Day Tripping: September 14

The Good Doctor

Born in Northern Ireland in 1947, Nigel ‘Sam' Neill moved to New Zealand with his family at the age of seven. He attended a boy’s academy where he found acting as well as a means to help with his stutter.

“Failure is never quite so frightening as regret.”

His career in acting began in the 70s with television movie roles in New Zealand. Sam then did film work in Australia and on to America where he joined a star-studded cast in The Hunt for Red October. Sam Neill is best known as Dr. Alan Grant in the Jurassic Park film franchise.

Today is:

Cream Filled Donut Day Yeah Baby! Ahem, I mean, that sounds lovely.

Musical Ride

The hand-written lyrics for Getting better by Paul McCartney for the Sargent Pepper album sold for $250,000 at a London auction in 1995.

Interesting Notes

In 1977, during a broadcast of the game show The Price Is Right, a woman wearing a tube top was called down, and while running down the aisle, Yolanda Bowsley’s breast popped out of her shirt.

Gone But Not Forgotten

Grace Kelly, Princess of Monaco, and former Hollywood star died in 1982 after suffering a stroke while driving and her car flew off a cliff. She was 52.

Notable Births

1936 — Famous as Chekov on the original Star Trek, Walter Koenig

1983 — English singing sensation who sadly became a member of the 27 Club, Amy Winehouse

K. Barrett Maria Rattray Maryam Merchant Dr Mehmet Yildiz Tree Langdon Myriam Ben Salem Phil Truman Chelsea Mandler MAT Terry Mansfield Hollie Petit, PhD. Terry Trueman Dr Preeti Singh John Gruber Bill Abbate James G Brennan ScienceDuuude Marcus Liam Ireland Claire Kelly Noorain Hassan, BMS Amy Pierovich David Acaster Nora Thewriteyard David Perlmutter Joe Luca Holly Kellums Michael Burg, MD Lucy Dan Dave Logan

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