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"The Days, Events and History that shape my life
for the past hundreds,
and hundreds and hundreds of years"
Thoughts for the Day
"A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five
minutes
longer." ---- Ralph Walo Emerson (1803-1882)
American poet and essayist
"This is not only an attack on the United States, but an attack on
the
civilized world," proclaimed German Chancellor Gerhard Schneider,
responding to the
Sept. 11 terrorist assaults on America.
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In 1777, troops commanded by Gen. George Washington were defeated
by the British under Gen. William Howe in the Battle of Brandywine.
In 1789, Alexander Hamilton was appointed the first U.S. secretary of the
treasury.
In 1841, all members of President John Tyler's Cabinet resigned, except Secretary
of State Daniel Webster, in protest of Tyler's veto of a banking bill.
In 1847, Stephen Foster's first hit, "Oh! Susanna," had its debut at a
concert in a Pittsburgh saloon and soon became standard for minstrel troupes..
In 1921, Fatty Arbuckle, one of the foremost comedians of the silent movie
days, was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter in the death of a starlet in an
alleged sexual assault during a wild drinking party. Arbuckle was eventually
cleared but his career had been ruined.
In 1959, Congress passed a bill authorizing food stamps for low-income
Americans.
In 1972, the troubled Munich Summer Olympics ended.
In 1973, the elected Socialist government
of Salvador Allende of Chile was toppled in a right-wing military coup
supported by the CIA. Allende died, reportedly by his own hand.
In 1985, Pete Rose's 4,192nd hit broke Ty Cobb's 57-year old career record as
the Cincinnati Reds beat the San Diego Padres, 2-0.
In 1991, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev announced negotiations to withdraw
11,000 Soviet military advisers from Cuba and eliminate a $2 billion annual
subsidy.
In 1991, Israel released 51 Lebanese and Palestinian prisoners after
confirming the deaths of two missing Israeli soldiers in Lebanon.
In 1992, Hurricane Iniki, packing winds gusting to 160 mph, roared ashore on
the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
In 1992, six people were killed when two small planes collided in flight over
Indianapolis and crashed into a heavily populated area.
In 1992, a 17-year-old gunman opened fire in a high school hallway in
Amarillo, Texas, following a pep rally. Eight students were injured.
In 1996, the Iraqis fired at -- but missed -- two American warplanes
patrolling the no-fly zone. Washington ordered U.S. forces to the region.
In 1997, Mother Teresa received the first state funeral accorded a private
citizen of India since the death of Mohandas K. Gandhi in 1948. It was attended
by foreign
heads of state and other dignitaries, including U.S. first lady Hillary
Rodham Clinton.
Also, Scots voted to create their own Parliament after 290 years of union
with England.
In 1998, as the U.S. House voted to release to the public the text of the
Starr report, President Clinton told religious leaders that he had sinned.
In 2000, an FTC report accused the entertainment industry of deliberately
marketing violence entertainment to children.
On Sept. 11, 2001, America was staggered by a monstrous, well-coordinated
terrorist assault. A gang of 19 Islamic men hijacked four airliners and slammed
two of them into the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center in the
financial district of lower Manhattan, causing both sky-scrapers to collapse,
trapping not only the many people trying to flee but hundreds of their would-be
rescuers as well. Meanwhile, a third plane crashed into the Pentagon outside
Washington and a fourth, believed also headed for Washington, crashed in a
Pennsylvania field after passengers apparently jumped their hijackers. The death toll
was placed at more than 3,000, most of whom died at the World Trade Center.
President George W. Bush pledged to destroy the responsible terrorist
organizations as well as the regimes that supported them. Osama bin Laden, a wealthy
anti-American Saudi exile operating out of Afghanistan and leader of al-Qaida, a
shadowy, far-flung terrorist organization, was identified as the ringleader
of the attacks.
In 2002, somber memorial observances were held across the nation on the first
anniversary of the attacks as the United States further tightened security in
anticipation of more terrorist activity.
In 2002, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, under German indictment on 3,000 charges of
murder stemming from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, was arrested in
Pakistan with others allegedly linked to al-Qaida.
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