Today in History- September 14th

Happy Birthday!
1849 Ivan Pavlov, physiologist
1879 Margaret Sanger, birth control activist
1914 Clayton Moore, actor (The Lone Ranger)
1936 Walter Koenig, actor (Star Trek, Antony and Cleopatra, Moontrap)
1947 Sam Neill, actor (The Piano, Jurassic Park, The Hunt for Red October)
1964 Faith Ford, actress (Murphy Brown, Thirtysomething, The Pacifier, Hope & Faith)
1968 Michelle Stafford, actress (Phyllis Summers Abbott from The Young and the Restless)
1971 Kimberly Williams, actress (Father of the Bride, According to Jim)
1989 Jesse James, actor (Young Rafe from Pearl Harbor, The Amityville Horror)

Deaths:
1836 Aaron Burr, Vice President of the US
1851 James Fenimore Cooper, author (The Last of the Mohicans, The Deerslayer)
1901 William McKinley, US President
1982 Princess Grace of Monaco, Grace Kelly, actress (To Catch a Thief)

Events:
1814 The Star-Spangled Banner written by Francis Scott Key.
1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president when William McKinley is assassinated.

History Lesson:
Sam Neill has a vineyard that produces a Pinot Noir.

Faith Ford always seems to play characters that has name issues. In Murphy Brown, she was Corky Sherwood Forrest. She plays on Hope and Faith as Hope, not Faith.

Kimberly Williams is married to country singer Brad Paisley.