this day in Herstory
9/17/2010 - DB Metzger
The US Constitution is adopted, the NFL is formed, the first 33rpm record is released and The Fugitive and Bewitched premiere on the Tube. The Camp David Accord’s are signed. In Birthdays Anne Bancroft, Ken Kesey and Hank Williams.
1787 The US constitution adopted by Philadelphia convention
1819 the first Whaling ship arrives in Hawaii. Here’s background on whales and whaling
1861 1st day school for freedmen forms at Fortress Monroe Virginia
1920 The National Football League is formed in Canton Ohio.
1928 Hurricane hits Lake Okeechobee Florida drowning 1,800-2500
1934 1st 33 1/3 rpm recording released (Beethoven's 5th). Here’s a timeline
1963 The Fugitive premieres on ABC. Watch out for the one armed man.
1964 Bewitched premieres. About a young wife who wished to give up witchcraft to please her husband. Oh, those early 60’s
1967 Mission Impossible premiered on CBS.
1978 Begin, Sadat & Carter sign the Camp David accord
1980 former Nicaraguan president Anastasio Somoza is assassinated in Paraguay. If you are interested in assassinations here’s the place to go. A killer site.
1989 Hurricane Hugo begins 4 day sweep through Caribbean, killing 62
1990 The Newspaper Guild votes 242-35 to keep NY Post publishing. Then came Rupert Murdoch. A great Tabloid story
1995 Spiro Agnew dies at the age of 77.
Notable Birthdays
1179 Hildegard of Bingen died (poet, visionary, abbess, writer, composer and more)
1802 Mercy Ruggles Bisbe Jackson - Pioneer physician.
1872 Cora Frances Stoddard born (temperance reformer)
1923- 1953 Country singer Hank Williams
1927 NFL quarterback George Blanda. Played football nearly as long as Hank Williams lived.
1928-1998 Actor Roddy McDowell From Lassie Come Home to The Planet of the Apes, as well as a bad guy in TV’s Columbo
1931 actress Anne Bancroft (Mrs. Robinson)
1935 Ken Kesey author (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
1966 Paula Corbin in Lonoke, Arkansas. The daughter of a lay minister you might know her as Paula Jones.
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