Happy Birthday Jim Henson
Puppeteer James Maury Henson was born on September 24, 1936, in Greenville, Mississippi.
Puppeteer James Maury Henson was born on September 24, 1936, in Greenville, Mississippi.
On September 22, 1956, the U.S. Post Office issued its first commemorative stamp on colored paper.
Clergyman John Harvard died on September 14, 1638, in Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Deaf education pioneer, Thomas Gallaudet died on September 10, 1851.
On September 8, 1954, eight nations signed the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty, or Manila Pact, creating the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO).
Missionary Frank Charles Laubach was born on September 2, 1884, in Benton, Pennsylvania.
Revolutionary War commander Nathanael Greene was born on August 7 (July 27 by the Old Style calendar), 1742, in Potowomut (Warwick), Rhode Island.
Civil rights leader Whitney Moore Young, Jr., was born on July 31, 1921, in Shelby County, Kentucky.
On July 1, 1957, the Teachers of America stamp was issued to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the National Education Association (NEA). The stamp was issued in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the site where the NEA was founded 100 years earlier.