SEPTEMBER 15 | Birthdays and Events
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Notable Birthdays for September 15
James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) - Author of novel The Last of the Mohicans.
George Franklin Grant (1846-1910) - The first Black professor at Harvard who also invented an early version of the golf tee.
Edward Bouchet (1852-1918) - The first Black person to earn a Ph.D. from any American university (Yale University).
William Howard Taft (1857-1930) - The 27th President of the U.S.
Walter E. Rollins (1906-1973) - Songwriter who wrote Here Comes Peter Cottontail and Frosty the Snowman.
Penny Singleton (1908-2003) - Voice actress of Jane on the cartoon the Jetsons.
Jim Kimsey (1939-2016) - Co-founder of AOL.
Signe Toly Anderson (1941-2016) - Singer and founding member of the rock band Jefferson Airplane.
Tommy Lee Jones (1946-Still Living) - Critically-acclaimed actor with lead roles in The Fugitive, the Men in Black franchise, Coal Miner's Daughter, and Jason Bourne.
Fred Seibert (1951-Still Living) - Co-founder of MTV.
Memorable Events for September 15
1789 - The Department of Foreign Affairs is renamed the Department of State.
1917 - B.C. Forbes and Walter Drey found Forbes Magazine.
1966 - President Johnson urges gun control legislation as a response to a sniper attack at the University of Texas (Austin).