September 19 is the 263rd day of the year. There are 103 days remaining until the end of the year.
1900 Bad boy lovers, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid [Harry Longabaugh], commit their first robbery together.
1934 Illegal alien, Richard “Bruno” Hauptmann, is arrested for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh III.
1952 The US bars Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country after a trip to England.
1959 Nikita Khrushchev is barred from visiting Disneyland.
1961 Betty and Barney Hill claim that they saw a mysterious craft in the sky and that it tried to abduct them. Love him. Not so crazy about her.
1982 Scott Fahlman posts the first documented emoticons :-) and :-( on the Carnegie Mellon University Bulletin Board System.
1985 Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center as Frank Zappa and other musicians testify at U.S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music.
Here’s what Frank thought.
1986 US federal health officials announce AZT will be available to AIDS patients. So what if it's slightly poisonous...
1988 Greg Louganis suffers a head injury while qualifying for the Seoul Olympics; goes on to win two Gold medals, come out as gay, announce that he is HIV positive, and pose naked for Herb Ritts.
1991 Ötzi the Iceman is discovered by a couple of German tourists.
2006 The Thai military stages a coup in Bangkok. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared. Why? It is a puzzlement.
March 20 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 276 days remaining until the end of time.
1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is published in Boston, and becomes the first novel to sell more than 1 million copies. The book galvanizes public opinion and, according to some, is the first shot in the civil war.
1914 In New Haven, Connecticut, the first international figure skating championship takes place. Unfortunately, the rules for pairs skating are changed in subsequent years in a doomed attempt to erase gays from the sport.
1934 Mildred "Babe" Didrickson (Zaharias), perhaps the greatest female (we think) athlete of all time, pitches hitless inning for Philadelphia A's in exhibition game against Brooklyn Dodgers
1969 Beatle John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar. Apparently the Houses of Valentino and Chanel did not get the call to dress the bride.
1987 FDA approves sale of AZT. There is still no cure.
1988 David Henry Hwang's "M. Butterfly" premieres in New York City. Think "The Crying Game" with less awareness on the part of the white guy.
1996 U.K. admits humans can catch Mad Cow Disease
1906 Ozzie Nelson, bandleader/actor/He, wife Harriet, and sons David and Ricky all starred on radio and TV's The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
