By Nicole Bernard
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
India Amarteifio (born 17 September 2001) is an English actress. She began her career as a child actress on the West End. In 2023, she portrayed the title role of the Netflix period drama Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, winning the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series.
India Amarteifio was born in Kingston upon Thames on 17 September 2001, and she grew up in Twickenham. Her father is of Ghanaian origin, and her mother is of British origin. She joined the Richmond Academy of Dance in 2012, through which she auditioned for and earned a scholarship to attend the Sylvia Young Theatre School.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
The Harvest Moon is the full Moon nearest the autumnal equinox and is bright enough to allow finishing all the harvest chores.
Formerly called “I am an American Day” (1940) and then “Citizenship Day” (1952), this observance’s long new name (2004) is called Constitution Day for short. It marks the anniversary of the date in 1787 when the final draft of the Constitution of the United States was signed by delegates to the Constitutional Convention after months of wrangling. The framers of the Constitution had been arguing constantly as they met in secret, but they had leaked reports to the press indicating that all was well. “So great is the unanimity, we hear, that prevails in the convention, upon all great federal subjects, that it has been proposed to call the room in which they assemble ‘Unanimity Hall.’” The Federalists (as they came to be called) argued through June and most of July and reached an agreement on July 16. After deciding to leave out a bill of rights — because everyone was worn-out and they thought there was no need for such a list — the framers completed the final draft on September 17 and made it ready for submission to the states for ratification. The American Bar Association and other organizations make an effort to mark this anniversary by sponsoring symposia and, in some cases, offering free legal advice.
Question of the Day
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
Died
- Tobias George Smollett (Scottish satirical novelist) –
- Spiro T. Agnew (served as vice president under Richard Nixon) –
- Red Skelton (comedian) –
- Robert Truax (rocket scientist) –
Born
- David Dunbar Buick (automobile manufacturer) –
- William Carlos Williams (writer & doctor) –
- Hank Williams (musician) –
- Anne Bancroft (actress) –
- David Souter (U.S. Supreme Court justice) –
- Phil Jackson (basketball coach) –
- John Ritter (actor) –
- Kyle Chandler (actor) –
- Jimmie Johnson (NASCAR driver) –
- Patrick Mahomes (football player) –
- India Amarteifio (actress) –
Events
- City of Boston founded–
- The U.S. Constitution signed–
- Battle of Antietam in Maryland occurred; known as the bloodiest battle of the Civil War–
- First powered flight of X-15 rocket plane–
- First public display of a lunar rock, at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.–
- M*A*S*H made its television debut–
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police began accepting women as uniformed members–
- NASA unveiled the first space shuttle, Enterprise, to the public–
- Vanessa Williams became the first African American woman to be crowned Miss America–
- William Rehnquist is confirmed as chief justice of the US Supreme Court–
- Heather Whitestone of Alabama became the first deaf woman to be crowned Miss America–
- The Late Show with David Letterman was the first TV talk show to return to the airways six days after terrorists attacked the United States in New York City–
- Barry Bonds hit his 700th home run–
- A 17-pound 4-ounce white catfish was caught in the Humboldt River of Nevada–
- A bottled message tossed from an April Caribbean cruise was found in Sunset Beach, North Carolina–
Weather
- 2.42” rain fell in 3 hours in Yuma, Arizona–
- Lander, in the Wyoming Rockies, had 23.6 inches of snow–
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