09-13-2004, 03:03 AM
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September 12th
1880 ~ Birthday of H.L. Mencken, Journalist, Author.
1888 ~ Birthday of Maurice Chevalier, Singer, Actor.
1913 ~ Birthday of Jesse Owens, Athlete.
1921 ~ Birthday of Stanislaw Lem, science fiction writer.
1933 ~ Leó Szilárd, waiting for a red light on Southampton Row in Bloomsbury, came up with the idea of the nuclear chain reaction.
1940 ~ Cave paintings discovered in Lascaux, France.
1947 ~ Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
1959 ~ Bonanza premiered. First regularly-scheduled TV program presented in color.
1977 ~ Death of Steve Biko, South African anti-apartheid activist.
2003 ~ The United Nations lifted sanctions against Libya after Libya agreed to accept responsibility and make payment of US $2.7 billion to the families of victims in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.
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