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–97 Paul Williams Jr–84 Randolph Mantooth–79 Jeremy Irons–76 “Twiggy” Lawson(Leslie Hornby)–75 Joan Blunden(“Lunden”)–74 Lita Ford–66 Cheryl O’Teari–62 Kimberly Richards–60 James “Jimmy” Fallon Jr.–50 Alison Sweeney–48 Kevin Zegers–40 Danielle Panabaker–37 ; In 1881, the 20th president of the United States, 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.