Today in History- September 1st

Happy Birthday!
1854 Engelbert Humperdinck, opera composer
1875 Edgar Rice Burroughs, writer (Tarzan of the Apes)
1922 Yvonne De Carlo, actress (Lily from The Munsters)
1923 Rocky Marciano, boxer
1929 Anne Ramsey, actress (Throw Momma from the Train)
1931 Boxcar Willie, country singer
1933 Conway Twitty, country singer
1939 Lily Tomlin, comic/actress (Sesame Street, Laugh-In, 9 to 5)
1946 Barry Gibb, musician from The Bee Gees (Night Fever, Stayin' Alive)
1950 Dr. Phillip C. McGraw, tv therapist (Dr. Phil)
1955 Billy Blanks, Taebo inventor
1957 Gloria Estefan, singer from Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine
(Let's Get Loud)
1961 Scott 'Bam Bam' Bigelow, pro wrestler
1966 Tim Hardaway, basketball player

Events:
1939 Germany invaded Poland starting World War II.