Articles by May, 2020

Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 23 September.

1. BC - Augustus 1st Roman Emperor
2. Naval engagement 'Bonhomme Richard' defeats 'HMS Serepis'
3. John Andre reveals Benedict Arnold's plot to betray West Point
4. Johann Galle & Heinrich d'Arrest find Neptune
5. Urbain J.J. Leverrier codiscoverer of Neptune dies
6. Ed Cartwright bats in 7 RBIs in 1 inning
7. 1st Mack Sennett "Keystone Comedy" movie is released
8. Gene Tunney defeats Jack Dempsey for world heavyweight boxing title
9. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia formed (National Day)
10. Yanks commit 7 errors in 1 game but beat Boston 16-12
11. 1st closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event
12. Richard Nixon makes his "Checker's" speech
13. 1st movie to become a TV series - How to Marry a Millionaire
14. ABC's 1st color TV series - The Jetsons
15. Largest known prime 2 ^ 132 049 - 1 is discovered
16. Ford-Carter TV debate
17. Soyuz 22 returns to Earth
18. Cheryl Ladd replaces Farrah Fawcett on Charlie's Angels
19. 3rd test of the Space Shuttle Enterprise
20. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad opens

These famous people were born on 23 September.

1. 0063 - Octavian (Augustus C‘sar), 1st Roman emperor
2. 0484 - Euripides, ancient Greek playwright (Trojan Women) (or 480 BC)
3. 1583 - Augustus
4. 1713 - Ferdinand VI, king of Spain (1746-59)
5. 1800 - William H McGuffey, educator (McGuffey Readers)
6. 1838 - Victoria Chaflin Woodhull, American feminist, reformer
7. 1852 - William Stewart Halsted, established 1st US surgical school
8. 1880 - John Boyd Orr, nutritionist, UN's FAO (Nobel 1949)
9. 1889 - Walter Lippmann, journalist, political writer
10. 1898 - Walter Pidgeon, Actor (Mrs Miniver, Madame Curie)
11. 1900 - Louise Nevelson, sculptor
12. 1910 - Elliot Roosevelt, son of FDR
13. 1920 - Mickey Rooney, Actor
14. 1926 - John Coltrane, saxophonist
15. 1930 - Ray Charles, Sings Georgia, entertainer
16. 1938 - Romy Schneider, in Vienna Austria
17. 1949 - Bruce (Boss) Springsteen, rock musician (Born in the USA)