Lighthouse Spiral Staircase

Lighthouse Spiral Staircase - Old Point Loma Lighthouse, San Diego, California - August 6, 2010
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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