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Today’s B&P gives us one of those wonderfully eclectic September rosters: Batman, Bond, Queen, the Sun King, civil-rights courage, comedy royalty, an outlaw, and one of the twentieth century’s best-known humanitarian figures.

75 today

An actor with extraordinary range, from comedy and drama to one of cinema’s most famous capes.

Keaton became internationally associated with Batman and Beetlejuice, while later performances such as Spotlight demonstrated how far beyond either role his career could travel.

The electrifying lead singer of Queen.

Singer. Songwriter. Showman.

Mercury’s theatrical presence and unmistakable voice made him one of rock music’s defining performers, with songs including “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Somebody to Love,” and “We Are the Champions.”

A September 5 birthday that still deserves a very loud speaker. 👑🎸

One of American comedy’s great masters of understatement.

With his wonderfully restrained delivery and long pauses that somehow became punchlines themselves, Bob Newhart built a career spanning stand-up, recordings, television, and generations of admirers.

A major international film star and cultural icon of the 1960s and 1970s whose screen presence made her one of the era’s most recognizable performers.

87 today

The Australian actor who stepped into one of cinema’s most famous roles as James Bond in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.

One movie.

One Bond.

And a permanent place in 007 history.

87 today

Veteran American actor known for a long television and film career, including Knots Landing and 24.

57 today

Guitarist and son of Frank Zappa, who built his own career while also helping preserve and perform his father’s remarkable musical catalog.

58 today

Drummer known for his work with Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave.

80 today

American folk singer-songwriter, humorist, storyteller and actor whose work has explored family, aging, relationships and everyday absurdities for decades.

The “Sun King.”

Louis XIV ruled France for more than seven decades and became one of European history’s most famous examples of absolute monarchy.

Versailles, court ritual, political power and royal spectacle became inseparable from his reign.

One of the American West’s most famous and mythologized outlaws.

The historical man and the legend that grew around him have spent well over a century arguing with each other.

At only 15 years old, Claudette Colvin refused to surrender her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus in March 1955, months before Rosa Parks’ better-known protest.

She later became one of the plaintiffs in Browder v. Gayle, the federal case that helped end segregated bus transportation in Montgomery.

Mother Teresa died on September 5, 1997, at age 87.

Through the Missionaries of Charity, she became internationally associated with service to people living in extreme poverty and suffering in Calcutta and elsewhere.

She received the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize and was later canonized as Saint Teresa of Calcutta.

Her death anniversary is why the United Nations chose September 5 for the International Day of Charity.

That makes today’s Main and B&P meet naturally at one point:

The renowned Oglala Lakota leader died on September 5, 1877.

He is remembered for resisting U.S. expansion into Lakota lands and for his role in conflicts including the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

His life remains deeply significant within Lakota history and in the larger story of Indigenous resistance to dispossession.

Today’s supplied research also reports that Claudette Colvin died on September 5, 2026. Because that is a current-day claim in the source rather than an established historical anniversary, I would present it cautiously in publication until separately verified.

If confirmed, today would carry an extraordinary symmetry:

born September 5, 1939
died September 5, 2026

and the passing of a woman whose act of resistance at age 15 helped challenge segregation in America.

September 5 brings together lives that could hardly be more different:

🎤 Freddie Mercury turned performance into electricity.
🦇 Michael Keaton moved easily between comedy, darkness and drama.
🎭 Bob Newhart proved a pause could be funnier than a punchline.
👑 Louis XIV made monarchy into theater.
🚌 Claudette Colvin challenged injustice while still a teenager.
❤️ Mother Teresa made service the center of a life.
🪶 Crazy Horse became an enduring symbol of resistance and sovereignty.

Different centuries.

Different stages.

Different battles.

But every life leaves something behind.

Sometimes a song.

Sometimes a laugh.

Sometimes a movement.

Sometimes a refusal to surrender a seat.

Sometimes a lifetime spent helping another human being.

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Q note:

Freddie Mercury's birth name was Farrokh Bulsara

Date of Birth: September 5, 1946

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