September 16 - Pizza Party

Pizza Party

This Day In History

1400

Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers.

1620

The Mayflower starts her voyage to North America

1880

The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the nation's oldest, continuously-independent college daily in the United States.

1919

The American Legion is incorporated.

1959

The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.

1961

The United States National Hurricane Research Project drops eight cylinders of silver iodide into the eyewall of Hurricane Esther. Wind speed reduces by 10%, giving rise to Project Stormfury.

1966

The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera, Antony and Cleopatra.

Famous Birthdays

1386

King Henry V of England, (d. 1422)

1777

Nathan Mayer Rothschild, British financier (d. 1836)

1846

Anna Kingsford, English doctor (d. 1888)

1875

James C. Penney, American department store founder (d. 1971)

1886

Jean Arp, Alsatian sculptor and painter (d. 1966)

1891

Karl Dönitz, German naval leader (d. 1980)

1898

H.A. Rey, American children's author (d. 1977)

1924

Lauren Bacall, American actress

1925

B. B. King, American musician

1927

Peter Falk, American actor (d. 2011)

1935

Jules Bass, American author, producer, director and composer

1942

Dennis Conner, American yachtsman
1949
Ed Begley, Jr., American actor
1958
Orel Hershiser, American baseball player
Jennifer Tilly, American actress
1960
Jayne Brook, American actress