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Saturday September 6, 2014 This is the 249th day of the year, with 116 days remaining in 2014. Fact of the Day: Georgia Georgia is the largest state east of the Mississippi River and by many years the youngest of the 13 former English Colonies.
Holidays Swaziland: Somhlolo Day/Independence Day.
Scotland: Braemar Highland Gathering.
Sao Tome and Principe: National Heroes' Day.
Events 394 - Theodosius became sole ruler of Italy after defeating Eugenius at the Battle of the River Frigidus.
1552 - One of Ferdinand Magellan's ships returned to Spain, having successfully circumnavigated the globe.
1837 - First U.S. coeducational college opened in Oberlin, Ohio -- the Oberlin Collegiate Institute (now Oberlin College).
1869 - The first major coal mine disaster in the U.S. took place at Avondale, Pennsylvania. A fire broke out in a mineshaft and 110 miners were trapped inside and died.
1899 - Carnation Company made the first can of evaporated milk.
1901 - President William McKinley was mortally wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. McKinley died eight days later and Theodore Roosevelt became President.
1907 - Luxury liner Lusitania departed London for New York on her maiden voyage.
1909 - Word was received from American explorer Robert Peary that he had reached the North Pole five months earlier.
1920 - First prizefight broadcasted on the radio (Jack Dempsey v. Billy Miske).
1936 - Beryl Markham flew the first east-to-west solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
1939 - South Africa declared war on Germany.
1952 - Canadian television broadcasting began in Montreal.
1953 - The last official act of the Korean War took place as American and Korean prisoners are exchanged in Operation Big Switch.
1954 - Ground-breaking ceremony was held for the first U.S. nuclear power plant (Shippingport, Pennsylvania).
1955 - "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp" premiered on TV.
1966 - South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd was stabbed to death by a parliamentary page during a session in Cape Town. Verwoerd was an architect of South Africa's racist apartheid policies.
1975 - Czechoslovakian tennis star Martina Navratilova requested U.S. asylum.
1988 - Lee Roy Young became the first African-American Texas Ranger.
1989 - Ben Johnson's victories were removed from the record books after tests showed that he had used performance-enhancing drugs.
1991 - Soviet government recognized the Baltic states of Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania.
1991 - Leningrad's name changed back to St. Petersburg.
1997 - Princess Diana's funeral was held in Westminster Abbey.
2000 - The Millennium Summit takes place at the United Nations headquarters in New York City.
2001 - Mexican President Vicente Fox addressed a joint session of the U.S. Congress.
2004 - Former President Bill Clinton underwent successful heart bypass surgery during a four-hour procedure at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia.
Births 1757 - Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roche-Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de LaFayette, French soldier and statesman who aided George Washington during the American Revolution.
1766 - English scientist John Dalton, who first propounded the atomic theory of matter.
1860 - Jane Addams, American social reformer and pacifist who founded Chicago's Hull House and received the Nobel Peace Prize (1931).
1888 - Joseph P. Kennedy, father of John F. Kennedy, Robert F Kennedy, and Ted Kennedy.
1892 - Edward Appleton, English physicist and Nobel prize-winner for physics (1947) whose discovery of the upper region of the ionosphere led to the development of radar.
1899 - Billy Rose, American songwriter ("Me and My Shadow") and theatrical producer.
1928 - Robert Pirsig, American, author of "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance."
1937 - Jo Anne Worley, American actress.
1943 - Roger Waters, British rock musician.
1947 - Jane Curtin, American actress and comedienne.
1958 - Jeff Foxworthy, American comedian.
Deaths 1566 - Suleiman I (the Magnificent) of the Ottoman Empire.
1701 - James II, king of England.
1966 - Margaret Sanger, American birth control activist and founder of Planned Parenthood.
1984 - Ernest Tubb, American singer and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of country music.
1998 - Akira Kurosawa, Japanese film director.
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