This Day…

1960 – “LIFE” magazine celebrates artist Anna Mary “Grandma” Moses’ 100th birthday by putting her on their cover

September 14, 1982 — Former Hollywood actress Grace Kelly, who became Princess Grace of Monaco, was killed in a car crash on this day.

1927 – Isadora Duncan, a pioneer of modern expressive dance, died in France when her long scarf became entangled in the rear wheel of the car in which she was riding.

1928 – Katharine Hepburn made her stage debut in the play “The Czarina.” Four years later she made her film debut in “A Bill of Divorcement.”

1960 – Nationwide release (US) of Alfred Hitchcock‘s “Psycho” starring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh

1935 – Romantic comedy film “Page Miss Glory” starring Marion Davies premieres in the USA.

1877 – Crazy Horse [Tashunka Witko], last great Sioux war chief, dies at 37.

1922 “Gone With The Wind” author Margaret Mitchell (21) weds Berrien “Red” Upshaw; divoce in 1924

1885 – Pulitzer Prize-winning American author (Age of Innocence) Edith Jones (23), marries Edward “Teddy” Wharton (36)

1907 – Harry Houdini escapes from chains underwater in 57 seconds, at Aquatic Park in San Francisco, California.