Daily Calendar for Monday, September 22, 2014
Born
- Anne of Cleves (fourth wife of King Henry VIII) β
- George Gordon Lord Byron (poet) β
- Paul Muni (actor) β
- John Houseman (actor) β
- George Balanchine (dancer/choreographer) β
- Joseph M. Valachi (criminal) β
- Tommy Lasorda (baseball player) β
- Shari Belafonte-Harper (actress) β
- Joan Jett (singer) β
- Scott Baio (actor) β
- Bonnie Hunt (actress) β
Died
- Nathan Hale (patriot) β
- Dan Rowan (comedian & actor) β
- Irving Berlin (songwriter) β
- George C. Scott (actor) β
- Joseph Kane (author of Famous First Facts, a collection of provable trivia) β
- Gordon Jump (actor) β
- Marcel Marceau (French mime
) β
- Eddie Fisher (singer) β
- Yogi Berra (baseball player, exactly 69 years following his 1946 MLB debut.) β
Events
- Position of U.S. Postmaster General established β
- Lincoln issued preliminary Emancipation Proclamation β
- Gene Tunney beat Jack Dempsey β
- Fiddler on the Roof opened on Broadway β
- The first Farm Aid concert took place β
- Turner Broadcasting System announced plans to merge with Time Warner β
- 3.3 earthquake near Rathdrum, Idaho β
Weather
- Hailstorm in Strawberry, Arizona. Five days after the storm, drifts of remaining hail were still 12 to 18 inches deep β
- Hurricane Esther circled Cape Cod, Massachusetts, for four days, bringing heavy rains and widespread flooding to Maine β
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