Poor Gabriel's Almanac -- September 17
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Birthdays on this date:
In 879 Charles III (The Simple), king of France (893-923)
In 1271 Wenceslas II, king of Bohemia and Poland (1278-1305)
In 1730 Baron Frederick von Steuben, made the Continental Army winners
In 1743 Marquis de Condorcet, French Enlightenment philosopher
In 1857 Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, pioneer in rocket and space research
In 1869 Christian Lange, Norwegian pacifist, internationalist (Nobel 1921)
In 1907 Warren E. Burger, former Supreme Court chief justice (1969-86)
In 1921 Virgilio Barco Vargas, president of Colombia (1986-90)
In 1923 Hank Williams, country singer (Cold, Cold Heart, Hey Good Lookin')
In 1927 George Blanda, NFL quarterback, place kicker (Oakland Raiders)
In 1928 Roddy McDowall, actor (Planet of the Apes, Lassie Come Home)
In 1930 Edgar Dean Mitchell, astronaut (Apollo 14)
+ Thomas P. Stafford, astronaut (Gemini 6,9; Apollo 10)
In 1931 Anne Bancroft (in Bronx, NY), actor (Graduate, High Anxiety), wife
of Mel Brooks
In 1933 Dorothy Loudon, actor (Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil)
+ Pat Crowley, actor (Please Don't Eat the Daisies, Port Charles)
In 1939 David Souter, Supreme Court justice (1990-)
In 1948 John Ritter, actor (3's Company), son of Tex Ritter
Events worth noting:
+ Constitution Day
+ Citizenship Day
+ Impression of the Stigmata of St Francis
+ St. Lambert's Day (Anglican), patron of surgeons
In 1630 Boston founded.
In 1776 The Presidio of San Francisco was founded as Spanish fort.
In 1787 US Constitution is adopted and formally signed.
In 1789 William Herschel discovers Mimas, satellite of Saturn.
In 1819 First whaling ship arrives in Hawaii.
In 1862 Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam) in Maryland -- Bloodiest day of the
war with 23,100 killed, wounded, or captured. Confederates retreat.
In 1908 Thomas Selfridge becomes first fatality of powered flight.
In 1911 C.P. Rogers begins the first transcontinental airplane flight. He
travels from New York City to Pasadena in 82 hours, 4 min.
In 1920 National Football League formed in Canton, Ohio.
In 1953 First successful separation of Siamese twins.
In 1956 Yanks clinch pennant #22 on Mantle's 50th homer of the year.
In 1963 "The Fugitive" premiers.
In 1964 "Bewitched" premiers.
+ Mickey Mantle gets hits #1999, 2000, and 2001.
In 1966 "Mission Impossible" premieres.
In 1968 Zond 5 completes the first circumnavigation of the Moon.
In 1972 BART begins passenger service.
In 1977 Dave Kingman hits his first Yankee homer, Reggie hits 2 more.
In 1978 Begin, Sadat and Carter sign the Camp David accord.
+ Red Sox finally beat Yanks in Sept, 1978 7-3.
In 1984 Reggie Jackson hits homerun #500.
In 1985 Soyuz T-14 carries 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station.
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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