09-21-2004, 12:10 AM
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September 21st
1756 ~ Birthday of John MacAdam, road builder.
1780 ~ Benedict Arnold gave the British the plans to West Point.
1866 ~ Birthday of H. G. Wells, science fiction author.
1874 ~ Birthday of Gustav Holst, Composer.
1896 ~ British force under Horatio Kitchener took Dongola in the Sudan.
1906 ~ Birthday of Aristotle Onassis, shipping tycoon.
1937 ~ J. R. R. Tolkien published “The Hobbit”.
1947 ~ Birthday of Stephen King, Author.
1964 ~ Malta became independent from the United Kingdom.
2003 ~ Galileo mission was terminated by sending the probe into Jupiter's atmosphere.
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09-22-2004, 02:24 AM
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September 22nd
1784 ~ Russia established a colony at Kodiak, Alaska.
1791 ~ Birthday of Michael Faraday, Scientist.
1828 ~ Death of Shaka Zulu, Zulu leader.
1869 ~ Richard Wagner's opera “Das Rheingold” opened in Munich.
1949 ~ Soviet Union detonated its first nuclear weapon.
1960 ~ Mali gained independence from France.
1980 ~ Iraq invaded Iran.
1997 ~ Bentalha massacre in Algeria; over 200 villagers killed.
1999 ~ Death of George C. Scott, Actor.
2001 ~ Death of Isaac Stern, Violinist.
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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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09-24-2004, 03:39 AM
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September 24th
622 ~ Muhammad completed his hegira from Mecca to Medina
1664 ~ Netherlands surrendered New Amsterdam to England.
1755 ~ Birthday of John Marshall, Chief Justice of the American Supreme Court.
1890 ~ As a pre-condition to Utah being admitted to the United States, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – the Mormons - officially renounced polygamy.
1896 ~ Birthday of F Scott Fitzgerald, Novelist.
1908 ~ The first Ford Model T built.
1936 ~ Birthday of Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets.
1957 ~ President Dwight Eisenhower sent National Guard troops to Little Rock, Arkansas to enforce desegregation.
1991 ~ Death of Dr. Seuss, Writer.
1993 ~ Broderbund released the computer game “Myst”.
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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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09-25-2004, 05:45 PM
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BIBI "finally" bought a new keyboard!!!
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09-27-2004, 05:44 AM
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September 26th
1687 ~ The Parthenon in Athens is partially destroyed after an explosion caused by the bombing from the Venetian forces besieging the Ottoman Turks.
1777 ~ British troops occupied Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the American Revolution.
1820 ~ Death of Daniel Boone, American icon.
1888 ~ Birthday of T. S. Eliot, Poet.
1898 ~ Birthday of George Gershwin, Composer.
1945 ~ Death of Béla Bartók, Composer.
1948 ~ Birthday of Olivia Newton-John, Singer.
1950 ~ United Nations troops recaptured Seoul from the North Koreans.
1957 ~ Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story opened on Broadway.
1983 ~ Australia II, first non-American winner, won the “Americas Cup”.
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09-27-2004, 11:40 AM
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September 27th
1389 ~ Birthday of Cosimo de Medici, Florentine ruler.
1540 ~ Jesuit Order received its charter from Pope Paul III.
1722 ~ Birthday of Samuel Adams, Patriot & Brewer.
1840 ~ Birthday of Thomas Nast, political cartoonist.
1917 ~ Death of Edgar Degas, Impressionist painter.
1921 ~ Death of Engelbert Humperdinck, Composer.
1940 ~ The Tripartite Pact signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.
1986 ~ Cliff Burton, bassist for Metallica, died after being crushed by the band's tour bus during their European tour.
1996 ~ In Afghanistan, the Taliban captured the capital city Kabul. They then dragged former leader Mohammad Najibullah out of the U.N. compound and hanged him from a traffic light pole.
2002 ~ East Timor joins the United Nations.
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09-28-2004, 05:52 AM
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September 28th
1066 ~ William the Conqueror invaded England, landing at Pevensey, Sussex.
1781 ~ American forces backed by a French fleet began the siege of Yorktown Heights, Virginia during the American Revolutionary War.
1841 ~ Birthday of Georges Clemenceau, French politician.
1915 ~ Birthday of Ethel Rosenberg, Spy.
1925 ~ Birthday of Seymour Cray, Computer Scientist.
1939 ~ Germany and the Soviet Union agreed on a division of Poland after their invasion during World War II.
1953 ~ Death of Edwin Hubble, Astronomer.
1958 ~ France ratifies a new constitution; the Fifth Republic (and current) of France was formed.
1988 ~ Death of Charles Addams, Cartoonist, creator of “The Adams Family”.
2000 ~ Death of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, fifteenth Prime Minister of Canada
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09-29-2004, 05:33 AM
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September 29th
61 BC ~ Pompey the Great celebrated his third triumph, for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars.
1547 ~ Birthday of Miguel de Cervantes, Author.
1758 ~ Birthday of Horatio Nelson, British admiral.
1901 ~ Birthday of Enrico Fermi, Italian physicist.
1938 ~ Appeasement: Britain and France, Nazi Germany and Italy signed the Munich Agreement allowing Germany to occupy the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
1944 ~ Soviet forces invaded Yugoslavia.
1954 ~ CERN opened for business.
1960 ~ Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev disrupted a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly.
1978 ~ Death of Pope John Paul, who reigned just 33 days.
2004 ~ The asteroid 4179 Toutatis is projected to pass within 4 lunar distances of Earth.
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09-30-2004, 07:46 AM
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September 30th
1882 ~ Birthday of Hans Geiger, German physicist.
1895 ~ Madagascar became a French protectorate.
1913 ~ Death of Rudolf Diesel, German inventor.
1924 ~ Birthday of Truman Capote, Author.
1947 ~ World Series, featuring New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, was televised for the first time.
1954 ~ The submarine USS Nautilus was commissioned as the first nuclear reactor powered vessel.
1960 ~ The last episode of "The Howdy Doody Show" aired.
1980 ~ Ethernet specifications published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.
1982 ~ ”Cheers” premiered.
1991 ~ President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of Haiti was forced from office.
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10-01-2004, 07:19 AM
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October 1st
1800 ~ Spain cedes Louisiana to France via Treaty of San Ildefonso.
1865 ~ Birthday of Paul Dukas, Composer.
1881 ~ Birthday of William Boeing, Engineer.
1903 ~ Birthday of Vladimir Horowitz, Pianist.
1918 ~ Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence capture Damascus.
1924 ~ Birthday of Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States.
1949 ~ The People's Republic of China is declared by Mao Zedong.
1977 ~ Soccer star Pelé retired.
1985 ~ Death of E.B. White, Author.
1988 ~ Mikhail Gorbachev named head of the Supreme Soviet.
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10-02-2004, 04:25 AM
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October 2nd
1187 ~ Saladin captured Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule.
1800 ~ Birthday of Nat Turner, American leader of slave uprising.
1836 ~ Charles Darwin returned to England after a 5-year journey aboard the HMS Beagle collecting data he will later use to develop his theory of evolution.
1852 ~ Birthday of William Ramsay, Scottish chemist.
1869 ~ Birthday of Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Indian political leader.
1890 ~ Birthday of Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor.
1927 ~ Death of Svante Arrhenius, Swedish scientist.
1935 ~ Italy invades Abyssinia (Ethiopia).
1950 ~ The comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz is first published in US newspapers.
1967 ~ Thurgood Marshall sworn in as the first African-American justice of United States Supreme Court.
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10-03-2004, 05:46 AM
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October 3rd
1283 ~ David ap Gruffydd, prince of Gwynedd in Wales, becomes the first man executed by drawing and quartering.
1712 ~ Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor.
1873 ~ Birthday of Emily Post, etiquette advisor.
1900 ~ Birthday of Thomas Wolfe, author.
1916 ~ Birthday of James Herriot, veterinarian, author.
1925 ~ Birthday of Gore Vidal, author.
1929 ~ The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
1967 ~ Death of Woody Guthrie, folk musician.
1990 ~ The re-unification of Germany. East Germany ceases to exist.
1995 ~ O. J. Simpson found not guilty of murder.
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10-04-2004, 05:29 AM
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October 4th
1830 ~ Creation of the state of Belgium after separation from The Netherlands.
1880 ~ Birthday of Damon Runyon, Writer.
1883 ~ First run of the Orient Express.
1903 ~ Birthday of John Vincent Atanasoff, one of the inventors of the digital electronic computer.
1924 ~ Birthday of Charlton Heston, Actor.
1941 ~ Birthday of Anne Rice, horror/fantasy writer.
1943 ~ Birthday of H. Rap Brown, civil rights activist.
1957 ~ Launch of Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
1991 ~ The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty was opened for signature.
1993 ~ At the climax of the Russian constitutional crisis, Russian President Boris Yeltsin ordered the army to begin storming the Russian parliament building.
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