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Daily Calendar for Friday, September 20, 2013

Born

  • David Ross Locke (journalist) –
  • George Bird Grinnell (naturalist) –
  • Upton Sinclair (author) –
  • Maxwell Perkins (editor) –
  • Red Auerbach (basketball coach) –
  • Anne Meara (actress) –
  • Donald Hall (poet) –
  • Sophia Loren (actress) –
  • Guy Damien Lafleur (hockey player) –
  • Ray Gozalez (poet) –
  • Gary Cole (actor) –
  • Kristen Johnston (actress) –
  • Spencer Locke (actress) –
  • Harley (giant anteater, Caldwell Zoo, Texas) –

Died

  • Jacob Grimm (folklorist) –
  • Benny Baker (comedian) –
  • Jule Styne (songwriter) –
  • William Rosenberg (founded Dunkin Donuts chain) –
  • Polly Bergen (actress) –

Events

  • Navigator Ferdinand Magellan left SanlΓΊcar de Barrameda, Spain, for Spice Islands–
  • Slave trading abolished in Washington, D.C.–
  • Elisha Otis sold his first elevator–
  • Frank Schuman patented wire safety glass–
  • Billie King defeated Bobby Riggs in a tennis match in Houston, Texas, billed as the Battle of the Sexes–
  • Cal Ripken, Jr. took the day off for the first time in 16 years and ended baseball’s ironman streak at 2,632 games–

Weather

  • The Adirondack Tornado traveled 275 miles, starting over Lake Ontario, moving through New York State, and ending as a waterspout on Lake Champlain–
  • 4.88 inches of rain drenched Berne, Indiana–
  • Snow and 28 degrees F in St. Johsbury, Vermont–
  • Frost in Dublin, NH–
  • Peoria, Illinois, had its first summer freeze on record–

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