This Day In History

September 19th

1777  The Continental Army wins the first Battle of Saratoga
1881  20th US President James A. Garfield, dies of a would inflicted by an assassin eleven weeks earlier
1928  Mickey Mouse apears in Steamboat Willie, his first sound and animated film, he was formerly called Mortimer Mouse.
1959  Russian Leader of the USSR Nikita Khrushchev becomes upset when he is told he will be not be allowed to visit Disneyland during his visit to the United States
1957  US conducts its first underground nuclear test in the Nevada desert.

1929  Actor Adam West
1934  Talent Manager of the Beatles, Brian Epstein
1945  Actor Randolph Mantooth
1948  Actor Jeremy Irons
1949  Model/Actress Twiggy (Leslie Hornby)
1951  TV Journalist Joan Lunden
1952  Musician Nile Rogers
1956  Actor Rex Smith

Top Hits Courtesy of...

1961

• Take Good Care of My Baby - Bobby Vee

• (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame - Elvis Presley

• Crying - Roy Orbison

• Tender Years - George Jones

1969

• Honky Tonk Women - The Rolling Stones

• Sugar, Sugar - The Archies

• I'll Never Fall In Love Again - Tom Jones

• A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash

1977

• I Just Want to be Your Everything - Andy Gibb

• Float On - The Floaters

• Smoke from a Distant Fire - Sanford/Townsend Band

• Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue - Crystal Gayle

1985

• St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion) - John Parr

• We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) - Tina Turner

• Money for Nothing - Dire Straits

• Modern Day Romance - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

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