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Daily Calendar for Thursday, September 19, 2013

Born

  • Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (astronomer) –
  • George Cadbury (chocolate manufacturer) –
  • Arthur Rackham (artist) –
  • Rachel Field (children’s author) –
  • JB Rhine (psychologist) –
  • Leon Jaworski (lawyer) –
  • Ferdinand Porsche (Austrian auto-manufacturer) –
  • William Golding (author) –
  • Emil Zatopek (distance runner) –
  • Adam West (actor) –
  • Mike Royko (journalist) –
  • Brian Epstein (manager of The Beatles) –
  • Joe Morgan (baseball player) –
  • Jeremy Irons (actor) –
  • Leslie "Twiggy" Lawson (model) –
  • Ernie Sabella (actor) –
  • Joan Lunden (journalist) –
  • Trisha Yearwood (singer) –
  • Jimmy Fallon (actor) –
  • Hermione Granger (character in Harry Potter series) –
  • Danielle Panabaker (actress) –

Died

  • James Garfield (20th U.S. president) –
  • Jackie Collins (author) –

Events

  • Bissell carpet sweeper patented–
  • Bruno R. Hauptmann charged with kidnap-murder of Lindbergh baby–
  • 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.–
  • Anti-AIDS drug AZT first became available, on a compassionate use basis–
  • 7.1 earthquake occurred in Ayutla, Puebla, Mexico–

Weather

  • New York City had a record high temperature of 92 degrees F, while snow fell in the West–
  • 92 degrees Fahrenheit, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania–
  • Frogs’ eggs fell from the sky in Berlin, Connecticut–

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