Sicilian Culture: This Day in Italian & Sicilian History: September

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This Day in History:
Italian Contributions in the Month of September

Comes from the Latin number for 7 of the old calendar.

September 1
1923 Boxer Rocky Marciano (birth name Rocco Marchegiano)
September 2
1962 Vacation - Connie Francis
September 3
1942 Frank Sinatra left the Tommy Dorsey Band to begin a solo singing career.
1934 Actor Richard Castellano
September 4
1984 She Bop - Cyndi Lauper
September 5
1921 Movie Executive Jack Valenti
1939 Actor William Devane
1942 Actress Raquel Welch (Tejada)
1946 Musician Freddie Mercury (Bulsara)
September 8
1943 Italy surrenders to the Allies five days after the British Army invaded Calabria.
September 13
1925 Muscian Mel Torme
September 18
1502 Christopher Columbus landed in Costa Rica on his 4th and last voyage to the Americas
September 20
1929 Comedienne Anne Meara
1934 Actress Sophia Loren (born as Sophia Scicolone)
1960 My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own - Connie Francis
September 21
1959 Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin
1983 Maniac - Michael Sembello
September 22
1927 Baseball Great Tom Lasorda
1961 Actor Scott Baio
1958 Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare) - Domenico Modugno
September 23
1949 Musician Bruce Springsteen born in New Jersey
September 25
1918 Baseball Hall of Fame Yankee Phil Rizzuto, also an announcer for the NY Yankess
September 26
1896 262nd Pope Paul VI (birth name Giovanni Battista Montini)
September 28
1924 Actor Marcello Mastroianni
September 29
1959 Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin

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