September 20

Happy Birthday RIP Upton Sinclair(1878–1968) Jonathan Hardy(1940–2012) Anne Meara(1929–2015) ; "Sophia Loren"(Sofia Scicolone)–82 Karen Sharpe–82 Carole "Candy" Spelling–71 George Raymond Martin–68 Gary Cole–60 Robert Rusler–51 Kristen Johnston–49 Bradford Beyer Jr–43 Jon Bernthal–40 ; 1893 – Charles Duryea and his brother Frank road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile in Springfield, Massachusetts ; 2011 – The United States military ends its "don't ask, don't tell" policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time