September 27th Fun Facts, Trivia and History |
September 27th History Highlights |
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Traditional September 27th Information |
September 27th is… |
Chocolate Milk Day Corned Beef Hash Day Crush a Can Day Saint Vincent De Paul Feast Day |
September 27th Birthday Quotes |
“There is only one secret. To love what you are doing.” “It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country where virtue and knowledge prevail.” “Garlick maketh a man wynke, drynke, and stynke.” “I always felt a love for music, but I never got my nerve up enough to try a musical instrument in school.” “I will say, as a woman when you put a mustache on, you find out a lot of things about yourself.” |
September 27th Birthdays |
1722 – Samuel Adams, American philosopher, and politician, 4th Governor of Massachusetts (died in 1803) 1840 – Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (died in 1902) 1885 – Harry Blackstone, Sr., American magician (died in 1965) 1917 – Carl Ballantine, American magician, and actor (died in 2009) 1919 – Jayne Meadows, American actress (died in 2015) 1933 – Greg Morris, American actor (died in 1996) 1934 – Wilford Brimley, American actor (died in 2020) 1936 – Don Cornelius, American television host (Soul Train) (died in 2012) 1947 – Meat Loaf, American singer-songwriter 1951 – Jim Shooter, American comic book author, editor and illustrator 1958 – Shaun Cassidy, American actor 1972 – Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress 1974 – Carrie Brownstein, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress 1982 – Lil Wayne, American rapper 1984 – Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter |
September 27th History |
1290 (Earthquake) Chihli, China 1540 – Pope Paul III approved the charter for the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). 1650 (Volcano Eruption) Kolumbo 1903 – Wreck of the Old 97, traveling from Monroe, Virginia, to Spencer, North Carolina, the train derailed at Stillhouse Trestle near Danville, Virginia. 1905 – Albert Einstein’s paper “Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?”, introducing the equation E=mc² was published. 1908 – Model T #0001 came out of Henry Ford’s car factory today. 1912 – W C Handy published The Memphis Blues, the first Blues Song 1937- The first Santa Claus training school opened in Albion, New York. 1954 – The Tonight Show began broadcasting coast to coast on NBC 1963 – Lee Harvey Oswald visited the Cuban Consulate in Mexico. More on him later. 1964 – The Warren Commission Report was given to President Johnson today, and the general public on September 27. It concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, settling the issue. (it was not really settled) September 27, **** Birthday (fictional) Iris West Allen, DC Comics 1975 – #1 Hit September 27, 1975 – October 10, 1975: John Denver – I’m Sorry / Calypso September 27, 1981 Birthday (fictional) Scott Pilgrim. VS the World in comic books and film September 27, 1994 (fiction) Quinn Mallory and his companions slid into the time vortex, Sliders, TV 1998 Google launched its li’l Search Engine. 1998 – Mark McGwire hit his record-setting 69th and 70th home runs in the last game of the (regular) season. 2006 – East End Show – Wicked (Musical) September 27, 2006 2008 – #1 Hit September 27, 2008 – October 17, 2008: Pink – So What 2009 – The Cleveland Show premiered on FOX |
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts |
“Okay, you guys got yourselves a ship. We’ll be ready when you are. Docking Bay 94.” – Han Solo #moviequotes If the statue of a horse in a park has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes A group of Cars is called a Fleet. Modern Peanut Butter was invented as a source of protein for people with no teeth. There is a sound effect called the ‘Wilhelm Scream’ that has been used in over 200 movies and TV shows since 1951, including “Star Wars”. The phrase ‘upside-down’ has three different directions in it. ‘Grease’ may be the word, but it’s never said even once in the entire film. We cry when we are happy because hypothalamus in our brain can’t tell the difference between being happy or sad The Capital of Liberia is Monrovia Abraham Lincoln is in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. The best student film of all-time? That would be Schindler’s List, which Steven Spielberg turned-in to finally graduate from California State University, Long Beach in 2002, after dropping out in 1969. “Remember who you are” – Mufasa #moviequotes |
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