Table of Contents September 19th Fun Facts, Trivia and History |
September 19th History Highlights |
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September 19th is… |
Butterscotch Pudding Day Cleanup Day Gymnastics Day International Talk Like a Pirate Day |
September 19th Birthday Quotes |
“If you hang around long enough, they think you’re good. It’s either my tenacity or my stupidity, I’m not sure which.” “I think that anybody’s craft is fascinating. A taxi driver talking about taxi driving is going to be very, very interesting.” “Art, well good art at least, takes you to a place you go during the experience of it, and then after you experience it you are different.” “Always be natural. Putting on airs will make a giggle out of you. Be yourself and if you don’t know something say so.” “We all have our time machines, don’t we. Those that take us back are memories… and those that carry us forward, are our dreams.” |
September 19th Birthdays |
1560 – Thomas Cavendish, English naval explorer, led the third expedition to circumnavigate the globe (died in 1592) 1824 – William Sellers, American engineer, inventor, and businessperson (died in 1905) 1921 – Billy Ward, American R&B singer-songwriter (died in 2002) 1926 – James Lipton, American actor, producer and tv host (died in 2020) 1927 – Rosemary Harris, English actress 1928 – Adam West, American actor, Batman (died in 2017) 1934 – Brian Epstein, English talent manager, The Beatles (died in 1967) 1940 – Paul Williams, American singer-songwriter and actor 1948 – Jeremy Irons, English actor 1949 – Twiggy, English model and actress 1952 – Nile Rodgers, American songwriter, and producer 1958 – Lita Ford, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1962 – Cheri Oteri, American comedic actress 1964 – Trisha Yearwood, American singer-songwriter 1974 – Jimmy Fallon, American comedian, and talk show host |
September 19th History |
876 – Melville Bissell patented the first carpet sweeper. 1921 – The greatest rainfall recorded in United States history during 18 consecutive hours (measured at an unofficial weather-monitoring site) fell at Thrall, Williamson County, Texas, 36.40 inches fell from a Hurricane. 1928 – Mickey Mouse’s first screen appearance – Steamboat Willie at the Colony Theater NYC. 1934 – Bruno Hauptmann was arrested for kidnapping Charles Lindbergh’s baby. 1952 – The Adventures of Superman premiered, in syndication 1960 – #1 Hit September 19, 1960 – September 25, 1960: Chubby Checker – The Twist 1961 – Betty and Barney Hill claimed to be abducted by aliens in New Hampshire 1970 – #1 Hit September 19, 1970 – October 9, 1970: Diana Ross – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough 1970 – The Mary Tyler Moore Show premiered on CBS. 1975 – The alligator was removed from the endangered species list in parts of Louisiana. 1976 – A UFO was reportedly seen over Tehran, Iran. Two F-4 Phantom II jets lost power during a chase. 1977 – The chairs on which Archie and Edith Bunker sat through 8 seasons of All in the Family were given to the Smithsonian Institution September 19, 1979 Birthday (fictional) Hermione Granger, Harry Potter 1981 – Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel performed a reunion concert in New York’s Central Park. 1983 – Kiss performed on MTV without make-up for the first time. 1983 – The nighttime (syndicated) edition of the NBC daytime game show Wheel of Fortune premiered 1983 – Welcome To Pooh Corner premiered on The Disney Channel 1984 – Highway To Heaven premiered on NBC 1986 – Captain EO with Michael Jackson premiered in Disney theme parks. 1987 – #1 Hit September 19, 1987 – September 25, 1987: Michael Jackson with Siedah Garrett – I Just Can’t Stop Loving You 1994- ER made its debut on NBC 2005 – How I Met Your Mother premiered on CBS 2007 – Kitchen Nightmares premiered on FOX September 19, 2014 – The Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus were released. 2015 – #1 Hit September 19, 2015 – October 2, 2015: Justin Bieber – What Do You Mean? #1 Hit September 19, 2020 – October 2, 2020: WAP – Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion |
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts |
“Everyone is ignorant, only on different subjects.” – Will Rogers Tuna salad, pasta salad, ham salad, caesar salad… only one of these has lettuce. So what makes a ‘salad’ a ‘salad’? Congratulate many performers with “Bravi!” as long as at least one of the performers is a male. A banana is a berry. The Garfield comic strip debuted on June 19, 1978. We actually live about 80 milliseconds in the past because that’s how long it takes for our brains to process information. American Pie’s apple pie was bought from Costco. The alphabet song only has 26 characters. (80 characters in the extended remix “now I know my ABC’s…”) I kind of hope that one day in the future our recorded history gets lost or distorted to the point that the events of the Lord of The Rings are somehow misinterpreted to have actually happened long ago. The Capital of Lithuania is Vilnius |
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