September 10

Scott Winters, Realtor

A quick look at Today in History, check out some Celebrity Birthdays, and find out what Days of the Year to celebrate.

 

TODAY IN HISTORY:

1846 – Elias Howe received a patent for the sewing machine.

1913 – The Lincoln Highway opened. It was the first paved coast-to-coast highway in the United States. The highway ran coast-to-coast from Times Square in New York, NY, west to Lincoln Park in San Francisco, CA, originally through 13 states: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and California.

1935 – “Popeye” was heard on NBC radio for the first time.

1942 – President Franklin Roosevelt mandated gasoline rationing as part of the U.S. wartime effort.

1953 – Swanson introduced the first “TV dinner.”

1955 – The classic TV western “Gunsmoke” premiered on CBS.

1955 – Bert Parks began a 25 year career as host of the “Miss America Pageant”.

1960 – Mickey Mantle hit his longest home run in Briggs/Tiger Stadium history.

1961 – Mickey Mantle hit his 400th home run to tie a major league baseball record.

1977 – “Mickey Finn” appeared in the comic pages for the last time.

1984 – The TV game show “Jeopardy” began it’s daily syndication with Alex Trebek as the host. Trebek has hosted every episode except one — when he switched with Pat Sajak for April Fool’s Day. It originally started as a daytime TV game show on NBC, with Art Fleming as the host, on March 30th, 1964.

1984 – The Federal Communications Commission changed a rule to allow broadcasters to own 12 AM and 12 FM radio stations. The previous limit was 7 of each.

1990 – The Hard Rock Café in Las Vegas, NV, opened.

1990 – The TV sitcom “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”, debuted starring young rapper Will Smith.

1990 – Historic Ellis Island re-opened as the National Museum of Immigration.

1992 – Bud Selig became Major League Baseball’s “acting” commissioner. (Six years later the post became official, and he remained in that position until January 2015.)

1993 – The TV show “Bill Nye the Science Guy” debuted.

1993 – Fox aired the very first episode of “The X Files”, introducing us to  Federal Bureau of Investigation special agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny), and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson).

1994 – The PBS TV show “The Magic School Bus” premiered. The theme song, called “Ride on the Magic School Bus”, was performed by Little Richard.

1998 – Singer Mac Davis received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1998 – Northwest Airlines announced an agreement with pilots, ending a nearly two-week walkout.

2000 – Indiana University fired basketball coach Bobby Knight for what is called a pattern of unacceptable behavior.

2002 – Florida tested its new elections system. The test resulted in polling stations opening late and problems occurred with the touch screen voting machines.

2002 – The “September 11: Bearing Witness to History” exhibit opened at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.

2009 – The television drama “The Vampire Diaries” premiered on The CW.

2020 – California’s August Complex wildfire became largest recorded in state history at 471,000 acres (736 square miles).

2022 – King Charles III was formally proclaimed as monarch at a meeting of the Accession Council.

 

BIRTHDAYS:

Greg Mullavey – 84 years old (1939) – Actor (Played Tom Hartman on TV’s “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman”, “iCarly”)

Tom Ligon – 83 years old (1940) – Actor (“Paint Your Wagon”, “Jump”, “Bang the Drum Slowly”, TV’s “The Young and the Restless”, “Oz”)

Danny Hutton – 81 years old (1942) – Vocalist (Three Dog Night)

José Feliciano – 78 years old (1945) – Singer

Judy Geeson – 75 years old (1948) – Actress (“To Sir With Love”, TV’s “Mad About You”)

Barriemore Barlow – 74 years old (1949) – Drummer (Jethro Tull)

Joe Perry – 73 years old (1950) – Guitarist, vocalist (Aerosmith)

Amy Irving – 70 years old (1953) – Actress (“Carrie”, “Yentl”, “Deconstructing Harry”)

Pat Mastelotto – 68 years old (1955) – Drummer (Mr. Mister)

Kate Burton – 66 years old (1957) – Actress (“Stay”, “Swimfan”, “Unfaithful”)

Siobhan Fahey – 65 years old (1958) – Singer (Bananarama)

Colin Firth – 63 years old (1960) – Actor (“The King’s Speech”, “A Single Man”, “Kingsman”, “Magic in the Moonlight”, “A Christmas Carol”, “Mama Mia!”, “Bridget Jones’ Diary”, “Shakespeare in Love”, “Fever Pitch”)

Guy Ritchie – 55 years old (1968) – Director (“Sherlock Holmes”, “RocknRolla”, “Snatch”)

Adam Herz – 51 years old (1972) – Screenwriter and producer (“American Pie” movies). Raised in East Grand Rapids, MI.

Ryan Phillippe – 49 years old (1974) – Actor (“Cruel Intentions”, “Crash”, “Flags of Our Fathers”, “The Lincoln Lawyer”, TV’s “Secrets and Lies”)

Ben Wallace – 49 years old (1974) – Basketball player (Was best known for his first stint with the Detroit Pistons from 2000-2006, during which he was a four-time All-Star and four-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year. He later returned to the Pistons from 2009-2012)

 

TODAY IS:

National Grandparents Day

National Hug Your Hound Day

National Pet Memorial Day

National Swap Ideas Day

National TV Dinner Day

World Suicide Prevention Day

 

For additional information check out websites like: www.on-this-day.com, www.born-today.com, www.famousbirthdays.com, www.daysoftheyear.com, and www.nationaldaycalendar.com.

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