FULL HARVEST MOON

The Harvest Moon is the full Moon nearest the autumnal equinox and is bright enough to allow finishing all the harvest chores. In 2021, it falls on September 20.

1510s

• 1519: NAVIGATOR FERDINAND MAGELLAN LEFT SANLÚCAR DE BARRAMEDA, SPAIN, FOR SPICE ISLANDS

1830s

• BORN 1833: DAVID ROSS LOCKE (JOURNALIST)

1840s

• BORN 1849: GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL (NATURALIST)

1850s

• 1850: SLAVE TRADING ABOLISHED IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
• 1853: ELISHA OTIS SOLD HIS FIRST ELEVATOR

1860s

• DIED 1863: JACOB GRIMM (FOLKLORIST)

1870s

• BORN 1878: UPTON SINCLAIR (AUTHOR)

1880s

• BORN 1884: MAXWELL PERKINS (EDITOR)

1890s

• 1892: FRANK SCHUMAN PATENTED WIRE SAFETY GLASS

1910s

• BORN 1917: RED AUERBACH (BASKETBALL COACH)

1920s

• BORN 1924: ANNE MEARA (ACTRESS)
• BORN 1928: DONALD HALL (POET)

1930s

• BORN 1934: SOPHIA LOREN (ACTRESS)

1950s

• BORN 1951: GUY DAMIEN LAFLEUR (HOCKEY PLAYER)
• BORN 1952: RAY GOZALEZ (POET)
• BORN 1956: GARY COLE (ACTOR)

1960s

• BORN 1967: KRISTEN JOHNSTON (ACTRESS)

1970s

• 1973: BILLIE KING DEFEATED BOBBY RIGGS IN A TENNIS MATCH IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, BILLED AS THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES

1990s

• BORN 1991: SPENCER LOCKE (ACTRESS)
• DIED 1994: JULE STYNE (SONGWRITER)
• DIED 1994: BENNY BAKER (COMEDIAN)
• 1998: CAL RIPKEN, JR. TOOK THE DAY OFF FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 16 YEARS AND ENDED BASEBALL’S “IRONMAN” STREAK AT 2,632 GAMES

2000s

• DIED 2002: WILLIAM ROSENBERG (FOUNDED DUNKIN DONUTS CHAIN)

2010s

• BORN 2010: HARLEY (GIANT ANTEATER, CALDWELL ZOO, TEXAS)
• DIED 2014: POLLY BERGEN (ACTRESS)

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