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
- A 6-inch sub meal from Subway

September 26th is the 269th day of the year. There are 96 days remaining until the end of the year

Today is National Pancake Day, National Key Lime Pie Day, National Better Breakfast Day and National Dumpling Day

In 1542, Cabrillo discovered California.
In 1772, the New Jersey Legislature passed a bill forbidding the practice of medicine without a license.
In 1777, British troops occupied Philadelphia during the American Revolution.
In 1892, Book matches were patented by the Diamond Match Company.
In 1907, New Zealand, which had been a colony of Great Britain, became a dominion.
In 1789, Thomas Jefferson was appointed America's first secretary of state.
In 1898, American composer George Gershwin was born in Brooklyn, New York.
In 1914, the Federal Trade Commission was established.
In 1937, "The Shadow" radio series debuts.
In 1948, Bob Hope made his TV debut on Ed Sullivan's Toast of the Town.
In 1950, "Danger", TV Anthology; debuted on CBS.
In 1955, "Robin Hood", TV Adventure; debuted on CBS.
In 1957, the musical "West Side Story" opened on Broadway.
In 1957, "Three Faces of Eve" starring Joanne Woodward opened.
In 1960, the first televised debate between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy took place in Chicago.
n 1961, "Dick Powell Show", TV Anthology; debuted on NBC.
In 1962, "The Beverly Hillbillies" debuted on CBS-TV.
In 1968, "Hawaii Five-O", the long-running TV Crime Drama set in Hawaii starring Jack Lord, debuted on CBS-TV.
In 1968, "Blondie", TV Comedy; debuted on CBS.
In 1969, the family comedy series "The Brady Bunch" premiered on A-B-C T-V.
In 1975, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" movie premiered in Westwood, CA, and became a cult classic.
In 1981, the twin-engine Boeing 767 made its maiden flight in Everett, Wash.
In 1981, Disney's TV show moved to CBS, making it the first prime-time series to have appeared on all three major networks. The show is renamed "Walt Disney".
In 1982, "Gloria", TV Comedy; debuted on CBS.
In 1982, "Knight Rider", TV Adventure starring David Hasselhoff; debuted on NBC.
In 1982, "Matt Houston", TV Crime Drama; debuted on ABC.
In 1982, "Ripley's Believe It Or Not #2", TV Magazine; debuted on ABC.
In 1983, "AfterMASH", TV Comedy; debuted on CBS.
In 1984, "It's Your Move", TV Comedy; debuted on NBC.
In 1984, Liz Taylor starred in the season opener of the TV soap, "Hotel" this night.
In 1986, "Crocodile Dundee" starring Paul Hogan opened in theaters in the U.S.A.
In 1987, "Alf", TV Cartoon Show, based on the prime-time series; debuted on NBC.
In 1987, "Jake & The Fatman", TV Crime Drama; debuted on CBS.
In 1990, the Motion Picture Association of America announced it had created a new rating, "N-C-17," to replace the old "X" rating.
In 1991, "F.B.I. The Untold Stories", TV Crime Drama, debuted.
In 1991, "Pros & Cons", TV General Drama, was Gabriel's Fire, debut on ABC.
In 1991, "Reasonable Doubts", TV Legal Drama, debuted on NBC.
In 1998, "Highlander: The Raven" TV Adventure premiered in syndication
In 1998, "Marital Law" premiered on CBS
In 1998, "Special Ops Force" TV adventure premiered in syndication
In 1998, "V.I.P." TV adventure starring Pamela Anderson Lee premiered in syndication

Actors:

Melissa Sue Anderson is 63 (“Little House on the Prairie”)
Jim Caviezel is 57 (“The Passion of the Christ,” “The Count of Monte Cristo”)
Mark Famiglietti is 46 (“Bones,” “Mad Men”)
Linda Hamilton is 69 (“The Terminator” film series, “Beauty and the Beast”)
Ashley Leggat is 39 (“Life With Derek,” “Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen”)
Kent McCord is 83 (“The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet,” “JAG”)
Melanie Paxon is 53 (“Happy Family,” “Descendants”)
Talulah Riley is 40 (“Pride & Prejudice,” “Inception“)
The late Donna Douglas (1932 – 2015) …she would have been 93 (“Beverly Hillbillies,” “Frankie and Johnny”)
The late Edmund Gwenn (1877-1959) (“Miracle on 34th Street,” “Pride & Prejudice”)
The late Julie London (1926-2000)…she would have been 99 (More than forty films as well as the classic TV drama, “Emergency!”)