become more self-reliant in one of the most critical areas of technology.
2020 - U.N.-backed investigators reported that Syria’s government was continuing to perpetrate rape, torture and murder. And the report cited possible war crimes by a Turkey-backed coalition of rebel groups and called on Turkish officals in Ankara to do more to stop those crimes.
2021 - A federal appeals court upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit by the Wikimedia Foundation that challenged the National Security Agency’s mass interception -- and searching -- of Americans’ international internet communications. The court ruled that the lawsuit be dismissed after the government invoked the ‘state secrets privilege’, which meant that a full exploration of the issue in a court would damage national security.
2021 - A judge said former President Donald Trump could not delay a lawsuit accusing him of defaming former Elle magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll after she claimed he raped her in the mid-1990s. (The trial to rule on that lawsuit is set to begin Feb 6, 2023.)
2021 - Colorado Governor Jared Polis, who in 2018 became the first openly gay man in the U.S. to be elected governor, married his longtime partner and first gentleman Marlon Reis, a writer and animal welfare advocate.
2022 - Ukrainians found a mass grave of 450 burials near Izyum, some showing evidence of torture. This, after the withdrawal of Russian forces from the area. “Russia is leaving death behind it everywhere and must be held responsible,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
2022 - New Hampshire Republican Senate nominee Don Bolduc, who campaigned claiming that voter fraud cost former President Donald Trump the 2020 election, abruptly reversed himself a day after being declared winner of a primary election. Bolduc said he had “done a lot of research” and concluded “the election was not stolen.”
2022 - President Biden signed an executive order stepping up efforts to block Chinese investment in U.S. technology -- and to keep U.S. citizen’s private data from prying Beijing eyes. Biden ordered the secretive Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States to focus on preventing a foreign power from getting access to technologies singled out for their importance to U.S. economic growth: Microelectronics, artificial intelligence, biotechnology and biomanufacturing, quantum computing, advanced clean energy, and climate adaptation technologies.
2023 - A Haunting in Venice, the sequel to Death on the Nile, opened in the U.S. The crime drama stars Kelly Reilly, Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Dornan, Kenneth Branagh and Tina Fey. (“In post-World War II Venice, Poirot, now retired and living in his own exile, reluctantly attends a seance. But when one of the guests is murdered, it is up to the former detective to once again uncover the killer.”)
2023 - The United Auto Workers (UAW) union went on strike at three locations: a GM factory in Wentzville, MO, a Ford plant in Wayne, MI, and a Jeep plant run by Stellantis in Toledo, OH.
2023 - Tropical Cyclone Lee, downgraded from a Category 1 hurricane, slammed into the U.S. East Coast. Predictions were that Lee would pose a high risk of flash flooding, particularly in Maine and portions of the northernmost coast of New England. Sigificant rainfall in those areas, and high wind speeds (up to 80 mph) were expected.
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Birthdays on This Day September 15
1789 - James Fenimore Cooper
writer: The Leatherstocking Tales: The Deerslayer, The Last of the Mohicans, The Pathfinder, The Pioneers, The Prairie; died Sep 14, 18511857 - William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President [1909-1913]; married to Helen Herron [two sons, one daughter]; Yale University law professor; Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court [1921-1930]; died Mar 8, 19301890 - Agatha (Marie Clarissa) Christie (Miller)
writer: Murder on the Orient Express, 65 other mysteries; playwright: The Mousetrap [world’s longest running play]; died Jan 12, 19761903 - Roy Acuff
‘The King of Country Music’: Country Music Hall of Famer: Wabash Cannonball, Pins and Needles [In My Heart], Night Train to Memphis, The Great Speckled Bird, Freight Train Blues; group: Smoky Mountain Boys; publisher: Acuff-Rose Publishing; died Nov 23, 19921904 - Sheilah Graham
Hollywood gossip columnist; possibly most famous as mistress of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald; died Nov 17, 19881907 - Fay Wray
actress: King Kong, Dr. X, Tammy and the Bachelor; died Aug 8, 20041908 - Penny Singleton (Mariana McNulty)
actress: Blondie series; died Nov 12, 20031916 - Margaret Lockwood (Day)
actress: The Wicked Lady, Cast a Dark Shadow, The Lady Vanishes; died July 15, 19901917 - Clifton Young
actor: Love Nest, Trail of Robin Hood, Salt Lake Raiders, Backfire, So You’re Having In-Law Trouble, Blood on the Moon; died Sep 10, 19511918 - Nipsey Russell
comedian, actor: The Wiz, Posse, Wildcats, Nemo, Fame, Juvenile Jury; died Oct 2, 20051920 - Dave Garcia
baseball manager: Cleveland Indians; died May 21, 20181922 - Jackie Cooper (John Cooperman Jr.)
actor: Superman series, The People’s Choice, Skippy, Little Rascals, Our Gang; director: Izzy & Moe, Sex and the Single Parent, Leave ’Em Laughing, Marathon; died May 3, 20111924 - Bobby Short
pianist, singer: regular on first Playboy TV series; autobiography: Black & White Baby; died Mar 21, 20051927 - Norm Crosby
comedian, actor: The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show, Liar’s Club, The Boys, The Misery Brothers, Let Me In, I Hear Laughter; died Nov 7, 2020
1928 - Julian ‘Cannonball’ Adderly
musician: Alto/Soprano Saxophone: Mercy, Mercy, Mercy; died Aug 8, 19751933 - Pat Barrett
singer: group: The Crew Cuts: Crazy ’Bout Ya Baby, Sh-Boom [Life Could Be a Dream], Earth Angel [Will You Be Mine], Gum Drop, I Like It Like That; died Jul 27, 20161938 - Gaylord (Jackson) Perry
Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher: SF Giants [all-star: 1966, 1970/Cy Young Award: 1971], Cleveland Indians [all-star: 1972, 1974], Texas Rangers, SD Padres [Cy Young Award: 1978/all-star: 1979], NY Yankees, Atlanta Braves, Seattle Mariners, KC Royals; 314 wins, 3,534 strikeouts, 20-game winner 5 times, lifetime ERA: 3.10, only pitcher to win Cy Young Award in both leagues; died Dec 1, 20221940 - Jimmy Gilmer
singer: group: Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs: Sugar Shack, Daisy Petal Pickin’1940 - Merlin Olsen
Pro Football Hall of Famer: LA Rams; broadcaster: NBC, CBS NFL Football; actor: Father Murphy, Little House on the Prairie; died Mar 11, 20101941 - Signe Anderson
singer: group: Jefferson Airplane: White Rabbit, It’s No Secret, We Can Be Together, Somebody to Love; died Jan 28, 20161945 - Carmen Maura
actress: Between Heaven and Earth, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Law of Desire, What Have I Done to Deserve This?, Dark Habits1945 - Jessye Norman
opera singer: Wagnerian repertoire, Sieglinde, Ariadne, Alceste, Leonore, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner1946 - Tommy Lee Jones
Academy Award-winning actor: The Fugitive [1993]; House of Cards, The Client, Natural Born Killers, JFK, Coalminer’s Daughter, Batman Forever, Volcano, U.S. Marshals, Jason Bourne; Emmy Award-winner: The Executioner’s Song [1982-1983]1946 - Oliver Stone
Academy Award-winning director: Born on the Fourth of July [1989], Platoon [1986]; Wall Street, JFK, Natural Born Killers1949 - Dave (David Percy) Pagan
baseball: NY Yankees, Baltimore Orioles, Pittsburgh Pirates, Seattle Mariners1951 - Pete Carroll
football coach: New York Jets [1994]; San Francisco 49ers [1995, 1996]; New England Patriots [1997-1999]; USC [2001-2009] Seattle Seahawks [2010-2023]: 2014 Super Bowl XLVIII champs; more1952 - Paula Duncan
actress: Prisoner, Strange Bedfellows, The Pirates of Penzance, Jenny Kissed Me, Polly My Love, Richmond Hill1958 - Joel Quenneville
hockey: Toronto Maple Leafs, Colorado Rockies, New Jersey Devils, Hartford Whalers, Washington Capitals; head coach [Coach Q.]: St. Louis Blues [1996-2004]; Colorado Avalanche [2005-2008]; Chicago Blackhawks [2008-2018]: 2010, 2013 Stanley Cup champs; Florida Panthers [2019-2021]1958 - Wendie Jo Sperber
actress: I Wanna Hold Your Hand, Bachelor Party, Back to the Future, Bosom Buddies, Babes, Hearts Afire, Unhappily Ever After, Home Improvement, Will & Grace, Grounded for Life, Desperate But Not Serious, Sorority Boys; died Nov 29, 20051961 - Dan Marino
Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback: Miami Dolphins: individual NFL record for yards gained passing in a season [5.084] and touchdowns thrown [48] - both in 1984; Super Bowl XIX; TV host/analyst: HBO: Inside the NFL1962 - Earnest Byner
football [running back]: Washington Redskins, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens1966 - Sherman Douglas
basketball [guard]: Univ of Syracuse; NBA: Miami Heat, Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks, New Jersey Nets, LA Clippers1967 - Paul Abbott
baseball [pitcher]: Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians, Seattle Mariners, Kansas City Royals, Philadelphia Phillies, Tampa Bay Devil Rays1968 - Danny Nucci
actor: Titanic, The Rock, Eraser, Alive: The Miracle of the Andes, Book of Love, Crimson Tide, World Trade Center, Falcon Crest, Firestarter 2: Rekindled, Growing Pains, Out of This World, Quantum Leap, Family Ties, The Twilight Zone, Tour of Duty, Snoops, Just Shoot Me, House, Without a Trace, Criminal Minds, The Mentalist, CSI: NY, Castle, The Fosters1971 - Myron Bell
football [defensive back, safety]: Michigan State Univ; NFL: Pittsburgh Steelers, Cincinnati Bengals1971 - Josh Charles
actor: The Good Wife, After.Life, Fast Track, Four Brothers, Seeing Other People, Our America, Muppets From Space, Noram Jean and Marilyn, Away1972 - Queen Letizia of Spain (Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano)
became Queen June 19, 2014 alongside King Felipe VI on the abdication of his father Juan Carlos I1972 - Daimon Shelton
football [running back]: Sacramento State Univ; NFL: Jacksonville Jaguars, Chicago Bears, Buffalo Bills1977 - Tom Hardy
actor: Sweeney Todd, Minotaur, Layer Cake, LD 50 Lethal Dose, The Reckoning, Dot the I, Star Trek: Nemesis, Simon: An English Legionnaire, Black Hawk Down, Band of Brothers, The Dark Knight Rises, Bronson, Warrior, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant1977 - Jason Terry
basketball [guard]: Atlanta Hawks [1999–2004]; Dallas Mavericks [2004–2012]: 2011 NBA champs; Boston Celtics [2012–2013]; Brooklyn Nets [2013–2014]; Houston Rockets [2014–2016]; Milwaukee Bucks [2016–2018]1981 - Ben Schwartz
actor: Parks and Recreation, House of Lies, Peep World, Everybody’s Fine, The Other Guys, The Walk, This Is Where I Leave You1982 - Aaron Ross
football [defensive back]: NFL: New York Giants [2007-2011]: 2008 Super Bowl XLII, 2012 Super Bowl XLVI champs; Jacksonville Jaguars [2012]; New York Giants [2013]; Baltimore Ravens [2014]1984 - Prince Harry (Henry Charles Albert David)
fifth in line to the British throne; see 1984 [in Events above]1986 - Heidi Montag
media personality: The Hills, I’m a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here!; singer: LP: Superficial1988 - Chelsea Kane (Staub)
actress: Jonas, Fish Hooks, Baby Daddy, The Homes, One Tree Hill, Elixir1993 - Kelly Heyer
actress: Raising Hope, Pregnancy Pact, Pandemic, An American Wedding, The Middle2004 - David Popovici
Romanian swimmer: won Olympic gold in 2024 for 200m freestyle; set World Record in 2022 for 100m freestyle [46.86]
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Hit Music on This Day September 15
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You’re Breaking My Heart (facts) - Vic Damone
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