13th September:
Births:
1857 Milton S Hershey , chocolate manufacturer/philanthropist - Fantastic!
1874 Arnold Schonberg Vienna Austria, composer (Second Quartet) - Weird
1939 Richard Kiel, Jaws in James Bond - Cool
And 2 baby Beatles. Naff
1965 Zak Starkey drummer, son of Beatle Ringo
1971 Stella Nina McCartney daughter of Paul & Linda McCartney
Deaths
1321 Dante Alighieri author of the Divine Comedy
On this day:
122 Building begins on Hadrian's Wall - Now that was a good thing...
And I happen to know Scooby Doo was actually broadcast for the first time on September 13th 1969, just like me.
Today is Dante Alighieri Day, Commemoration of St Cyprian, Memorial of St John Chrysostom and Jewish New Year's Eve, Erev Rosh Hashanah
Jessop-Smythe take note, Thought for Today is:
"Never say you know a man until you have divided an inheritance with him."
BMB
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