Poor Gabriel's Almanac -- September 20
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Birthdays on this date:
In 356 BCE Alexander III the Great, king of Macedonia, emperor
In 86 Antoninus Pius, Roman Emperor
In 1833 Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Italian journalist (Nobel Peace Prize 1907)
In 1878 Upton Sinclair, novelist (Jungle)
In 1885 Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, jazz pianist, composer, singer
In 1924 James Galanos, fashion designer
In 1927 Rachael Roberts, actor (The Sporting Life, When a Stranger Calls)
In 1929 Anne Meara (in New York City), comedian (half of Stiller and Meara)
In 1934 Sophia Loren (in Rome, Italy), actor (Desire Under the Elms, Black
Orchid)
In 1938 Tom Tresh, NY Yankee (1961-69)
In 1959 Allanah Currie, singer (Thompson Twins)
Events worth noting:
+ Feast of St. Eustace, martyr, patron of hunters and firefighters
In 1519 Magellan starts first successful circumnavigation of the world.
In 1777 Paoli massacre.
In 1797 US frigate "Constitution" (Old Ironsides) launched in Boston.
In 1850 Slave trade abolished in DC, but slavery allowed to continue.
In 1854 British and French defeat Russians at Alma, in the Crimea.
In 1859 Patent granted on the electric range.
In 1860 The Prince of Wales, later to become King Edward VII, becomes the
first British royalty to visit the United States.
In 1863 Civil War Battle of Chickamauga, near Chattanooga, Tenn, ended.
In 1879 U. S. Grant and his wife travels to San Francisco for elaborate
extended visit.
In 1884 Equal Rights Party founding convention in San Francisco, nominates
female candidates for President, Vice President.
In 1911 Yanks set team record 12 errors in a double header.
In 1945 German rocket engineers begin work in U.S.
In 1951 First North Pole jet crossing
In 1954 First FORTRAN computer program run.
In 1961 After 84 1/3 innings Bill Fischer gives up a base on balls.
+ Roger Maris hits home run # 59 and barely misses # 60 in game 154 of
the season; Yanks clinch pennant #26.
In 1968 Mickey Mantle hits final career homer #536.
In 1970 Luna 16 lands on Moon's Mare Fecunditatis, drills core sample.
In 1973 Billy Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match.
In 1980 Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's army, with U.S. encouragement,
invades Iran.
+ Plaque dedicated in Thurmon Munson's memory at Yankee Stadium.
In 1983 30th Mersenne prime (2^132,049 - 1) is discovered.
In 1985 Walt Disney World's 200-millionth guest.
And remember ...
National School Success Month
National Sewing Month
National Self-Awareness Month
National Preparedness Month
National Humor in Business Month
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