History Blog

September 19

Happy Birthday RIP Frances Farmer(1913–1970) “Mama Cass Elliot”(Ellen Cohen 1941–1974)  “Adam West”(William Anderson 1928–2017) ; Rosemary Harris–91 Paul Williams Jr–78 Randolph Mantooth–73 Jeremy Irons–70 “Twiggy”(Leslie Hornby)–69 Joan Blunden(“Lunden”)–68 Lita Ford–60 Cheryl O’Teari–56 Kimberly Richards–54 James “Jimmy” Fallon Jr.–44 Alison Sweeney–42 Kevin Zegers–34 ; 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