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Today In History Basic Datebook-September 13th

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People on September 13th: birthdates

Norman Alden: 1924 (is 84 in 2008, 85 in 2009)
TV Actor, Hennesey's Pulaski, Krofft Supershow's Frank (Electrawoman seg)
Fiona Apple: 1977 (is 31 in 2008, 32 in 2009)
Pop Singer, LN:McAfee
Barbara Bain: 1931 (is 77 in 2008, 78 in 2009)
TV/Movie Actress, b. in Chicago; Mission Impossible's Cinnamon Carter, Space 1999's Dr. Helena Russell; Martin Landau's wife
Aaron Benward: 1973 (is 35 in 2008, 36 in 2009)
Country Singer
Jacqueline Bisset: 1944 (is 64 in 2008, 65 in 2009)
TV/Movie Actress, Movie Producer, English, Roman Catholic, b. in Weybridge; Airport, The Deep, Casino Royale
Christina Brascia: 1971 (is 37 in 2008, 38 in 2009)
Soap Actress, Santa Barbara's Aurora/Abby
Hector Cervantes: 1980 (is 28 in 2008, 29 in 2009)
Musician, Contemporary Christian musician; of Casting Crowns
Peter Cetera: 1944 (is 64 in 2008, 65 in 2009)
Pop Singer, Bassist, Songwriter, b. in Chicago; Chicago lead; soloist; RFN:Et? as in Et Cetera?!?; some say 1942
Ray (White) Charles: 1918 (is 90 in 2008, 91 in 2009)
Arranger, Conductor/Composer, Orchestra & Choral Director; TV show scores; Perro Como's associate; not to be confused with the Black Ray Charles
David Clayton-Thomas: 1941 (is 67 in 2008, 68 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Singer, Songwriter, English, Blood,Sweat & Tears' lead; sued Milli Vanilli and won for ripping off his group's song "Spinning Wheel"
Jason Cook: 1980 (is 28 in 2008, 29 in 2009)
Soap Actor, Days of Our Lives' Shawn-Douglas Brady, General Hospital's Dr. Matt Hunter
Bobbie Cryner: 1961 (is 47 in 2008, 48 in 2009)
Country Singer
E. Jay Day: 1981 (is 27 in 2008, 28 in 2009)
Singer, American Idol Finalist #10 (2002)
Ann Dusenberry: 1956 (is 52 in 2008, 53 in 2009)
Actress, Little Women, Life with Lucy
Ray Elliott: 1943 (is 65 in 2008, 66 in 2009)
Pianist, Saxophonist, of Them
Fiona: 1961 (is 47 in 2008, 48 in 2009)
Heavy Metal Singer, LN:Flanagan
Emile Perry Francis: 1926 (is 82 in 2008, 83 in 2009)
NHL Player, Executive, NHL Coach, Canadian, Rangers, Blues, Whalers
Eileen Fulton: 1933 (is 75 in 2008, 76 in 2009)
Soap Actress, As The World Turns' Lisa Miller Hughes Eldridge Shea Colman McColl Almost-Hadley Mitchell Grimaldi
Lennon Gallagher: 1999 (is 9 in 2008, 10 in 2009)
Celebrity Son, Patsy Kensit and Liam's son
Gilda Claire Hall: 1993 (is 15 in 2008, 16 in 2009)
Celebrity Daughter, Liza & Ed's daughter
Mitch Holleman: 1995 (is 13 in 2008, 14 in 2009)
Actor, Reba's Jake Hart
Roger Howarth: 1968 (is 40 in 2008, 41 in 2009)
Soap Actor, One Life to Live's Todd Manning, Dawson's Creek's Greg Hetson, As the World Turns' Paul Ryan
Maurice Jarre: 1924 (is 84 in 2008, 85 in 2009)
Composer, French, of Films such as Dr. Zhivago
Geri Jewell: 1956 (is 52 in 2008, 53 in 2009)
TV/Soap Actress, Comedienne, who has cerebral palsy & did stand up comedy; The Facts of Life's Cousin Jeri Warner, Young and The Restless's Rose (2004)
James Johnson: 1939 (is 69 in 2008, 70 in 2009)
Singer, of the Jayhawks; "Stranded In The Jungle"; renamed as Vibrations with hits "The Watusi" and "My Girl Sloopy"; and sandwiched in between as the Marathons doing "Peanut Butter" (get it? Peanut Butter sandwich?)
Randy Jones: 1952 (is 56 in 2008, 57 in 2009)
Disco Singer, of The Village People
Richard Kiel: 1939 (is 69 in 2008, 70 in 2009)
TV/Movie Actor, The Barbary Coast, James Bond's adversary Jaws
Kai Miles Land: 2001 (is 7 in 2008, 8 in 2009)
Celebrity Son, Sharon Leal and Bev's son
Louise Lombard: 1970 (is 38 in 2008, 39 in 2009)
Actress, CSI's Sophia Curtis
Louis Mandylor: 1966 (is 42 in 2008, 43 in 2009)
TV Actor, Martial Law's Louis Malone
Hap Maple: 1988 (is 20 in 2008, 21 in 2009)
Celebrity Son, Mare Winningham's
Judith Martin: 1938 (is 70 in 2008, 71 in 2009)
Actress, Author, Journalist, Columnist, b. in Washington, D.C.; Miss Manners the etiquette authority
Ren Farren Martinez: 1993 (is 15 in 2008, 16 in 2009)
Celebrity Daughter, Leslie & A's girl
Stella McCartney: 1971 (is 37 in 2008, 38 in 2009)
Celebrity Daughter, MN:Nina; Linda & Paul's daughter
Dave Mustaine: 1961 (is 47 in 2008, 48 in 2009)
Heavy Metal Guitarst, Heavy Metal Singer, of Megadeth
Steve Perkins: 1967 (is 41 in 2008, 42 in 2009)
Punk Rock Performer, of Porno For Pyros and Jane's Addiction
Tyler Perry: 1969 (is 39 in 2008, 40 in 2009)
Actor, Writer, Producer/Director
Taryn Power: 1953 (is 55 in 2008, 56 in 2009)
Actress, Tyrone's daughter
Dave Quincy: 1939 (is 69 in 2008, 70 in 2009)
Keyboardist, Saxophonist, British, of Manfred Mann's Chapter 3
Joe Don Rooney: 1975 (is 33 in 2008, 34 in 2009)
Country Musician, of Rascal Flats
Ben Savage: 1980 (is 28 in 2008, 29 in 2009)
TV Actor, Dear John, Boy Meets World's Cory Matthews; Fred's brother
Fred Silverman: 1937 (is 71 in 2008, 72 in 2009)
HALL OF FAMER, TV Producer, TV Executive, b. in New York City; CBS, ABC, NBC network programmer 70-80s; responsible for bringing "Supertrain" and "Pink Lady" to NBC
Joni Sledge: 1956 (is 52 in 2008, 53 in 2009)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, of Sister Sledge
Jean Smart: 1959 (is 49 in 2008, 50 in 2009)
TV Actress, Reggie, Desinging Women's Charlene Frazier, High Society's Ellie Walker, Odd Couple II, Center of the Universe's Kate Pressman; Richard Gilliland's wife
Tavis Smiley: 1964 (is 44 in 2008, 45 in 2009)
Entertainment Figure, Radio and TV Personality
Zack Starkey: 1965 (is 43 in 2008, 44 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Drummer, British, Ringo & Maureen's son
Lewis Steinberg: 1933 (is 75 in 2008, 76 in 2009)
HALL OF FAMER, Rock & Roll Drummer, of Booker T & the MG's
Joe E. Tata: yr unknown
TV Actor, Beverly Hills 90210's Nat Busicio
Scott Vickaryous: 1975 (is 33 in 2008, 34 in 2009)
Actor
Don Was: 1952 (is 56 in 2008, 57 in 2009)
Music Producer
Chuck Wright: 1959 (is 49 in 2008, 50 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Musician, of Quiet Riot

People on September 13th: birth anniversaries

Sherwood Anderson: 1876=d.Mar 8, 1941 (was 64)
Author, Publisher, Poet, Short Story Writer, Panamaian
"Chu" Berry: 1910=d.Oct 31, 1941 (was 31)
Jazz Saxophonist, Tenor-sax
Scott Brady: 1924=d.Apr 16, 1985 (was 60)?
TV/Movie Actor, RN:Gerald Kenneth Tierney; The Winds of War, Shotgun Slade star, Police Story, China Syndrome, Gremlins; some say d. Apr 17, 1985 (was 60)
Charles Brown: 1922=d.Jan 21, 1999 (was 76)
HALL OF FAMER, Blues Singer, Pianist
Nell Carter: 1948=d.Jan 23, 2003 (was 54)
TV/Stage Actress, Gospel Singer, Cartoon Voicist, b. in Birmingham, AL; RLN:Hardy; Lobo's Sgt. Hildy Jones, Gimme A Break's Nell Harper, Ryan's Hope's Ethel, Hangin' With Mr. Cooper's Mrs. P.J.
Claudette Colbert: 1903=d.Jul 30, 1996 (was 92)
Movie/Stage Actress, French, b. in Paris; Cleopatra, It Happened One Night; RN:Lily Chauchoin; her passport said b. 1905
Roald Dahl: 1916=d.Nov 23, 1990 (was 74)
Short Story Writer, Screen/Scriptwriter, Children's Author, Wales, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, screenplay for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; also Matilda, James and The Giant Peach; Patricia Neal's ex-
Roy Engle: 1913=d.Dec 29, 1980 (was 67)
Actor, Date with the Angels, My Favorite Martian's police chief
Oliver Evans: 1755=d.Apr 15, 1819 (was 63)
Inventor, pioneered the high-pressure steam engine
Leonard Feather: 1914=d.Sep 22, 1994 (was 80)
Critic, Composer, Pianist, Journalist, Lecturer, English, "Encyclopedia of Jazz" historian
Wilhelm Filchner: 1877=d.May 7, 1957 (was 79)
Scientist, Explorer, German, led the German Antarctic expedition of 1911-12.
Dick Haymes: 1918=d.Mar 28, 1980 (was 61)
Movie Actor, Crooner, Baritone, Songwriter, Argentine, wed 6x's including Rita Hayworth
Milton S. Hershey: 1857=d.Oct 13, 1945 (was 88)
Businessperson, Manufacturer, Hershey's Chocolate Co. founder
John Houston: 1920=d.Feb 2, 2003 (was 82)
Celebrity Parent, Whitney's father
Jesse L. Lasky: 1880=d.Jan 13, 1958 (was 77)
Movie Producer, Executive, founded the Jesse Lasky Feature Play Corp, forerunner of Paramount Pictures
Ruth McDevitt: 1895=d.May 27, 1976 (was 80)
Actress, Mr. Peepers' Mom Peepers, All in the Family's Jo Nelson, Pistols 'n Petticoats, Kolchak:The Night Stalker
Bill Monroe: 1911=d.Sep 9, 1996 (was 84)
HALL OF FAMER, Country Singer/Guitarist, Songwriter, Mandolin, Banjoist, b. in Rosine, KY; RN:William Smith Monroe; Father of Bluegrass Music and combined fast-picking mandolin, banjo and guitar with a "high lonesome" singing style to create the distinctly American sound known as bluegrass, probably the biggest influence in music in general.
Gene Page: 1940=d.Aug 24, 1998 (was 57)
Arranger
John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing: 1860=d.Jul 15, 1948 (was 87)
General, WWI commander
Mae Questel: 1908=d.Jan 8, 1998 (was 89)
Cartoon Voicist, voice of Betty Boop; d. Jan 4?
Dr. Walter S. Reed: 1851=d.Nov 22, 1902 (was 51)
Scientist, Surgeon, Physician, Bacteriologist, American Medical pioneer; proved mosquitoes transmit yellow fever; d. 11-23?
Theodore Jr. Roosevelt: 1887=d.????
General, Theodore's son
Max Rosenberg: 1914=d.Jun 14, 2004 (was 89)
Movie Producer, low-budget horror films
Arnold Schoenberg: 1874=d.Jul 13, 1951 (was 76)
Composer, Austrian, b. in Vienna; 12-tone music system, or else we'd all sing offkey.
Clara Josephine Wieck Schumann: 1819=d.May 20, 1896 (was 76)
Composer, Pianist, German
Reta Shaw: 1912=d.Jan 8, 1982 (was 69)
TV/Movie Actress, Comedienne, Mr. Peepers' Aunt Lil, Betty White Show, Ann Sothern Show's Flora Macauley, Tab Hunter Show's Thelma, Ichabod & Me's Aunt Lavinia, Cara Williams Show, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir's Martha Grant
John Smith: 1938=d.May 12, 1994 (was 55)
Labor Leader, British, British Labor Party leader
Mel Torme: 1925=d.Jun 5, 1999 (was 73)
Jazz Singer, Composer/Songwriter, Pianist, Drummer, TV/Movie Actor, Songwriter, Music Producer, b. in Chicago; The 'Velvet Fog' singer; RN:Melvin Howard; Night Court's himself (occ); wrote "The Christmas Song" for Nat King Cole
Samuel Wilson: 1766=d.????
Revolutionary, Merchant, Original Uncle Sam

People on September 13th: death anniversaries

Gilbert Adrian: 1959 (was 56)/b.Mar 3, 1903
Fashion Designer, costumes
John Barry: 1803/b.1745
Military Leader, Revolutionary, Commodore; the first American commodore to fight in the Revolutionary War and the father of the U.S. Navy
Jane Baxter: 1997 (was 88)/b.Sep 9, 1909
Actress, was 87?
Sidney DeParis: 1967 (was 62)/b.May 30, 1905
Trumpeter
Betty Field: 1973 (was 55)/b.Feb 8, 1918
Movie Actress, Of Mice & Men, Bus Stop
Freddy Kruger: 1991 (was 6)/b.Oct 31, 1984
Legendary Figure, Horror movie character; dead forever?
Helen Humes: 1981 (was 68)/b.Jun 23, 1913
Jazz Singer, Blues Singer
Lou Jacobs: 1992 (was 89)/b.yr unknown
Entertainment Figure, Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus clown
King Philip II Of Spain: 1598 (was 71)/b.May 21, 1527
King, ruled 1556-98
Mervyn Le Roy: 1987 (was 86)/b.Oct 15, 1900
Movie Producer/Director, Movie Actor, Writer, Wizard of Oz, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, Little Women
Andrea Mantegna: 1506/b.1431
Artist
Dorothy McGuire: 2001 (was 85)/b.Jun 14, 1916
Movie Actress, Soap Actress, b. in Omaha, NE; LN:Maguire?; Rich Man Poor Man, Little Women, Young & the Restless' Cora Miller; some say b. 1918
Richard Merrell: 1998 (was 73)/b.Jul 6, 1925
Author, wrote Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Philip Ober: 1982 (was 80)/b.Mar 23, 1902
Actor, Vivian Vance's ex-husband; I Dream of Jeannie's Gen. Wingard Stone
Joe Pasternak: 1991 (was 89)/b.Sep 19, 1901
Movie Producer, Hungarian, NOT Joseph A.; Romanian; prod'd over 100 films
Ann Richards: 2006 (was 73)/b.Oct 1, 1932
Jazz Singer
Tupac Shakur: 1996 (was 25)/b.Jun 16, 1971
Actor, Rap Singer, aka 2Pac; gangsta rap pioneer
Leopold Stokowski: 1977 (was 95)/b.Apr 18, 1882
Conductor, Musician, English, one of the best-known symphonic conductors of all time; of Philadelphia Orchestra; Walt Disney movies; d. in Hampshire, England
Lewis Stone: 1953 (was 73)/b.Nov 15, 1879
Movie/Stage Actor, Prisoner Of Zenda; d. Sep 12?
George C. Wallace: 1998 (was 79)/b.Aug 25, 1919
Politician, Governor
James Wolfe: 1759 (was 32)/b.Jan 2, 1727
General, British, commander of the British Army at the capture of Quebec; died in battle

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General events on September 13th

In 1814, Late in the evening, attorney Francis Scott Key wrote a little ditty that Americans now like to sing before baseball games. Key had been aboard a ship stranded in Baltimore harbor, by the British bombardment of Fort McHenry, Md., and was moved by seeing the American flag still flying over the fort to write "The Star-Spangled Banner" on the back of an envelope. The melody comes from "Anachreon In Heaven," an old English drinking song.

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Government and Politics on September 13th

In 1786, the Connecticut Act of Cession is signed, ceding all Connecticut claims to lands of Ohio, except the Western Reserve, to the Federal government.

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War, Crime and Disaster events on September 13th

In 1515, King Francis of France defeats the Swiss army under Cardinal Matthias Schiner at Marignano, northern Italy.

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Royalty and Religious events on September 13th

In 1506, Andrea Mantegna, one of the great Italian painters, died. He painted a series of frescoes for Pope Innocent VIII's private chapel in the Vatican.

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Human Achievement and Science events on September 13th

In 1513, Vasco Nunez de Balboa crosses the isthmus of Panama and "discovers" the Pacific Ocean.

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Weird and Other events on September 13th

In 1971, Wayne Rollings, a 30-year-old Marine captain stationed at Kaneohe, HI, did 17,000 sit-ups in 7 hours and 27 minutes.

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