This Week in History
SEPTEMBER 12
Denis Potter was born.
1953 – Future President John F. Kennedy married Jacqueline Bouvier.
1960 – Hurricane Donna slammed Rockaway and the ocean met the bay.
SEPTEMBER 13
Rita Tortorelli was born.
Marci Hoffman was born.
1943 – Chiang Kai-Shek became president of China.
SEPTEMBER 14
Charlie Marquardt was born.
Carol Kelleher was born.
Jon Antis was born.
Matthew Courtney was born.
1814 – Francis Scott Key composed the lyrics to The Star Spangled Banner.
September 15
Mike Olsen was born.
Larry Gray was born.
CJ Carey was born.
Kathy Donohue Boyle was born.
Mary Edwards was born.
Andy Cholakis was born.
Claire Resnick was born.
1789 – The U.S. Department of Foreign Affairs changed its name to the Department of State.
SEPTEMBER 16
Amanda Agoglia was born.
Beth Murphy Ward was born.
1630 – The Massachusetts village of Shawmut changed its name to Boston.
1974 – President Ford announced conditional amnesty for Vietnam War deserters and draft evaders.
SEPTEMBER 17
Jen Poyant was born.
Ozzie Edwards was born.
Andrew Kohler was born.
Cathryn Brown was born.
1908 – Lt. Thomas Selfridge, a passenger in a plane piloted by Orville Wright, became the first airplane fatality when the craft crashed.
SEPTEMBER 18
Leah Shapiro was born.
Lisa DeFillipo was born.
Ricky O’Neill was born.
1851 – The first edition of The New York Daily Times, which later became The New York Times, was published.
1970 – 27-year-old rock star, Jimi Hendrix, died in London.
