Daily Calendar for Monday, September 20, 2027

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Monday, September 20, 2027

Born

  • David Ross Locke (journalist)
  • George Bird Grinnell (naturalist)
  • Upton Sinclair (author)
  • Maxwell Perkins (editor)
  • Red Auerbach (basketball coach)
  • Anne Meara (actress)
  • Donald Hall (poet)
  • Sophia Loren (actress)
  • Guy Damien Lafleur (hockey player)
  • Ray Gozalez (poet)
  • Gary Cole (actor)
  • Kristen Johnston (actress)
  • Spencer Locke (actress)
  • Harley (giant anteater, Caldwell Zoo, Texas)

Died

  • Jacob Grimm (folklorist)
  • Jule Styne (songwriter)
  • Benny Baker (comedian)
  • William Rosenberg (founded Dunkin Donuts chain)
  • Polly Bergen (actress)

Events

  • Navigator Ferdinand Magellan left Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain, for Spice Islands
  • Slave trading abolished in Washington, D.C.
  • Elisha Otis sold his first elevator
  • Frank Schuman patented wire safety glass
  • Billie King defeated Bobby Riggs in a tennis match in Houston, Texas, billed as the Battle of the Sexes
  • Cal Ripken, Jr. took the day off for the first time in 16 years and ended baseball’s ironman streak at 2,632 games

Weather

  • The Adirondack Tornado traveled 275 miles, starting over Lake Ontario, moving through New York State, and ending as a waterspout on Lake Champlain
  • 4.88 inches of rain drenched Berne, Indiana
  • Frost in Dublin, NH
  • Snow and 28 degrees F in St. Johsbury, Vermont
  • Peoria, Illinois, had its first summer freeze on record