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On September 10, 1963, 20 black students entered Alabama public schools following a stand-off between federal authorities and Governor George C. Wallace...
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On September 11, 1857, the Mountain Meadows Massacre took place in present-day southern Utah as a 120-member Arkansas immigrant party was slaughtered by Mormon settlers...
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On September 12, 1977, South African black student leader Steven Biko died while in police custody, triggering an international outcry...
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On September 13, 1948, Republican Margaret Chase Smith of Maine was elected to the U. S. Senate, becoming the first woman to serve in both houses of congress...
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On September 14, 1982, Princess Grace of Monaco, formerly actress Grace Kelly, died at age 52 of injuries from a car crash the day before...
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On September 15, 1935, the Nuremberg Laws deprived German Jews of their citizenship...
On September 16, 1498, Tomas de Torquemada, notorious for his role in the Spanish Inquisition, died in Avila, Spain... |
On September 17, 1920, the American Professional Football League - a precursor of the National Football League - was formed in Canton, OH...
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ON September 18, 1983, KISS was first seen without their makeup on MTV.
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On September 19, 1783, Jacques Etienne Montgolfier launched a duck, a sheep, and a rooster aboard a hot-air balloon at Versailles in France...
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On September 20, 1870, Italian troops took control of the Papal States, leading to the unification of Italy...
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On September 21, 1964, Malta gained independence from Britain...
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30 years ago today, Fonzie jumped the shark.
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On Sepwember 22, 1792, the first French Republic was proclaimed...
On September 23, 1957, nine black students who had entered Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas were forced to withdraw because of a white mob outside... |
September 24
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On this day in 1957, racial desegregation took centre stage when federal troops were dispatched to Little Rock, Arkansas, to maintain order and enforce the right of black students to attend the local public high school. http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=71327&rendTypeId=4 African American students walk onto the campus of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, escorted by the National Guard, September 1957. Historic Events:
http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=74980&rendTypeId=4 American puppeteer Jim Henson, born this day in 1936, was the creator of the Muppets (a meld of “marionettes” and “puppets”), whose characters included Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Big Bird, and the Cookie Monster. Other Notables:
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On September 25, 1890, Mormon President Wilford Woodruff issued a manifesto in which the practice of polygamy was renounced...
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On September 26, 1914, the Federal Trade Commission was established...
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On September 27, 1964, the government publicly released the report of the Warren Commission, which found that Lee Harvey Oswald had acted alone in assassinating President Kennedy...
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On September 28, 1850, flogging was abolished as a form of punishment in the U. S. Navy...
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On September 29, 1957, the Brooklyn Dodgers played their last game before moving to Los Angeles, losing to the Phillies, 2 - 1, in Philadelphia...
On September 30, 1949, the Berlin Airlift came to an end... |
On October 1, 1971, Walt Disney World opened in Orlando, FL...
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October 1
This Day in History...
lite In Beijing, with most of the Chinese mainland held by the communist People's Liberation Army, its dynamic leader, Mao Zedong, proclaimed the establishment of the People's Republic of China on this day in 1949. http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=82295&rendTypeId=4 Mao Zedong, 1965. Today's Birthday... http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=7113&rendTypeId=4 Born this day in 1924, Jimmy Carter served as the 39th U.S. president (1977–81) during a turbulent time at home and abroad, and he later received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2002 for his humanitarian work. |
On October 2, 1780, British spy John Andre was hanged in Tappan, NY...
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On October 3, 1995, the jury in the O. J. Simpson murder trial announced its verdicts, finding the former football star not guilty of the 1994 slayings of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman...
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On October 4, 1957, the Space Age began as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite, into orbit...
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On October 5, 1947, President Truman delivered the first televised White House address...(and yes, it was 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue...)
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On October 7, 1849, author Edgar Allan Poe died in Baltimore, MD, at age 40...
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On October 8, 1956, Don Larson pitched the only perfect game in a World Series to date as the New York Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5, 2 - 0...
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On October 9, 1446, the Korean alphabet, created under the aegis of King Sejong, was first published...
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On October 10, 1973, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, accused of accepting bribes, pleaded no contest to one count of federal income tax evasion, and resigned his office...
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On October 11, 1975, "NBC Saturday Night" (later "Saturday Night Live") made its debut with guest host George Carlin...
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On October 12, 1997, singer John Denver was killed in the crash of his privately built aircraft in Monterey Bay, CA...
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October 14
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lite At the Battle of Hastings, fought this day in 1066, King Harold II of England was defeated by the invading army of William, duke of Normandy, in the Norman Conquest, establishing Normans as rulers of England. http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=13177&rendTypeId=4 English axman in combat with Norman cavalry during the Battle of Hastings, detail from the 11th-century Bayeux Tapestry, Bayeux, France. Giraudon/Art Resource, New York Today's Birthday... http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=71332&rendTypeId=4 Dwight D. Eisenhower, born this day in 1890, served as Supreme Allied Commander in western Europe during World War II, overseeing the Normandy Invasion in June 1944, and was elected to two terms (1953–61) as U.S. president. |
On October 15, 1917, Mata Hari was executed by a French firing squad. She was a Dutch dancer who had spied for Germany...
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On October 16, 1793, during the French Revolution, Queen Marie Antoinette was beheaded...
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On October 17, 1917, the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) was formed...
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On October 18, 1767, the Mason-Dixon line was agreed upon. It was the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania...
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