…To my wife and my love.

This is the date that was…

September 23, 1963

Monday’s Child is Fair of FaceTuesday’s Child is Full of

GraceWednesday’s Child is Full of

WoeThursday’s Child has Far to

GoFriday’s Child is Loving and

GivingSaturday’s Child has to Work

for a LivingBut the Child that’s born on

the Sabbath DayIs Fair and Kind and Good

and Gay

Sept. 23, 1963

It’s not often anything is founded by a royal decree, so when itdoes happen, it’s big news. Originally named the College of

Petroleum and Minerals, King Fahd University in Dhahran has becomeamong the highest rated seats of higher education for

the fields of science and engineering.

Sept. 23, 1963Georgette Ciselet becomes the first woman to sit on the Belgian Council of State.

WMEB-TV proudly begins itsbroadcast history in Orono, ME.

A daughter is born to Soviet cosmonautGherman Titov, the first child born to ahuman who had been in outer space.

September 1963

Sept. 1 – An unidentified man walks into Lenin’s tomb with a bomb strapped to his body and detonates it, killing himself and causing an untold amount of damage. The Soviet press will suppress the news until the fall of the Soviet Union itself.

Sept. 2 – ‘The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite’ expands from 15

minutes to a half-hour.

Sept 3 – The Federal minimum wage goes to $1.25/hr.

September 1963

Sept. 5 – Call girl Christine Keeler is arrested and charged with perjury in what would be called the ‘Profumo Affair’, in which Keeler was found having relations with the married British Secretary of State for War John Profumo and a Soviet naval attaché at the same time.

Sept. 7 – The Pro FootballHall of Fame opens in

Canton, OH

Sept. 9 – NBC follows on the heels of CBS andexpands their news show with Chet Huntley and David Brinkley to 30 minutes.

September 1963

Sept. 13 - Texas widow Mary Kay Ash starts her own line of cosmetics for $5,000. By her death in 2001, the company will have sales of $1.4 Billion.

Sept. 13 – Singer/actress Barbra Streisand marriesactor Elliot Gould. They will divorce in 1971, but not before having one son, actor Jason Gould.

Sept. 10 – For the first time in MLB history, threebrothers played for the same team as Felipe, Jesús and Matty Alou joined the San Francisco Giants against the New York Mets. The Mets won 4-2.

Sept. 13 – The White House announces Pres. Kennedywill visit Dallas, TX, but the itinerary is not complete.

September 1963

Sept. 15 – A bomb planted in the 16th St. Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL explodes at 10:22 a.m., where 80 black children were attending

Sunday school. Four girls, ranging in age from 11 to 14, were killed and over 20 others were injured. The official investigation will close with no arrests in1968, but will be re-opened in 1971. By 2002, three men will

be convicted and sentenced to life in prison.

September 1963Sept. 16 – Hurricane Cindy forms in the Gulf of Mexico. It will make its way to the Texas coast, killing three and costing over $12 Million in damages.

Sept. 16 – ‘The Outer Limits’ premiers on ABC.

Sept. 17 – David Jannsen debuts as Dr. RichardKimble, wrongly convicted of murder and trying to

clear his name, in ‘The Fugitive’.

Sept. 16 – The British colonies of Singapore, North Borneo and Sarawak join the Federation of Malaya to created Malaysia.

Sept. 18 – ‘The Patty Duke Show’ premiers, with Patty playing the role of identical cousins Patty and Cathy Lane.

September 1963

Sept. 18 – The grandfather of the SpaceShuttle, the ASSET winged space vehicleis launched in the first experiment with reusablespacecraft.

Sept. 18 – The last baseball game played at the famed Polo Grounds in New York City sees the

New York Mets lose to Philadelphia 5-1. Afterwards, fans swarmed The field, grabbing all sorts of

memorabilia from the park.

Sept. 21 – According to author Stephen King, the namesake of his breakthrough novel is born on this date in Chamberlain, ME.

September 1963

Sept. 21 – Mario Andretti makes his debut in a major auto race in Allentown, PA. On the same

day, future MLB Hall of Famer Joe Morgan debutsat second base for the Houston Colt 45’s.

Sept. 24 – The U.S. Senate ratifies the first Nuclear Test Ban treaty by an overwhelming majority. President Kennedy considers this the highlight of his administration.

Sept. 24 – Deputy Foreign minister Yaakov Herzog secretly makes contact with King Hussein II in London, which would eventually lead to peace

between Israel and Jordan.

September 1963

Sept. 24 – 18 workers die in the explosion of a fireworks factory in Caserta, Italy.

Sept. 25 – Lord Denning’s report on the Profumo Affair concludes neither Prime Minister Harold MacMillan nor

anyone in his staff knew about the romantic trysts of Christine Keeler.

Sept. 26 – ‘Collected Poems’ is published on the poet’s75th birthday.

Sept. 26 – A North Carolina man rams his truck into the gates of the White House to warn the President that Communists were taking over his state. They weren’t…and the President wasn’t at home.

September 1963

Sept. 27 – The Houston Colt 45’s became the onlyteam in major league baseball to comprise of allrookies, including Joe Morgan, Rusty Staub, Jimmy Wynn and Aaron Pointer (brother to the singing Pointer Sisters). Three years later, the team will move to the Astrodome and become the Houston Astros.

Sept. 28 – Four years before rocketing to musicstardom as lead singer of the Doors, Jim Morrison

is arrested for stealing items from a Tallahassee, FL police cruiser.

Sept. 29 – Following the death of Pope John XXIII and the election of Pope Paul VI, the Second Vatican Council (‘Vatican II’) reopens in Rome.

Also born 9/23/1963

Canadian actress Anne-Marie Cadieux U.S. politician

Craig Schley

Egyptian/Australian director

Alex Proyas(‘The Crow’, ‘Dark

City’, ‘I, Robot’)

Japanese music composer

Michiru YamaneSpanish actressSonia Martinez

Also born 9/23/1963

U.S. rapper David (Mr. Mixx) Hobbs, co-founder of 2 Live Crew

English footballer Richard Hill

U.S. MLB player Terry McGriff

German Olympic athlete

Gabriele Reinsch

Sept 1963 birthdays

Sept. 1 – Dutch singer Carola Smit

Sept. 5 – U.S. actress Kristian Alfonso

(‘Days Of Our Lives’)

Sept. 6 – U.S. authorAlice Sebold

Sept. 6 – U.S. singerMark Chesnutt

Sept 1963 birthdays

Sept. 7 – U.S. musician/producer

Eric ‘Eazy-E’ Wright(‘N.W.A.)

Sept. 9 – Italian soccer star/manager Roberto Donadoni

Sept. 6 – Australianchef Skye Gyngell

Sept. 8 – Chinese gymnastLi Ning

Sept 1963 birthdays

Sept. 9 – German alpine skier MarkusWasmeier

Sept. 10 – U.S. MLBpitcher Randy

‘Big Unit’ Johnson

Sept. 11 – Puerto Rican actor Joey Dedio

Sept. 16 – U.S. singerRichard Marx

Sept 1963 birthdays

Sept. 18 – English composer/conductor

John Powell(‘Shrek’, ‘Robots’ ‘Kung-Fu Panda’)

Sept. 18 – U.S. producer/voice actor Dan Povenmire(‘Phineas and Ferb’)

Sept. 18 – Canadian actorChristopher Heyerdahl(‘Twilight: New Moon’)

Sept. 17 – Japanese wrestlerMasahiro Chono

Sept 1963 birthdays

Sept. 21 – U.S. MLB starCecil Fielder

Sept. 25 – U.S. actor Tate Donovan(‘Memphis Belle, voice of ‘Hercules’) Sept 26 – English actress

Lysette Anthony(‘Dark Shadows’-1991)

Sept. 21 – Scottish actorAngus McFadyen(‘Braveheart’, ‘Saw’)

Sept. 28 – U.S. wrestlerSteve Blackman

Sept. 29 – U.S. musicianLes Claypool

Sept 23rd Birthdays63 B.C. – Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar

1158 – English noblemanGeoffrey II of Brittany

(brother of King John and Richard the Lionheart)

1215 – Mongolian emperor Kublai Khan

1713 – Spanish emperor King Ferdinand VI

1838 – U.S. activistVictoria Woodhull

1863 – U.S. activist Mary Church Terrell

Sept 23rd Birthdays1869 – Irish/U.S. disease carrier ‘Typhoid’ Mary Mallon

1889 – U.S. journalist Walter Lippmann

1890 – German Field Marshall Friedrich von Paulus

1897 – Canadian actorWalter Pidgeon

(‘Forbidden Planet’)

1916 – Italian politician/ terrorist victim Aldo Moro

1917 – Mexican wrestler and actor Rodolfo Huerta (‘El Santo’)

Sept 23rd Birthdays

1920 – U.S. actor Mickey Rooney(‘Boys Town’, ‘Breakfast At Tiffany’s’)

1926 – U.S. jazz musicianJohn Coltrane

1930 – U.S. singer/songwriter Ray Charles

1938 – U.S. actor Tom Lester(‘Green Acres’)

1938 – German actressRomy Schneider (‘What’s New, Pussycat?’)

1939 – U.S. musician Roy Buchanan

Sept 23rd Birthdays

1943 – Spanish singerJulio Iglesias

1943 – U.S. football coach MartySchottenheimer

1945 – U.S. drummer Ron Bushy(Iron Butterfly)

1945 – U.S. actor/singerPaul Peterson

1947 – U.S. actress/singerMary Kay Place(‘Rainmaker’, ‘Crazy From The Heart’)

1947 – U.S. drummer Neal Smith(Alice Cooper)

Sept 23rd Birthdays

1949 – U.S. singer/songwriterBruce Springsteen

1957 – Chinese/U.S. actressRosalind Chao

(‘M*A*S*H’)1959 – U.S. actorJason Alexander(‘Seinfeld’)

1959 English singer/songwriterMartin Page

1961 – U.S. actorChi McBride(‘Boston Public’) 1961 – U.S. actress

Elizabeth Peña(‘La Bamba’, ‘Rush Hour’)

Sept 23rd Birthdays

1970 – U.S. singerAni DiFranco

1974 – U.S. pro wrestler Matt Hardy

1975 – U.S. actress/modelJaime Bergman(‘Gone in 60 Seconds’, ‘Son Of The Beach’)

1976 – U.S. actorKip Pardue

(‘Remember The Titans’)

1974 – U.S. singer Steven Howse (Layzie Bone of

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)

1962 – U.S. NFL coachJohn Harbaugh

This day in history

1122 – The Concordant of Worms (that’s a town inGermany) finally settles the roles of the Church andThe Crown in a Christian-sanctioned country.

1338 - The Battle of Arnemuiden, the first naval battle of the

Hundred Years War and the first naval battle to use artillery

1459 – The Battle of Blore Heath, the first majorfight of the English War of the Roses.

This day in history

1641 – The Merchant Royal sinks off the tip of England at Land’s End, taking a vast treasure with it.

1642 – the first graduating class at Harvard University

1779 – John Paul Jones shouts, ‘I have notyet begun to fight’ as his flagship, theBonhomme Richard defeats the BritishSerapis in the Battle of Flamborough Hill

This day in history

1780 – British Major John Andre is arrested as a spy and reveals the plan by American Gen. Benedict Arnold to give West Point to the British.

1803 – Arthur Wellesley, theDuke of Wellington, gets

his first major victory in the Battle of Assaye.

1806 – Lewis and Clarkreturn to St. Louis from theirtrek through the Louisiana Purchase area.

1845 – The New YorkKnickerbocker Baseball

Club is established.

This day in history

1846 – A consortium of English, French and Germanastronomers confirm the existence of the planetNeptune.

1889 – The Nintendo Company is established

to make cards for a game called‘hanafuda’.

1909 – The Phantom of the Opera is first published.

1913 – Roland Garros flies acrossThe Mediterranean from France to

Tunisia in just under 8 hours. That’sall the fuel he had for the trip.

This day in history1932 – The Arabian kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejdjoin to form the new nation of Saudi Arabia.

1952 – To keep his name on the ballot withPresident Eisenhower, Vice President

Richard Nixon went on TV to defend his record while in office, including how he

got his pet spaniel, Checkers. The ‘Checkers’ speech was a great success.

1957 – The TV series ‘How To

Marry A Millionaire’ debuts. It

is the first TV show to be based on a hit movie.

This day in history

1959 – Iowa farmer Roswell Garst plays host to

Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev.

1958 – Great Britain performs atomic testsAt Christmas Island in the South Pacific.

1962 – ABC debuts its first TV show in color, ‘The Jetsons’

1964 –‘Fiddler on the Roof’ opens on Broadway with

Zero Mostel in the lead role.

This day in history

1972 – Ferdinand Marcos declares martiallaw in the Philippines, setting the stage fortotal rule until his downfall in 1986.

1973 – Juan Peron returns to power in Argentina, where he will remain until his death a year later.

1980 – Bob Marley preforms his last showin Pittsburgh, PA.

1999 – A Qantas jet overshoots the runway

with no fatalities, the worstaccident in their history.

What was the #1 song in the U.S. on September 23, 1963?

1963 Oscars

Lead Actor: Gregory Peck, ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’

Lead Actress: Anne Bancroft, ‘The Miracle Worker’

Supporting Actor: Ed Begley, ‘Sweet Bird of Youth’

Supporting Actress: Patty Duke, ‘The Miracle Worker’

Best Director: David Lean, ‘Lawrence of Arabia’

Best Movie:

1963 Tonys

Best Play: Best Musical:

1963 in Sports

Stanley Cup – Toronto Maple

Leafs

World Series – LosAngeles Dodgers

NCAA football – University of Texas

NFL Champions-

Chicago BearsAFL Champions – San Diego Chargers

1963 in Sports

NBA Champions – Boston Celtics

NCAA Basketball – Loyola University

Indy 500 – Parnelli Jones

NASCAR-Joe Weatherly

1963 in Sports

Heisman Trophy – Roger Staubach, Navy

Triple Crown:Kentucky Derby – Chateaugay

Preakness – Candy SpotsBelmont Stakes – Chateaugay

Boxing HeavyweightChampion – Sonny Liston

PGA Champion – Jack Nicklaus

1963 in Sports

Associated Press Man and Woman of the Year

Sandy Koufax - baseball

Mickey Wright – ladies golf

Sept 1963 Magazines

Your Patron Saint

St. LinusThe Second Pope

In all of the New Testament, there areonly three men mentioned who held the position of Pope, or Bishop of Rome, as it was called then. Besides the first Bishop (Pope) St. Peter, there was St. Linus and St. Clement. While there is considerable argument as to who followed the Prince of the Apostles, many agree St. Peter bestowed his clergy in Rome to Linus, making him the second official Pope. What is known about him is he came from the Tuscan village of Volterra, his family name was Herculanus and his mother’s name was Claudia. He served as Bishop of Rome fromthe time of St. Peter’s martyrdom to his owndeath on Sept 23, 67 A.D.

Your Horoscope

You were born on the cusp of Virgo and Libra

Persons born on the cusp of Virgo-Libra are practical, hard working, diligent, meticulous, attractive, logical, charming, shy, modest, efficient, romantic, devoted and polite. They can also be unfair, aloof, easily influenced, self-indulgent, fussy, insecure, have hypochondriac tendencies and indecisive. The Cusp of Beauty sounds pleasant, but it can be a harsh taskmaster.

Those born on the Virgo-Libra cusp enjoy beauty and all things sensual. They may find themselves drawn to the arts, attractive people, and precious objects or wish to make themselves and their surroundings more pleasing to the eye. They have a great mind for details, and do a terrific job running a business or planning a large gathering because of this talent.

Dubious Achievement

Finally…

On September 7, 1963, the ABC show ‘On The Go’ gave U.S. audiences their first taste of the years to come with the introduction of an English music act that had been tearing up record sales on the other side of the Atlantic.

The End