On This Day: September 23

Updated September 22, 2012, 2:28 pm

On Sept. 23, 1952, Republican vice-presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon went on television to deliver what came to be known as the “Checkers” speech as he denied allegations of improper campaign financing.

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On Sept. 23, 1838, Victoria Clafin Woodhull Martin, who ran for United States president in 1872, was born. Following her death on June 9, 1927, her obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

By The Associated Press

63 B.C. Caesar Augustus was born in Rome.

1779 American commander John Paul Jones is said to have declared, “I have not yet begun to fight!” during a Revolutionary War naval battle.

1806 The Lewis and Clark expedition returned to St. Louis from the Pacific Northwest.

1846 The planet Neptune was discovered by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle.

1926 Jazz saxophonist and composer John Coltrane was born in Hamlet, N.C.

1930 Musician Ray Charles was born Ray Charles Robinson in Albany, Ga.

1939 Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, died at age 83.

1957 Nine black students who had entered Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas were forced to withdraw because of a white mob outside.

1987 Choreographer-director Bob Fosse died at age 60.

1990 Iraq threatened to destroy Middle East oil fields and attack Israel if other nations tried to force it from Kuwait.

1999 The Mars Climate Observer apparently burned up as it was about to go into orbit around the Red Planet.

2011 The soap opera “All My Children” broadcast its final episode on ABC, ending a 41-year run.

Current Birthdays

By The Associated Press

Rock musician Bruce Springsteen turns 63 years old today.

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Los Angeles Dodgers centerfielder Matt Kemp turns 28 years old today.

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1920 Mickey Rooney, Actor, turns 92

1941 Navi Pillay, U.N. high commissioner for human rights, turns 71

1943 Julio Iglesias, Singer, turns 69

1943 Marty Schottenheimer, Football cooach, turns 69

1947 Mary Kay Place, Actress, turns 65

1958 Marvin Lewis, Football cooach, turns 54

1959 Jason Alexander, Actor (“Seinfeld”), turns 53

1961 Chi McBride, Actor, turns 51

1962 John Harbaugh, Football cooach, turns 50

1970 Ani DiFranco, Rock singer, turns 42

1972 Jermaine Dupri, Rapper, producer, turns 40

1978 Anthony Mackie, Actor, turns 34

1991 Melanie Oudin, Tennis player, turns 21

Historic Birthdays

Victoria Clafin Woodhull Martin 9/23/1838 – 6/9/1927 American women’s rights advocate.Go to obituary »

75 Caesar Augustus 9/23/63 BC – 8/19/14 AD
lst Roman emperor

72 William McGuffey 9/23/1800 – 5/4/1873
American educator; published popular elementary school readers

54 Helen Almira Shafer 9/23/1839 – 1/20/1894
American educator; president of Wellesley College (1888-94)

80 Robert Bosch 9/23/1861 – 3/9/1942
German engineer and industrialist

90 Mary Eliza Terrell 9/23/1863 – 7/24/1954
American social activist and civil rights advocate

82 Emmuska Orczy 9/23/1865 – 11/12/1947
Hungarian-born English novelist; wrote “The Scarlet Pimpernel”

85 Walter Lippmann 9/23/1889 – 12/14/1974
American newspaper commentator and author

77 Tom C. Clark 9/23/1899 – 6/13/1977
American associate justice of the United States Supreme Court

61 Aldo Moro 9/23/1916 – 5/9/1978
Italian five times premier; murdered by terrorists

40 John Coltrane 9/23/1926 – 7/17/1967
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer

63 B.C.	Caesar Augustus was born in Rome.
1779	American commander John Paul Jones is said to have declared, “I have not yet begun to fight!” during a Revolutionary War naval battle.
1806	The Lewis and Clark expedition returned to St. Louis from the Pacific Northwest.
1846	The planet Neptune was discovered by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle.
1926	Jazz saxophonist and composer John Coltrane was born in Hamlet, N.C.
1930	Musician Ray Charles was born Ray Charles Robinson in Albany, Ga.
1939	Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, died at age 83.
1957	Nine black students who had entered Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas were forced to withdraw because of a white mob outside.
1987	Choreographer-director Bob Fosse died at age 60.
1990	Iraq threatened to destroy Middle East oil fields and attack Israel if other nations tried to force it from Kuwait.
1999	The Mars Climate Observer apparently burned up as it was about to go into orbit around the Red Planet.
2011	The soap opera “All My Children” broadcast its final episode on ABC, ending a 41-year run.

1920	Mickey Rooney, Actor, turns 92
1941	Navi Pillay, U.N. high commissioner for human rights, turns 71
1943	Julio Iglesias, Singer, turns 69
1943	Marty Schottenheimer, Football cooach, turns 69
1947	Mary Kay Place, Actress, turns 65
1958	Marvin Lewis, Football cooach, turns 54
1959	Jason Alexander, Actor (“Seinfeld”), turns 53
1961	Chi McBride, Actor, turns 51
1962	John Harbaugh, Football cooach, turns 50
1970	Ani DiFranco, Rock singer, turns 42
1972	Jermaine Dupri, Rapper, producer, turns 40
1978	Anthony Mackie, Actor, turns 34
1991	Melanie Oudin, Tennis player, turns 21

75	Caesar Augustus 9/23/63 BC – 8/19/14 AD lst Roman emperor
72	William McGuffey 9/23/1800 – 5/4/1873 American educator; published popular elementary school readers
54	Helen Almira Shafer 9/23/1839 – 1/20/1894 American educator; president of Wellesley College (1888-94)
80	Robert Bosch 9/23/1861 – 3/9/1942 German engineer and industrialist
90	Mary Eliza Terrell 9/23/1863 – 7/24/1954 American social activist and civil rights advocate
82	Emmuska Orczy 9/23/1865 – 11/12/1947 Hungarian-born English novelist; wrote “The Scarlet Pimpernel”
85	Walter Lippmann 9/23/1889 – 12/14/1974 American newspaper commentator and author
77	Tom C. Clark 9/23/1899 – 6/13/1977 American associate justice of the United States Supreme Court
61	Aldo Moro 9/23/1916 – 5/9/1978 Italian five times premier; murdered by terrorists
40	John Coltrane 9/23/1926 – 7/17/1967 American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer