Calendar for September 30th, 2012

2001: Rosh Hashanah

2001: Independence Day (Botswana)

Born 1861: William Wrigley, Jr. (manufacturer)

Born 1915: Lester Maddox (politician)

Born 1917: Buddy Rich (drummer & bandleader)

Born 1921: Deborah Kerr (actress)

Born 1924: Truman Capote (author)

Born 1928: Elie Wiesel (author)

Born 1931: Angie Dickinson (actress)

Born 1935: Z. Z. Hill (blues musician)

Born 1935: Johnny Mathis (singer)

1935: Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin opened at the Colonial Theater in Boston, Massachusetts

Born 1943: Marilyn McCoo (singer)

Died 1948: Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt (U.S. First Lady)

Died 1955: James Dean (actor)

Born 1957: Fran Drescher (actress)

1960: The Flintstones made its television debut

Born 1961: Eric Stoltz (actor)

Born 1968: Monica Belluci (actress)

Born 1971: Jenna Elfman (actress)

Born 1980: Martina Hingis (tennis player)

Born 1981: Dominique Moceanu (gymnast)

1982: Cheers, the place where everyone knows your name, debuted on television

Born 1982: Kieran Culkin (actor)

Born 1982: Lacey Chabert (actress)

1988: John Lennon was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Died 1994: Lina Basquette (actress)

2008: More than 160 people were killed in a stampede at a Hindu temple in India