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Communication
1995
AT&T announced that it would be splitting into three companies. The three companies were AT&T, Lucent Technologies, and NCR Corp.
 
Crime and Corruption
1958
USA
Martin Luther King Jr. was stabbed in the chest at a New York City department store by an apparently deranged black woman.
1984
A Hizbulla suicide bomber destroyed the rebuilt U.S. Embassy in Beirut. 25 people were killed.
1989
  The wreckage of a DC-10 belonging to the French airliner UTA was found in Niger. The plane disappeared on September 19 with 171 passengers onboard. The Paris-bound plane was believed to have been brought down by a bomb.
Defence
1982
USA
U.S. President Ronald Reagan announced that the U.S., France, and Italy were going to send peacekeeping troops back to Beirut.
1991
U.N. weapons inspectors left for Iraq in a renewed search for Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.
Disasters
1985
A second major earthquake hit Mexico City.
 
Discovery
1519
Portugal
Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan left Spain to find a route to the Spice Islands of Indonesia. Magellan was killed during the trip, but one of his ships eventually made the journey.

Ferdinand Magellan
 
Education
1962
USA
James Meredith, a black student, was blocked from enrolling at the University of Mississippi by Governor Ross R. Barnett. Meredith was later admitted.
 
Film, Television and Radio
1921
USA
KDKA in Pittsburgh, PA, started a daily radio newscast. It was one of the first in the U.S.
1946
France
The first Cannes Film Festival premiered. The original premier was delayed in 1939 due to World War 2.
1946
USA
WNBT-TV in New York became the first station to promote a motion picture. Scenes from "The Jolson Story" were shown.
1953
USA
The TV show "Letter to Loretta" premiered. The name was changed to "The Loretta Young Show" on February 14, 1954.
1953
USA
Jimmy Stewart debuted on the radio western "The Six Shooter" on NBC.
1955
USA
"You'll Never Be Rich" premiered on CBS-TV. The name was changed less than two months later to "The Phil Silvers Show."

Phil Silvers
1984
USA
"The Cosby Show" premiered on NBC-TV.
Heads of State
1881
USA
Chester A. Arthur became the 21st president of the U.S. President James A. Garfield had died the day before.
1989
South Africa
F.W. de Klerk was sworn in as president of South Africa.
Health and Social Welfare
 
 
Industry
 
 
Law
 
 
Motor Sport
 
 
People
1977
USA
The first of the "boat people" arrived in San Francisco from Southeast Asia under a new U.S. resettlement program.
1999
USSR
Raisa Gorbachev, wife of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorvachev, died of leukemia.

Raisa Gorbachev
Politics
1884
USA
The Equal Rights Party was formed in San Francisco, CA.
1988
United Nations
The United Nations opened it 43rd General Assembly.
1992
France
French voters approved the Maastricht Treaty.
Publishing
 
 
Religion
1870
The Papal States came under the control of Italian troops, leading to the unification of Italy.
 
Science
1963
USA
U.S. President John F. Kennedy proposed a joint U.S.-Soviet expedition to the moon in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly.
 
 
Sport
 
 
Technology
 
 
The Arts
 
 
The Environment
 
 
The Law
1995
USA
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to drop the national speed limit. This allowed the states to decide their own speed limits.
 
The Workforce
 
 
Trade and Economy
 
 
Transport
 
 
War
 
 
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