Charlie Lee Byrd was an American jazz guitarist. Byrd was best known for his association with Brazilian music, especially bossa nova. In 1962, he collaborated with Stan Getz on the album Jazz Samba, a recording which brought bossa nova into the mainstream of North American music.

1925Charles Haughey, Irish accountant, lawyer, and politician, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland (died 2006)^[†]

Charles James Haughey was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who led four governments as Taoiseach: December 1979 to June 1981, March to December 1982, March 1987 to June 1989, and June 1989 to February 1992. He served as cabinet minister in various portfolios from 1964 until his dismissal during the Arms Crisis in 1970, and again from 1977 to 1979. He was leader of Fianna Fáil from 1979 to 1992. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1957 to 1992.

1925B.B. King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2015)^[†]

Riley B. King, known professionally as B. B. King, was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending, shimmering vibrato, and staccato picking that influenced many later electric guitar blues players. AllMusic recognized King as "the single most important electric guitarist of the last half of the 20th century".

Notable Deaths

1925Leo Fall, Czech-Austrian composer (born 1873)^[†]

Leopold Fall was an Austrian Kapellmeister and composer of operettas.

1925Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician (born 1888)^[†]

Alexander Alexandrovich Friedmann was a Russian and Soviet physicist and mathematician. He originated the pioneering theory that the universe is expanding, governed by a set of equations he developed known as the Friedmann equations.

Headlines from September 16, 1925

Front Page 3 -- No Title

ASPIRANTS SHATTER ELECTION TRADITION; Only Lyons of the Mayoralty Candidates Predicts His Own Choice as Voting Starts. ASPIRANTS SHATTER ELECTION TRADITION

LA FOLLETTE WINS WISCONSIN PRIMARY; He Gets More Than the Combined Vote for Wilcox, McGovern and Woodward. KLAN CANDIDATE IS THIRD Many Democrats Oppose Bruce, the Only One Named on Their Senatorial Ticket. LA FOLLETTE WINS WISCONSIN PRIMARY

Principal Winners in Primary.

Notable Births

Notable Deaths