On September 15, 2016, Tinashe performed her new song "Company" on MTV's Wonderland.Unlike her previous work, "Company" was written by The-Dream without Tinashe as co-writer.
Philadelphia held the First National Negro Convention, 1830
Jessye Norman (b. September 15, 1945) is a recitalist as well as a Grammy-award winning opera singer. Norman is known for her powerful voice as well as for being an opera singer. As a child Norman recalls cleaning her room and listening to the radio; she had always been fond of music and credits Leontyne Price and Marian Anderson for being the starring influences in her life.
At the age of 16, Norman entered the Marian Anderson vocal competition and even though she did not win an award, her soulful voice captured the imagination of many, even at this juncture in time and she was awarded a scholarship at Howard University. In 1965, along with other members of her university, Norman became a part of the Delta Nu Chapter of Sigma Alpha Iote. After having won the National Society of Arts Award in 1966, Norman went on to graduate in 1967, with a degree in music and began her graduate level studies at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore.
Harlem Renaissance writer Festus Claudius McKay was born on September 15, 1889, in Sunny Ville, in the Clarendon Hills of Jamaica, to peasant farmers Hannah Ann Elizabeth Edwards and Thomas Frank McKay.
Pinkney was born on September 15, 1935, in Chicago, Illinois to Marion Henderson Pinkney and William Pinkney, Sr.
Combining styles of earlier influences with his own unique twists secured Julian Cannonball Adderley’s place in history as an experienced alto saxophonist who was fearless in exploring fresh musical styles. Born in Tampa, Florida on September 15, 1928, Adderley was welcomed into a musical family that would play a key part in his success as a performer. His father, already a jazz cornetist, introduced him to music, contributing to Adderley’s familiarity with band performance by the age of 14. In high school he continued to study reed and brass instruments and formed his first jazz group with his band director as his advisor. Upon graduation from high school, Adderley became band director at Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale where he taught music for several years while also playing with his own jazz group on the side from 1948 to 1950. After enlisting in the Army in 1950, he led the 36th Army Dance Band and later a second Army band from 1952 to 1953. During this time he also studied at the U.S. Naval School of Music.
• National Creme de Menthe Day
• National Linguini (Linguine) Day
• National Cheese Toast Day ?
• National Double Cheeseburger Day
• St. Catherine of Genoa, patron of brides.
• International Housekeepers Week / Environmental Services Week (Sept 14-20, 2025 - 2nd full week)
[International Executive Housekeepers Assn]
• Biscuits and Gravy Week (Sept 14-20, 2025 - 2nd full week in Sept)
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1885 Jumbo, an African elephant exhibited in France, the London Zoo, and finally in the Barnum & Bailey Circus, died at age 24 after being hit by a locomotive in Ontario, Canada. Jumbo was supposedly 12 feet tall at the time of his death.
1885 Constantin Fahlberg received U.S. patent No. 326,281 for the artificial sweetener Saccharine.
1898 William S. Burroughs died. An American inventor, Burroughs invented and manufactured the first adding machine with a printer.
1904 The first U.S. weather balloon was launched in St. Louis, Missouri.
1949 'The Lone Ranger' debuted on ABC-TV, sponsored by General Mills. The company began sponsoring the Lone Ranger radio broadcast in 1941 (with 'Cheerios') and continued its ties until the last television episode aired in 1957.
1962 The Four Seasons ‘Sherry’ hits number 1 on the charts.
1965 ‘Green Acres’ TV comedy debuted, starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor. A New York City couple move to a ramshackle farm in Hooterville.
1971 Greenpeace environmental organization was founded by Irving and Dorothy Stowe.
1981 The USDA announced that ketchup could be counted as a vegetable in the school lunch program.
1995 Tan M&Ms are replaced by the new blue M&Ms. The tan ones originally replaced violet M&Ms in 1949.
2011 Research from the [University of Cambridge] shows that fluctuations of serotonin levels in the brain, which often occur when someone hasn’t eaten or is stressed, affects brain regions that enable people to regulate anger.
He was born to Charles and Sara Prim in Nashville, Tennessee on September 15, 1898.