09-15-2005, 05:10 AM
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September 15th
1914 ~ Birthday of Allen Funt, radio & television personality.
1925 ~ Birthday of B. B. King, Musician.
1928 ~ Alexander Fleming noticed a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
1950 ~ Korean War: The U.N. staged it’s fist offensive operation; an amphibious assault at Inchon.
1963 ~ Malaysia formed from Malaya, Singapore, British North Borneo and Sarawak.
1975 ~ Papua New Guinea gained independence from Australia.
1977 ~ Death of Maria Callas, Opera Diva.
1981 ~ The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved Sandra Day O'Connor to the U. S. Supreme Court.
1982 ~ The first issue of USA Today is published.
1992 ~ The Pound Sterling was forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism and to devalue against the Deutschmark.
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