Daily Calendar for Sunday, September 14, 2014
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Sunday, September 14, 2014
Born
- Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (physiologist) –
- Margaret Higgins Sanger (founder of the birth control movement) –
- Douglas Kennedy (“Lone Ranger” actor) –
- Kate Millett (feminist writer) –
- Sam Neill (actor) –
- Michelle Stafford (actress) –
- Kimberly Williams-Paisley (actress) –
- Katie Lee Biegel (chef) –
- Tony Finau (golfer) –
Died
- Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (architect) –
- Arthur Wellesley (1st Duke of Wellington) –
- Henry Bliss (first American automobile fatality) –
- William McKinley (25th U.S. president; assassinated in Buffalo, New York) –
- Princess Grace of Monaco (former actress Grace Kelly) –
- Mickey Hargitay (actor & world champion bodybuilder) –
- Patrick Swayze (actor) –
- Norm Macdonald (comedian) –
Events
- The first lighthouse in North America, Boston Light, was lit –
- Composer George Handel completed The Messiah –
- Francis Scott Key wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner” –
- Typewriter ribbon patented –
- Sound-absorbing material patented –
- The world’s largest airship, Graf Zeppelin II, made its first flight –
- The first helicopter flight was made by Igor Sikorsky –
- Zond 5 was launched; 4 days later it became the first spacecraft to circle the Moon and return to Earth –
- The Waltons premiered on CBS –
- Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, the first U.S. born saint, was canonized by Pope Paul VI –
- World Series was cancelled due to strike –
- Roger Craig, a University of Delaware graduate student, won $77,000 on Jeopardy!. It was the show’s highest one-day total ever. –
- Crayola announced crayon name “Bluetiful” –
Weather
- Seattle, Washington, had a high temperature of 92 degrees F –