Daily Calendar for Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Born
- David Ross Locke (journalist) β
- George Bird Grinnell (naturalist) β
- Upton Sinclair (author) β
- Maxwell Perkins (editor) β
- Red Auerbach (basketball coach) β
- Anne Meara (actress) β
- Donald Hall (poet) β
- Sophia Loren (actress) β
- Guy Damien Lafleur (hockey player) β
- Ray Gozalez (poet) β
- Gary Cole (actor) β
- Kristen Johnston (actress) β
- Spencer Locke (actress) β
- Harley (giant anteater, Caldwell Zoo, Texas) β
Died
- Jacob Grimm (folklorist) β
- Benny Baker (comedian) β
- Jule Styne (songwriter) β
- William Rosenberg (founded Dunkin Donuts chain) β
- Polly Bergen (actress) β
Events
- Navigator Ferdinand Magellan left SanlΓΊcar de Barrameda, Spain, for Spice Islandsβ
- Slave trading abolished in Washington, D.C.β
- Elisha Otis sold his first elevatorβ
- Frank Schuman patented wire safety glassβ
- Billie King defeated Bobby Riggs in a tennis match in Houston, Texas, billed as the Battle of the Sexesβ
- Cal Ripken, Jr. took the day off for the first time in 16 years and ended baseball’s ironman streak at 2,632 gamesβ
Weather
- The Adirondack Tornado traveled 275 miles, starting over Lake Ontario, moving through New York State, and ending as a waterspout on Lake Champlainβ
- 4.88 inches of rain drenched Berne, Indianaβ
- Snow and 28 degrees F in St. Johsbury, Vermontβ
- Frost in Dublin, NHβ
- Peoria, Illinois, had its first summer freeze on recordβ
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