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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Today is Thursday, September 27, the 271st day of 2012. There are 95 days left in the year. 1290 ― Earthquake in Gulf of Chili China, reportedly kills 100,000 1540 ― Society of Jesus (Jesuits) founded by Ignatius Loyola 1905 ― First published blues composition goes on sale, W.C. Handy Memphis Blues 1928 ― U.S. recognizes nationalist Chinese government 1930 ― Bobby Jones completes the Grand Slam of Golf 1937 ― First Santa Claus school opens (Albion, N.Y.) 1959 ― Typhoon Vera, hits Japanese island of Honshu, kills nearly 5,000 1964 ― Warren Commission released, finding Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone 1988 ― Lab tests reportedly show Shroud of Turin not Christ`s burial cloth 1989 ― Sony purchases Columbia Pictures for $3.4-billion cash

Sep 26, 2012

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Today is Wednesday, September 26, the 270th day of 2012. There are 96 days left in the year. 1687 ― Parthenon destroyed in war between Turks and Venetians 1950 ― Because of forest fire in British Columbia, blue moon appears in England 1950 ― U.N. troops in Korean War recaptured South Korean capital of Seoul 1954 ― Typhoon strikes Kakodate Bay Japan, killing over 1,600 1957 ― Musical "West Side Story," opens on Broadway 1960 ― Longest speech in U.N. history (4 hours, 29 minutes, by Fidel Castro) 1969 ― Beatles release "Abbey Road" album 1984 ― Britain and China initial agreement return Hong Kong to China in 1997 1984 ― President Reagan vetoes sanctions against South Africa 1988 ― Canada`s Ben Johnson stripped of his 100-meter gold failing drug test

Sep 25, 2012

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Today is Tuesday, September 25, the 269th day of 2012. There are 97 days left in the year. 1789 ― Congress proposes Bill of Rights (10 of 12 will ratify) 1908 ― Cubs' Ed Reulbach becomes only pitcher to throw Doubleheader shutout 1926 ― International slavery convention signed by 20 states 1926 ― Henry Ford announces the eight-hour, five-day workweek 1939 ― Versailles Peace Treaty forgot to include Andorra, so Andorra and Germany finally sign an official treaty ending WW I 1956 ― First transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation 1957 ― Soviet seven-year plan (1959-1965) announced 1981 ― Sandra Day O'Connor sworn in as first female supreme court justice 1988 ― Florence Griffith Joyner runs Olympic record 100m in 10.54s 1990 ― U.N. Security Council vote 14-1 to impose air embargo against Iraq

Sep 24, 2012

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Today is Monday, September 24, the 268th day of 2012. There are 98 days left in the year. 312 ― Start of Imperial Indication 1493 ― Columbus' second expedition to the New World 1852 ― A new invention, the dirigible, is demonstrated 1853 ― First round-the-world trip by yacht (Cornelius Vanderbilt) 1895 ― First round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle (took 15 months) 1938 ― Don Budge becomes first tennis player to grand slam 1963 ― U.S. Senate ratifies treaty with Britain and USSR limit nuclear testing 1976 ― Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst sentenced to seven years for her part in a 1974 bank robbery. Released after 22 months by President Carter 1988 ― Canada's Ben Johnson runs drug-assisted 100 m in 9.79 sec 1990 ― Supreme Soviet gives approval to switch to free market

Sep 23, 2012

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

Today is Saturday, September 22, the 266th day of 2012. There are 100 days left in the year. 1692 ― Last person hanged for witchcraft in U.S. 1792 ― Origin of French Republican Era 1863 ― President Lincoln makes his Emancipation Proclamation speech 1903 ― Italo Marchiony granted patent for the ice cream cone 1911 ― Cy Young at 44, wins his 511th and final game 1949 ― USSR detonates its first atomic bomb 1964 ― "Fiddler on the Roof" opens on Broadway, runs 3,242 performances 1973 ― Henry Kissinger, sworn in as America's first Jewish secretary of state 1980 ― Iraqi troops seize part of Iran in a border dispute; war begins 1988 ― South Korean coaches attack the New Zealand referee after disputing his decision, the Olympic Korean boxer stages a 67-minute sit-in

Sep 21, 2012

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER, 21, 2012

Today is Friday, September 21, the 265th day of 2011. There are 101 days left in the year. 1792 ― First French Republic declared 1895 ― First auto manufacturer opens; Duryea Motor Wagon Company 1897 ― NY Sun runs famous ``Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus," editorial 1931 ― Britain goes off the gold standard 1934 ― Typhoon strikes Honshu Island, Japan, kills 4,000 1949 ― People's Republic of China proclaimed 1953 ― Allied forces form West Germany 1981 ― Sandra Day O'Connor becomes first female Supreme Court Justice 1981 ― Steve Carlton strikes out NL record 3,118th (Andre Dawson) 1985 ― Michael Spinks becomes first light heavyweight to defeat the reigning heavyweight champion, he defeats Larry Holmes

Sep 20, 2012

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Today is Thursday, September 20, the 264th day of 2012. There are 102 days left in the year. 622 ― Mohammad's Hegira 1519 ― Magellan starts first successful circumnavigation of the world 1664 ― Maryland enacts first anti-amalgamation law to prevent widespread intermarriage of English women and black men 1859 ― Patent granted on the electric range 1954 ― First FORTRAN computer program run 1958 ― Martin Luther King Jr. stabbed in chest by a deranged black woman in NYC 1961 ― After 84 1/3 innings Bill Fischer gives up a base on balls 1973 ― Billy Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match 1984 ― Suicide car bomb attacks U.S. Embassy annex in Beirut 1990 ― Both Germanys ratify reunification

Sep 19, 2012

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Today is Wednesday, September 19, the 263rd day of 2012. There are 103 days left in the year. 1356 ― English defeat French at Battle of Poitiers 1796 ― George Washington's farewell address as president 1846 ― Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning elopes 1848 ― Bond (U.S.) and Lassell (England) independently discover Hyperion, moon of Saturn 1849 ― First commercial laundry established, in Oakland, Calif. 1928 ― Mickey Mouse's screen debut (Steamboat Willie at Colony Theater, NYC) 1957 ― First underground nuclear explosion (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1959 ― Nikita Krushchev is denied access to Disneyland 1968 ― Baby born on Golden Gate Bridge (those Marin County folk!) 1981 ― Simon & Garfunkel reunite for a NYC Central Park concert

Sep 18, 2012

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Today is Tuesday, September 18, the 262nd day of 2012. There are 104 days left in the year. 1759 ― British capture Quebec during the French and Indian War 1793 ― Washington lays cornerstone of Capitol building 1810 ― Chile declares independence from Spain (National Day) 1830 ― A horse beats the first U.S.- made locomotive (near Baltimore) 1851 ― NY Times starts publishing, at 2 cents a copy 1975 ― Heiress/bank robber Patricia Campbell Hearst captured by FBI in San Francisco 1977 ― U.S. Voyager I takes first space photograph of Earth & Moon together 1982 ― Christian militia begin massacre of 600 Palestinians in Lebanon 1983 ― George Meegen completes walk across Western Hemisphere 1984 ― Joe Kittinger completes first solo balloon crossing of Atlantic

Sep 17, 2012

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Today is Monday, September 17, the 261st day of 2012. There are 105 days left in the year. 1810 ― Hidalgo begins Mexican revolt against Spain (National Day) 1857 ― Typesetting machine patented 1908 ― General Motors founded by William C. Durant 1963 ― Malaysia formed from Malaya, Singapore, Br. N. Borneo & Sarawak 1974 ― President Ford announces conditional amnesty for U.S. Vietnam War deserters 1976 ― Episcopal Church approves ordination of women as priests and bishop 1982 ― Massacre of 1000+ Palestinian refugees at Chatila and Sabra begins 1990 ― 101-year-old Sam Ackerman weds 95-year-old Eva in New Rochelle, N.Y. 1990 ― Iraq televises an eight- minute uncensored speech from George Bush 1991 ― U.S. trial of Panamanian leader Noriega begins

Sep 16, 2012

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