- 1881] "Happy Trails": Our 20th president, James A. Garfield dies of wounds received 11 weeks earlier at the hands of assassin, Charles Julius Guiteau. Garfield is succeeded by Chester A. Arthur...1973] Gram Parsons of the Byrds dies of a drug overdose at 26 (both happened on 9/19)...
- 1938] What's your name?: An unnamed category 3 hurricane slams into Long Island and southern New England and claims as many as 600 lives (9/21)...
- 1952] Premiered on this date: "The Jackie Gleason Show" which runs 18 years (9/20)...1957] "Perry Mason" starring Raymond Burr starts a run of 17 seasons (9/21)...1970] "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" which airs for seven years (9/19)...1970] "Monday Night Football" with Howard Cosell, Keith Jackson who will be replaced by Frank Gifford and "Dandy" Don Meredith. The first game features a Cleveland win over the Jets 31-21 (9/21)...1984] "The Cosby Show" for 8 seasons (9/20)...
- 1969] Sold to the highest bidder: Associated TV buys control of the Beatles publishing company Northern Songs for a couple of million dollars (9/20). What were the Beatles thinking???
- 1973] The Battle Of The Sexes: Billie Jean King (30) beats Bobby Riggs (55) in a grudge tennis match at the Houston Astrodome. King whipped Riggs in straight sets (9/20)...
- 1973] Confirmation day: Henry Kissinger is confirmed as Secretary of State by the Senate (9/21)...1981] The Senate confirms Sandra Day O'Connor as the first female justice of the Supreme Court (9/21)...
- 1976] From Jimmy with lust: Playboy releases the Jimmy Carter interview in which he's quoted as saying "I've looked at a lot of women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times." Americans by the millions avoid the imagery (9/20)...
- 1998] What is "is"?: Bill Clinton is less ingenious than Jimmy Carter. This is the day that Bill answered a question about Monica Lewinsky with this question: "it depends on what the meaning of 'is' is?" It's all part of his testimony about an affair with "that woman, Miss Lewinsky." Unlike Carter -no pass for Clinton on his quote (9/21)...
- 2002] The fans get restless: Kansas City first-base coach Tom Gamboa is attacked during a game by a whacked-out father and son at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Was it the way Gamboa kept yelling "back" to runners at first base that did it? (9/19)...
- 2003] AO-What?: Time Warner drops the "AOL" from its name. The merged company becomes Time Warner Inc. The company started including 'AOL' in 2000 (9/19)...
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