Wednesday, September 20, 2017

History for September 20

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History for September 20 - On-This-Day.com
Upton Sinclair 1878, Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton 1890, Dr. Joyce Brothers 1928
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 Anne Meara 1929 - Actress, comdian, Sophia Loren 1934 - Actress, Gary Cole 1957 - Actor
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 1519 - Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan left Spain to find a route to the Spice Islands of Indonesia. Magellan was killed during the trip, but one of his ships eventually made the journey.
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 1881 - Chester A. Arthur became the 21st president of the U.S. President James A. Garfield had died the day before.
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 1955 - "You'll Never Be Rich" premiered on CBS-TV. The name was changed less than two months later to "The Phil Silvers Show."
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 1962 - James Meredith, a black student, was blocked from enrolling at the University of Mississippi by Governor Ross R. Barnett. Meredith was later admitted.
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 1967 - The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) was launched. It went out of service on November 27, 2008.
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 1984 - "The Cosby Show" premiered on NBC-TV.
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 1991 - U.N. weapons inspectors left for Iraq in a renewed search for Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.
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 1995 - The U.S. House of Representatives voted to drop the national speed limit. This allowed the states to decide their own speed limits.
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