Emma Nutt Day
September 1
Yearly Date: Always on September 1st
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“Be like Emma Nutt; if you think you can do it, then you can do it, no one can stop you.”
September 1, 1908- Estee Lauder, founded cosmetics & fragrance company
September 1, 1922- Yvonne DeCarlo, actress
September 1, 1923- Rocky Marciano, champion boxer
September 1, 1931- Boxcar Willie (Lecil Travis Martin), country singer
September 1, 1933- Conway Twitty, country singer
September 1, 1939- Lily Tomlin, actress, comedian
September 1, 1946- Barry Gibb, singer, songwriter, member of the “Bee Gees”
September 1, 1950- “Dr. Phil” McGraw, TV personality on “Oprah Winfrey” and “Dr. Phil” shows
September 1, 1957- Gloria Estefan, singer, Latin Pop music
September 2, 1917- 1923 Marge Champion, dancer, actress
September 2, 1937- Peter Ueberroth, MLB baseball commissioner
September 2, 1948- Terry Bradshaw, NFL Hall of Fame quarterback, sportscaster
September 2, 1948- Christa McAuliffe, teacher, astronaut killed in Challenger space shuttle explosion
September 2, 1951- Mark Harmon, actor
September 2, 1952- Jimmy Connors, Hall of Fame tennis champion
September 2, 1955- Linda Purl, actress
September 2, 1964- Keanu Reeves, actor
September 2, 1968- Salma Hayek, actress
September 3, 1856- Louis H. Sullivan, architect, developed skyscrapers
September 3, 1913- Alan Ladd, actor, “Shane”
September 3, 1915- Kitty Carlisle Hart, actress
September 3, 1923- Mort Walker, cartoonist, created “Beetle Bailey”
September 3, 1965- Charlie Sheen, actor
September 4, 1918- Paul Harvey, radio personality, quote: “And now, the rest of the story”
September 4, 1920- Craig Claiborne, cookbook author, food critic
September 4, 1930- Mitzi Gaynor, actress, singer, dancer
September 4, 1949- Tom Watson, professional golfer
September 4, 1951- Judith Ivey, actress
September 4, 1960- Damon Wayans, actor, comedian
September 4, 1970- Ione Syke, actress, daughter of singer “Donovan”
September 4, 1981- Beyonce Knowles, singer, solo and once member of “Destiny’s Child”
September 5, 1847- Jesse James, Outlaw, bank and train robber
September 5, 1897- Arthur C. Neilsen, founder of A. C. Neilsen Co., market research firm
September 5, 1905- Arthur Koestler, novelist
September 5, 1912- John Cage, composer
September 5, 1929- Bob Newhart, actor, comedian
September 5, 1934- Carol Lawrence, singer, actress
September 5, 1939- William Devane, actor
September 5, 1940- Raquel Welch, actress
September 5, 1951- Michael Keaton, actor. Movies; Birdman, Batman, Beetlejuice.
September 5, 1960- Cathy Guisewite, cartoonist, created “Cathy”
September 5, 1969- Dweezil Zappa, singer, actor, son of Frank Zappa
September 6, 1757- Marquis de Lafayette, French general assisted America during the Revolutionary War
September 6, 1766- John Dalton, chemist, physicist, formulated atomic theory
September 6, 1800- Catharine Beecher, educator
September 6, 1888- Joseph P. Kennedy, Kennedy family patriarch
September 6, 1937- Jo Anne Worley, comedian, actress
September 6, 1947- Jane Curtin, actress, SNL, 3rd Rock
September 6, 1958- Jeff Foxworthy, American comedain, actor, author
September 6, 1961- Jennifer Tilly, actress
September 7, 1860- Grandma Moses (Anna Mary Moses), painter
September 7, 1908- Michael DeBakey, pioneer heart surgeon
September 7, 1909- Elia Kazan, director, producer
September 7, 1923- Peter Lawford, actor
September 7, 1931- Al McGuire, basketball coach, sportscaster
September 7, 1936- Buddy Holly, singer, musician
September 7, 1947- Ann Beattie, writer
September 7, 1949- Gloria Gaynor, singer “I Will Survive”
September 7, 1954- Corbin Bernsen, actor, “Arnie Becker” on TV series “L.A. Law”
September 8, 1157- Richard I, King of England- “Richard the Lion-Hearted”
September 8, 1841- Antonin Dvorak, composer
September 8, 1922- Sid Caesar, actor, comedian
September 8, 1925- Peter Sellers, award winning british comedian and actor
September 8, 1932- Patsy Cline, country singer
September 8, 1941- Bernie Sanders, American politician
September 8, 1957- Heather Thomas, actress
September 8, 1981- Jonathan Taylor Thomas, actor, “Randy Taylor” On TV series “Home Improvement”
September 9, 1585- Cardinal Richelieu (Armand Jean du Plessis), French statesman
September 9, 1890- Harland Sanders, “Colonel Sanders”, founded Kentucky Fried Chicken
September 9, 1925- Cliff Robertson, actor (La Jolla, CA)
September 9, 1934- Sylvia Miles, actress
September 9, 1941- Otis Redding, singer, “Sittin on the Dock of the Bay”
September 9, 1949- Joe Theisman, NFL Washington Redskins quarterback, sportscaster
September 9, 1951- Tom Wopat, actor, singer
September 9, 1951- Michael Keaton, actor
September 9, 1952- Angela Cartwright, actress
September 9, 1960- Hugh Grant, British actor
September 9, 1966- Adam Sandler, actor, comedian
September 10, 1898- Waldo Semon, chemist, invented vinyl
September 10, 1907- Fay Wray, actress
September 10, 1929- Arnold Palmer, golfer
September 10, 1934- Charles Kuralt, TV journalist, newscaster
September 10, 1934- Roger Maris, baseball player, homerun slugger
September 10, 1945- Jose Feliciano, singer
September 10, 1953- Amy Irving, actress
September 10, 1975- Ryan Phillippe, actor
September 11, 1862- O. Henry (William S. Porter), short-story writer
September 11, 1913- Paul “Bear” Bryant, football coach
September 11, 1924- Tom Landry, NFL Dallas Cowboys coach
September 11, 1940- Brian DePalma, filmmaker
September 11, 1946- Lola Falana, actress
September 11, 1962- Kristy McNichol, actress
September 11, 1967- Harry Connick Jr., actor, singer
September 11, 1977- Ludacris- American rapper, actor, orn Christopher Bridges
September 12, 1888- Maurice Chevalier, actor, singer, sang “Thank Heaven for Little Girls”
September 12, 1913- Jesse Owens, champion Olympic track and field star
September 12, 1942- Linda Gray, actress, “Sue Ellen Ewing” on TV series “Dallas”
September 12, 1944- Barry White, singer
September 12, 1957- Rachel Ward, actress
September 12, 1978- Ruben Studdard, “American Idol” winner
September 13, 1851- Walter Reed, army physician, bacteriologist, Walter Reed Hospital in D.C. named in his honor
September 13, 1860- John J. Pershing, World War I General
September 13, 1903- Claudette Colbert, actress
September 13, 1925- Mel Torme, singer, songwriter
September 13, 1938- Judith Martin, author, write, “Miss Manners”
September 13, 1944- Jacqueline Bisset, actress
September 13 * 1944- Peter Cetera, singer, member of band “Chicago”
September 13, 1959- Fred Silverman, TV producer
September 13, 1980- Ben Savage, actor, “Cory Matthews” on TV series “Boy Meets World”
September 14, 1914- Clayton Moore, actor, the “Lone Ranger”
September 14, 1936- Walter Koenig, actor, director, producer
September 14, 1956- Joe Penny, actor
September 14, 1959- Mary Crosby, actress
September 14, 1964- Faith Ford, actress
September 15, 1857- Willaim Howard Taft, 27th U.S. President(1909-1913), chief justice of the Supreme Court
September 15, 1890- Agatha Christie, mystery writer
September 15, 1903- Roy Acuff, country singer
September 15, 1907- Fay Wray, actress, “King Kong”
September 15, 1921- Jackie Cooper, actor, director, producer
September 15, 1938- Gaylord Perry, MLB baseball pitcher
September 15, 1940- Merlin Olsen, football player, sportscaster, actor
September 15, 1946- Tommy Lee Jones, actor, “M.I.B.”
September 15, 1946- Oliver Stone, director, screenwriter
September 15, 1961- Dan Marino, NFL Miami Dolphins quarterback
September 15, 1984- Prince Harry, England Duke of Sussex
September 16, 1722- Samuel Adams, 4th President of the United States
September 16, 1914- Allen Funt, TV producer, “Smile, You’re on Candid Camera”
September 16, 1924- Lauren Bacall, actress
September 16, 1924- B. B. King, blues singer
September 16, 1926- John Knowles, novelist
September 16, 1927- Peter Falk, actor, TV series “Columbo”
September 16, 1949- Ed Begley Jr., actor
September 16, 1956- David Copperfield, magician
September 16, 1958- Orel Hershiser, MLB baseball pitcher
September 16, 1964- Molly Shannon, actress, comedian, “SNL”
September 16, 1971- Amy Poehler, U.S. actress, “SNL”
September 17, 1896- Sam Ervin Jr., Key figure in the Senate Watergate investigation
September 17, 1907- Warren Burger, chief justice of the Supreme Court
September 17, 1928- Roddy McDowall, actor, “Planet of the Apes” movies
September 17, 1931- Anne Bancroft, actress
September 17, 1944- James Brady, gun control advocate, presidential press secretary during Reagan administration
September 17, 1945- Phil Jackson, NBA basketball player, coach
September 17, 1947- Jeff MacNelly, cartoonist, created “Shoe”
September 17, 1948- John Ritter, actor, comedian, TV series “Three’s Company”
September 18, 1905- Agnes DeMille, dancer, choreographer
September 18, 1905- Greta Garbo, actress
September 18, 1920- Jack Warden, actor
September 18, 1933- Robert Blake, actor, TV series “Baretta”
September 18, 1939 -Frankie Avalon, singer, actor
September 18, 1971- Lance Armstrong, six time Tour de France cycling champion
September 19, 1929- Adam West, actor “Batman”
September 19, 1930- Rosemary Harris, actress
September 19, 1933- David McCallum, actor, “Illya Kuryakin” on TV series “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.”
September 19, 1940- Paul Williams, singer, songwriter
September 19, 1941- Cass Elliot, singer, member of the “Mamas and the Papas”
September 19, 1949- Leslie Lawson “Twiggy”, model, actress, “Laugh-In”
September 19, 1951- Joan Lunden, host of ABC TV’s “Good Morning America”
September 19, 1974- Jimmy Fallon, actor, comedian, host of “Tonight Show” Saturday Night Live
September 20, 1878- Upton Sinclair, novelist
September 20, 1928- Dr. Joyce Brothers, TV Psychologist
September 20, 1934- Sophia Loren, actress
September 20, 1951- Guy LaFleur, NHL hockey player
September 20, 1957- Gary Cole, actor
September 20, 1964- Crispin Glover, actor
September 20, 1967- Kristen Johnston, actress
September 21, 1866- H. G. Wells, novelist
September 21, 1931- Larry Hagman, actor “I Dream of Jeannie” and “J.R. Ewing” on “Dallas”
September 21, 1935- Henry Gibson, actor, comedian, “Laugh-In”
September 21, 1947- Stephen King, novelist, horror stories
September 21, 1950- Bill Murray, actor, comedian
September 21, 1962- Rob Morrow, actor, TV shows “Northern Exposure” and “NUMBERS”
September 21, 1967- Faith Hill, singer, song writer, actress
September 21, 1968- Riki Lake, actor
September 22, 1902- John Houseman, actor, producer, director
September 22, 1927- Tommy Lasorda, MLB baseball manager
September 22, 1956- Debby Boone, singer
September 22, 1960- Joan Jett, singer, guitarist
September 22, 1961- Scott Baio, actor
September 22, 1964- Bonnie Hunt, actress
September 23, 63 B.C.- Agustus, Roman Emperor
September 23, 1897- Walter Pidgeon, actor
September 23, 1920- Mickey Rooney, actor
September 23, 1930- Ray Charles, singer, songwriter
September 23, 1943- Julio Iglesias, singer
September 23, 1949- Bruce Springsteen, singer, songwriter
September 23, 1959- Jason Alexander, actor played George on “Seinfeld”
September 24, 1755- John Marshall, chief justice of the Supreme Court
September 24, 1896- F. Scott Fitzgerald, novelist
September 24, 1921- Jim McKay, sportscaster
September 24, 1936- Jim Henson, puppeteer, created the “Muppets”
September 24, 1941- Linda McCartney, wife of Beatles’ Paul McCartney
September 24, 1948- Phil Hartman, actor, SNL
September 24, 1962- Nia Vardalos, actress, movie “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”
September 25, 1917- Phil Rizzuto, MLB baseball player, and sportscaster
September 25, 1931- Barbara Walters, TV journalist, news reporter
September 25, 1944- Michael Douglas, actor
September 25, 1947- Cheryl Tiegs, model
September 25, 1951- Mark Hamill, actor played Luke in “Star Wars”
September 25, 1952- Christopher Reeve, actor, “Superman” movie
September 25, 1961- Heather Locklear, actress
September 25, 1968- Will Smith, actor, “MIB”
September 25, 1969- Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh actress
September 26, 1774- Johnny Chapman, better known as “Johnny Appleseed”
September 26, 1888- T. S. Eliot, poet
September 26, 1898- George Gershwin, composer
September 26, 1914- Jack LaLanne, fitness guru
September 26, 1947- Lynn Anderson, singer
September 26, 1947- Olivia Newton-John, singer, actress, starred in movie “Grease”
September 26, 1949- Jane Smiley, novelist
September 26, 1956- Linda Hamilton, actress
September 26, 1968- James Caviezel, “Jesus” in movie “Passion of the Christ”
September 26, 1981- Serena Williams, tennis player
September 27, 1722- Samuel Adams, Revolutionary War leader, politician
September 27, 1840- Thomas Nast, political cartoonist
September 27, 1917- Louis Auchincloss, writer
September 27, 1920- William Conrad, actor
September 27, 1947- Meat Loaf (Marvin Lee Aday), singer, musician
September 27, 1959- Shaun Cassidy, actor, singer
September 27, 1972- Gwenyth Paltrow, American actress
September 28, 1573- Michelangelo Merisi de Caravaggio, painter
September 28, 1901- Ed Sullivan, TV personality, “The Ed Sullivan show”
September 28, 1909- Al Capp, cartoonist, created “Li’l Abner”
September 28, 1923- William Windom, actor
September 28, 1924- Marcello Mastroianni, actor
September 28, 1934- Brigitte Bardot, actress
September 28, 1964- Janeane Garofalo, actress, comedian
September 28, 1973- Gwyneth Paltrow, actress
September 29, 106 B.C.- Pompey, Roman General and politician
September 29, 1901- Enrico Fermi, nuclear physicist
September 29, 1907- Gene Autry, actor, singer, the “Singing Cowboy”
September 29, 1913- Stanley Kramer, producer, director
September 29, 1916- Trevor Howard, actor
September 29, 1935- Jerry Lee Lewis, singer, musician
September 29, 1948- Bryant Gumbel, TV journalist, newsman
September 29, 1970 -Emily Lloyd, actress
September 30, 1917- Buddy Rich, jazz drummer
September 30, 1921- Deborah Kerr, actress
September 30, 1924- Truman Capote, novelist
September 30, 1931- Angie Dickinson, actress
September 30, 1935- Johnny Mathis, singer
September 30, 1954- Barry Williams, actor
September 30, 1957- Fran Drescher, actress
September 30, 1964- Crystal Bernard, actress
September 30, 1971- Jenna Elfman, actress, “Dharma” on TV series “Dharma and Greg”
September 30, 1981- Dominique Moceanu, gymnast