writer/director, Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm

actress, High School Musical 3; actors Robert Ito (78), Polly Holliday (72), Ron Silver (1946-2009), Saul Rubinek (61), Jerry Hall (53) and Lindsay Lohan (23) share this birth date

former president of Mexico; former heads-of-state Sir Alec Douglas-Home (1903-1995) and Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961) were also born on this date

On this day in 1839, a slave rebellion occurred on the ship Amistad, and the subsequent acquittal of the mutineers, who were deemed to be kidnap victims rather than merchandise, was a victory for American abolitionism.

More Events on this day:

1979: The United States first issued the Susan B. Anthony dollar coin.

1932: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt coined the term “New Deal” in his acceptance speech for the Democratic presidential nomination.

1881: Shot on this day, U.S. President James A. Garfield died several weeks later on September 19.

1865: In London's East End, William Booth founded the ministry later called the Salvation Army.

1776: After a dramatic all-night ride, Delaware delegate Caesar Rodney arrived just in time to cast the decisive vote approving the Declaration of Independence.

1644: At the Battle of Marston Moor, Parliamentary forces handed the Royalists their first major defeat in the English Civil Wars.

Wisawa Szymborska

Polish poet Wisawa Szymborska, born this day in 1923, rejected Socialist Realism to pen intelligent and empathetic verse that explored philosophical and moral issues, for which she won the 1996 Nobel Prize for Literature.

the 1st US coin to honor a woman was introduced (1979)