Today in History- September 23rd

Happy Birthday!
1713 Ferdinand VI, King of Spain
1920 Mickey Rooney, actor (Breakfast at Tiffanys, The Black Stallion)
1926 John Coltrane, jazz musician (Blue Train)
1930 Ray Charles, singer (I Can't Stop Loving You, Georgia On My Mind)
1943 Julio Iglesias, singer (Somos dos caminantes)
1947 Mary Kay Place, actress (Citizen Ruth, Sweet Home Alabama)
1949 Bruce Springsteen, singer (Glory Days, Dancing in the Dark)
1954 Charlie Barnett, actor (Miami Vice, DC Cab)
1959 Jason Alexander, actor (Seinfeld, Pretty Woman)
1959 Elizabeth Pena, actress (Free Willy 2, La Bamba, *batteries not included)
1984 Anneliese van der Pol, actress (That's So Raven)
1992 Jordana, Bruce Springsteen fan/ Today in History reader

Deaths:
1939 Sigmund Freud, psychoanalysis
1987 Bob Fosse, actor (Kiss Me Kate, The Affairs of Dobie Gillis)
1998 Mary Frann, actress (Newhart)

Events:
1846 Neptune discovered.

History Lesson:
It is hard for me to think of Bruce Springsteen as 10 years older than Jason Alexander.

No matter where I am in the world when I hear Georgia On My Mind, I miss my home.