| 1122 | * | The Concordat of Worms was reached between Pope Callistus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V. It settled the Investiture Controversy over who had the right -- bishop or emperor -- to choose replacement clergy for vacant positions. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1577 | * | William of Orange makes his triumphant entry into Brussels, Belgium. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1595 | * | Spain launched an intensive missionary campaign in the American Southeast. During the next two years, about 1,500 American Indians were converted to the Catholic faith. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1642 | * | Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, held its first commencement. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1667 | * | In Williamsburg, Virginia, a law was passed, barring slaves from obtaining their freedom by converting to Christianity. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1739 | | The Austrians sign the Treaty of Belgrade after having lost the city to the Turks. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1788 | * | Louis XVI of France declares the Parliament restored. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1795 | * | A national plebiscite approves the new French constitution, but so many voters sustain that the results are suspect. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1805 | * | Lieutenant Zebulon Pike pays $2,000 to buy from the Sioux a 9-square-mile tract at the mouth of the Minnesota River that will be used to establish a military post, Fort Snelling. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1862 | * | (Dakota Conflict) The battle of Wood Lake is a decisive victory for American troops. While the Wood Lake fighting is in progress, Dakota opposed to continuation of the war take control of 269 American captives held near the Chippewa River. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1868 | | Grito de Lares proclaims Puerto Rico's independence (crushed by Spain). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1879 | * | Baldwin steam motors tram first tried in Sydney Australia. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1897 | * | First frontier days rodeo celebration (Cheyene Wyoming). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1899 | * | (and 24th) Avalanche in Darjeeling, India. No details. | Ref: 81 |
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| 1908 | * | University of Alberta opens. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1911 | * | The Second International Aviation Meet opens in New York. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1923 | * | The Greene County KKK Church is dedicated in Xenia OH in a ceremony with a capacity crowd said to exceed 2800 people. (Ref: Yellow Springs News, 9/28/1923) | |
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| 1923 | * | A fiery cross is burned on the lawn of the residence of Reverend A.A. Burke, pastor of St. Brigid's Church in Xenia OH. Dr. R.L. Haines, spokesman for the KKK denies responsibility. (XDG?, 9/25/1923) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1932 | | Kingdom of Hejaz & Nejd renamed Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | * | John Dillinger is transferred to Allen County Jail, Lima, Ohio. | Ref: 42 |
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| 1939 | * | German Jews are forbidden to own wireless (radio) sets. | Ref: 35 |
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| 1942 | * | Groves is promoted to Brigadier General. | Ref: 91 |
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| 1943 | * | Oppenheimer suggests recruiting George Kistiakowsky, the leading explosives research director at OSRD, to aid an expanded implosion effort. | Ref: 91 |
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| 1949 | * | President Truman announces evidence of USSR's 1st nuclear device detonation. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | Phila A's Joe Astroth is 4th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (6th). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Republican vice-presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon went on television to deliver what came to be known as the "Checkers" speech as he refuted allegations of improper campaign financing. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | East German police arrest 400 citizens as U.S. spies. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1957 | * | Nine black students who had entered Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas were forced to withdraw because of a white mob outside. Read the original AP story | Ref: 70 |
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| 1962 | * | LA Dodger Maury Wills steals record setting #97 on his way to 104. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | (My Lai) Medina acquitted of all charges after jury deliberates for 60 minutes. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1972 | | Phillippine President Ferdinand Marcos declares martial law | Ref: 62 |
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| 1973 | * | Juan Peron is re-elected president of Argentina after being overthrown in 1955. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1973 | | Largest known prime, 2 ^ 132,049-1, is discovered. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | Ford-Carter TV debate. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | | 100,000 cheering Egyptians welcome Sadat home from Camp David summit. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1979 | * | Jane Fonda & 200,000 attend anti-nuke rally in Battery Park, NYC. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | Big Thunder Mountain Railroad opens. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1981 | * | The Reagan administration announced plans for what became known as Radio Marti. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1990 | * | Iraq threatened to destroy Middle East oil fields and attack Israel if other nations tried to force it from Kuwait. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1990 | * | Saddam says he will destroy Israel. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Plans for a presidential debate fall apart as President H.W. Bush continues to object to a single-moderator format proposed by a bipartisan commission. It was the second such cancellation. (XDG, p. 4A, 9/23/2002) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1993 | | The Israeli parliament ratifies the Israel-PLO accord. (XDG, p 4A, 9/23/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1993 | * | The South African parliament votes to allow blacks a role in governing. (XDG, p 4A, 9/23/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1996 | * | In a wide-ranging interview aboard Air Force One, President Clinton admitted he had tended in the past to get hung up on details, and pledged to do a better job in providing reassuring leadership to Americans confused by tumultuous times. | Ref: 6 |
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| 1997 | * | The Senate Finance Committee opens hearings on alleged abuses by the Internal Revenue Service. (XDG, p. 4A, 9/23/2002) | Ref: 83 |
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| 2000 | * | President Clinton vetoed the Republicans' $792 billion tax cut bill, calling it "too big, too bloated." | Ref: 6 |
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| 2002 | * | A 24-count indictment charging conspiracy, securities fraud and wire fraud was filed against the founding family and two executives of bankrupt cable company Adelphia Communications Corporation. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2003 | * | California Governor Gray Davis signs into law the nation's first "anti-spam" law, making it illegal for companies to send unsolicited email from California or to California residents. (WSJ, p B13, 9/25/2003) | Ref: 33 |
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| 1561 | * | Philip II of Spain gives orders to halt colonizing efforts in Florida. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1806 | * | Lewis & Clark: Their last day as the Corps of Discovery. They reach St. Louis. Having been gone nearly two and a half years, they had been given up for dead by the citizens, who greet the explorers enthusiastically. "Now," young John Ordway writes, "we intend to return to our native homes to see our parents once more, as we have been so long from them." | Ref: 65 |
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| 1846 | * | The planet Neptune is discovered by Johann Gottfried Galle, of the Berlin Observatory, and Louis d'Arrest, an astronomy student, through mathematical predictions made by Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier. (XDG, p 4A, 9/23/2000) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1921 | * | Day and night bombardment tests result in the sinking of the battleship Alabama. | Ref: 50 |
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| 1930 | * | Flashbulbs are patented by Johannes Ostermeier of Athegnenber, Germany. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1976 | * | Soyuz 22 returns to Earth. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | 3rd test of Space Shuttle Enterprise. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | * | Columbia moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating in preparation of STS-9. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1999 | * | NASA's $125 million Mars Climate Orbiter is lost. Subsequent investigations indicate one engineering team used metric units while another used English units for a key spacecraft operation as the cause for the loss. (XDG, p 4A, 9/23/2000) | Ref: 83 |
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| 2000 | * | The Mars Climate Orbiter apparently burned up as it was about to go into orbit around the Red Planet. | Ref: 6 |
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| 1553 | | The Sadians defeat the last of their enemies and establish themselves as rulers of Morocco. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1779 | * | The American navy under John Paul Jones, commanding from Bonhomme Richard, defeats and captures the British man-of-war Serapis. John Paul Jones responds "I have not yet begun to fight!" to the British commander, Richard Pearson's request for surrender. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1780 | * | British spy Major John Andre was captured along with papers revealing Benedict Arnold's plot to surrender West Point to the British. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1803 | * | British Major General Sir Arthur Wellesley defeats the Marathas at Assaye, India. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1863 | * | Confederate siege of Chattanooga begins. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1864 | * | Confederate and Union forces clash at Mount Jackson, Front Royal and Woodstock in Virginia during the Valley campaign. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1941 | * | Canada's War Committee of the Cabinet discusses Britain's request for two battalions for Hong Kong. They agree, subject to opinions from the Minister of National Defence and General McNaughton. | |
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| 1943 | * | Mussolini re-establishes a Fascist government. | Ref: 36 |
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| 1967 | * | Soviets sign a pact to send more aid to Hanoi. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1991 | * | Iraq threatened to destroy Middle East oil fields and attack Israel if other nations tried to force it from Kuwait. South African President F.W. de Klerk arrived in the US for talks with President Bush. | Ref: 6 |
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| 1998 | * | The UN Security Council demands a cease-fire in Kosovo, and threatens further action if fighting continues. (XDG, p 4A, 9/23/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1845 | * | The Knickerbocker Base Ball Club is founded at the instigation of Alexander Cartwright. Ref | |
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| 1873 | * | Tom Allen beats Mike McCale for Heavyweight Boxing title. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1890 | * | Ed Cartwright bats in 7 RBIs in 1 inning. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1901 | * | Against Cincinnati, the Dodgers score a total 25 runs breaking a team record | Ref: 1 |
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| 1905 | * | Tigers' rookie Ty Cobb hits his first career HR, an inside-the parker, but Washington beats Detroit, 8-5. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1908 | * | "The Merkle Boner". The baseball term, “Merkle’s Boner” and the expression, “You’re a bonehead,” had their origins on this day -- at the final game of the National League pennant race between the Chicago Cubs and the New York Giants. The Giants were at bat, two men were on base and the score was tied 1-1. The batter hit safely, scoring the winning run. But, Chicago claimed that Fred Merkle, who had been on first, never advanced to second, that he went straight to the dugout upon seeing the winning run come in. Chicago Cubs’ Johnny Evers tried to tag Merkle but was hampered by hundreds of fans pouring on to the field. Fans called the play a ‘boner’, etc. (It was later decided that the game was a tie, and the teams met again for a playoff, a 4-2 Cubs win.) | Ref: 4 |
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| 1919 | * | (Black Sox) Burns and Maharg approach Arnold Rothstein, an infamous gambler of the time, and Abe Attell, his associate, to supply the money to fix the World Series. Rothstein turns them down. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1926 | * | The first Dempsey-Tunney boxing match. Gene Tunney easily out-boxes Jack Dempsey (who had been away from the ring for three years) and wins the heavyweight boxing title in Philadelphia PA. | Ref: 97 |
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| 1933 | * | Yanks commit 7 errors in 1 game but beat Boston 16-12. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | Cookie Lavagetto goes 6 for 6-Dodgers get 27 hits & beat Phillies 22-4. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | The Dodgers clinched the National League title making it the first time since 1948 that the pennant wasn't decided on the last day of the season. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1952 | * | Rocky Marciano became the world heavyweight boxing champion by knocking out Jersey Joe Walcott in the 13th round in Philadelphia PA. It was Rocky’s 43rd consecutive victory. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1956 | * | With the Dodgers leading the Pirates 8-3, the largest crowd in Forbes Field's history watches the game be postponed with two outs in the ninth inning as the curfew is enforced. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1957 | * | The Braves clinch National League pennant defeating the Cards 4-2 thanks to Hank Aaron's 11th inning HR. It is the first time since 1950 that a NY team hasn't finished first. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1969 | * | In his last major league at-bat, John Miller homers making the Dodger the only player in history to have hit a home run in his first and last plate appearance in the major leagues. In 1966, as a Yankee, he went deep in the first of only 61 big league career at-bats in which he would collect 10 hits, included the two memorable round-trippers to start and end his 32-game career. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1972 | | The famous Crystal Palace racing circuit in London, England, was closed by the Greater London Council ending a forty-five year racing tradition. | |
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| 1975 | * | Randy Jones becomes the San Diego Padres first 20-game winner with a 6-5 win over Los Angeles. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1979 | * | St. Louis Cardinal Lou Brock steals his 938th base making him baseball's all-time stolen base leader surpassing William (Sliding Billy) Hamilton. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1983 | * | With a victory over the team which traded him, Phillies' southpaw Steve Carlton records his 300th career victory beating the Cardinals at Busch Stadium, 6-2. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1983 | * | Gerrie Coetzee KO's Michael Dokes in the 10th round in Richfield OH for the heavyweight boxing title. | Ref: 97 |
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| 1984 | * | Sparky Anderson becomes the first manager ever to win more than 100 games in a season in each league when the Tigers defeat the Yankees, 4-1. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1984 | * | SF 49er Joe Montana misses his first start in 49 games. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | Houston Astro Jim Deshales sets record of striking out first 8 men starting a ball game, beating the LA Dodgers 4-0. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | * | In a 5-4 victory over the Astros, Albert Hall becomes the first Brave to hit for the cycle since 1910. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1988 | * | Jose Canseco becomes baseball's first to steal 40 bases & hit 40 HRs. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | NY Islanders Mike Bossy & Denis Potvin inducted into NHL Hall of Fame. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | The Reds' Bip Roberts ties the NL record with his 10th consecutive hit. The streak ends when he grounds out against Dodger Pedro Astacio. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1992 | * | Jim Riggleman is named San Diego Padres manager replacing Greg Riddoch. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1993 | * | Sydney, Australia, was selected fo host the 2000 Summer Olympics, beating out Bejing. (XDG, p 4A, 9/23/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1997 | * | A 6-3 victory in Montreal clinches the Florida Marlins' first-ever post season berth. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1998 | * | In a Chicago's 8-7 loss at Milwaukee, Cubs' outfielder Sammy Sosa hits his 64th and 65th homers tying Mark McGwire's record. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1998 | * | With an 8-4 victory over the Indians, the 1998 Yankees tie the 1927 team for the most wins in franchise history. The Bombers' 110 victories pulls them within one game of the AL record of 111 victories by the 1954 Indians. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1999 | * | By drawing 27,549 fans, the Yankees break the NY City season attendance record with a total of 3,072,009. The Mets' had previously held the record when 3,047,724 turned the turnstiles in 1988. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2000 | * | Rafael Palmeiro becomes the 32nd major leaguer to hit 400 career homers as he hits three-run shot in the fifth inning of a 15-4 defeat to the Angels at the Ballpark in Arlington, TX. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2000 | * | Chicago Cub Mark Grace connects for his 1,000th RBI in a 6-5 loss vs. the St. Louis Cardinals. | Ref: 86 |
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| 2000 | * | Tampa Bay Devil Rays' First baseman Fred McGriff homers off Toronto Blue Jays's Roy Halladay at SkyDome, joining Frank Robinson as the only two players in Major League history to hit 200 home runs in both leagues. | Ref: 86 |
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| 2000 | * | Breaking the major league team record held by the 1997 Braves and the 1999 Indians grand slams in a season, Ben Grieve's 7th inning bases-loaded home run gives the A's a record breaking 13 grand slams. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2001 | * | By saving NY's 5-4, 10-inning win over the Orioles at Cepeda Yards, Yankee closer Marino Rivera establishes a franchise single-season record with his 47th save. The previous record was held by Dave Righty who has 46 saves in in 1986. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2001 | * | Hitting #'s 56, 57, and 58 off Astros' rookie Tim Redding, Sammy Sosa sets a major league record with his third three-homer game of the season. Salmon' Sammy also accomplished the feat against August 9 (Rockies) and August 22 (Brewers). | Ref: 1 |
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| 2001 | * | Hitting his 66th round tripper off rookie Jason Middlebrow, Barry Bonds ties Sammy Sosa for the second-most home runs in a season. The Giants1 left fielder also sets a major league record with 34 road homers passing Babe Ruth (1927) and Mark McGwire (1998) , who both had 32 dinners away from home. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2001 | * | Alex Rodriguez 48th home run breaks Ernie Banks' major league record for most in a season by a shortstop which 'Mr. Cub' established in 1957. The homer also tied A-Rod with Frank Howard (1969 as a Senator) for the franchise record for home runs in a season. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2002 | * | In the last public event in 32-year old Cinergy Field, over 40,000 fans attend a softball game (organized by Pete Rose) featuring Reds greats of the 'Big Red Machine' against an all-star team of players made up from the same era. Because the game is not affiliated with major league baseball, Pete Rose is allowed to play and he receives a tremendous ovation from the Cincinnati fans. One sign in the stands reads, "Pete in the Hall. Bet on it." | Ref: 1 |
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| 2003 | * | Suspended OSU running back Maurice Clarett sues the NFL to allow him to be drafted by the NFL prior to his 2005 eligibility. (XDG, p 4B, 9/24/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1862 | * | Lincoln's Emancipation is published in Northern Newspapers. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1912 | | Mack Sennet's first "Keystone Cop" film debuts, "Cohen Collects A Debt". | Ref: 2 |
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| 1923 | * | Jan Savitt and his orchestra recorded 720 in the Books on Decca Records. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1938 | * | Time capsule, to be opened in 6939, buried at World's Fair in NYC (capsule contained a woman's hat, man's pipe & 1,100' of microfilm). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | The CBS-TV show Crusade for Freedom was broadcast from NY City. It was the first transcontinental telecast to be received on the west coast. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1952 | * | Pay Television for sporting events began -- with the Marciano-Walcott fight, coast to coast, in 49 theatres in 31 cities. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1953 | | The 20th Century-Fox production "The Robe", the first movie filmed in the wide-screen CinemaScope process, has its Hollywood premiere, one week after its NY premiere. (XDG, p 4A, 9/24/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1961 | * | First movie to become a TV series-How to Marry a Millionaire. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | ABC's first color TV series-The Jetsons premiers. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | NY's Philharmonic Hall (since renamed Avery Fisher Hall) opens as first unit of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Jefferson Airplane/Muddy Waters headline first Winterland dance, SF | Ref: 62 |
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| 1967 | | Radio Malta stops testing. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | The Box Tops from Memphis hit #1 with The Letter. Though the song was #1 for four weeks and remained on the charts for 13 weeks. The Box Tops reorganized right after that first hit and never made it to #1 again. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1969 | * | The London Daily Mirror became a rumormonger. It printed a story saying that Beatle Paul McCartney was dead. It was the first, but not the last, time that rumor would make the rounds. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1969 | * | Northern Star starts rumor that Paul McCartney is dead. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | The Honey Cone scored their second gold record with Stick-Up on the Hot Wax label. It was a follow-up to their #1 smash, Want Ads (June 12, 1971). | Ref: 4 |
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| 1977 | * | Cheryl Ladd replaces Farrah Fawcett on Charlie's Angels. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | Michael Eisner and Frank Wells become Chairman and President of Walt Disney Productions. |
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| 1986 | * | NBC-TV won the ratings race for the 52-week season (1985-1986). The Cosby Show and Family Ties rated #1 and #2 respectively that year. NBC repeated the feat the following year and The Cosby Show remained number one through the 1989-1990 season. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1990 | * | PBS begins an 11 hour miniseries on The Civil War. | Ref: 5 |
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| -484 | * | -BC- (date questionable) The Greek dramatist Euripides (Trojan Women) is born in Salamis, Greece. | Ref: 68 |
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| -63 | * | -BC- Augustus Caesar (Gaius Octavius), first Roman Emperor (27 BC-14 AD), who introduced Pax Romana, the era of peace, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1713 | * | Ferdinand VI King of Spain [1746-1759]; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1745 | * | John Sevier, TN, Indian fighter (Gov/Rep-Tn), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1800 | * | William Holmes McGuffy, educator, author: McGuffy Readers [122 million copies sold as of 1999]; 4th president of Ohio University, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1805 | * | Matthew Adams Stickney Rowley Mass, numismatist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1838 | * | Victoria Chaflin Woodhull, the first woman presidential candidate (1872) in the United States is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1839 | * | Helen Almira Shafer, American educator; president of Wellesley College (1888-94), is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1852 | * | William Stewart Halsted established first US surgical school, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1861 | * | Robert Bosch, German engineer and industrialist, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1863 | * | Mary Church Terrell, educator and civil rights advocate, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1865 | * | Emmuska Orczy, baroness and author of The Scarlet Pimpernel, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1869 | * | Edgar Lee Masters poet/novelist (Spoon River Anthology), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1869 | * | Mary Church Terrell famous African, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1870 | * | John Lomax Miss, folk song collector/ethnomusicologist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1880 | * | John Boyd Orr nutritionist, UN's FAO (Nobel 1949), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1888 | * | Birth of Gerhard Kittel, German Lutheran Bible scholar. He was first editor of a 10-volume Greek lexicon which took 43 years to complete (1933-76). In its English edition (1964-76), the work is entitled, "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament" -- or "TDNT" for short. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1889 | * | Louise Nevelson, sculptor, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1889 | * | Walter Lippmann NYC, journalist/political writer (Men of Destany), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1897 | * | Walter Pidgeon Mrs. Miniver, Funny Girl, Hit the Deck, How Green was My Valley, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1899 | * | Louise Nevelson sculptor: is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1899 | * | (US Supreme Court Justice) Tom C. Clark, American associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1910 | * | Elliot Roosevelt son of FDR, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1910 | * | Soulima Stravinsky, Lausanne Switz, Russian pianist (Igor's son), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1915 | * | Clifford G. Shull, physicist, improved techniques for exploring the atomic structure of matter, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1916 | * | Aldo Moro, Italian five times premier; murdered by terrorists, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1917 | * | Imry Nemeth Hungary, hammer thrower (Olympic-gold-1948), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | * | Mickey Rooney (Joe Yule, Jr.) actor: Will Roger’s Follies, Boy’s Town, Captains Courageous, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, The Human Comedy, The Black Stallion, Babes in Arms, Babes on Broadway, Andy Hardy series, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1926 | * | John (William) Coltrane composer, musician: tenor & soprano sax: is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1930 | * | Colin Blakely actor: Murder on the Orient Express, The Pink Panther Strikes Again, The Dogs of War, Equus; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1930 | * | Ray Charles (Robinson) ‘The Genius’: Grammy Award-winning singer, is born in Albany, Georgia. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1931 | * | Pat (Chiyoko) Suzuki actress, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1935 | * | Les McCann musician, singer, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1936 | * | Sylvain Saudan skiier (60ø descent), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | Romy Schneider (Rosemarie Magdelena Albach-Retty), Vienna Austria, actress (Bloodline, Death Watch), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Bob Vogel football: Baltimore Colts tackle: Super Bowl III, V, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1942 | * | Woody (William Frederick) Woodward baseball: Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1942 | * | Jim (James Phillip) Rooker baseball: pitcher: Detroit Tigers, KC Royals, Pittsburgh Pirates [World Series: 1979], is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1943 | * | Julio Iglesias singer; soccer: professional goalie [Spain], is born | Ref: 4 |
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| 1943 | * | Steve Boone musician: bass, singer: group: The Lovin’ Spoonful, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1944 | * | Oscar (Jose) Zamora baseball: pitcher: Chicago Cubs, Houston Astros, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1944 | * | Loren J Shriver IA, Col USAF/astronaut (STS 51-C, STS-31, sk:46), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | Ronald Bushy musician: drums: group: Iron Butterfly: In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1945 | * | Paul Petersen actor: The Donna Reed Show, Mickey Mouse Club; singer: My Dad; paperback writer: It’s a Wonderful Life, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1947 | * | Mary Kay Place Tulsa Okla, actress/country singer (Mary Hartman!), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | * | Bruce Springsteen ‘The Boss’: singer: group: E-Street Band: Born in the U.S.A., Born to Run, Hungry Heart, Dancing in the Dark, Cover Me, I’m on Fire, Glory Days, My Hometown, War; songwriter: Blinded by the Light [Manfred Mann’s Earth Band], Fire [The Pointer Sisters]; inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame [3-15-99], is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1955 | * | Patti Weaver WV, actress (Days of our Life, Gina-Young & Restless), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | Maren Jensen Arcadia CA, actress (Athena-Battlestar Galactica), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | Sylvie Garant Montmagny Quebec, playmate (Nov, 1979), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Jason Alexander actor: Seinfeld, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1959 | * | Lita Ford musician: guitar: group: The Runaways, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1961 | * | Elizabeth Peña Havana Cuba, actress (La Bamba, Jacob's Ladder), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Harry Connick Jr singer (We Are in Love), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Sydnee Steele actress: X-rated films, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1592 | * | Michel de Montaigne, French moralist who created the personal essay, dies at age 59. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1808 | * | Gaetano Vestris, French ballet dancer, dies at age 79. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1830 | * | Elizabeth Monroe (Kortright) First Lady: wife of 5th U.S. President James Monroe; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1835 | * | Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer, dies at age 33. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1867 | * | (Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy) Convicted Lincoln assassination conpirator Michael O'Laughlin dies in prison. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1870 | * | Prosper Merimee, French dramatist, historian, archaeologist and short story writer, dies at age 66. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1877 | * | Urbain JJ Leverrier codiscoverer of Neptune, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1889 | * | William Wilkie Collins, English novelist (The Woman in White, The Moonstone), dies. | Ref: 17 |
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| 1897 | * | Nine-year-old Stephen Kempton dies on this day, becoming the first recorded traffic fatality in Great Britain. | |
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| 1902 | * | John Wesley Powell geologist, explorer: Director of U.S. Geological Survey [1881-1894]; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1939 | * | Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis, dies at age 83. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1945 | * | The first American dies in Vietnam during the fall of Saigon to French forces. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1956 | * | Earl Godwin newscaster (Meet the Veep), dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Carl Frank actor (Uncle Gunnar-Mama), dies at 63. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Pablo Neruda,Chilean Nobel Prize-winning poet (Literature-1971) and politician, dies at age 69. | Ref: 11 |
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| 1974 | * | Cliff Arquette (Charley Weaver) actor: The RCA Victor Show, The Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Show, The Jack Paar Show, The Jonathan Winters Show; TV panelist: Hollywood Squares; grandfather of actress Roseanne Arquette; dies at age 68. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1982 | * | Jimmy Wakely actor: over 50 films as a western star, country singer: Slippin’ Around, Wedding Bells; dies of heart failure at 68. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1985 | * | Mickey Simpson actor, dies of a heart attack at 72 | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | * | Bob (Robert Louis) Fosse, Oscar Award-winning director: Cabaret [1972]; Tony Award-winning choreographer: Big Deal [1986], Dancin’ [1978], Sweet Charity [1966], Little Me [1963], Bob Fosse [1959], Damn Yankees [1956], The Pajama Game [1955]; director/choreographer: Pippin [1973]; Emmy Award-winning director: Singer Presents Liza with a ‘Z’ [1972-73]; autobiographical film: All That Jazz; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1992 | * | James (Alward) Van Fleet 4-star U.S. Army General [WWI, WWII, Korean War]; consulted Defense Dept.; received Distinguished Service Cross; dies 6 months after his 100th birthday. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1997 | * | Armed men raided an Algerian village, killing at least 200 people in one of the worst massacres since Algeria's Islamic insugency began. (XDG, p. 4A, 9/23/2002) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1998 | * | Mary Frann (Mary Frances Luecke) actress: Newhart, Fatal Charm, I’m Dangerous Tonight; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 2000 | * | Aurelio (Ituarte) Rodriguez baseball: California Angels, Washington Senators, Detroit Tigers, NY Yankees [World Series: 1981], SD Padres, Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 2000 | * | Carl Rowan journalist: NBC News, Chicago Daily News; author: Dream Makers, Dream Breakers: The World of Justice Thurgood Marshall, Breaking Barriers, Wait Till Next Year, Go South in Sorrow, South of Freedom; director: U.S. Information Agency; U.S. Ambassador to Finland; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 2001 | * | Thirteen coal miners are killed in an explosion at the Blue Creek Mine Number Five in Brookwood, AL. (XDG, p. 4A, 9/23/2002) | Ref: 83 |
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| 2002 | * | (DC Sniper) A worker in a beauty supply store is killed in Baton Rouge, LA. John Muhammed and Lee Malvo have been charged.. (USA Today, p 3A, 11/25/2003) | Ref: 13 |
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| 2003 | * | Los Angeles Times correspondent Mark Fineman, 51, dies in Iraq of a probable heart attack. (XDG, p 3A, 9/24/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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