Today is Saturday, Sept. 16, the 259th day of 2023. There are 106 days left in the year.

Today in history

On Sept. 16, 2001, President George W. Bush, speaking on the South Lawn of the White House, said there was “no question” Osama bin Laden and his followers were the prime suspects in the Sept. 11 attacks; Bush pledged the government would “find them, get them running and hunt them down.”

Also on this date:

In 1630, the Massachusetts village of Shawmut changed its name to Boston.

In 1810, Mexico began its revolt against Spanish rule.

In 1908, General Motors was founded in Flint, Michigan, by William C. Durant.

In 1940, Samuel T. Rayburn of Texas was elected Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.

In 1966, the Metropolitan Opera officially opened its new opera house at New York’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts with the world premiere of Samuel Barber’s “Antony and Cleopatra.”

In 1972, “The Bob Newhart Show” premiered on CBS.

Fun fact

Switzerland prohibits the ownership of just one guinea pig.

They eat what?!

Chicken fried bacon, served with southern gravy, can be found at some state fairs in the U.S.

Trending words

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Today’s birthdays

Actor Janis Paige is 101. Bluesman Billy Boy Arnold is 88. Movie director Jim McBride is 82. Actor Linda Miller is 81. R&B singer Betty Kelley (Martha & the Vandellas) is 79. Musician Kenney Jones (Small Faces; Faces; The Who) is 75. Actor Susan Ruttan is 75. Rock musician Ron Blair (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers; Mudcrutch) is 75. Actor Ed Begley Jr. is 74. Country singer David Bellamy (The Bellamy Brothers) is 73. Actor Mickey Rourke is 71. Actor-comedian Lenny Clarke is 70. Actor Kurt Fuller is 70. Jazz musician Earl Klugh is 70. Actor Christopher Rich is 70. TV personality Mark McEwen is 69. Baseball Hall of Famer Robin Yount is 68. Magician David Copperfield is 67. Country singer-songwriter Terry McBride is 65. Actor Jennifer Tilly is 65. Retired MLB All-Star pitcher Orel Hershiser is 65. Baseball Hall of Famer Tim Raines is 64. Actor Jayne Brook is 63. Singer Richard Marx is 60. Comedian Molly Shannon is 59. Singer Marc Anthony is 55. News anchor/talk show host Tamron Hall is 53. Comedian-actor Amy Poehler is 52. Actor Toks Olagundoye is 48. Country singer Matt Stillwell is 48. Singer Musiq is 46. Actor Michael Mosley is 45. Rapper Flo Rida is 44. Actor Alexis Bledel is 42. Actor Sabrina Bryan is 39. Actor Madeline Zima is 38. Actor Ian Harding is 37.

The Edge is compiled by Dallas Marshall. She can be contacted at dmarshall@lmtribune.com.

thought: “If a man has common sense, he has all the sense there is.” — Politician Sam Rayburn (1882-1961)