Old Point Loma Lighthouse, San Diego, California – August 6, 2010
This Day in History (September 16)
1997 Apple Computer Inc names co-founder Steve Jobs temporary CEO
1995 Stephen Hawkins (53) weds Elaine Mason
1991 U.S. trial of Panamanian leader Noriega begins
1990 Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan wed
1989 Singer Natalie Cole marries record producer Andre Fisher
1983 Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes a U.S. citizen
1981 1st broadcast of "Miami Vice" on NBC-TV
1978 25,000 die in 7.7 earthquake in Tabar Iran
1978 Filming on Monty Python’s Life of Brian, begins
1978 Grateful Dead perform in Cairo, Egypt
1977 Ringo releases "Drowning in Sea of Love"
1974 President Ford announces conditional amnesty for U.S., Vietnam War deserters
1972 1st TV series about mixed marriage-Bridgit Loves Bernie
1970 Jordan king Hussein forms military government
1968 Richard Nixon appears on "Laugh-in"
1964 "Shindig" premieres on ABC-TV
1963 "Outer Limits" premieres on ABC-TV
1947 John Cobb sets world auto speed record at 394.2 MPH
1940 Selective Service Act passed by U.S. Congress
1938 George E T Eyston sets world auto speed record at 357.5 MPH
1931 Blimp is moored to Empire State Building (New York City)
1928 Hurricane hits West Palm Beach-Lake Okeechobee Florida; 3,000 die
1920 Bomb explosion in Wall Street, kills 30
1919 American Legion incorporated by an act of Congress
1908 Carriage-maker, William Durant, founded General Motors Corp in Janesville Wisc
1906 Roald Amundsen discovers Magnetic South Pole
1890 Newswriter George Whitney Calhoun names Green Bay team Packers
1862 Battle of Antietam, bloodiest day in Civil War (Sharpsburg Md)
1848 Slavery abolished in all French territories
1830 Oliver Wendell Holmes writes "Old Ironsides"
1782 Great Seal of U.S. used for 1st time
1620 Pilgrams sailed from England in the Mayflower
Today’s Birthdays
1971 Amy Poehler, American Comedian, star "Baby Mama"
1958 Jennifer Tilly, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Let it Ride, Off Beat, Psycho II
1956 David Copperfield, , U.S., magician
1956 Mickey Rourke, born in Schenectady, New York, actor, 9 Weeks, Wild Orchid, Homeboy
1952 Ron Blair, born in Macon, Georgia, rock bassist, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
1949 Ed Begley, Jr., LA Cal, actor, Eating Raoul, St. Elsewhere, Parenthood
1944 Betty Kelly, Detroit, rocker, Martha Reeves and Vandellas
1942 Bernie Calvert, rock bassist, Hollies
1941 Jim McBride, born in New York City, director/actor, Hot Times, Breathless, Big Easy
1941 Joe Butler, rocker, drummer, vocalist, founding member of The Lovin’ Spoonful, performed in musical
production of Hair
1932 Anne Francis, Ossining, New York, actress, Honey West, Pancho Villa
1927 Jack Kelly, Astoria Queens, actor, Bart-Maverick, Get Christie Love
1927 Peter Falk, born in Ossining, New York, actor, Colombo, Scared Straight
1926 Tommy "Butch" Bond, actor, Butch-Our Gang
1925 Charlie Byrd, guitarist, Desfinado
1925 B. B. King, American Musician
1924 Lauren Bacall, born in New York City, actress, Dark Passage, Key Largo
1914 Allen Funt, born in Brooklyn, New York, TV host and creator, Candid Camera
1912 Jerry Wald, New York City, producer, Mildred Pierce, Johnny Belinda
1894 Clarence R Hennecke, born in Omaha, Nebraska, actor, Keystone Kops
1893 Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Hungary, biochemist, Vitamin C, Nobel 1937
1893 Alexander Korda, British movie producer, 3rd man
1875 James Cash Penney, department store founder, J C Penney
1874 Lewis Hine, American Photographer
1838 James J Hill, Canada, RR entrepreneur, Great Northern Railroad
1818 Francis Seymour Haden, English surgeon/graphic artist
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