Each week we draw from ALL that week's anniversaries and birthdays to give away a birthday prize pack from our sponsors:
- Collector's coins from Fort Peck Community Federal Credit Union
- Gift certificate from the Apple Trolley
- Certificate good for one order of Toodie's Cafe's famous pancakes
- (2) 6-inch sub meals from Subway

September 14th is the 257th day of the year. There are 108 days remaining until the end of the year

Today is National Cream Filled Donut Day, National Eat a Hoagie Day, National Parents Day Off, National Coloring Day, National Cheerleading Day, Hug a Crabby Stranger Day and Gobstopper Day

In 1716, the first American lighthouse lit up in the Boston Harbor in Massachusetts.
In 1814, Francis Scott Key wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner" after witnessing the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in Maryland.
In 1848, Alexander Stewart opened the first department store in the U.S.
In 1899, while in New York, Henry Bliss became the first automobile fatality.
In 1901 President McKinley died in Buffalo, N.Y., of gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt succeeded him.
In 1939, the helicopter had its first successful flight by Igor Sikorsky.
In 1940 Congress passed the Selective Service Act, providing for the nation's first peacetime draft.
In 1948 a groundbreaking ceremony took place in New York at the site of the United Nations' world headquarters.
In 1957, "Have Gun Will Travel", TV Western Drama; debuted on CBS.
In 1964, "Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea", TV Sci-fi Adventure; debuted on ABC.
In 1965, "F Troop", TV Comedy; debuted on ABC.
In 1967, "Ironside", TV Crime Drama starring Raymond Burr; debuted on NBC.
In 1969, "The Bill Cosby Show", TV Comedy; debuted on NBC.
In 1975, "Mork & Mindy" debuted.
In 1985, "Golden Girls" debuted.
In 1988, "Unsolved Mysteries" debuted.

Actors:

Dan Cortese is 56 (“Veronica's Closet,” host of truTV's “Guinness World Records Unleashed”)
Mary Crosby is 64 (“Dallas,” “Legend of Zorro”)
Faith Ford is 59 (“Another World,” “Murphy Brown”)
Walter Koenig is 87 (“Star Trek’s” Chekov, “Babylon 5”)
Andrew Lincoln is 50 (“Love Actually,” “The Walking Dead) (FAST FACT: His given name is Andrew James Clutterbuck)
Sam Neill is 76 (“The Hunt for Red October,” “Jurassic Park”) (FAST FACTS: Named Nigel at birth, he adopted the name Sam to avoid confusion with other students named Nigel. He stuttered as a child, and graduated from Victoria University.)
Michelle Stafford is 58 (“The Young and the Restless”)
Kimberly Williams-Paisley is 52 (“Father of the Bride” series, “According to Jim”) (FAST FACT: She’s been married to country star Brad Paisley since 2003)
The late Clayton Moore (1914 – 1999) (“The Lone Ranger”)