On this day in history.

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I've seen it happen before.

What did you think about that? OMG are you going to report me? Please don't , I just cleared my name! I should have said I don't want to be an addict for long now that I'm already a junkie!

 

[J. A.]

September 15, 1890: Agatha Christie, English author, is born.





Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_Christie

 

[J. A.]

September 16, 1966: The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera, Antony and Cleopatra.





Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Opera_House_(Lincoln_Center)

 

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Sep 16, 1982:[h=1]Massacres at Sabra and Shatila[/h]

 

[J. A.]

September 17, 1976: The first Space Shuttle, Enterprise, is unveiled by NASA.





Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Enterprise

 

[J. A.]

September 18, 1819: Léon Foucault, French physicist, was born.





Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Léon_Foucault

 

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Clemens strikes out 20, again, 1996.... one of the greatest pitchers in my era

 

[J. A.]

September 19, 1991: Ötzi the Iceman is discovered by German tourists.




Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ötzi_the_Iceman

 

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President James Garfield dies, 1881

 

[J. A.]

September 20, 1967: RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 is launched at John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland. It is operated by the Cunard Line.




Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Queen_Elizabeth_2

 

[J. A.]

September 21, 1866: H. G. Wells, English author, was born.




Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._G._Wells

 

[J. A.]

September 22, 1888: The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.




Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Geographic_Magazine

 

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Japanese gather preliminary data on Pearl Harbor, 1941

 

[J. A.]

September 25, 1992: NASA launches the Mars Observer, a $511 million probe to Mars, in the first U.S. mission to the planet in 17 years. Eleven months later, the probe would fail.




Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Observer

 

[rjkgr]

The Brady Bunch premieres, 1969