09-25-2004, 06:16 AM
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September 26th
1066 ~ Battle of Stamford Bridge, which marked the end of the Viking era.
1513 ~ Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reached the Pacific Ocean.
1683 ~ Birthday of Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer.
1890 ~ Yosemite National Park established in California.
1897 ~ Birthday of William Faulkner, Novelist.
1903 ~ Birthday of Mark Rothko, Painter.
1906 ~ Birthday of Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer.
1932 ~ Birthday of Glenn Gould, Pianist.
1981 ~ Sandra Day O'Connor was sworn in as the 102nd Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, the first woman to hold the office.
1996 ~ The last of the Magdalen Asylums was closed in Ireland.
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