Cheshiresoft CDAY Almanac

Today is Sunday, September 21, 2003.

Birthdays

1756 John Loudon McAdam, created macadam road surface (asphalt)
1866 H.G. Wells, futurist, writer, (War of the Worlds).
1874 Gustav Holst, composer, (The Planets)
1931 Larry Hagman
1934 Leonard Cohen
1935 Henry Gibson
1947 Stephen King, suspense writer (Shining, Kujo)
1950 Bill Murray
1962 Rob Morrow
1968 Ricki Lake
1983 Joseph Mazzello

Deaths

687 Conon, Sicilian Pope (686-87), dies
1433 Zweder van Kuilenberg, bishop of Utrecht
1440 Frederik I van Hohenzollern, ruler Brandenburg (1417-40), dies at 68
1520 SelŚm I Jawuz, the Barse, poet/cruel sultan of Turkey, dies
1558 Charles V, King of Spain (Carlos I)/Holy Roman Emperor, dies at 58
1586 Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, viceroy of Naples (1571-75), dies at 69
1629 John Pieterszoon Coen, merchant/gov-gen of East-Indies, dies at 42
1705 Willem Hadriaan of Nassau, corrupt mister of Odijck, dies
1798 George Read, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 65
1820 Joseph R Drake, US poet (American Flag), dies at 25)
1904 Chief Joseph, US indian chief (Nez Perc‚s), dies
1911 Arab Pasha, "al-Misri" [Pasha Ahmad Arab), Egyptian minister, dies
1915 Anthony Comstock, anti-vice crusader, dies at 71 in NYC
1939 Armand Calinescu, premier of Romania, murdered
1946 Leo Bittermieux, Flemish missionary (Congo), dies at 66
1947 Harry Carey Sr, actor/director (Red River, Sundown), dies at 69
1952 Cor Ruys, actor (Princess Stage), dies at 62
1956 Anastasio Somoza, Nicaraguan dictator, assassinated by Roliberto Lopez
1957 Haakon VII (CF Charles WA), Danish king of Norway (1905-57), dies
1961 Earle Dickson, inventor (band-aid), dies at 68
1964 Jim Koethe, Dallas Times Herald reporter, killed by karate chop
1970 Gijsbert Friedhoff, architect (Wibautstrat tax office), dies
1973 Diana Sands, actress (Landlord, Raisin in the Sun), dies at 39
1973 William CF Plomer, S Afr libretto writer (Curlew River), dies at 69
1974 Jacqueline Susann, author (Valley of the Dolls), dies of cancer at 53
1974 Walter Brennan, actor (Real McCoys), dies at 80
1976 Orlando Letelier, minister Chile, dies
1979 John McQuade, actor (Charlie Wild Private Detective), dies at 73
1981 Nigel Patrick, actor/director (Sapphire, Prize of Gold), dies at 68
1986 Pierre Wigny, Belg minister of Foreign affairs (1958-61), dies at 81
1987 Ruth Attaway, actress (Porgy & Bess, Conrack, Being There), dies
1988 Christine Norden, actress (Little Shop of Horroers, Night Beat), dies
1988 Henry Koster, director, dies
1988 Robert Gwathmey, artist, dies at 85
1991 Angelo "Little Moe" Rossitto, dwarf actor (Carousel), dies at 83
1991 Angelo Rossitto, dwarf known as "Little Moe"/actor (Dark), dies at 83
1992 Billy Williams, actor (Adv of Kit Carson), dies at 76 of brain tumor
1992 Hans Rosenberg, astronomer/alderman of Utrecht, dies
1993 Kamaran Abdalla, Iraq/Engl/Neth actor (Best Thing in Life), dies at 34
1994 Arthur Krim, US director (United Artists, Orion Pictures), dies
1994 Oswald "Ossie" Stevens Nock, railway Writer, dies at 69
1995 Irven Spence, animator, dies at 86
1995 Peter Shankland, film maker/writer, dies at 94
1995 Vernell Townsend, blues/gospel singer, dies at 64
1995 William Murray, teacher/educationalist, dies at 83
1996 John Stachniewski, scholar/teacher, dies at 42
1996 Julius Silverman, politician, dies at 90
1996 Sabine Zlatin, nurse, dies at 89
1997 Tommy Cecil, ferryman, dies at 51

Events

1784 1st daily newspaper in US begins publication in Pennsylvania.
1895 1st auto manufacturer opens -- Duryea Motor Wagon Company.
1930 Johann Ostermeyer patents his invention, the flashbulb.
1954 The nuclear submarine "Nautilus" is commissioned.
1958 1st airplane flight exceeding 1200 hours, lands at Dallas Texas
1964 Malta gains independence from Britain
1974 US Mariner 10 makes second fly-by of Mercury
1981 Sandra Day O'Conner becomes the 1st female Supreme Court Justice
1982 SF cable cars cease operations for 2 years of repairs
1993 John Denver is arrested on drunk-driving charges in Aspen.
1994 John Denver is arrested again for drunk driving.

That's all for today.