09-23-2004, 05:45 AM
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September 23rd
63 B.C. ~ Birthday of Augustus Caesar, Roman Emperor.
1779 ~ USS Bonhomme Richard, commanded by John Paul Jones, won a battle against the British warships Serapis and Countess of Scarborough off the coast of England.
1806 ~ Discovery of Neptune by French astronomer Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier and British astronomer John Couch Adams; verified by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle.
1884 ~ Herman Hollerith patented his mechanical adding machine.
1916 ~ Birthday of Aldo Moro, Italian politician murdered by terrorists.
1920 ~ Birthday of Mickey Rooney, actor.
1930 ~ Birthday of Ray Charles, U.S. R&B and jazz musician, singer.
1932 ~ The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd renamed Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
1949 ~ Birthday of Bruce Springsteen, singer, songwriter.
1999 ~ NASA announced that it lost contact with the Mars Climate Orbiter.
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