Daily Calendar for Thursday, September 19, 2013

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Thursday, September 19, 2013

Born

  • Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (astronomer)
  • George Cadbury (chocolate manufacturer)
  • Arthur Rackham (artist)
  • Rachel Field (children’s author)
  • JB Rhine (psychologist)
  • Leon Jaworski (lawyer)
  • Ferdinand Porsche (Austrian auto-manufacturer)
  • William Golding (author)
  • Emil Zatopek (distance runner)
  • Adam West (actor)
  • Mike Royko (journalist)
  • Brian Epstein (manager of The Beatles)
  • Joe Morgan (baseball player)
  • Jeremy Irons (actor)
  • Leslie "Twiggy" Lawson (model)
  • Ernie Sabella (actor)
  • Joan Lunden (journalist)
  • Trisha Yearwood (singer)
  • Jimmy Fallon (actor)
  • Hermione Granger (character in Harry Potter series)
  • Danielle Panabaker (actress)

Died

  • James Garfield (20th U.S. president)
  • Jackie Collins (author)

Events

  • Bissell carpet sweeper patented
  • Bruno R. Hauptmann charged with kidnap-murder of Lindbergh baby
  • On a return trip from Canada, while in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, Betty and Barney Hill claimed to have been abducted for two hours by a UFO. After going public with their story, the two gained worldwide notoriety. The incident is the first fully documented case of alien abduction.
  • Anti-AIDS drug AZT first became available, on a compassionate use basis
  • 7.1 earthquake occurred in Ayutla, Puebla, Mexico

Weather

  • New York City had a record high temperature of 92 degrees F, while snow fell in the West
  • 92 degrees Fahrenheit, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
  • The mummified remains of Ötzi, a Copper Age “iceman” were discovered in the Ötztal Alps, near the Italian/Austrian border.
  • Frogs’ eggs fell from the sky in Berlin, Connecticut

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