Daily History Blog

September 19

Happy Birthday RIP Frances Farmer(1913–1970) “Mama Cass Elliot”(Ellen Cohen 1941–1974) “Adam West”(William Anderson 1928–2017) David McCallum(1933–2023) ; Rosemary Harris–98 Paul Williams Jr–85 Randolph Mantooth–80 Jeremy Irons–77 “Twiggy” Lawson(Leslie Hornby)–76 Joan Blunden(“Lunden”)–75 Lita Ford–67 Cheryl O’Teari–63 Kimberly Richards–61 James “Jimmy” Fallon Jr.–51 Alison Sweeney–49 Kevin Zegers–41 Danielle Panabaker–38 ; 1881 – the 20th president of the UnitedStates, James A. Garfield, died of wounds inflicted by an assassin ; 1970 – The Mary Tyler Moore Show debuted on CBS ; 2022 – The state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is held at Westminster Abbey,  London.