On This Day – Happy Birthday Faith Hill

ON THIS DAY - September 21st:

1780 - Benedict Arnold gives British Major Andre plans to West Point
1827 - According to Joseph Smith Jr., the angel Moroni gave him a record of gold plates, one-third of which Joseph translated into The Book of Mormon
1937 - J. R. R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit' is published in London
1948 - "Texaco Star Theater" with Milton Berle premieres on NBC-TV
1986 - 38th Emmy Awards: Golden Girls, Cagney & Lacey & Michael J Fox win
2003 - 55th Emmy Awards: The West Wing, Everybody Loves Raymond,James Gandolfini & Edie Falco wins
2008 - 60th Emmy Awards: Mad Men, 30 Rock, Bryan Cranston & Glenn Close win

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1866 - H. G. Wells, English writer (War of the Worlds, Kipps), born in Bromley, Kent (d. 1946)
1947 - Stephen King, Portland, Maine, sci-fi/horror author (Carrie, Shining, Kujo)
1950 - Bill Murray, Evanston Ill, Wilmette, Illinois, actor/comedian (Saturday Night Live, Ghostbusters)
1963 - Cecil Fielder, infielder (Detroit Tigers, NY Yankees), born in Los Angeles, California

1967 - Faith Hill [Audrey Faith Perry], ("Breathe", "Cry"), born in Ridgeland, Mississippi
1968 - Ricki Lake, actress (Hairspray) /talk show host (Ricki), born in NYC, New York
1996 - Elder son of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and magazine publisher John F. Kennedy Jr. (35) weds Caroline Bisset (30) at the wood-frame Brack Chapel of the First African Baptist Church in Cumberland Island, Georgia

GOODBYE TO:

1974 - Jacqueline Susann, author (Valley of the Dolls), dies of cancer at 53
1998 - Florence Griffith Joyner, American athlete (b. 1959)

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