Checkers Day
1952, Richard M. Nixon was a candidate for Vice-President of the United States, running with Dwight D. Eisenhower. Media speculation centered around an $18,000 campaign contribution, and speculation that Nixon may have used some for his personal use. In a brilliant political maneuver, Nixon took his case to the American people.
On September 23, 1952, Richard Nixon gave a speech that directly addressed and explained the issue. He assured the public that he did not use any of the funds for personal use. Towards the end of the speech, he stated that his daughters had received a dog, which they named "Checkers", as a gift. He said they would keep the dog.
Celebrate Bi-sexuality Day
Mabon
Fall (Autumn) Equinox
(4:21 am)
National Rehabilitation Day
Restless Legs Awareness Day
See You St The Pole Day
(See You at the Pole (SYATP) is an annual gathering of Christian students at a flagpole in front of their local school for prayer, scripture-reading and worship, during the early morning before school starts. The American SYATP events occur on the 23 of September at 7:00 A.M. while gathering around a school flag pole. The events began in 1990 in the United States, where public schools cannot sponsor prayers and some Christians see public schools as hostile to Christian students. It has grown by word of mouth, announcements at youth rallies and churches, and the Internet. It is now an international event; in 2005, over two million students in the U.S. participated.)
Birthdays
1897 – Walter Pidgeon, Canadian-American actor and singer, Mrs. Miniver, Forbidden Planet, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Funny Girl (d. 1984)
1920 – Mickey Rooney, American actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 2014)
1926 – André Cassagnes, French toy maker, created the Etch A Sketch (d. 2013)
1926 – John Coltrane, American saxophonist and composer (Miles Davis Quintet) (d. 1967)
1930 - Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 2004)
1943 - Julio Iglesias, singer
1949 - Bruce Springsteen, singer-songwriter and guitarist (E Street Band and Steel Mill)
1959 - Jason Alexander, actor, best known for his role as George Costanza on the sitcom Seinfeld (1989–1998)
Today In History
1641 – The Merchant Royal, carrying a treasure worth over a billion US dollars, is lost at sea off Land's End.
1642 – First commencement exercises occur at Harvard College.
1845 – The Knickerbockers Baseball Club, the first baseball team to play under the modern rules, is founded in New York.
1846 - The planet Neptune is first discovered by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Golle.
1905 – Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
1911 – Pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department
1962 – The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opens in New York City.
1980 – Bob Marley plays what would be his last concert in Pittsburgh.
2002 – The first public version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox ("Phoenix 0.1") is released.
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