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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2012

Today is Saturday, September 15, the 259th day of 2012. There are 107 days left in the year. 1620 ― Mayflower departs from Plymouth, England with 102 pilgrims 1830 ― First to be run-over by a railroad train (William Huskisson, England) 1916 ― First tank used in war, “Little Willies” at Battle of Flors, France 1917 ― Russia proclaimed a republic by Alexander Kerensky 1935 ― Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship and makes the swastika the official symbol of Nazi Germany 1938 ― Only time brothers hit back-to-back homeruns (Lloyd & Paul Waner, Pittsburgh) 1950 ― During Korean War, U.N. forces land at Incheon in South Korea 1959 ― Soviet Premier Khrushchev arrives in U.S. to begin a 13-day visit 1982 ― First issue of USA Today published by Gannett Co., Inc. 1990 ― Florida lottery goes over $100,000,000

Sep 14, 2012

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Today is Friday, September 14, the 258th day of 2012. There are 108 days left in the year. 1752 ― England & colonies adopt Gregorian calendar, 11 days disappear 1812 ― Napoleon occupies Moscow 1899 ― Henry Bliss becomes first automobile fatality (N.Y.) 1917 ― Provisional government of Russia established, republic proclaimed 1930 ― Nazis gain 107 seats in German election 1948 ― Groundbreaking ceremony for the U.N. world headquarters 1956 ― First prefrontal lobotomy performed, Washington, D.C. 1957 ― U.N. resolution deplores and condemns USSR invasion of Hungary 1964 ― Walt Disney awarded the Medal of Freedom at the White House 1983 ― U.S. House of Representatives votes, 416 to 0, in favor of a resolution condemning Russia for shooting down a Korean jetliner 1987 ― Oriole Cal Ripken Jr. sets record of playing 8,243 innings in 910 games

Sep 13, 2012

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Today is Thursday, September 13, the 257th day of 2012. There are 109 days left in the year. 1759 ― Wolfe defeats Montcalm on Plains of Abraham; Canada becomes English 1788 ― New York City becomes capital of the United States 1882 ― Britain invades Egypt 1906 ― First airplane flight in Europe 1942 ― German forces attack Stalingrad 1943 ― Chiang Kai-shek became president of China 1949 ― Ladies Pro Golf Association of America formed in NYC 1965 ― Beatles release ``Yesterday" 1970 ― IBM announces System 370 computer 1990 ― Iraqi troops storm the residence of French ambassador in Kuwait

Sep 12, 2012

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Today is Wednesday, September 12, the 256th day of 2012. There are 110 days left in the year. 490 B.C. ― Athenians defeat second Persian invasion of Greece at Marathon 1885 ― Highest score (35) recorded in any first-class soccer match is set 1938 ― Adolph Hitler demands self-determination for Sudeten Germans in Czech 1953 ― Jacqueline Bouvier marries John F. Kennedy 1953 ― Nikita Khrushchev becomes First Secretary of USSR Communist Party 1959 ― Luna 2 launched by USSR; first spacecraft to impact on the Moon 1980 ― Military coup in Turkey 1983 ― Albert Rizzo trod water at sea for 108 hours 9 minutes 1983 ― USSR vetoes U.N. resolution deploring its shooting down of Korean plane 1990 ― U.S., England, France, USSR, East & West Germanys sign agreements allowing the two Germanys to merge

Sep 11, 2012

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Today is Tuesday, September 11, the 255th day of 2011. There are 111 days left in the year. 1609 ― Henry Hudson discovers Manhattan island 1773 ― Benjamin Franklin writes “There never was a good war or bad peace." 1875 ― First newspaper cartoon strip 1922 ― British mandate of Palestine begins 1950 ― First typesetting machine to dispense with metal type exhibited 1973 ― Chile's President, Salvador Allende, deposed in a military coup 1982 ― Chris Evert sixth U.S. open title defeats Hana Mandlikava 1985 ― Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds gets career hit 4,192 off Eric Show of San Diego Padres, eclipsing Ty Cobb's record 1989 ― Drexel formally pleads guilty to security fraud 2001 ― The worst terrorist attack on American soil; 2819+ die as a result of hijacked airplane attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Western Pennsylvania

Sep 10, 2012

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Today is Monday, September 10, the 254th day of 2012. There are 112 days left in the year. 1823 ― Simon Bolivar named president of Peru 1846 ― Elias Howe patents the sewing machine 1858 ― John Holden hits the first recorded homerun (Brooklyn vs. N.Y.) 1960 ― Running barefoot, Ethiopian Abebe Bikila wins Rome Olympic marathon 1962 ― Rod Laver wins the Grand Slam of tennis 1972 ― U.S. Men's Olympic basketball teams first lose, 51-50 to USSR (disputed) 1976 ― Two airliners collide over Yugoslavia, kills all 176 aboard 1990 ― George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Helsinki 1990 ― Hard Rock Cafe opens in Las Vegas, Nev. 1990 ― Iran agrees to resume diplomatic ties with Iraq

Sep 9, 2012

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2012

Today is Saturday, September 8, the 252nd day of 2012. There are 114 days left in the year. 1380 ― Russians defeat Tatars at Kulikovo, beginning decline of Tatars 1664 ― Dutch surrender New Amsterdam (N.Y.) to 300 English soldiers 1900 ― 6,000 killed when a hurricane and tidal wave destroys Galveston, Texas, most deadly in U.S. history 1924 ― Alexandra Kollontai of Russia becomes first woman ambassador 1930 ― First appearance of the comic strip “Blondie” 1943 ― Italy surrenders to the allies in WW II 1945 ― U.S. invades Japanese-held Korea 1951 ― Japan signs treaty of peace with 48 countries (S.F.) 1952 ― Ernest Hemingway’s “Old Man & the Sea” published 1974 ― President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon of all federal crimes

Sep 7, 2012

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Today is Friday, September 7, the 251st day of 2012. There are 115 days left in the year. 3114 B.C. ― Presumed origin of Mayan ``long count" calendar system 1822 ― Brazil declares independence from Portugal (National Day) 1860 ― Excursion steamer ``Lady Elgin" drowns 340 in Lake Michigan 1936 ― Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) begins operation 1948 ― First use of synthetic rubber in asphaltic concrete, Akron, Ohio 1963 ― First U.S. TV appearance of the Beatles (Big Night Out-ABC) 1979 ― Five-day MUSE concert against nuclear energy opens at MSG, N.Y. 1986 ― Desmond Tutu installed to lead South African Anglican Church 1988 ― NY Daily News reports boxer Mike Tyson is seeing a psychiatrist 1988 ― Security & Exchange Commission accuses Drexel Burnham of violating security laws

Sep 6, 2012

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Today is Thursday, September 6, the 250th day of 2012. There are 116 days left in the year. 1620 ― Pilgrims set sail from Plymouth England to the New World 1848 ― National Black Convention meets (Cleveland) 1853 ― Women’s Rights Convention met (NYC) 1899 ― Carnation processes its first can of evaporated milk 1909 ― Word received, Adm. Peary discovers North Pole five months earlier 1941 ― All Jews over age 6 in German territories ordered to wear a star 1966 ― “Star Trek” premiers on NBC TV 1976 ― Russian pilot defects to Japan in a Mig 25 jet 1983 ― USSR admits to shooting down KAL 007 on 9/2 1989 ― Amateur Athletic Federation strips Ben Johnson of all track records

Sep 5, 2012

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Today is Wednesday, September 5, the 249th day of 2012. There are 117 days left in the year. 1774 ― First Continental Congress assembles, in Philadelphia 1882 ― 10,000 workers march in first Labor Day parade in NYC 1906 ― First legal forward pass (Brandbury Robinson to Jack Schneider) 1953 ― First privately operated atomic reactor-Raleigh, N.C. 1958 ― First color video recording on magnetic tape presented, Charlotte, N.C. 1960 ― Cassius Clay captures the Olympic light heavyweight gold medal 1972 ― 11 Israeli athletes are slain at Munich Olympics 1978 ― Sadat, Begin and Carter began peace conference at Camp David, Md. 1980 ― World's longest auto tunnel, St. Gotthard in Swiss Alps, opens 1990 ― Iraqi President Saddam Hussein urges Arabs to rise against the West

Sep 4, 2012

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