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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

Today is Saturday, September 12, the 255th day of 2009. There are 110 days left in the year. 490 B.C. _ Athenians defeat second Persian invasion of Greece at Marathon 1857 _ 423 die when ``Central America" sinks off Cape Romain, S.C. 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 _ ``Bonanza" premiers 1959 _ Luna 2 launched by USSR; first spacecraft to impact on the Moon 1980 _ Military coup in Turkey 1983 _ USSR vetoes U.N. resolution deploring its shooting down of Korean plane 1990 _ U.S., England, France, USSR, East and West Germanys sign agreements allowing the two Germanys to merge

Sep 11, 2009

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Today is Friday, September 11, the 254th day of 2009. There are 111 days left in the year. 1773 _ Benjamin Franklin writes ``There never was a good war or bad peace." 1789 _ Alexander Hamilton appointed Secretary of the Treasury 1875 _ first newspaper cartoon strip 1936 _ FDR dedicates Boulder Dam, now known as Hoover Dam 1950 _ First typesetting machine to dispense with metal type exhibited 1952 _ West German Chancellor Adenauer signs a reparation pact for Jews 1962 _ Beatles cut ``Love Me Do" & ``PS I Love You" 1967 _ U.S. Surveyor 5 makes first chemical analysis of lunar material 1973 _ Chile's President, Salvador Allende, deposed in a military coup 2001 _ The worst terrorist attack on American soil ― 2819-plus people die as a result of hijacked airplane attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Western Pennsylvania

Sep 10, 2009

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Today is Thursday, September 10, the 253rd day of 2009. 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 HR (Brooklyn vs. N.Y.) 1960 _ Running barefoot, Ethiopian Abebe Bikila wins Rome Olympic marathon 1962 _ Rod Laver wins the Grand Slam of tennis 1963 _ 20 black students entered public schools in Alabama 1976 _ Two airliners collide over Yugoslavia, kill all 176 aboard 1989 _ East Germans begin their flight to the west (via Hungary and Czech) 1990 _ Hard Rock Cafe opens in Las Vegas Nevada 1990 _ Iran agrees to resume diplomatic ties with Iraq

Sep 9, 2009

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Today is Wednesday, September 9, the 252nd day of 2009. There are 113 days left in the year. 1776 _ Continental Congress renames ``United Colonies," ``United States" 1839 _ John Herschel takes the first glass plate photograph 1867 _ Luxembourg gains independence 1911 _ First airmail service (British Post Office) 1945 _ Japanese in Korea, Taiwan, China and Indochina surrender to Allies 1948 _ People's Democratic Republic of Korea proclaimed 1956 _ Elvis Presley appears on national TV for first time (Ed Sullivan) 1965 _ Tibet is made an autonomous region of China 1971 _ John Lennon releases the ``Imagine" album 1990 _ Bush & Gorbachev meet in Helsinki and urge Iraq to leave Kuwait

Sep 8, 2009

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Today is Tuesday, September 8, the 251st day of 2009. There are 114 days left in the year. 1380 _ Russians defeat Tatars at Kulikovo, beginning decline of Tatars 1900 _ 6,000 killed when a hurricane and tidal wave destroys Galveston, Texas, most deadly in U.S. history 1930 _ First appearance of the comic strip ``Blondie" 1939 _ FDR declares ``limited national emergency" due to war in Europe 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 and the Sea" published 1954 _ Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) formed to stop communist spread in S.E. Asia 1974 _ President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon of all federal crimes

Sep 7, 2009

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Today is Monday, September 7, the 250th day of 2009. 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) 1880 _ Geo Ligowsky patents device to throw clay pigeons for trapshooters 1936 _ Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) begins operation 1940 _ German Air Force blitz London for first of 57 consecutive nights 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 _ Security and Exchange Commission accuses Drexel of violating security laws

Sep 6, 2009

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2009

Today is Saturday, September 5, the 248th day of 2009. 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 1885 _ First gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer (Ft. Wayne, Ind.) 1944 _ Allies liberate Brussels 1958 _ ``Doctor Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak published in the U.S. 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 1977 _ Voyager 1 (US) launched toward fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn 1990 _ Iraqi President Saddam Hussein urges Arabs to rise against the West

Sep 4, 2009

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Today is Friday, September 4, the 247th day of 2009. There are 118 days left in the year. 1833 _ First newsboy hired (Barney Flaherty-NY Sun) 1870 _ Third French republic proclaimed as they overthrow their king 1882 _ First district lit by electricity (NYC's Pearl Street Station) 1885 _ First cafeteria opens (NYC) 1886 _ Geronimo is captured, ending last major U.S.-Indian war 1888 _ George Eastman patents first roll-film camera and registers ``Kodak" 1953 _ Yanks become first team to win five consecutive championships 1961 _ U.S. authorizes Agency for International Development (USAID) 1965 _ Beatles' ``Help!," single goes No. 1 and stays No.1 for three weeks 1972 _ U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz becomes first athlete to win seven Olympic gold medals

Sep 3, 2009

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Today is Thursday, September 3, the 246th day of 2009. There are 119 days left in the year. 1189 _ England's King Richard I (the Lion-Hearted) crowned in Westminster 1783 _ Treaty of Paris signed (ending the U.S. Revolutionary War) 1833 _ NY Sun begins publishing (first daily newspaper) 1891 _ Cotton-pickers organize union and stage strike in Texas 1916 _ Allies turned back Germans in WW I's Battle of Verdun 1939 _ Britain declares war on Germany. France follows six hours later quickly joined by Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada 1935 _ First automobile to exceed 300 mph, Sir Malcolm Campbell (301.337 mph) 1935 _ Andrew Varipapa sets bowling record of 2,652 points in 10 games 1940 _ First showing of high definition color TV 1971 _ Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg's doctor's office

Sep 2, 2009

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Today is Wednesday, September 2, the 245th day of 2009. There are 120 days left in the year. 31B.C. _ Battle of Actium; Octavian defeats Antony, becomes Emperor Augustus 490 B.C. _ Phidippides runs first marathon, seeking aid from Sparta vs. Persia 1666 _ Great Fire of London starts; destroys St. Paul's Church 1930 _ First nonstop airplane flight from Europe to U.S. (37 hours) 1944 _ Anne Frank (Diary of Anne Frank) is sent to Auschwitz 1945 _ Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam independence from France (National Day) 1945 _ V-J Day; formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri (WWII ends) 1978 _ Graham Salmon set the world's record for 100 meters by a blind man 1987 _ Donald Trump takes out a full page NY Times ad lambasting Japan 1988 _ Amnesty International's ``Human Rights Now!" tour begins in Wembley

Sep 1, 2009

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