| 312 | | Start of Imperial Indication. | Ref: 5 |
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| 366 | * | Liberius ends his reign as Catholic Pope. | Ref: 5 |
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| 673 | * | Synod of Hertford opens; canons made for English Church. | Ref: 5 |
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| 787 | * | The Second Nicene Council opened under Pope Hadrian I. Numbered by some as the 7th of the church's 21 ecumenical councils, Nicea II condemned iconoclasm (belief that the veneration of Christian images and relics is idolatry). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1332 | * | Edward Baliol is crowned king of Scotland at Scone Abbey, but was quickly forced over the border back to England. | Ref: 16 |
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| 1683 | * | Jews are expelled from all French possessions in America. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1742 | | Faneuil Hall opens to the public. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1788 | * | After having been dissolved, the French Parliament of Paris reassembles in triumph. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1789 | * | John Jay appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court by George Washington; to serve six years. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1789 | * | Congress passes act to create office of Attorney General;E.J. Randolph to get job on 26th. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1789 | * | Congress passed the First Judiciary Act, which provided for an attorney general and a Supreme Court. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1834 | | Maria II of Portugal succeeds Peter IV. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1838 | * | Anti-Corn-Law League forms to repeal English Corn Law. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1841 | * | Sarawak obtained by Britain from Sultan of Brunei. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1869 | * | Black Friday: Thousands of business are ruined after Jay Gould and James Fisk try to corner the Gold market | Ref: 5 |
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| 1883 | * | National black convention meets in Louisville, Kentucky. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1889 | * | In Holland, the Declaration of Utrecht was signed and became the doctrinal basis of the Old Catholic Church. ("Old Catholics" reject clerical celibacy, papal authority and the Council of Trent decisions.) Today in Europe, Old Catholics are active in Holland, Germany and Switzerland. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1890 | * | Wilford Woodruff, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issues a declaration affirming that the Church no longer teaches nor performs plural marriage | Ref: 62 |
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| 1934 | * | Bruno Hauptmann arraigned before New York magistrate on extortion charge associated with the Lindbergh kidnapping. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1947 | * | The World Women's Party meets for the first time since World War II. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1948 | * | Mildred Gillars, accused of being Nazi wartime radio propagandist "Axis Sally," pleaded innocent in Washington, D.C., to charges of treason. (Gillars served 12 years in prison.) | Ref: 70 |
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| 1950 | * | "Operation Magic Carpet"-All Jews from Yemen move to Israel. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Underwater volcano explodes under research vessel Kaiyo-maru-5. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | President Eisenhower suffers a heart attack while on vacation in Denver. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | In Minneapolis-St. Paul, a congregation of worshipers was organized into the first Southern Baptist church to be established in Minnesota. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends federal troops into Little Rock, Arkansas, to protect nine black students entering its newly integrated high school. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1958 | * | First welded aluminum girder highway bridge completed, Urbandale, Ia. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | The USS "Enterprise," the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched at Newport News, Virginia. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | Internationl Development Assn (UN agency) comes into existence. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | US Circuit Court of Appeals orders Meredith admitted to U of Miss. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | The Senate ratifies a treaty with Britain and the Soviet Union limiting nuclear testing. (XDG, p 4A, 9/24/2000) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1963 | * | First authorized photograph taken of the United States Senate in session. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1969 | * | (Chicago 7) The trial of the Chicago Eight begins in Chicago before Judge Julius Hoffman. | Ref: 3 |
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| 1973 | * | Portuguese Guinea (Guinea-Bissau) declares independence. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | (My Lai) William Calley's (of My Lai infamy) conviction reviewed by District Court. | Ref: 43 |
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| 1976 | * | (Patty Hearst) Patricia Hearst is sentenced to seven years in prison for her part in a 1974 bank robbery. (She was released after 22 months, granted clemency by President Carter.) (Xenia Daily Gazette, p 4A, 9/24/2000) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | Rev. John T. Walker was installed as the sixth -- and first African American -- bishop of the Episcopal diocese in Washington, D.C. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1981 | * | Four Armenian gunman seize the Turkish consulate in Paris holding 60 hostages for 15 hours before surrendering. (XDG, p 4A, 09/24/2001) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1982 | | US, Italian & French peacekeeping troops begin arriving in Lebanon. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts elected Barbara C. Harris, 58, as a suffragen (assistant) bishop, making her the first woman to be so ordained in the Anglican communion. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | Canada's Ben Johnson runs drug-assisted 100 m in 9.79 sec. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | | The Supreme Soviet voted to give preliminary approval to a plan to switching the Soviet Union to a free-market economy. (XDG, p 4A, 9/24/2000) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1990 | * | South African president F.W. de Klerk meets Pres Bush in Wash DC. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Sihanouk is reinstalled as king of Cambodia. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1993 | * | In an address at the United Nations, Nelson Mandela asked the world community to lift sanctions against South Africa, saying huge foreign investments were needed to prevent unrest and build a multiracial democracy. (XDG, p 4A, 9/24/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1995 | * | Israel and the PLO agreed to sign a pact at the White House ending nearly three decades of Israeli occupation of West Bank cities. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1996 | * | Israel and the PLO agreed to sign a pact at the White House ending nearly three decades of Israeli occupation of West Bank cities. | Ref: 6 |
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| 1996 | * | The United States, represented by President Clinton, and the world's other major nuclear powers signed a treaty to end all testing and development of nuclear weapons. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1998 | * | The government began releasing the new, harder-to-counterfeit 20-dollar bill. | Ref: 6 |
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| 1998 | * | The US government began releasing the new, harder-to-counterfeit, $20-bill. (XDG, p 4A, 9/24/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1999 | * | A jury acquits the former Italian Premier Giulio Andreotti of the 1979 killing of a journalist. (XDG, p 4A, 9/24/2000) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1999 | * | Donald Eugene Webb officially breaks the record for being on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted List longer than anyone else. He is still wanted for the murder of a Saxonburg, PA police chief that occurred on December 4th, 1980. | |
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| 2000 | * | A jury acquitted former Italian Premier Giulio Andreotti of the 1979 killing of a journalist. | Ref: 6 |
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| 2001 | * | President George W. Bush froze the assests of 27 suspected terrorists and terrorist groups. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2002 | * | British Prime Minister Tony Blair asserted that Iraq had a growing arsenal of chemical and biological weapons and planned to use them, as he unveiled an intelligence dossier to a special session of Parliament. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1493 | * | Columbus' 2nd expedition to the New World. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1852 | * | A new invention, the dirigible, is demonstrated. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1853 | * | Henri Giffard, French mechanic, flys the first (steam-powered) dirigible from Paris to Trappe. | Ref: 62 |
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| 1919 | * | An altitude record of 30,900 ft. is set for an airplane carrying a passenger. | Ref: 50 |
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| 1929 | * | (Long Island) James H. Doolittle proves the feasibility of instrument-guided flying when he took off his Consolidated NY2 biplane over Mitchell Field on Long Island, NY and landed entirely on instruments. Ref | |
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| 1956 | * | The first transatlantic telephone cable system begins operation. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1970 | * | The Soviet Luna 16 lands, completing the first unmanned round trip to the moon. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1979 | * | CompuServe system started. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | Apollo Computer Inc. lays off 300 employees. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1625 | * | Dutch attack San Juan, Puerto Rico. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1829 | | Russia & Ottoman Empire sign Peace Treaty of Adrianople. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1862 | * | President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus against anyone suspected of being a Southern sympathizer. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1862 | * | Confederate Congress adopts confederacy seal. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1914 | * | In the Alsace-Lorraine area between France and Germany, the German Army captures St. Mihiel. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1915 | * | Bulgaria mobilizes troops on the Serbian border. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1941 | * | 9 Allied govts pledged adherence to Atlantic Charter. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Canadian Defence Minister James Ralston leaves Canada for a personal inspection of the Canadian forces in Europe, to determine if accusations of over-used men and poorly trained recruits are true. | |
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| 1776 | * | St. Leger horse race first run. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1853 | | First round-the-world trip by yacht (Cornelius Vanderbilt). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1865 | | James Cooke walks tightrope from Cliff House to Seal Rocks, SF. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1895 | * | First round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle (took 15 months). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1906 | * | St Louis Card Stony McGlynn no-hits Dodgers, 1-1 in 7 inning game. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1916 | * | Marty Kavanagh hits the 1st pinch hit grand slam. | |
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| 1919 | * | Babe Ruth sets season homer mark at 28 off of Yankee Bob Shawkey. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1919 | * | (Black Sox) Attell notifies Burns that Rothstein has changed his mind (a lie) and will put up $100,000 but does not want his name mentioned. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1920 | * | (Black Sox) The attention of the grand jury turns to the 1919 World Series when New York Giants pitcher Rube Benton testifies that he knew the series was fixed and names Gandil, Felsch, Williams and Cicotte. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1922 | * | Roger Hornsby sets the NL HR mark at 42. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1927 | * | Yanks set record of 106 victories. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1927 | * | NHL's Toronto St Patricks become the Maple Leafs. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1928 | * | A crowd of only 404 fans, the smallest American League crowd ever in Detroit, watch the Tigers blank the last-place Red Sox, 8-0. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1930 | * | Portsmouth beats Brooklyn in first NFL game played under floodlights. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | Babe Ruth bid farewell to the New York Yankees. It was his last game in Yankee Stadium and for the team. The Yankees lost to the Boston Red Sox, 5-0. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1938 | * | Tennis champion Don Budge won the U.S. Tennis Open at Forest Hills, NY. The win made Budge the first player to win all four major titles (he also had won the Australian Open, the French Open and the British Open). | Ref: 4 |
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| 1940 | * | At Shibe Park, Red Sox Jimmie Foxx blasts his 500th career HR against A's pitcher George Caster. It was one of four HRs hit in the inning setting an AL mark. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1954 | * | Yanks tie a record, 3 of their pinch hitters strike out in 1 inning. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | Grounding out, Pirate Dee Fondy becomes last player ever to bat in Ebbets Field as the Dodgers blank the Bucs, 2-0 in the last major league game ever played in Brooklyn. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1964 | * | "The Munsters" premiers. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Jim Bakken, of the St. Louis Cardinals, kicks a record 7 field goals in a single game. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1968 | * | NY Met manager Gil Hodges suffers a heart attack. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | The New York Mets clinch the first National League East Championship in franchise history with a 6-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals at home at Shea Stadium. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1971 | * | Houston Astros beat SD Padres, 2-1, in 21 innings. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Jack Tatum, Oakland, returns a fumble 104 yds vs Green Bay (rec). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | NY Jet Joe Namath passes for 6 touchdowns vs Balt Colt (44-34). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | St Louis Cards Jim Bakken sets NFL record kicking 7 field goals. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Tiger Al Kaline gets his 3000th hit, a double off O's Dave McNally at Memorial Stadium in a 5-4 loss to the Birds. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1977 | * | Ken Hinton of CFL British Columbia Lions returns a punt 130 yards. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | Ron Guidry beats Cleveland 4-0, raising his record to 23-3 ERA 1.74. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1982 | * | Tennis great Bjorn Borg retires at 26. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | The Cubs clinch the NL East flag, their first title since 1945, as Rick Suttcliffe two-hits the Pirates, 4-2. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1985 | | Fastest English Channel crossing by a relay team set (15h 30m). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | Andre Dawson hits two homers in the same inning for the second time in his career becoming the second major leaguer to accomplish the feat. The Expo outfielder also went yard twice in the same frame on July 30, 1978. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1986 | * | Astro rookie starter Jim Deshaies sets a major league record by striking out the first eight batters he faces. The young left-hander will finish with a two-hitter and 10 strikeouts beating the Dodgers, 4-0. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1988 | * | A's Jose Canseco becomes baseball's first 40-40 player as he swipes his 39th and 40th base in a 14 inning victory over the Brewers, 9-8. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1988 | * | Seoul Summer Olympics flashes: 1) Carl Lewis ran the fastest 100 meters of his life, 9.92 seconds, but was beaten by Canadian Ben Johnson’s 9.79. “I ran the best I could, and I'm pleased with the race.” Lewis said. (Lewis did become the recipient of the that gold medal when Johnson tested positive for steroids, a banned substance for Olympic athletes.) 2) Jackie Joyner-Kersee amassed a world-record score (7,291) in the heptathlon (seven different track-and-field events for women). | Ref: 4 |
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| 1988 | * | Jackie Joyner-Kersee of USA sets the heptathlon woman's record (7,291). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Robin Yount is 37th to hit 2,000 singles. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | In an 8-2 win over Baltimore, 40 year-old Blue Jay Dave Winfield drives in four runs with a homer and a two-run double becoming the oldest player to drive in 100 runs. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1993 | * | Defeating the Reds the Cincinnati Reds 9-2, the Rockies set a NL record for wins by an expansion team with their 65th win of the season surpassing the mark established by the 1962 Houston Colt .45s. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1997 | * | Toronto Blue Jay manager Cito Gaston is relieved of his duties, Mel Queen appointed interim manager for the rest of the season. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1998 | * | Red Sox reliever Tom Gordon records his 42nd consecutive save establishing a major league record. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1999 | * | Matt Williams scoops up Doug Mirabelli's ground ball and throws to first base for the final out of an 11-3 victory in San Francisco that clinches the National League West championship for the Diamondbacks. Arizona becomes the first expansion team to reach the playoffs or win a division title in its second year of competition. | Ref: 86 |
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| 2000 | * | Chicago Cub Corey Patterson hits an inside-the-park home run in a 15-5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. | Ref: 86 |
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| 2001 | * | Hitting his 55th home run off fireballer Daisuke Matsuzaka, former American major leaguer Tuffy Rhodes ties the Japanese record set by Sadaharu Oh in 1964. The Kintetsu Buffaloes outfielder has five games left to break the immortal Oh's record. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2002 | * | Thanks to Jason's two home runs in the Yankees 6-0 whitewash of the Devil Rays, the Giambi brothers (Jason 40, Jeremy 20) pass the DiMaggio siblings for the highest single-season total for homers with 60. The DiMaggios (Joe 46, Vince, 13) went yard 59 times in 1937. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2002 | * | The Astros have their first rain delay at home since July 15, 1976. To save time, officials decide to cover the Minute Maid field with a tarp during the 19-minute rather than use the retractable roof . | Ref: 1 |
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| 2003 | * | Rookie center fielder Kenny Lofton establishes an Indian record stealing his 62nd base of the season. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1902 | * | Fiction: Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Red Circle" (BG). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1915 | * | Douglas Fairbanks starred in The Lamb. This was his first film and was shown at the Knickerbocker Theatre in NY City. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1930 | | Noel Coward's comedy Private Lives opens in London starring Gertrude Lawrence and Coward himself. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1930 | * | Kaufman & Hart's "Once in a Lifetime"starts 406 performance run on Broadway. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1933 | | Radio’s first dramatic presentation, complete with costumes, scenery and stage, was heard on WABC in NY City. The program was titled, Roses and Drums. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1940 | * | Flinging a Wing-Ding was recorded by Bob Chester. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1942 | * | Glenn Miller ended his CBS radio broadcasts for Chesterfield Cigarettes. It was time for Miller to go to war. The show had aired three times a week for three years. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1953 | * | "Take a Giant Step," opens on Broadway. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Tonight Show premiers on NBC (Johnny takes over 8 years later). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Millions of Americans tuned in to watch Judy Garland make her TV debut on the Ford Star Jubilee. The CBS show received the highest television ratings to that time. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1960 | * | Howdy Doody's Clarabell the clown, silent for 13 years ended Howdy's last show by saying "Goodbye, kids." | Ref: 62 |
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| 1961 | * | Bullwinkle J. Moose and his friend, Rocket J. (Rocky) Squirrel, were seen in prime time for the first time on NBC-TV. The Sunday night cartoon (7-7:30 p.m.) was called The Bullwinkle Show. Originally Bullwinkle and Rocky appeared on ABC in a weekday afternoon series, Rocky and His Friends. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1964 | * | Ringo forms Brikley Building Company Ltd. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | The longest-running newsmagazine on television began on CBS-TV. 60 Minutes started on this, a Tuesday, night in 1968. During its first three years on the tube, 60 Minutes ran on an alternate-week schedule with CBS News Hour, moving to Sundays (all by itself) in early 1972. 60 Minutes debuted with two correspondents: Mike Wallace and Harry Reasoner. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1968 | * | The Vogues received a gold record for Turn Around Look at Me on the Reprise label. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1968 | * | "That's Life" premiers-A Broadway musical type TV show. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | The Love Boat set sail -- on ABC-TV. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1984 | * | Paul McCartney releases "No More Lonely Nights". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Fiction: Doogie Howser loses his virginity | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | "Good & Evil" & "Sibs" premiers on ABC TV. | Ref: 5 |
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| 14 | * | -Emperor Vitellus is born. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1501 | * | Gerolamo Cardano, mathematician, author of Games of Chance, the first systematic computation of probabilities, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1583 | * | Albrecht Wallenstein, Bohemian statesman and general in the Thirty Years' War, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1625 | * | Johan de Witt, Dutch statesman and political leader of Holland (1653-72), is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1717 | * | Horace Walpole, author, creator of the Gothic novel genre, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1739 | | Grigory Potemkin is born. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1755 | * | (US Supreme Court Justice) John Marshall Va, 4th Supreme Court Chief Justice (1801-35), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1825 | * | Frances E.W. Harper famous African, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1837 | * | Mark Hanna, American industrialist and political kingmaker, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1870 | * | George Claude, French engineer, inventor of the neon light, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1890 | * | Sir Alan Herbert England, journalist/writer (Punch, Helen), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1894 | * | E. Franklin Frazier, first African-American president of the American Sociological Society, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1896 | * | Francis Scott Key (F. Scott) Fitzgerald, novelist best known for The Great Gatsby, is born in St. Paul, MN. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1898 | * | Baron Florey Aust, pathologist; purified penicillin (Nobel '45), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1900 | * | Stephen Bechtel, American construction engineer; founded Bechtel Corp, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1902 | * | Cheryl Crawford producer (Touch of Venus, Brigadoon), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1905 | * | Severo Ochoa, Spanish Nobel Prize-winning biochemist and molecular biologist (1959), is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1911 | * | Konstantin Chernenko, president of the Soviet Union 1984-1985, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1912 | * | Don Porter, actor: Our Miss Brooks, The Candidate, Bachelor in Paradise; is born in Miami OK. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1914 | * | Andrzej Panufnik, Warsaw Poland, composer (Tragic Overture), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1914 | * | Herb Jeffries, Detroit Mich, actor (Where's Huddles), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1915 | * | Larry Gates actor: Backstairs at the White House, Death of a Gunfighter, The Sand Pebbles, Toys in the Attic; is born in St Paul Minn. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1917 | * | William Putnam Bundy London, editor (Lvaggerier & Vagaries), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1919 | * | Dayton Allen NYC, comedian (Steve Allen Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1919 | * | Vaclav Nelhybel Polanka Czechoslovakia, composer (Everyman), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1921 | * | Jim McKay (McManus) Emmy Award-winning commentator: Coverage of the Munich Olympic Tragedy: ABC Special [1972]; sportscaster: ABC’s Wide World of Sports; newspaper writer: The Baltimore Sun, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1922 | * | Theresa Merritt Newport News Va, actress (Mama-That's My Mama), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1923 | * | Actress Sheila MacRae is born. (XDG, p 4A, 9/24/2000) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1924 | * | Sheila MacRae (Stephens) comedienne: The Honeymooners, The Jackie Gleason Show; author: Mother of the Year; wife of singer, actor Gordon MacRae, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1924 | * | Walter Fufido Bronx NY, Iwo Jima casualty (WW II), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | John W Young SF CA, astronaut (Gem 3 10, Apol 10 16, STS 1 9), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1931 | * | Anthony Newley actor: Stop the World, I Want to Get Off, Roar of the Grease Paint, Oliver Twist, No Time to Die; singer: What Kind of Fool Am I?; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1932 | * | Svetlana Beriosova, Lithuanian-born prima ballerina, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1934 | * | John Brunner Britain, sci-fi author (Sheep Look Up), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | Jim Henson, puppeteer who created the "Muppets" in 1954 and television's Sesame Street, is born in Greenville MS. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1939 | * | Manfred Woerner Secretary General of NATO, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Barbara Allbut singer: group: Angels: My Boyfriend’s Back, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1941 | * | John Mackey Pro Football Hall of Famer: Baltimore Colts: Super Bowl V; San Diego Chargers, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1941 | * | Linda Eastman McCartney NYC, Mrs Paul McCartney, rocker (Wings-Ram), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | Gerry Marsden singer: group: Gerry & The Pacemakers: Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying, I’m the One, Ferry Cross the Mersey, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1943 | * | Lee Aaker LA CA, actor (Rusty-Rin Tin Tin), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | "Mean" Joe (Charles) Greene, NFL tackle (Pitts Steelers), Coke spokesman, is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1946 | * | Jacqueline Courtney NJ, actress (Another World, One Life to Live), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | Eric (Thane) Soderholm baseball: Minnesota Twins, Chicago White Sox, TX Rangers, NY Yankees, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1951 | * | Terry Metcalf football: Toronto Argonauts, SL Cardinals, Washington Redskins | Ref: 4 |
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| 1952 | * | Rod (Rodney Joe) Gilbreath baseball: Atlanta Braves | Ref: 4 |
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| 1956 | * | Hubie (Hubert) Brooks baseball: NY Mets, Montreal Expos [all-star: 1986, 1987], LA Dodgers, CA Angels, KC Royals, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1956 | * | Ilona Slupianek German DR, shot-putter (Olympic-gold-1980), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Steve Whitmire voice [since Jim Henson died in 1990] of Kermit the Frog, Rizzo the Rat, Beaker, Bean Bunny, Doozer; shares same birthday as Jim Henson | Ref: 4 |
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| 1962 | * | Joseph Kennedy II (Rep-D-Mass), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Gene Watkins Waco TX, actor (James Walsh-As the World Turns), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Gene Hunt entertainer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Lisa Matthews Peoria Ill, playmate (Apr, 1990), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Shane Conrad actress (Cody-High Mountain Rangers) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1054 | * | Hermann Von Reichenau, German poet, astronomer and mathematician, dies at age 41. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1143 | * | Pope Innocent II dies. | Ref: 69 |
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| 1180 | * | Manuel I Comnenus Byzantine emperor (1143-80), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1541 | * | Paracelsus, the alchemist and physician, dies in Salzburg, Austria at age 47. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1757 | * | (Burr) Aaron Burr, Sr, dies of the fever. Ref | |
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| 1760 | * | John Weaver, English dancer, dies at age 87. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1813 | * | Andre-Ernest Gretry, French operatic composer, dies at age 72, | Ref: 68 |
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| 1815 | * | John Sevier, indian fighter, dies at 70. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1834 | * | Pedro I, the 1st emperor of Brazil (1822-31), king of Portugal, dies. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1834 | | Peter IV Portugal dies. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1834 | | Vincenzo Bellini dies. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1842 | * | Branwell Bronte, the brother of the Bronte sisters and the model for Hindley Earnshaw in Emily's novel Wuthering Heights, dies of tuberculosis. Emily and Anne die the same year. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1849 | * | Johann, elder Strauss, Austrian composer of Viennese waltzes, dies at age 45. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1904 | * | Sixty-two die and 120 are injured in head-on train collision in TN. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1904 | * | Niels Ryberg Finsen, Danish physician, founder of modern phototherapy and Nobel prize winner, dies at age 43. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1920 | * | Peter Carl Faberge, Russian goldsmith, designer and jeweler whose name was later associated with cosmetics, dies at age 74. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1920 | | Jacob H. Schiff dies. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1945 | * | Hans Geiger, German physicist; introduced the Geiger Counter, dies at age 62. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1951 | * | Phillippus Paracelsus physician/alchemist, dies at 48. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Antique F86 Sabrejet fails to takeoff at air show, kills 22 | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | Ian Hunter actor (Sir Richard-Robin Hood), dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | | Ruth Etting dies. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1981 | * | Patsy Kelly actress (Brigid Murphy-Cop & the Kid), dies at 71. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1982 | * | Sarah Churchill actress, dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | Neil Hamilton actor (Com Gordon-Batman), dies of asthma at 85. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) Pulitzer Prize-winning author [1984]: The Cat in the Hat, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, Green Eggs and Ham; dies in La Jolla, CA., at age 87. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1995 | * | A 16-year old boy in Cuers, France kills 13 people before turning the gun on himself. (XDG, p 4A, 9/24/2000) | |
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| 1997 | * | Minor league pitcher Doug Million passes away after a severe asthma attack in Mesa, Ariz., where he was taking part in Instructional League. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1998 | * | Hurricane Georges charges toward the Florida Keys after killing hundreds in the Carribean. (XDG, p 4A, 9/24/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1999 | * | Oregon teen-ager Kip Kinkel, who killed his parents and gunned down two classmates at school, abandons his insanity defense and pleads guilty to murder. He will later be sentenced to 112 years without parole. | |
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| 2002 | * | Mike Webster "Iron Mike": Pro Football Hall of Famer: Pittsburgh Steelers center [1974-1988]: Super Bowl IX, X, XIII, XIV; played more seasons [15] and more games [220] than any player in Steelers history; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 2002 | * | Gunmen storm a Hindu temple in the western Indian state of Gujarat, killing some 30 worshippers. (XDG, p 4A, 9/24/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 2003 | * | Columbia University literary scholar Edward W Said dies in a New York City hospital from leukemia at age 57. (XDG, p 3A, 9/26/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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