Today in History
Listings for Saturday, September 19, 2020.
Birthdays:
- 1655 Jan Luyts, Dutch scholar, physicist, mathematician, astronomer
- 1749 J.B.J. Delambre --1822
- 1901 Joseph Pasternak, film producer
- 1933 David McCallum
- 1940 Paul Williams
- 1943 "Mama" Cass Elliott
- 1945 Randolph Mantooth
- 1948 Jeremy Irons
- 1949 Leslie "Twiggy" Lawson
- 1950 Joan Lunden
- 1967 Jim Abbott
Events:
- 1356 English defeat French at Battle of Poitiers
- 1796 George Washington's presidential farewell address
- 1812 Napoleon's retreat from Russia begins
- 1848 Bond (US) & Lassell (England) independently discover Hyperion
- 1849 First commercial laundry established, in Oakland, California.
- 1873 Black Friday: Jay Cooke & Co. fails, causing a securities panic
- 1968 Baby born on Golden Gate Bridge (those Marin County folk!).
- 1982 Streetcars stop running on Market St after 122 years of service
- 2003 Johnny Cash dies, "Ring of Fire," "I Walk the Line."
That's all for today.
