Today's Trivia and What Happened on September 30

What's the difference between in-laws and outlaws?

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Outlaws are wanted.

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Quote: The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments in a courthouse: You cannot post "Thou shalt not steal", "Thou shalt not commit adultery" and "Thou shalt not lie" in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians. It creates a hostile work environment. - George Carlin

Quote: The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments in a courthouse: You cannot post "Thou shalt not steal", "Thou shalt not commit adultery" and "Thou shalt not lie" in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians. It creates a hostile work environment. - George Carlin Close Large View

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Cheers

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Cheers

September 30, 1982

The TV show Cheers debuts on NBC. "Where Everybody Knows Your Name." Cheers was almost canceled during its first season where it ranked near the bottom in ratings, but eventually developed a following and became the #1 sitcom and one of the most popular sitcoms of all time.
John Ratzenberger got the role of Cliff on Cheers while auditioning for the part of Norm. Feeling his audition was not going well, he asked the producers if they had cast the part of the bar know-it-all. They liked the idea and added the character and cast him in the role.

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The Flintstones

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The Flintstones

September 30, 1960

The stone-age television cartoon debuts - "Yaba, Daba, Dooo!" The Flintstones was the first animated series on the prime time schedule and was the most financially successful network animated series for three decades (until surpassed by The Simpsons).
Although the episodes were produced in color, the first two seasons were broadcast in black and white as ABC couldn't yet broadcast in color.

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Howdy Doody Final Episode

September 30, 1960

The show started with Clarabell signaling that he had a big surprise to reveal. *SPOILER ALERT* The otherwise silent Clarabell revealed that he actually could speak, by saying "Goodbye, kids."

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The Rifleman

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The Rifleman

September 30, 1958

The TV show The Rifileman debuts on ABC, with Chuck Connors as Lucas McCain. The character McCain used a Winchester Model 1892 rifle, customized to allow repeated firing by cycling its lever action with one hand.
Before acting, Connors played for the Boston Celtics and became the first NBA player to shatter a backboard (1946).

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James Dean Killed in Car Crash

September 30, 1955

The 24-year-old actor James Dean is killed when his speeding Porsche crashed into another vehicle. He had recently filmed a public service announcement on the dangers of speeding stating, "The life you might save might be mine."
At the time of the accident, Dean was headed to compete in an auto race in Salinas, California. Riding with him was Porsche factory mechanic Rolf Wütherich. Wütherich had encouraged Dean to drive the car from Los Angeles to Salinas to break it in. At 3:30 p.m., Dean was ticketed for speeding 65 miles an hour in a 45-mile-per-hour zone about 84 miles from the crash site. In the time between the ticket and the crash, Dean stopped at a diner for a Coke. At about 5:45 p.m., an oncoming 1950 Ford Tudor was turning left ahead of Dean's Porsche. Unable to stop in time, Dean slammed into the side of the vehicle. Dean was pronounced dead at the scene. His mechanic was thrown from the Porsche, but survived. The driver of the other vehicle sustained only minor injuries.
An inquest ruled the accident was due to Dean's speeding.
The film Rebel Without a Cause was released a month later. Dean starred in only three films, of which only East of Eden (1955) was released before his death. The movie Giant was released in 1956.

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The Red Skelton Show

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The Red Skelton Show

September 30, 1951

The Emmy-winning The Red Skelton Show debuts on NBC. It would run for 20 years.
The show included many of Skelton's characters, including "Deadeye", an incredibly inept Old West sheriff; "Cauliflower McPugg", a punchdrunk boxer; "George Appleby", a hen-pecked husband; "Junior the Mean Widdle Kid" (whose trademark line was, "l DOOD IT!"); the hick "Clem Kadiddlehopper"; "Freddie the Freeloader"; and the seagulls "Gertrude and Heathcliff".

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Jack the Ripper

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Jack the Ripper

September 30, 1888

Serial killer Jack the Ripper claims his third and fourth known victims. It is believed that he was interrupted during the first murder of the night, as her body was not mutilated, and he went on to murder and mutilate another victim an hour later. For three months he murdered and mutilated prostitutes in London's East End. He was never caught.

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First Successful Tooth Extraction Using Anesthesia

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First Successful Tooth Extraction Using Anesthesia

September 30, 1846

Performed by Dr. William Morton using ether for anesthesia, although he unsuccessfully tried to disguise the substance he used by calling it Letheon. Shortly after, the use of ether came into common use for many types of surgery.
The word anesthesia is from the Greek for "without sensation".

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First Criminal Executed in the Plymouth Colony

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First Criminal Executed in the Plymouth Colony

September 30, 1630

John Billington is hanged for murdering his neighbor. Billington was a Mayflower passenger and a signer of the Mayflower Compact. The Billington family was noted as trouble makers in the colony, including his wife, who was sentenced to sit in the stocks and be whipped for slandering John Doane.

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Earthquake Strikes India

September 30, 1993

The worst earthquake since the 1930s strikes central India, killing more than 20,000 people.

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Largest U.S. Naval Base in Asia Closes

September 30, 1992

Subic Bay in the Philippines.

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New American Bible

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New American Bible

September 30, 1970

The New American Bible is published in its entirety. It was the first Bible translated directly into English from the original text under the supervision of the Roman Catholic Church.
It was compiled from 1944 to 1970, and was translated directly from Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic to English rather than from the Latin Vulgate, as previous Catholic translations of the Bible into English had been done.

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First Televised World Series Game

September 30, 1947

Game 1 is played at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees would win the series over the Brooklyn Dodgers.

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Hoover Dam as photographed by Ansel Adams (1941) Hoover Dam as photographed by Ansel Adams (1941)

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Hoover Dam

September 30, 1935

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Hoover Dam. Its construction was completed the following March.
It was completed two years ahead of schedule. 112 people were reported killed as part of the construction of the dam.
Hoover Dam impounds Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the U.S. by volume and is located near Boulder City, Nevada about 30 mi (48 km) southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. The dam's generators provide power in Nevada, Arizona, and California. Now a major tourist attraction, nearly a million people tour the dam each year.

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Arnold at the controls of a Wright Type B two-seater at the Wright Flying School Arnold at the controls of a Wright Type B two-seater at the Wright Flying School

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First Movie Stunt Pilot

September 30, 1911

Lt. Henry H. Arnold is hired as a stand-in for The Military Air-Scout.

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First U.S. Hydroelectric Power Plant

September 30, 1882

A single dynamo powering 180 ten-candle-power lights opens on the Fox River near Appleton, Wisconsin.

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Birthdays

Frankie Lymon

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Frankie Lymon (Franklin Joseph Lymon)

Born September 30, 1942 d. 1968

American musician. In 1957, at age 14, Lymon was performing on the TV show The Big Beat, when he began dancing with a white teenaged girl. The ensuing scandal caused the cancellation of the show.
Lymon was lead singer and an original member of the integrated teenage group the Teenagers. The Teenagers' first single and their biggest hit was 1956's Why Do Fools Fall in Love.
Lymon died at the age of 25 from a heroin overdose.
Music: Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1956, #1 on the R&B chart). The movie Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998) was based on his life.

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William Wrigley, Jr.

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William Wrigley, Jr.

Born September 30, 1861 d. 1932

American businessman. He founded the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company in 1891. It would add chewing gum to its line of products the following year.
He originally sold Wrigley's Scouring Soap, offering premiums such as baking powder, as an incentive to buy his soap. He then switched to selling the baking powder offering chewing gum as an incentive to buy the baking powder. The chewing gum proved so popular that he began focusing on selling gum.
Wrigley's gum was originally made out of chicle, the milky latex of the sapodilla tree. In the 1960s they switched from chicle to synthetic rubber.

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Louis Rueckheim

Born September 30, 1849 d. 1927

German-born American candy maker. He and his brother F.W. Rueckheim created Cracker Jack candy (1893). Louis developed a way to prevent the candy-coated pieced from sticking together.

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Crystal Bernard

Born September 30, 1961

American actress. TV: Happy Days (1982-83, K.C. Cunningham), It's a Living (1985-89, Amy), and Wings (1990-97, Helen).

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Fran Drescher

Born September 30, 1957

American Emmy-winning actress, comedian. TV: The Nanny (1993-99, title role).

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Barry Williams

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Barry Williams (Barry William Blenkhorn)

Born September 30, 1954

American actor. TV: The Brady Bunch (1969-74, Greg Brady). His book, Growing Up Brady: I Was a Teenage Greg was a New York Times bestseller.

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Victoria Tennant

Born September 30, 1950

English actress. Film: All of Me (1984) and L.A. Story (1991). TV: The Winds of War (Pamela Tudsbury).

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Marc Bolan (Mark Feld)

Born September 30, 1947 d. 1977

English musician, lead singer for T-Rex. Music: Bang a Gong (1971, #1 Britain) and Jeepster (1971, #2 Britain). He died in a car accident.

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Johnny Mathis

Born September 30, 1935

American singer, and world-class high jumper. His hits span across 30 years with more than 60 gold and platinum record. Music: Too Much, Too Little, Too Late (1978, #1).

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Angie Dickinson (Angeline Brown)

Born September 30, 1931

American actress. TV: Police Woman.

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Truman Capote

Born September 30, 1924 d. 1984

American Emmy-winning author. Writings: In Cold Blood (1965, based on the murder of the Clutter family). TV: A Christmas Memory (1966, Emmy).

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Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr in the film From Here to Eternity Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr in the film From Here to Eternity

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Deborah Kerr (Deborah Kerr-Trimmer)

Born September 30, 1921 d. 2007

Scottish actress. Film: From Here to Eternity (1953) and The King and I (1956, Anna).

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Lewis Nixon III

Born September 30, 1918 d. 1995

American WWII paratrooper. Known for his love of blended whiskey, he was portrayed by Ron Livingston in the HBO series Band of Brothers.

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Buddy Rich (Bernard Rich)

Born September 30, 1917 d. 1987

American jazz drummer. He was the second-highest-paid child performer of the 1930s and although he never had a formal lesson and claims to never practice, he is considered the greatest drummer that ever lived.

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Hans Geiger

Born September 30, 1882 d. 1945

German physicist, inventor of the Geiger counter (1908). He also helped to prove that the atom is composed of a dense nucleus surrounded by electrons (1913).

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Nicholas IV

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Nicholas IV (Girolamo Masci)

Born September 30, 1227 d. 1292

religious leader, 191st Pope (1288-92). He was the first Franciscan elected pope.

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Deaths

Monty Hall

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Monty Hall (Monte Halparin)

Died September 30, 2017 b. 1921

Canadian-born American game show host. TV: Let's Make A Deal (1963-86, 1990-91).

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Edgar Bergen (Edgar John Berggren)

Died September 30, 1978 b. 1903

American ventriloquist with Mortimer Snerd and Charlie McCarthy. In 1938, Charlie McCarthy was given a degree of Master of Innuendo and Snappy Comeback by the School of Speech of Northwestern University, Illinois.

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James Dean

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James Dean

Died September 30, 1955 b. 1931

American actor. He starred in only three films, of which only East of Eden (1955) was released before his death. His other films were Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and Giant (1956). His first job in TV (1952) was testing stunts for Beat the Clock. He died at age 24 in a car crash, just a month before Rebel Without a Cause was released.

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Elizabeth Baur

Died September 30, 2017 b. 1947

American actress. TV: Lancer (Teresa O'Brien) and Ironside (Fran Belding).

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Only Pilot to Bomb the Continental U.S. During Wartime

Nobuo Fujita

Died September 30, 1997 b. 1911

Japanese pilot. He is the only pilot to bomb the continental U.S. during wartime. His plane dropped two incendiary bombs near Brookings, Oregon in an attempt to start a forest fire. The plane had been launched from a Japanese submarine. A lookout saw the plane and the ensuing smoke and was sent along with others to put out the fire. The bomb was dropped from the wrong height and failed to cause any significant damage. Twenty years later Fujita visited Brookings and served as Grand Marshal for the local Azalea Festival. At the festival, he presented his family's 400-year-old samurai sword to the city as a symbol of regret.
Fujita was present at the Pearl Harbor attack, but his plane malfunctioned and he was unable to participate in a planned reconnaissance mission.

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Rob Moroso

Died September 30, 1990 b. 1968

American race car driver, NASCAR 1990 Rookie of the Year (awarded posthumously). He died in a car crash near his home in North Carolina. He was doing 75 mph (121 km/h) in a 35 mph (56 km/h) curve with a blood alcohol level of 0.22. The accident killed himself and the driver of the oncoming vehicle.

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Charles Francis Richter

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Charles Francis Richter

Died September 30, 1985 b. 1900

American seismologist. He invented the Richter Scale (1935) for measuring earthquakes.

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Paul Dehn

Died September 30, 1976 b. 1912

British Oscar-winning playwright, screenwriter. He wrote four Planet of the Apes sequels and co-scripted Goldfinger (1964).

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Elizabeth "Long Liz" Stride

Died September 30, 1888 b. 1843

English crime victim. She is the third known victim of Jack the Ripper. She was not mutilated like the other victims. It is believed the Ripper was interrupted during this crime, as he went on to murder and mutilate another woman an hour later.

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Catherine Eddowes

Died September 30, 1888 b. 1842

English crime victim. She is the fourth known victim of Jack the Ripper.

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William Allen Miller

Died September 30, 1870 b. 1817

English scientist. He performed the first trustworthy chemical analysis of stars.

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