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The State of Israel completes its unilateral disengagement from the Gaza Strip. |
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All passengers are killed when a helicopter crashes in the Aegean Sea. Passengers include Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria and 16 others (including journalists and bishops of the Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria). |
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Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh dies after being assaulted and fatally wounded on September 10. The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety enters into effect. |
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Activists protest against the World Economic Forum meeting in Melbourne, Australia. See S11. |
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Tennis: Serena Williams, 2 weeks short of her 18th birthday, wins her first Grand Slam tournament when she became U.S. Open champion, becoming the first African American woman to win a Grand Slam tournament since Althea Gibson in 1958. |
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Independent counsel Kenneth Starr sends a report to the U.S. Congress accusing President Bill Clinton of 11 possible impeachable offenses. Yevgeny Primakov is appointed Prime Minister of Russia. Opening ceremony for the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia was the first Asian country to host the games. |
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NASAs Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars. Scotland referendum, 1997 - Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament. |
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Union Pacific Railroad purchases Southern Pacific Railroad. |
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Frank Eugene Corder steals a Cessna plane, intending to crash it into the White House. |
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Hurricane Iniki, one of the most damaging hurricanes in United States history , devastates the State of Hawaii, especially the islands of Kauai and Oahu. |
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U.S. President George H. W. Bush delivers a nationally televised speech in which he threatens the use of force to remove Iraqi soldiers from Kuwait, which Iraq had recently invaded. He mentions the term "New World Order" in this speech for the first time, which is also named "Towards a New World Order". |
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The iron curtain opens between the communist Hungary and Austria. From Hungary thousands of East Germans throng to Austria and West Germany. |
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CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather, angry over being preempted for a tennis match, marches off the set, leaving affiliates with six minutes of an empty news desk. Twelve people die in a shoot-out in Jean-Bertrand Aristides church in Haiti. |
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Baseball: Pete Rose gets his 4,192nd career base hit, breaking Ty Cobbs record which stood for over 60 years. |
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The international forces, which were guaranteeing the safety of Palestinian refugees following Israels 1982 Invasion of Lebanon, left Beirut. Five days later, several thousand refugees were massacred in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps. |
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U.S. President Jimmy Carter, President Sadat of Egypt, and Prime Minister Begin of Israel met at Camp David and agreed on a framework for peace between Israel and Egypt and a comprehensive peace in the Middle East. |
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Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew. The Stranglers formed in Guildford, Surrey. |
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A coup in Chile headed by General Augusto Pinochet topples the democratically elected President Salvador Allende[1]. Pinochet remains in power for almost 17 years. |
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Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) in San Francisco, California begins regular service. The Closing Ceremony of the Munich Olympics takes place. It was the Summer Olympics when the terrorist attack known as the Munich Massacre happened. |
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The Egyptian Constitution becomes official. |
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88 of the hostages from the Dawsons Field hijackings are released. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews or Israeli citizens, are held until September 25. The Ford Pinto is introduced. |
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The 1st Cavalry Division of the United States Army arrives in Vietnam. |
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Formation of the World Wildlife Fund. Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the strongest storm ever to hit the state. |
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Young Americans for Freedom meeting at home of William F. Buckley, Jr. promulgates the Sharon Statement. |
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Lee Harvey Oswald is discharged from the United States Marine Corps. |
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People to People International is founded by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. |
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Dedication of the first Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Europe, the Bern Switzerland Temple. |
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Henri Queuille becomes Prime Minister of France. |
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World War II: Liberation of the Japanese-run POW and civilian internee camp at Batu Lintang, Kuching, Sarawak on the island of Borneo by Australian 9th Division forces. Over 2,000 prisoners, including women and children, were due to be executed on 15 September. |
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World War II: the first allied troops of the U.S. Army cross the western border of Nazi Germany. RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500. |
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World War II: German troops occupy Corsica and Kosovo-Metohija. Start of the liquidation of the Ghettos in Minsk and Lida by the Nazis. |
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Ground broken for the construction of The Pentagon. World War II: U.S. Navy ordered to attack German U-boats. Charles Lindbergs Des Moines Speech accusing the British, Jews and FDRs administration of pressing for war with Germany. |
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George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer. World War II: Buckingham Palace is damaged during a German air raid. |
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Franciszek Zwirko and Stanislaw Wigura, Polish Challenge 1932 winners, killed in a plane crash as their RWD 6 crashed into the ground during a storm. |
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Salvatore Maranzano is murdered by Charles Lucianos hitmen. |
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An assassination attempt on Benito Mussolini fails. |
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The British Mandate of Palestine begins. The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia. One of the Herald Sun of Melbourne, Australias predecessor papers The Sun News-Pictorial is founded. |
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Motion picture star Fatty Arbuckle is arrested for rape. Nahalal, the first moshav in Israel, is settled. |
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U.S. Marines invade Honduras. |
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Major League Baseball: The Boston Red Sox win last World Series until 2004, starting the "Curse of the Bambino." |
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The Quebec Bridges central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge initially collapsed in toto on August 29, 1907. |
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The Pennsylvania Railroad begins electrified commuter rail service between Paoli and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, using overhead AC trolley wires for power. |
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Australia invades New Britain, defeating a German contingent there. |
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Middle Tennessee State University is founded in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, as Middle Tennessee Normal School. |
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Mahatma Gandhi coins the term Satyagraha to characterize the Non-Violence movement in South Africa. |
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After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom. |
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First World Parliament of Religions conference held. |
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The Jewish Colonization Association is established by Baron Maurice de Hirsch. |
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Death of the Argentine politician Domingo Sarmiento, after whom the Latin American Teachers Day was chosen. |
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Work completed on the Wallace Monument. |
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