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‘Bewitched’ Television Premiere – Anniversary
‘Bewitched’ Television Premiere – Anniversary
Sep 17 all-day
 Sept 17, 1964. This sitcom centered around blonde-haired witch Samantha Stephens (Elizabeth Montgomery). Although she promises not to use her witchcraft in her daily life, Samantha finds herself twitching her nose in many situations. Her[...]
‘M*A*S*H’ Television Premiere – Anniversary
‘M*A*S*H’ Television Premiere – Anniversary
Sep 17 all-day
 Sept 17, 1972. This popular award-winning CBS series was based on the 1970 Robert Altman movie and a book by Richard Hooker. Set during the Korean War, the show aired for 11 years (lasting longer[...]
‘The Fugitive’ Television Premiere – Anniversary
‘The Fugitive’ Television Premiere – Anniversary
Sep 17 all-day
 Sept 17, 1963. A nail-biting adventure series on ABC. Dr. Richard Kimble (David Janssen) was wrongly convicted and sentenced to death for his wife’s murder but escaped from his captors in a train wreck. This[...]
Battle of Antietam – Anniversary
Battle of Antietam – Anniversary
Sep 17 all-day
 Sept 17, 1862. This date has been called Americas bloodiest day in recognition of the high casualties suffered in the Civil War battle between General Robert E. Lees Confederate forces and General George McClellan’s Union[...]
Constitution Day – United States
Constitution Day – United States
Sep 17 all-day
 Sept 17, 1787. Delegations from 12 states (Rhode Island did not send a delegate) at the Constitutional Convention at Philadelphia, PA, voted unanimously to approve the proposed document. Thirty-nine of the 42 delegates present signed[...]
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‘The Addams Family’ Television Premiere – Anniversary
‘The Addams Family’ Television Premiere – Anniversary
Sep 18 all-day
 Sept 18, 1964. Charles Addams’s quirky New Yorker cartoon creations were brought to life in this ABC sitcom about a family full of oddballs. John Astin played lawyer Gomez Addams; with Carolyn Jones as his[...]
Hull House Opens – Anniversary
Hull House Opens – Anniversary
Sep 18 all-day
 On 18 September 1889 Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starz open a settlement house for immigrants in Chicago, Illinois. Read more at http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/. Image: Wikimedia Commons
Train vs. Horse Race – Anniversary
Train vs. Horse Race – Anniversary
Sep 18 all-day
 Sept 18, 1830. In a widely celebrated race, the first locomotive built in America, the Tom Thumb, lost to a horse. Mechanical difficulties plagued the steam engine over the nine-mile course between Rileys Tavern and[...]
US Air Force Established – Anniversary
US Air Force Established – Anniversary
Sep 18 all-day
 Sept 18, 1947. Although its heritage dates back to 1907 when the army first established military aviation, the US Air Force became a separate military service on this date. Responsible for providing an air force[...]
US Capitol Cornerstone Laid – Anniversary
US Capitol Cornerstone Laid – Anniversary
Sep 18 all-day
 Sept 18, 1793. President George Washington laid the Capitol cornerstone at Washington, DC, in a Masonic ceremony. That event was the first and last recorded occasion at which the stone with its engraved silver plate[...]
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‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’ Television Premiere – Anniversary
‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’ Television Premiere – Anniversary
Sep 19 all-day
 Sept 19, 1970. This show one of the most popular sitcoms of the 70s combined good writing, an effective supporting cast and contemporary attitudes. The show centered around the two most important places in Mary[...]
International Talk Like a Pirate Day
International Talk Like a Pirate Day
Sep 19 all-day
 A day when people everywhere can swash their buckles and add a touch of larceny to their dialogue by talking like pirates: for example, Arr, matey, it be a fine day. While its inherently a[...]
Jamestown Burned by Bacon’s Rebellion – Anniversary
Jamestown Burned by Bacon’s Rebellion – Anniversary
Sep 19 all-day
 Sept 19, 1676. Virginia governor Sir William Berkeley, supporting Charles IIs efforts to exploit the colony, adopted new laws allowing only property holders to vote, raising taxes and raising the cost of shipping while lowering[...]
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‘The Cosby Show’ television premiere – Anniversary
‘The Cosby Show’ television premiere – Anniversary
Sep 20 all-day
 Sept 20, 1984. This Emmy Award winning comedy set in New York City revolved around the members of the Huxtable family. Father Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable was played by Bill Cosby; his wife, Clair, an attorney,[...]
Billie Jean King Wins ‘Battle of the Sexes’ – Anniversary
Billie Jean King Wins ‘Battle of the Sexes’ – Anniversary
Sep 20 all-day
 Tennis champion Billie Jean King defeated male oponnent Bobby Riggs in a much-touted and nationally televised tennis match known as the Battle of the Sexes.” Read more at http://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/09/billie-jean-king-battle-of-the-sexes-bobby-riggs/. Image compiled from images at Wikimedia[...]
Financial Panic of 1873 – Anniversary
Financial Panic of 1873 – Anniversary
Sep 20 all-day
 A bank run on the Fourth National Bank No. 20 Nassau Street, New York City, from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, 4 October 1873 On 20 September 1873 for the first time ever, the New York[...]
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‘Monday Night Football’ television premiere – Anniversary
‘Monday Night Football’ television premiere – Anniversary
Sep 21 all-day
 Sept 21, 1970. Following the complete merger of the American Football League and the National Football League, ABC joined CBS and NBC in televising weekly games with the debut of Monday Night Football. The show[...]
‘Perry Mason’ television premiere – Anniversary
‘Perry Mason’ television premiere – Anniversary
Sep 21 all-day
 Sept 21, 1957. Raymond Burr will forever be associated with the character of Perry Mason, a criminal lawyer who won the great majority of his cases. Episodes followed a similar format: the action took place[...]
Chuck Jones’ Birthday – Anniversary
Chuck Jones’ Birthday – Anniversary
Sep 21 all-day
 Sept 21, 1912. Born at Spokane, WA, Chuck Jones worked as a child extra in Hollywood in the 1920s. After attending art school, he landed a job washing animation cels for famed Disney animator Ub[...]
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‘Friends’ television premiere – Anniversary
‘Friends’ television premiere – Anniversary
Sep 22 all-day
 Sept 22, 1994. This hugely popular NBC comedy brought together six single friends and the issues in their personal lives, ranging from their jobs to their romances. The cast was Courteney Cox Arquette, Lisa Kudrow,[...]
Autumnal Equinox
Autumnal Equinox
Sep 22 all-day
 In the Northern Hemisphere, autumn begins today with the autumnal equinox, at 10:21 AM, EDt. Note that in the Southern Hemisphere todayis the beginning of spring. Everywhere on Earth (except near the poles) the sun[...]
Emancipation Proclamation – Anniversary
Emancipation Proclamation – Anniversary
Sep 22 all-day
 Sept 22, 1862. One of the most important presidential proclamations of American history is that of Sept 22, 1862, in which Abraham Lincoln, by executive proclamation, freed the slaves in the rebelling states.That on… [Jan[...]
First All Woman Jury Empaneled in the Colonies – Anniversary
First All Woman Jury Empaneled in the Colonies – Anniversary
Sep 22 all-day
 Sept 22, 1656. The General Provincial Court at Patuxent, MD,empaneled the first all-woman jury in the colonies to hear the case of Judith Catchpole, accused of murdering her child. The defendant claimed she had never[...]
Hobbit Day
Hobbit Day
Sep 22 all-day
Hobbit Day, on 22 September, celebrates the birthdays of Frodo and Bilbo Baggins and their creator J.R.R. Tolkein.
Ice Cream Cone Invented – Anniversary
Ice Cream Cone Invented – Anniversary
Sep 22 all-day
 Sept 22, 1903. Italo Marchiony emigrated from Italy in the late 1800s and soon thereafter went into business at New York, NY, with a pushcart dispensing lemon ice. Success soon led to a small fleet[...]
National Centenarian’s Day
National Centenarian’s Day
Sep 22 all-day
 A day to recognize and honor individuals who have lived a century or longer. A day not only to recognize these individuals but to listen to them discuss the memories filled with historical information they[...]
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‘Checkers Speech’ – Anniversary
‘Checkers Speech’ – Anniversary
Sep 23 all-day
 Sept 23, 1952. Anniversary of the nationally televised Checkers Speech by then vice presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon. Nixon was found clean as a hounds tooth in connection with a private fund for political expenses,[...]
Planet Neptune Discovered – Anniversary
Planet Neptune Discovered – Anniversary
Sep 23 all-day
 Sept 23, 1846. Neptune is 2.796 billion miles from the sun (about 30 times as far from the sun as Earth). Eighth planet from the sun, Neptune takes 164.8 years to revolve around the sun.[...]
Ray Charles’ Birthday – Anniversary
Ray Charles’ Birthday – Anniversary
Sep 23 all-day
 Sept 23, 1930. Born at Albany, GA, Ray Charles Robinson began losing his sight at age 5. He began formal music training at the St. Augustine School for the Deaf and Blind, and by age[...]
William McGuffey’ s Birthday – Anniversary
William McGuffey’ s Birthday – Anniversary
Sep 23 all-day
 Sept 23, 1800. American educator and author of the famous McGuffey Readers, born at Washington County, PA. Died at Charlottesville, VA, May 4, 1873. Read more at http://www.units.miamioh.edu/mcguffeymuseum/. Image: Wikipedia Commons
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