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1878 |
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Emma M. Nutt became the first female telephone operator in the U.S. The company was the Telephone Dispatch Company of Boston. |
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1807 |
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Former U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr was found innocent of treason. |
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1983 |
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A Soviet jet fighter shot down a Korean Air Lines Boeing 747 when it entered Soviet airspace. 269 people were killed. |
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1995 |
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Illinois Congressman Mel Reynolds announced his resignation. He had been convicted of having sex with an underage campaign volunteer. |
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1997 |
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In France, the prosecutor's office announced that the driver of the car, in which Britain's Princess Diana was killed, was over the legal alcohol limit. |
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1951 |
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The ANZUS Treaty, a mutual defense pact, was signed by the U.S., Australia and New Zealand. |
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1894 |
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A forest fire in Hinckley, MN, killed more than 400 people. |
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1923 |
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About 100,000 people were killed when an earthquake hit Tokyo and Yokohama, Japan. |
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1985 |
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The Titanic was found by Dr. Robert Ballard and Jean Louis Michel in a joint U.S. and French expedition. The wreck site is located 963 miles northeast of New York and 453 miles southeast of the Newfoundland coast. |
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1986 |
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The Soviet Union announced the accident involving the Admiral Nakhimov the night before. 448 people died in the ship collision. |
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1979 |
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The U.S. Pioneer 11 became the first spacecraft to visit Saturn. |
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1922 |
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The first daily news program on radio was "The Radio Digest," on WBAY radio in New York City, NY. |
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1949 |
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"Martin Kane, Private Eye" debuted on NBC-TV. |
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1970 |
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The last episode of "I Dream of Jeannie" aired on NBC-TV. The show premiered was on September 18, 1965. |
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1998 |
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The movie "Titanic" went on sale across North America. |
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1969 |
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Col. Moammar Gadhafi came into power in Libya after the government was overthrown. |
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1799 |
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The Bank of Manhattan Company opened in New York City, NY. It was the forerunner of Chase Manhattan. |
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1884 |
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The Thomas A. Edison Construction Department and the Edison Company for Isolated Lighting merged. |
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1993 |
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Louis Freeh was sworn in as the director of the FBI. |
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1986 |
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Jerry Lewis raised a record $34 million for Muscular Dystrophy during his annual telethon for Jerry’s kids over the Labor Day weekend. |
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1905 |
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Saskatchewan and Alberta became the ninth and tenth provinces of Canada. |
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1998 |
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Vietnam released 5,000 prisoners, including political dissidents, on National Day. |
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1906 |
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Jack Coombs of the American League’s Philadelphia Athletics pitched 24 innings against the Boston Red Sox. (MLB) |
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1971 |
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Danny Murtaugh of the Pittsburgh Pirates gave his lineup card to the umpire with the names of nine black baseball players on it. This was a first for Major League Baseball. |
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1972 |
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America’s Bobby Fischer beat Russia’s Boris Spassky to become world chess champion. The chess match took place in Reykjavik, Iceland. |
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1982 |
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J.R. Richard returned to major league baseball after a two-year absence following a near-fatal stroke. |
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1998 |
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Mark McGwire, of the St. Louis Cardinals, hit his 56th and 57th homeruns to set a new National League record. He would eventually reach a total of 70 for the season on September 27. |
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1999 |
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Twenty-two of major league baseball's 68 permanent umpires were replaced. The problem arose from their union's failed attempt to force an early start to negotiations for a new labor contract.
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1810 |
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The first plow with interchangeable parts was patented by John J. Wood. |
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1887 |
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Emile Berliner filed for a patent for his invention of the lateral-cut, flat-disk gramophone. It is a device that is better known as a record player. Thomas Edison made the idea work. |
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1859 |
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The Pullman sleeping car was placed into service. |
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1897 |
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The first section of Boston's subway system was opened. |
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1939 |
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World War 2 began when Germany invaded Poland. England and France would make their formal announcements two days later. |
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1942 |
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A federal judge in Sacramento, CA, upheld the wartime detention of Japanese-Americans as well as Japanese nationals. |
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1945 |
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The U.S. received official word of Japan's formal surrender that ended World War II. In Japan, it was actually September 2nd. |