09-28-1881 – 03-16-1968 Eleonora “Eleo” Sears – Born in Boston, Massachusetts into a wealthy family. Her father was a shipping and real-estate tycoon. Her cousin, James Dwight brought the game…
09-28-1877 Barilla – An Italian and European food company headquartered in Parma, Italy. It is the world’s leading pasta maker. When Guido Barilla, chairman of the company, mentioned on an…
09-27-1965 Rhona Cameron – Born in Dundee, Scotland. She is a Scottish comedian. Her memoir, Nineteen Seventy-Nine: A Big Year in a Small Town, she tells about growing up as…
09-27-2013 Judge Mary Jacobson of the Mercer Superior Court in New Jersey ruled that gay couples can marry in the Garden State starting October 21, 2013.
09-26-1942 – 05-15-2004 Gloria E. Anzaldúa – Born in Rio Grande Valley, Texas. She was an American scholar of Chicana cultural theory, feminist theory, and queer theory. She loosely based…
09-25-1949 Pedro Almodóvar – Born in Calzada de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Spain. He is a Spanish film director, screenwriter, producer, composer, and former actor. Almodovar achieved international recognition for his…
09-25-1975 The Rocky Horror Picture Show is released in the USA. It’s a British-American musical comedy horror film based on a 1973 musical stage production. The movie is a satirical…
09-24-1902 — 10-07-1986 Cheryl Crawford – Born in Akron, Ohio. She was an American theatre producer and director. Crawford majored in drama at Smith College. Following graduation in 1925,…
09-24-2013 The U.S. Senate made history by voting to confirm Todd Hughes to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Hughes was confirmed 98 to 0 and is…
09-23-1949 Bruce Springsteen – Born in Long Branch, New Jersey. He is known as “the Boss.” He is an American singer-songwriter and humanitarian. Springsteen has been an outspoken advocate for…