September 19 , 2023

1881: U.S. President James A. Garfield died of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting.Garfield, the 20th president of the United States, was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, 79 days later. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president.

1946: Winston Churchill gave his “Iron Curtain” speech in Zurich, Switzerland, advocating for a “United States of Europe”.

1952: Charlie Chaplin has been refused entry to return to his home in Hollywood until he has been investigated. Mr Chaplin is currently on board the Ocean Liner Queen Elizabeth with his wife and four children on route to the US. When the ship docked in New York Mr Chaplin and his family stayed on board sailing back to England, and later moved to Switzerland, where he lived until his death in 1977.

1960: Chubby Checker has a number 1 record with “The Twist” which launched a worldwide dance craze.

1970: “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” debuted on CBS television.

2013: Hiroshi Yamauchi, the former president of the Nintendo video game company, died at the age of eighty-five. Yamauchi was known for transforming the company into one of the leading video game systems and ran the company from 1949 until 2002.

1995: A manifesto by the Unabomber, an anti-technology terrorist, is published by The New York Times and Washington Post in the hope that someone will recognize the person who, for 17 years, had been sending homemade bombs through the mail that had killed and maimed innocent people around the United States.

Celebrity Birthdays

Jimmy Fallon (1974) – American comedian, actor, and host of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”
Jeremy Irons (1948) – Academy Award-winning British actor known for roles in films such as “Reversal of Fortune.”
Trisha Yearwood (1964) – American country music singer, author, actress, and TV personality.
Adam West (1928-2017) – American actor, best known for his role as Batman in the 1960s TV series.
Tegan and Sara Quin (1980) – Canadian indie pop/rock twin duo.
Twiggy (1949) – English model, actress, and singer, famous as a teenage model in the swinging ’60s in London.
Daniel Lanois (1951) – Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter.
Kevin Zegers (1984) – Canadian actor and model known for roles in films like “Air Bud” and “Transamerica.”
Sanaa Lathan (1971) – American actress and voice actress.
Soledad O’Brien (1966) – American broadcast journalist and executive producer.
Katrina Bowden (1988) – American actress best known for her role as Cerie on “30 Rock.”
Alison Sweeney (1976) – American actress, best known for her role as “Samantha Brady” on “Days of Our Lives”, reality show host, and author.
Columbus Short (1982) – American choreographer, actor, and singer.
Cheri Oteri (1962) – American comedic actress, best known for her roles on “Saturday Night Live.”
William Golding (1911-1993) – English novelist, playwright, and poet, best known for “Lord of the Flies.”
Mama Cass Elliot (1941-1974) – American singer and member of the musical group The Mamas & the Papas.
Brian Epstein (1934-1967) – English music entrepreneur, best known as the manager of The Beatles.
Paul Williams (1940) – American composer, singer, songwriter, and actor.
David McCallum (1933) – Scottish-American actor and musician.
Kavya Madhavan (1984) – Indian film actress and singer.
Freda Payne (1942) – American singer and actress.
Frances Farmer (1913-1970) – American actress and television host.
Rex Smith (1955) – American actor and singer.
Kim Richards (1964) – American actress and television personality known for her role as Tia Malone in “Escape to Witch Mountain.”