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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Today is Thursday, September 24, 267th day of 2009. There are 98 days left in the year. 1493 _ Columbus' second expedition to the New World 1829 _ Russia and Ottoman Empire sign Peace Treaty of Adrianople 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) 1934 _ 2500 fans see Babe Ruth's farewell Yankee appearance at Yankee Stadium 1938 _ Don Budge becomes first tennis player to grand slam 1954 _ Tonight Show premiers on NBC (Johnny takes over eight years later) 1960 _ First nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, launches (USS Enterprise) 1988 _ Canada's Ben Johnson runs drug-assisted 100-meter in 9.79 seconds

Sep 23, 2009

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

1845 _ First baseball team, N.Y. Knickerbockers organize, adopt rule code 1846 _ Johann Gottfried Galle and Heinrich d'Arrest find Neptune 1879 _ Baldwin steam motors tram first tried in Sydney, Australia 1932 _ Kingdom of Hejaz & Nejd renamed Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 1949 _ Truman announces evidence of USSR's first nuclear device detonation 1973 _ Former Argentine President Juan Peron returns to power 1978 _ 100,000 cheering Egyptians welcome Sadat home from Camp David summit 1979 _ Jane Fonda and 200,000 attend anti-nuke rally in Battery Park, NYC 1988 _ Jose Canseco becomes baseball's first to steal 40 bases & hit 40 HRs 1990 _ Saddam says he will destroy Israel

Sep 22, 2009

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Today is Tuesday, September 22, the 265th day of 2009. 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 1869 _ The opera ``Das Rheingold" is produced (Munich) 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 1955 _ Heavyweight champ Rocky Marciano KOs Archie Moore in 9th round 1964 _ ``Fiddler on the Roof" opens on Broadway, runs 3,242 performances 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, 2009

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Today is Monday, September 21, the 264th day of 2009. There are 101 days left in the year. 1348 _ Jews in Zurich Switzerland are accused of poisoning wells 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 1934 _ Typhoon strikes Honshu Island Japan, kills 4,000 1949 _ People's Republic of China proclaimed 1953 _ Allied forces form West Germany 1974 _ U.S. Mariner 10 makes 2nd fly-by of Mercury 1981 _ Sandra Day O'Connor becomes first female Supreme Court Justice 1985 _ Michael Spinks becomes first light heavyweight to defeat the reigning heavyweight champion, he defeats Larry Holmes

Sep 20, 2009

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

Today is Saturday, September 19, the 262nd day of 2009. There are 103 days left in the year. 1796 _ George Washington's farewell address as president 1846 _ Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning elopes 1849 _ 1st commercial laundry established, in Oakland, California 1928 _ Mickey Mouse's screen debut (Steamboat Willie at Colony Theater NYC) 1934 _ Bruno Hauptmann arrested for kidnapping the Linbergh baby 1940 _ Nazi decree forbids gentile women to work in Jewish homes 1957 _ 1st underground nuclear explosion (Las Vegas Nevada) 1959 _ Nikita Krushchev is denied access to Disneyland 1981 _ Simon & Garfunkel reunite for a NYC Central Park concert 1988 _ Israel launches 1st satellite, for secret military reconnaissance

Sep 18, 2009

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

Today is Friday, September 18, the 261st day of 2009. There are 104 days left in the year. 1739 _ Treaty of Belgrade-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks 1759 _ British capture Quebec during the French- 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 _ New York Times starts publishing, at 2 cents a copy 1945 _ 1000 whites walk out of Gary, Ind., schools to protest integration 1977 _ U.S. Voyager I takes first space photograph of Earth and Moon together 1979 _ Bolshoi Ballet dancers Leonid and Valentina Kozlov defect 1982 _ Christian militia begin massacre of 600 Palestinians in Lebanon

Sep 17, 2009

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Today is Thursday, September 17, the 260th day of 2009. There are 105 days left in the year. 1787 _ U.S. constitution adopted by Philadelphia convention 1934 _ First 33 1/3 rpm recording released (Beethoven's 5th) 1939 _ Soviet Union invades Poland during WW II 1953 _ First successful separation of Siamese twins 1957 _ Two male attorneys ``stand in" as actress Sophia Loren and producer Carlo Ponti wed by proxy in Juarez, Mexico 1959 _ Typhoon kills 2,000 in Korea and Japan 1964 _ Beatles are paid a then record $150,000 for a concert (Kansas) 1972 _ ```M*A*S*H," premiers on TV 1983 _ Vanessa Williams of N.Y. became first black Miss America 1991 _ South and North Korea joins the U.N.

Sep 16, 2009

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Today is Wednesday, September 16, the 259th day of 2009. There are 106 days left in the year. 1662 _ Flamsteed sees solar eclipse, first known astronomical observation 1810 _ Hidalgo begins Mexican revolt against Spain (National Day) 1812 _ Fire of Moscow 1857 _ Typesetting machine patented 1908 _ General Motors founded by William C Durant 1968 _ Richard Nixon appears on ``Laugh-in" 1974 _ President Ford announces conditional amnesty for U.S. Vietnam War deserters 1978 _ 25,000 die in 7.7 earthquake in Iran 1982 _ Massacre of 1000-plus Palestinian refugees at Chatila and Sabra begins 1990 _ Iraq televises an eight- minute uncensored speech from George Bush

Sep 15, 2009

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Today is Tuesday, September 15, the 258th day of 2009. There are 107 days left in the year. 1620 _ Mayflower departs from Plymouth, England, with 102 pilgrims 1821 _ Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua gain independence 1894 _ Japan defeats China in Battle of Ping Yang 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 1950 _ During Korean conflict, U.N. forces land at Incheon 1959 _ Soviet Premier Khrushchev arrives in U.S. to begin a 13-day visit 1978 _ Muhammad Ali beats WBA heavyweight champion Leon Spinks 1982 _ First issue of ``USA Today" published by Gannett Co.

Sep 14, 2009

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Today is Monday, September 14, the 257th day of 2009. There are 108 days left in the year. 1812 _ Napoleon occupies Moscow 1814 _ Francis Scott Key inspired to write ``The Star-Spangled Banner" 1899 _ Henry Bliss becomes first automobile fatality (N.Y.) 1930 _ Nazis gain 107 seats in German election 1938 _ Graf Zeppelin II, world's largest airship, makes maiden flight 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 1974 _ Charles Kowal discovers Leda, 13th satellite of Jupiter 1983 _ U.S. House of Representatives votes, 416 to 0, in favor of a resolution condemning Russia for shooting down a Korean jetliner

Sep 13, 2009

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