David Seth Kotkin, better known as David Copperfield, was born Sept. 16, 1956, in Metuchen, New Jersey, and became fascinated with magic as a child. At 12, he joined the...
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On Sept. 16, 1959, Xerox unveiled the 914, the first commercially successful copier to make copies on ordinary paper. Inventor Chester Carlson had spent years developing the process after getting...
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Today is National Guacamole Day, celebrating the Mexican dip that has been enjoyed for centuries. People in Central America were eating wild avocados about 11,000 years ago, and farmers began...
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Agatha Christie was born Sept. 15, 1890, in Torquay, England, and began writing detective stories while working as a nurse during World War I. She trained in a pharmacy, gaining...
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On Sept. 15, 1954, Marilyn Monroe stepped onto a subway grate in Manhattan and instantly created one of Hollywood’s most recognizable images ever. Director Billy Wilder was filming “The Seven...
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Today is Butterscotch Cinnamon Pie Day, celebrating a dessert inspired by Undertale, the 2015 retro-style indie video game about a child exploring an underground world filled with monsters. Early in...
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Robert Herjavec was born September 14, 1962 in Croatia and raised in Canada after his family immigrated with just $20 to their name. He’s best known as the friendly but...
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On Sept. 14, 1985, “The Golden Girls“ premiered on NBC, proving that life – and comedy – didn’t slow down after 50. Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty...
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Today is National Black & White Cookie Day, celebrating a New York classic that can’t decide whether it’s a cookie or cake. The treat has a soft, cakey base topped...
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Observed on the first Sunday after Labor Day, National Grandparents Day celebrates the bond between grandparents and grandchildren. President Jimmy Carter first proclaimed the holiday in 1978, and Congress later...
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Today is National Peanut Day, honoring the little legume that packs a big punch. That’s right – peanuts aren’t nuts at all but members of the bean family, and unlike...
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Roald Dahl was born Sept. 13, 1916, in Wales to Norwegian parents and spent childhood summers visiting family in Norway. During World War II, he became a Royal Air Force...
Thin, crisp and golden
Today is National Wiener Schnitzel Day, celebrating Austria’s famously crisp,...
A fall favorite worth rediscovering
Today is National Acorn Squash Day, celebrating the small, ridged...
Happy Birthday to you…most likely
Statistically, the most common birthday in America is September 9.
The voice that changed country music
Born on September 8, 1932, Virginia Patterson Hensley, known as...
Uncle Sam started as an abbreviation joke
The nickname “Uncle Sam” is so ingrained in American identity...
Celebrated on July 4, Independence Day commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, when the 13 American …
Like a lot of people, we are all about the Cozy Season over here at The Today 100.
Make snack time easier, crisper & better-looking
Call us geriatric millennials, but sometimes life is too busy...