9/11

Better Breakfast Month

Make Your Bed Day                        No News is Good News Day

2001 – Several planes are hijacked by Muslim extremists. Two aimed for the World Trade Center, each plane hitting one of the skyscrapers. One plane crashed into the Pentagon. The fourth plane was apparently heading toward the White House when passengers hijacked the hijackers and the plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. No one in the US is untouched by this terrorist attack.

1971 – Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev died.

1962 – Love Me Do was recorded by The Beatles, their first.

1921 – Silent screen star, Fatty Arbuckle was arrested for the murder of a young actress named Virginia Rappe. Although acquitted, the accusations killed his career.

1915 – Emily Post, a fledgling writer, published the second in a series of automobile themed essays called By Motor to the Fair, a memoir of her 27-day trip from NYC to San Francisco to visit the Panama-Pacific Exposition.

BIRTHDAYS:

1967 – Harry Connick Jr, singer/actor who appeared in the films Hope Floats, Memphis Belle and Copycat. And, in case you dind’t know, he has killer dimples.

1964 – Kristy McNichol, actress appeared in the TV series’, Family and Empty Nest and films like Little Darlings, Blinded by the Light, The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia, Only When I Laugh and Love, Mary.

1940 – Brian DePalma, filmmaker known for his suspense films including Carrie, and Dressed to Kill as well as blockbusters such as The Untouchables and Mission: Impossible.

1924 – Tom Landry, Dallas Cowboys’ coach.

1913 – Paul “Bear” Bryant, Football coach.

1862 – William S. Porter, short story writer who used the pen name, O Henry. His stories are best remembered with twist endings like The Gift of the Magi, The Ransom of Red Chief and A Retrieved Reformation.