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Gravdigr · 09-26-2016, 11:48 AM

September 26

Today is Johnny Appleseed Day, celebrated on the birthday of John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed.

46 BC – Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to his mythical ancestor Venus Genetrix in accordance with a vow he made at the Battle of Pharsalus.

1087 – William II is crowned King of England, and reigns until 1100.

1580 – The Golden Hind sailed into Plymouth, England, as explorer Francis Drake completed his circumnavigation of the globe.

1687 – The Parthenon in Athens is partially destroyed by an explosion caused by the bombing from Venetian forces led by Morosini who are besieging the Ottoman Turks stationed there.

1687 – The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution.

1777 – American Revolution: British troops occupy Philadelphia.

1789 – Thomas Jefferson is appointed the first United States Secretary of State, John Jay is appointed the first Chief Justice of the United States, Samuel Osgood is appointed the first United States Postmaster General, and Edmund Randolph is appointed the first United States Attorney General.

1907 – New Zealand and Newfoundland each become dominions within the British Empire.

1918 – World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive, the bloodiest single battle in American history, begins.

1933 – As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, "Don't shoot, G-Men!", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents.

1950 – United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.

1959 – Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless.

1960 – In Chicago, the first televised presidential debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.

1961 - The Greenbriar Boys started a two-week residency at Gerde's Folk Club in New York. The opening act was Bob Dylan.

1965 - At the end of a European tour Roger Daltry knocked out Keith Moon and the singer was sacked from The Who. The band were playing two shows in one night in Denmark, when an argument broke about between all four band members. Daltrey was reinstated the following day.

1969 – Abbey Road, the last recorded album by The Beatles, is released.

1973 – Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.

1981 – Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.

1981 - Bruce Dickinson joined UK rock band Iron Maiden. Dickinson had been the vocalist with Samson).

1983 – Soviet nuclear false alarm incident: Military officer Stanislav Petrov identifies a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike.

2003 - English singer/songwriter Robert Palmer died of a heart attack, aged 54, in Paris France. [The dude rocked a suit. Literally.]

2014 – A mass kidnapping occurs in Iguala, Mexico.

Births

1774 – Johnny Appleseed; 1875 – Edmund Gwenn (Miracle On 34th Street); 1887 – Barnes Wallis (invented the Bouncing Bomb, the Tall boy bomb, and
the Grand Slam Bomb); 1888 – T. S. Eliot; 1898 – George Gershwin

; 1901 – George Raft; 1901 – Ted Weems♪ ♫; 1909 – Bill France, Sr. (founded NASCAR); 1914 – Jack LaLanne; 1919 – Barbara Britton; 1925 – Marty Robbins♪ ♫

; 1926 – Julie London♪ ♫; 1927 – Robert Cade (co-invented Gatorade); 1927 – Patrick O'Neal; 1932 – Donna Douglas ('Elly May Clampett'); 1937 – Jerry Weintraub; 1942 – Kent McCord (Adam-12); 1944 – Jan Brewer; 1944 – Anne Robinson (hostess Weakest Link); 1945 – Bryan Ferry♪ ♫; 1946 – Christine Todd Whitman; 1947 – Lynn Anderson♪ ♫; 1948 – John Foxx

; 1948 – Olivia Newton-John♪ ♫; 1955 – Carlene Carter♪ ♫(daughter of June Carter); 1956 – Linda Hamilton; 1961 – Cindy Herron♪ ♫(En Vogue); 1962 – Melissa Sue Anderson ('Mary Ingalls' on Little House On The Prairie); 1963 – Lysette Anthony; 1963 – Joe Nemechek

; 1964 – John Tempesta

(White Zombie, The Cult, Testament, et al.); 1967 – Shannon Hoon♪ ♫(Blind Melon); 1968 – Jim Caviezel (Person of Interest); 1970 – Sheri Moon Zombie ('Baby Firefly' in House of 1,000 Corpses); 1981 – Christina Milian♪ ♫; 1981 – Serena Williams

Deaths

1820 – Daniel Boone (the rippin'est, roarin'est, fightin'est man the frontier ever knew); 1902 – Levi Strauss (yeah, that one); 1945 – Béla Bartók

; 1946 – William Strunk, Jr.; 1973 – Ralph Earnhardt

(father to Dale, Sr., grandfather to Dale, Jr.); 1979 – Arthur Hunnicutt; 1991 – Billy Vaughn♪ ♫; 1998 – Betty Carter♪ ♫; 2000 – Richard Mulligan; 2003 – Robert Palmer♪ ♫

(The Power Station); 2006 – Byron Nelson; 2008 – Paul Newman

; 2012 – M'el Dowd♪ ♫

09-26-2016, 11:48 AM	#15
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	September 26 Today is Johnny Appleseed Day, celebrated on the birthday of John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed. 46 BC – Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to his mythical ancestor Venus Genetrix in accordance with a vow he made at the Battle of Pharsalus. 1087 – William II is crowned King of England, and reigns until 1100. 1580 – The Golden Hind sailed into Plymouth, England, as explorer Francis Drake completed his circumnavigation of the globe. 1687 – The Parthenon in Athens is partially destroyed by an explosion caused by the bombing from Venetian forces led by Morosini who are besieging the Ottoman Turks stationed there. 1687 – The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution. 1777 – American Revolution: British troops occupy Philadelphia. 1789 – Thomas Jefferson is appointed the first United States Secretary of State, John Jay is appointed the first Chief Justice of the United States, Samuel Osgood is appointed the first United States Postmaster General, and Edmund Randolph is appointed the first United States Attorney General. 1907 – New Zealand and Newfoundland each become dominions within the British Empire. 1918 – World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive, the bloodiest single battle in American history, begins. 1933 – As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, "Don't shoot, G-Men!", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents. 1950 – United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces. 1959 – Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless. 1960 – In Chicago, the first televised presidential debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy. 1961 - The Greenbriar Boys started a two-week residency at Gerde's Folk Club in New York. The opening act was Bob Dylan. 1965 - At the end of a European tour Roger Daltry knocked out Keith Moon and the singer was sacked from The Who. The band were playing two shows in one night in Denmark, when an argument broke about between all four band members. Daltrey was reinstated the following day. 1969 – Abbey Road, the last recorded album by The Beatles, is released. 1973 – Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time. 1981 – Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter. 1981 - Bruce Dickinson joined UK rock band Iron Maiden. Dickinson had been the vocalist with Samson). 1983 – Soviet nuclear false alarm incident: Military officer Stanislav Petrov identifies a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike. 2003 - English singer/songwriter Robert Palmer died of a heart attack, aged 54, in Paris France. [The dude rocked a suit. Literally.] 2014 – A mass kidnapping occurs in Iguala, Mexico. Births 1774 – Johnny Appleseed; 1875 – Edmund Gwenn (Miracle On 34th Street); 1887 – Barnes Wallis (invented the Bouncing Bomb, the Tall boy bomb, and the Grand Slam Bomb); 1888 – T. S. Eliot; 1898 – George Gershwin; 1901 – George Raft; 1901 – Ted Weems♪ ♫; 1909 – Bill France, Sr. (founded NASCAR); 1914 – Jack LaLanne; 1919 – Barbara Britton; 1925 – Marty Robbins♪ ♫; 1926 – Julie London♪ ♫; 1927 – Robert Cade (co-invented Gatorade); 1927 – Patrick O'Neal; 1932 – Donna Douglas ('Elly May Clampett'); 1937 – Jerry Weintraub; 1942 – Kent McCord (Adam-12); 1944 – Jan Brewer; 1944 – Anne Robinson (hostess Weakest Link); 1945 – Bryan Ferry♪ ♫; 1946 – Christine Todd Whitman; 1947 – Lynn Anderson♪ ♫; 1948 – John Foxx; 1948 – Olivia Newton-John♪ ♫; 1955 – Carlene Carter♪ ♫(daughter of June Carter); 1956 – Linda Hamilton; 1961 – Cindy Herron♪ ♫(En Vogue); 1962 – Melissa Sue Anderson ('Mary Ingalls' on Little House On The Prairie); 1963 – Lysette Anthony; 1963 – Joe Nemechek; 1964 – John Tempesta(White Zombie, The Cult, Testament, et al.); 1967 – Shannon Hoon♪ ♫(Blind Melon); 1968 – Jim Caviezel (Person of Interest); 1970 – Sheri Moon Zombie ('Baby Firefly' in House of 1,000 Corpses); 1981 – Christina Milian♪ ♫; 1981 – Serena Williams Deaths 1820 – Daniel Boone (the rippin'est, roarin'est, fightin'est man the frontier ever knew); 1902 – Levi Strauss (yeah, that one); 1945 – Béla Bartók; 1946 – William Strunk, Jr.; 1973 – Ralph Earnhardt(father to Dale, Sr., grandfather to Dale, Jr.); 1979 – Arthur Hunnicutt; 1991 – Billy Vaughn♪ ♫; 1998 – Betty Carter♪ ♫; 2000 – Richard Mulligan; 2003 – Robert Palmer♪ ♫(The Power Station); 2006 – Byron Nelson; 2008 – Paul Newman; 2012 – M'el Dowd♪ ♫ __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. 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