Calendar for September 19th, 2012

2001: Rosh Hashanah

Born : Hermione Granger (character in Harry Potter series)

Born 1839: George Cadbury (chocolate manufacturer)

Born 1867: Arthur Rackham (artist)

1876: Bissell carpet sweeper patented

Died 1881: James Garfield (20th U.S. president)

Born 1894: Rachel Field (children's author)

Born 1895: JB Rhine (psychologist)

Born 1905: Leon Jaworski (lawyer)

Born 1909: Ferdinand Porsche (Austrian auto-manufacturer)

Born 1911: William Golding (author)

Born 1922: Emil Zatopek (distance runner)

Born 1928: Adam West (actor)

Born 1932: Mike Royko (journalist)

1934: Bruno R. Hauptmann charged with kidnap-murder of Lindbergh baby

Born 1934: Brian Epstein (manager of The Beatles)

Born 1943: Joe Morgan (baseball player)

Born 1948: Jeremy Irons (actor)

Born 1949: Ernie Sabella (actor)

Born 1949: Leslie "Twiggy" Lawson (model)

Born 1950: Joan Lunden (journalist)

1961: On a return trip from Canada, while in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, Betty and Barney Hill claimed to have been abducted for two hours by a UFO. After going public with their story, the two gained worldwide notoriety. The incident is the first fully documented case of alien abduction.

Born 1964: Trisha Yearwood (singer)

Born 1974: Jimmy Fallon (actor)

1986: Anti-AIDS drug AZT first became available, on a "compassionate use" basis

Born 1987: Danielle Panabaker (actress)

2003: Frogs' eggs fell from the sky in Berlin, Connecticut