The Harvest Moon is the full Moon nearest the autumnal equinox and is bright enough to allow finishing all the harvest chores.
Daily Calendar for Saturday, September 22, 2029
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Saturday, September 22, 2029
Born
- Anne of Cleves (fourth wife of King Henry VIII) –
- George Gordon Lord Byron (poet) –
- Paul Muni (actor) –
- John Houseman (actor) –
- Joseph M. Valachi (criminal) –
- George Balanchine (dancer/choreographer) –
- Tommy Lasorda (baseball player) –
- Shari Belafonte-Harper (actress) –
- Joan Jett (singer) –
- Scott Baio (actor) –
- Bonnie Hunt (actress) –
Died
- Nathan Hale (American patriot; died in New York City) –
- Dan Rowan (comedian & actor) –
- Irving Berlin (songwriter) –
- George C. Scott (actor) –
- Joseph Nathan Kane (American author and fact-finder; died in West Palm Beach, Florida) –
- Gordon Jump (actor) –
- Marcel Marceau (French mime ) –
- Eddie Fisher (singer) –
- Yogi Berra (baseball player, exactly 69 years following his 1946 MLB debut.) –
Events
- Position of U.S. Postmaster General established –
- Lincoln issued preliminary Emancipation Proclamation –
- Gene Tunney beat Jack Dempsey –
- Fiddler on the Roof opened on Broadway –
- The first Farm Aid concert took place –
- Turner Broadcasting System announced plans to merge with Time Warner –
- 3.3 earthquake near Rathdrum, Idaho –
Weather
- Hailstorm in Strawberry, Arizona. Five days after the storm, drifts of remaining hail were still 12 to 18 inches deep –
- Hurricane Esther circled Cape Cod, Massachusetts, for four days, bringing heavy rains and widespread flooding to Maine –