Today in History - September 23rd

  • 63 B.C. – Caesar Augustus is born in Rome
  • 642 – Harvard College in Cambridge, Mass., holds its first commencement
  • 1806 – The Lewis and Clark expedition return to St. Louis from the Pacific Northwest

  • 1939 – Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, dies at age 83
  • 1957 – Nine black students who had entered Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas are forced to withdraw because of a white mob outside
  • 1999 – The Mars Climate Observer apparently burns up as it was about to go into orbit around the Red Planet

Famous and Historical Birthdays - Say Happy Birthday to . . .

  • Mickey Rooney (Actor)
  • Julio Iglesias (Singer)
  • Jason Alexander (Actor)
  • Ani DiFranco (Singer)
  • Jermaine Dupri (Rapper)