Did You know who's birthday is today? Sept 30

Born today:
1980 Martina Hingis - tennis player

1971 Jenna Elfman - actress

1964 Robby Takac - rock bassist (Goo Goo Dolls)

1964 Crystal Bernard - actress

1958 Marty Stuart - country singer, guitarist

1957 Fran Drescher - actress

1954 Barry Williams - actor

1952 John Lombardo - guitarist (10,000 Maniacs)

1946 Sylvia Peterson - singer (The Chiffons)

1943 Marilyn McCoo - singer (5th Dimension), TV hostess

1942 Dewey Martin - drummer (Buffalo Springfield)

1935 Johnny Mathis - singer

1931 Angie Dickinson - actress

1924 Truman Capote - author

1921 Deborah Kerr - actress

1915 Lester Maddox - Georgia governor

1861 William Wrigley, Jr. - chewing gum manufacturer


Did you know what happened on this day back in time?



2003 Air France announces plans to buy Dutch carrier KLM for $914 million in stock, to create Europe's largest airline.

1997 Microsoft releases version 4.0 of its Internet Explorer web browser.

1984 Murder, She Wrote, starring Angela Lansbury, debuts on CBS TV.

1980 Israel's official currency changes from the pound to the shekel.



1968
Hunter Davies' authorized biography of The Beatles, appropriately entitled The Beatles, is published in the UK.
(photo credit: Cahners)

1966 Botswana (Bechuanaland) gains its independence from Great Britain.

1961 Syria withdraws from the United Arab Republic, leaving Egypt as the only member.

1960 Yabbadabbadoo! The Flintstones, produced by Hannah-Barbera, becomes the first cartoon to debut on network TV during prime time.

1955 Movie actor James Dean dies in a head-on car crash in California.

1954 The USN Nautilus, the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, is commissioned.

1953 US president Dwight D. Eisenhower announces he will nominate Earl Warren as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

1951 The Red Skelton Show debuts on NBC-TV.

1947 Pakistan and Yemen join the United Nations.

1935 The adventures of the popular comic strip detective Dick Tracy debut on the Mutual radio network.

1927 Babe Ruth belts his 60th home run, setting a single-season record that would stand for 34 years.

1846 Ether is first used as an anesthetic for a tooth extraction.

1777 The US Congress moves their meeting place to York, PA, because of the threat of invasion by the British.