Wednesday, 17 September 2014

Today in History for 17th September 2014

Historical Events


1923 - Sutton Vane's "Outward Bound," premieres in London

1944 - Dutch begin railroad strike against German occupiers

1967 - Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Shirley Englehorn Golf Invitational

1968 - Gaylord Perry (Giants) no-hits St Louis Cardinals, 1-0

2007 - AOL, once the largest ISP in the U.S., officially announces plans to refocus the company as an advertising business and to relocate its corporate headquarters from Dulles, Virginia to New York, New York.

2010 - The 54 year run of the soap opera As the World Turns ends as its final episode is broadcast.


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Famous Birthdays


1677 - Stephen Hales, English physiologist, chemist, and inventor (d. 1761)

1819 - Thomas Andrews Hendricks, (D) 21st US VP; died in office

1917 - Lawrence Jacob, Atlantic City NJ, artist (Sanitarium)

1956 - Thad Bosley. American major league baseball player

1961 - Pamela Ann Melroy, Palo Alto California, Major USAF/astronaut (sk:STS 92)

1994 - Taylor Ware, American yodeler


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Famous Deaths


1312 - Ferdinand V, king of Castile/Leon, dies at 26

1803 - Franz Xaver Sussmayr, composer, dies

1980 - Anastasio Somoza, former Nicaraguan Pres, assassinated in Paraguay

1984 - Richard Basehart, actor (Rage), dies following several strokes at 70

1993 - Christian Nyby, US director (Big Sleep, Thing), dies at 80

1997 - Red Skelton, comedian (Red Skelton Show), dies at 84


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