Daily Calendar for Thursday, September 14, 2023
Born
- Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (physiologist) β
- Margaret Higgins Sanger (founder of the birth control movement) β
- Douglas Kennedy (βLone Rangerβ actor) β
- Kate Millett (feminist writer) β
- Sam Neill (actor) β
- Michelle Stafford (actress) β
- Kimberly Williams-Paisley (actress) β
- Katie Lee Biegel (chef) β
- Tony Finau (golfer) β
Died
- Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (architect) β
- Arthur Wellesley (1st Duke of Wellington) β
- Henry Bliss (first American automobile fatality) β
- William McKinley (25th U.S. president) β
- Princess Grace of Monaco (former actress Grace Kelly) β
- Mickey Hargitay (actor & world champion bodybuilder) β
- Patrick Swayze (actor) β
- Norm Macdonald (comedian) β
Events
- The first lighthouse in North America, Boston Light, was litβ
- Composer George Handel completed The Messiahβ
- Francis Scott Key wrote βThe Star-Spangled Bannerβ
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- Typewriter ribbon patentedβ
- Sound-absorbing material patentedβ
- The world’s largest airship, Graf Zeppelin II, made its first flightβ
- The first helicopter flight was made by Igor Sikorskyβ
- Zond 5 was launched; 4 days later it became the first spacecraft to circle the Moon and return to Earthβ
- The Waltons premiered on CBSβ
- Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, the first U.S. born saint, was canonized by Pope Paul VIβ
- World Series was cancelled due to strikeβ
- Roger Craig, a University of Delaware graduate student, won $77,000 on Jeopardy!. It was the show’s highest one-day total ever.β
- Crayola announced crayon name βBluetifulβ
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Weather
- Seattle, Washington, had a high temperature of 92 degrees Fβ
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