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–96 David McCallum–90 Paul Williams Jr–83 Randolph Mantooth–78 Jeremy Irons–75 “Twiggy” Lawson(Leslie Hornby)–74 Joan Blunden(“Lunden”)–73 Lita Ford–65 Cheryl O’Teari–61 Kimberly Richards–59 James “Jimmy” Fallon Jr.–49 Alison Sweeney–47 Kevin Zegers–39 Danielle Panabaker–35 ; 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