Today in History 09/19

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September 18
1709 - Samuel Johnson
writer: created the first true dictionary of the English language in 1755; poet; essayist; novelist: Rasselas: Prince of Abyssinia; died Dec 13, 1784
1779 - Joseph Story
associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court <1811-1845>; died Sep 10, 1845

1895 - John (George) Diefenbaker
Canadian Prime Minister <1957-1963>; died Aug 16, 1979

1898 - George (Ernest) Uhle
‘The Bull’: baseball: Cleveland Indians , Detroit Tigers, NY Giants, NY Yankees; died Feb 26, 1985

1904 - Bun (Frederick) Cook
Hockey Hall of Famer: NHL: NY Rangers , Boston Bruins; coach: Providence Reds , Cleveland Barons ; died Mar 19, 1988

1905 - Greta (Lovisa) Garbo (Gustafsson)
actress: Camille, Grand Hotel, Ninotchka, Mata Hari, The Painted Veil, Anna Christie; died Apr 15, 1990

1905 - Eddie ‘Rochester’ Anderson
actor: Jack Benny Show, Birth of the Blues, Gone with the Wind, It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World; died Feb 28, 1977

1910 - Ray Geiger
editor: The Farmer’s Almanac <1934-1993>; the longest-held position of any almanac editor in America; died Apr 1, 1994

1911 - Syd (Sydney) Howe
hockey: NHL: Ottawa Senators, Toronto Maple Leafs, Ottawa Senators, St. Louis Eagles, Detroit Red Wings <1943-1944 record: scored six goals in game>; died May 20, 1976

1916 - Rossano Brazzi
actor: South Pacific, Three Coins in the Fountain, The Barefoot Contessa, Formula for a Murder; died Dec 24, 1994

1920 - Jack Warden
Emmy Award-winning actor: Brian’s Song <1971-72>; N.Y.P.D., Bad News Bears, Crazy like a Fox, Shampoo, From Here to Eternity, All the President’s Men, Problem Child, Used Cars

1925 - Harvey Haddix
‘The Kitten’: baseball: pitcher: SL Cardinals , Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Redlegs, Pittsburgh Pirates , Baltimore Orioles; died Jan 8, 1994

1927 - Bob Toski
golf: Graffis Award <1980>

1929 - Teddi King
singer: Mr. Wonderful; died Nov 18, 1977

1929 - Phyllis Kirk (Kirkegaard)
actress: The Red Buttons Show, The Thin Man, House of Wax

1933 - Robert Blake (Michael James Vijencio Gubitosi)
Emmy Award-winning actor: Baretta <1974-75>; In Cold Blood, Pork Chop Hill, PT 109, Our Gang, Little Beaver & Red Ryder series

1933 - Jimmie Rodgers
singer: Honeycomb, Kisses Sweeter than Wine, Oh-Oh, I’m Falling in Love Again, Secretly, Are You Really Mine; TV host: The Jimmie Rodgers Show

1940 - Frankie (Frances) Avalon (Avellone)
singer: Venus, Bobby Sox to Stockings, A Boy Without a Girl, Just Ask Your Heart, Why, Dede Dinah; actor: Disc Jockey Jamboree, Guns of the Timberland, The Carpetbaggers, Beach Party series, Back to the Beach

1948 - Ken (Kenneth Alven) Brett
baseball: Boston Red Sox , Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates , Chicago White Sox, NY Yankees, California Angels, LA Dodgers, Minnesota Twins, KC Royals; broadcaster: California Angels; died Nov 18, 2003

1949 - Kerry Livgren
musician: guitar, keyboards: group: Kansas: Dust in the Wind

1951 - Daryl Stingley
football: Purdue Univ., NE Patriots; paralyzed in a collision with Oakland Raiders’ Jack Tatum <1978>; founder: Daryl Stingley Youth Foundation

1951 - Tony (Anthony) Scott
baseball: Montreal Expos, SL Cardinals, Houston Astros

1952 - Dee Dee Ramone (Douglas Colvin)
musician: drums: group: The Ramones: Howling at the Moon, Do You Remember Rock ’n’ Roll Radio; died June 5, 2002

1959 - Ryne (Dee) Sandberg
baseball: Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs

1961 - James Gandolfini
Emmy Award-winning actor: The Sopranos <2000, 2001>; A Stranger Among Us, Terminal Velocity, Crimson Tide, Get Shorty, The Juror, 12 Angry Men <1997>, A Civil Action, 8MM

1962 - Joanne Catherall
singer: group: Human League: Don’t You Want Me, Fascination, Mirror Man, The Lebanon, Life on Your Own, Louise

1964 - Holly Robinson Peete
actress: 21 Jump Street, Hanging with Mr. Cooper

1967 - Ricky Bell
singer: group: New Edition

1971 - Jada Pinkett Smith
actress: The Nutty Professor, A Different World, Menace II Society, If These Walls Could Talk, Scream 2, Woo, Bamboozled, Collateral; married to actor Will Smith

1973 - James Marsden
actor: X-Men, In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco, Boogies Diner, On the Edge of Innocence, Disturbing Behavior, Ally McBeal

Chart Toppers
September 18
1944I’ll Walk Alone - Dinah Shore
Swinging on a Star - Bing Crosby
Time Waits for No One - Helen Forrest
Soldier’s Last Letter - Ernest Tubb

1952Wish You Were Here - Eddie Fisher
Auf Wiedersehn, Sweetheart - Vera Lynn
Half as Much - Rosemary Clooney
Jambalaya (On the Bayou) - Hank Williams

1960It’s Now or Never - Elvis Presley
The Twist - Chubby Checker
My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own - Connie Francis
Alabam - Cowboy Copas

1968People Got to Be Free - The Rascals
Harper Valley P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley
1,2,3, Red Light - 1910 Fruitgum Co.
Mama Tried - Merle Haggard

1976Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry
I’d Really Love to See You Tonight - England Dan & John Ford Coley
A Fifth of Beethoven - Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band
I Don’t Want to Have to Marry You - Jim Ed Brown/Helen Cornelius

1984What’s Love Got to Do with It - Tina Turner
Missing You - John Waite
She Bop - Cyndi Lauper
You’re Getting to Me Again - Jim Glaser

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1. Happy Birthday Dee Dee.

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