Today in History – Goodbye James Dean

TODAY IN HISTORY - 9/30

1935 - The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated by FDR
1962 - Mexican-American labor leader César Chávez founds the United Farm Workers.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1924 - Truman Capote, New Orleans Louisiana, American author (In Cold Blood)
1931 - Angie Dickinson, [Angeline Brown], Kulm ND, actress (Police Woman)
1978 - Actress Meryl Streep (29) weds sculptor Don Gummer (31) in Mason's Island, Connecticut
1989 - NBA legend Larry Bird (32) weds long-time girlfriend Dinah Mattingly in Terre Haute, Indiana
1980 - Martina Hingis, Kosice Slovakia, tennis star (1997 Aust/US/Wimb)

GOODBYE TO:

1955 - James Dean, actor (Rebel Without a Cause), dies in a car crash at age 24

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