09-21-2008, 05:46 AM
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September 20th
1519 ~ Ferdinand Magellan set out from Spain on a voyage to find a western passage to the Spice Islands in Indonesia.
1934 ~ Birthday of Sophia Loren, Italian actress.
1948 ~ Birthday of George R. R. Martin, Science Fiction Writer.
1970 ~ The Soviet probe Luna 16 collected moon soil samples for return to earth.
1973 ~ Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in straight sets 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 in a $100,000 winner-take-all “Battle of the Sexes“ tennis match.
1984 ~ A suicide car bomber attacked the U.S. Embassy annex in north Beirut, killing 20 people.
2000 ~ After playing 2,632 consecutive games for the Baltimore Orioles, Cal Ripken, Jr took a day off.
2000 ~ Death of Gherman Titov, cosmonaut.
2004 ~ CBS News apologized for a "mistake in judgment" in its story questioning President George W. Bush's National Guard service, saying it could not vouch for the authenticity of documents featured in the report.
2005 ~ Death of Simon Wiesenthal, Nazi hunter.
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