Today in History

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September 15
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.
1930 - Ely Culbertson and the United States team played a challenge match with Great Britain in contract bridge competition. The event took place in London, England, and helped establish bridge as a favorite with the card-playing crowd. The London bridge crowd fell down on the job as the U.S. team won the match.

1930 - Hoagy Carmichael recorded Georgia on My Mind on the Victor label. Georgia on My Mind has been the official state song of Georgia since 1922. The song has been recorded by many artists over the years.

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.

1953 - The National Boxing Association adopted the 10-point ‘must’ scoring system for all of its matches. The winner of each round must get 10 points, while the loser of each round must have fewer than 10 points.

1954 - Betty Robbins (Mrs. Sheldon Robbins) became the first woman cantor ... at services held at Temple Avodah in Oceanside, Long Island, New York.

1962 - Bill Fischer of the Kansas City Athletics set a major-league baseball record by not issuing a base on balls (a walk) for 69-1/3 innings. Fischer reached that mark in a game against the Baltimore Orioles on this day.

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.

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.

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.

1980 - The Elephant Man made its debut on Broadway with rock singer David Bowie in his acting debut.

1984 - Princess Diana and Prince Charles celebrated the birth of their second child, a blue-eyed baby boy who weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces. Prince Harry (Henry Charles Albert David) is third in line to succeed to the British throne.

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.

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; Hollywood Pictures’ Duets; MGM’s This is Spinal Tap.

Birthdays
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, 1851

1857 - William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President <1909-1913>; married to Helen Herron ; Yale University law professor; Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court <1921-30>; died Mar 8, 1930

1890 - Agatha (Marie Clarissa) Christie (Miller)
writer: Murder on the Orient Express, 65 other mysteries; playwright: The Mousetrap ; died Jan 12, 1976

1903 - Roy Acuff
‘The King of Country Music’: Country Music Hall of Famer: Wabash Cannonball, Pins and Needles , Night Train to Memphis, The Great Speckled Bird, Freight Train Blues; group: Smoky Mountain Boys; publisher: Acuff-Rose Publishing; died Nov 23, 1992

1907 - Fay Wray
actress: King Kong, Dr. X, Tammy and the Bachelor; died Aug 8, 2004

1908 - Penny Singleton (Mariana McNulty)
actress: Blondie series

1916 - Margaret Lockwood (Day)
actress: The Wicked Lady, Cast a Dark Shadow, The Lady Vanishes; died July 15, 1990

1920 - Dave Garcia
baseball manager: Cleveland Indians

1922 - 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

1924 - Bobby Short
pianist, singer: regular on 1st Playboy TV series; autobiography: Black & White Baby

1928 - Julian ‘Cannonball’ Adderly
musician: Alto/Soprano Saxophone: Mercy, Mercy, Mercy; died Aug 8, 1975

1928 - Henry Silva
actor: The Bravados, Green Mansions, Oceans Eleven, The Manchurian Candidate, Johnny Cool, The Hills Run Red, Sharky’s Machine, Code of Silence, Amazon Women on the Moon, Above the Law, Dick Tracy, The End of Violence

1938 - Gaylord (Jackson) Perry
Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher: SF Giants , Cleveland Indians , Texas Rangers, SD Padres , 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

1940 - 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

1941 - Les (William) Braid
musician: bass, organ: group: The Swinging Blue Jeans: Hippy Hippy Shake

1945 - 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 Habits

1946 - 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; 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 Killers

1950 - Dave (David Percy) Pagan
baseball: NY Yankees, Baltimore Orioles, Pittsburgh Pirates, Seattle Mariners

1961 - Dan Marino
football: Miami Dolphins QB: 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 NFL

1984 - Prince Harry (Henry Charles Albert David)
third in line to the British throne; see 1984



Chart Toppers
September 15
1949Room Full of Roses - The Sammy Kaye Orchestra (vocal: Don Cornell)
You’re Breaking My Heart - Vic Damone
Maybe It’s Because - Dick Haymes
Why Don’t You Haul Off and Love Me - Wayne Raney
1957Tammy - Debbie Reynolds
Diana - Paul Anka
Honeycomb - Jimmie Rodgers
Fraulein - Bobby Helms

1965Help! - The Beatles
Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire
Is It Really Over? - Jim Reeves

1973Delta Dawn - Helen Reddy
Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose - Tony Orlando & Dawn
Loves Me like a Rock - Paul Simon
You’ve Never Been This Far Before - Conway Twitty

1981Endless Love - Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
Slow Hand - Pointer Sisters
Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around - Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty & The
Heartbreakers
Older Women - Ronnie McDowell

1989Hangin’ Tough - New Kids on the Block
Don’t Wanna Lose You - Gloria Estefan
Heaven - Warrant
I Wonder Do You Think of Me - Keith Whitley

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1. R.I.P. Fay Wray

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