09-13-2004, 03:18 AM
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Location: Maryland
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September 13th
1321 ~ Death of Dante Alighieri, writer (La Divina Commedia)
1813 ~ The British fail to capture Baltimore, Maryland. Turning point in the War of 1812.
1819 ~ Birthday of Clara Schumann, Pianist, Composer.
1857 ~ Birthday of Milton S. Hershey, chocolate entrepreneur and founder of the Hershey Chocolate Company.
1874 ~ Birthday of Arnold Schoenberg, Composer.
1899 ~ Henry Bliss became the first person in the Western Hemisphere to be killed in an automobile accident.
1940 ~ German bombs damaged Buckingham Palace.
1948 ~ Margaret Chase Smith was elected senator, and became the first woman to serve in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
1977 ~ Death of Leopold Stokowski, Conductor.
1999 ~ Bomb explodes in Moscow, Russia. At least 119 people are killed.
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