The Birthday Quiz – September 2008 
Take the quiz and test your knowledge!
September 1 - Born today in 1933, he was the only heavyweight boxing champion to retire undefeated – he never lost a professional bout.
September 2 - Born today in 1937, this ex-Baseball Commissioner is now head of the United States Olympic Committee.
September 3 - Born today in 1913, this star of Shane was just 5’5’ tall.
September 4 - Born today in 1918, his radio shows end with “Gooooooood DAY!”
September 5 – Born today in 1929, this Chicago comedian came to national attention with his album called The Button-Down Mind.
September 6 – Born today in 1939, this outlaw country singer-songwriter sang Waylon, Willie, and Me, and he wrote the Johnny Paycheck hit Take This Job and Shove It.
September 7 – Born today in 1936, this early rock and roll legend often sang with the Crickets.
September 8 – Born today in 1922, this actor-comedian was famous for partnering with Mel Brooks in interviews with the 2,000-year-old man.
September 9 – Born today in 1919, he was one of the most famous gamblers of all time, and in his later years he did commentary for the CBS show The NFL Today.
September 10 – Born today in 1934, this New York Yankee set a famous record that was marked with an asterisk in the record books.
September 11 – Born today in 1928, this actor played second fiddle to Angie Dickinson in Police Woman.
September 12 – Born today in 1916, this popular Indy 500 racer was killed at the track in 1961 when he was testing a car for a buddy.
September 13 – Born today in 1916, this British author of James and the Giant Peach was also the creator of Willie Wonka.
September 14 – Born today in 1914, on his horse Silver, this deep-voiced actor “fought for truth and justice in the American west.”
September 15 – Born today in 1903, this fiddle-playin’ Wabash Cannonballer was known as the King of Country Music.
September 16 – Born today in 1927, this one-eyed actor is known for the catchphrase “Just one more thing….”
September 17 – Born today in 1907, he was named Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 1969 by Richard Nixon, and served in that position until 1986.
September 18 – Born today in 1933, this actor was found not guilty of murdering his wife in 2002 (no, not O.J. Simpson).
September 19 – Born today in 1928, he starred in a faddish 1966-68 TV series as Gotham City’s Caped Crusader.
September 20 – Born today in 1920, he created cereal’s Captain Crunch, George of the Jungle, and Rocky and Bullwinkle.
September 21 – Born today in 1931, this son of Mary Martin went from being Jeannie’s master to oldest son of the Ewing clan.
September 22 – Born today in 1927, this outspoken baseball manager proclaimed the sky “Dodger blue.”
September 23 – Born today in 1926, this saxophonist is regarded by some critics as the greatest jazz musician of all time.
September 24 – Born today in 1936, this Mississippian created Bert, Ernie, Oscar, and Elmo.
September 25 – Born today in 1917, he was known as the Scooter and he was the New York Yankees shortstop for 15 years.
September 26 – Born today in 1914, he was an early TV fitness guru and later hawked the Power Juicer.
September 27 – Born today in 1920, this rotund actor was Gunsmoke’s Matt Dillon on radio, and he starred in both Cannon and Jake and the Fatman on television.
September 28 – Born today in 1934, she was THE French actress. Ooh-La-La!
September 29 – Born today in 1935, this wild-child Sun recording artist sometimes played the piano with his feet.
September 30 – Born today in 1924, he wrote Breakfast at Tiffany’s and In Cold Blood.
For 25 years, Dan Hughes has been the writer, producer, and host of the Parkland Challenge, a popular local television quiz program for area high school academic bowl teams. He recently retired as the general manager of WPCD, the Parkland College radio station. He has written two books and is working on a new one.
Answers:
1 – Rocky Marciano
2 – Peter Ueberroth
3 – Alan Ladd
4 – Paul Harvey
5 – Bob Newhart
6 – David Allen Coe
7 – Buddy Holly
8 – Mel Brooks
9 – Jimmy the Greek
10 – Roger Maris
11 – Earl Holliman
12 – Tony Bettenhausen
13 – Roald Dahl
14 – Clayton Moore
15 – Roy Acuff
16 – Peter Falk
17 – Warren Burger
18 – Robert Blake
19 – Adam West
20 – Jay Ward
21 – Larry Hagman
22 – Tommy Lasorda
23 – John Coltrane
24 – Jim Henson
25 – Phil Rizzuto
26 – Jack LaLanne
27 – William Conrad
28 – Brigette Bardot
29 – Jerry Lee Lewis
30 – Truman Capote
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