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September 10, 1997 Discovery buys Travel Channel for $20 million September 10, 1997 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation September 10, 1997 Mark McGwire joins Babe as only players to hit 50 home runs in 2 consec yrs September 10, 1995 115th U.S. Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi (64 63 46 75) September 10, 1995 35th Walker Cup: Britain-Ireland beats U.S., 14-10 September 10, 1995 47th Emmy Awards: NYPD Blue, ER, Fraiser and Candice Bergen wins September 10, 1995 Alison Nicholas wins PING-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship September 10, 1995 Browns and Indians, play simultaneous regular season games in Cleveland for only time, Browns 22-6 over Tampa, Indians 5-3 over Orioles September 10, 1994 108th U.S. Womens Tennis: Aranxta S Vicario beats Steffi Graf (16 76 64) September 10, 1994 Chong Hey swims female record 400m medley (4:01.67)/100m backstroke September 10, 1993 1,000 Boeing 747 jumbo planes produced September 10, 1993 Actress Loretta Young, 80, weds costume designer Jean Louis, 85 September 10, 1993 Israel and PLO sign joint recognition statements September 10, 1992 Bud Selig becomes interm commissioner of baseball September 10, 1992 Lucy in Peanuts comics raises her Pyschiatric Help from 5 cents to 47 cents September 10, 1992 MTV Video Music Awards, Howard Stern appears as fartman September 10, 1991 Senate Committee begins hearings on Clarence Thomas' nomination September 10, 1991 Yolanda Gail Devers runs U.S. female record 100m hurdles (12.48 secs) September 10, 1990 19 year old Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi to win U.S. Open September 10, 1990 1st time since 1966 that all 8 grand slam tennis champs are different September 10, 1990 Ellis Island reopens as a museum September 10, 1990 George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Helsinki September 10, 1990 Hard Rock Cafe opens in Las Vegas, Nevada September 10, 1990 Iran agrees to resume diplomatic ties with Iraq September 10, 1990 Mariner Matt Young becomes 21st AL'er to strike out 4 in 1 inning September 10, 1990 1st time in New York Yankee history they are completely swept season series, Oakland A's beat them 12 games to 0 September 10, 1989 109th U.S. Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats Ivan Lendl (76 16 63 76) September 10, 1989 5 days after hitting a HR for Yankees in a 12-2 win over the Mariners, September 10, 1989 Browns allow Pittsburgh only 53 net yards, a team defensive record September 10, 1989 East Germans begin their flight to west (via Hungary and Czech) September 10, 1989 Muffin Spencer-Devlin wins LPGA Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship September 10, 1989 Deion Sanders returns a punt 68 yards for a touchdown September 10, 1988 Hurricane Gilbert, kills 300 in Jamaica, Texas and Yucatan September 10, 1988 102nd U.S. Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Gabriela Sabatini (63 36 61) September 10, 1988 Gretchen Elizabeth Carlson (Minn), 22, crowned 62nd Miss America 1989 September 10, 1986 Bryan O'Connor named chairman of Space Flight Safety Panel September 10, 1984 Discovery returns to Kennedy Space Center via Altus AFB, Okla September 10, 1984 Sean O'Keefe (11) is youngest to cycle across U.S. (24 days) September 10, 1983 97th U.S. Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Chris Evert L Mills (61 63) September 10, 1983 Larry Holmes TKOs Scott Frank in 5 for heavyweight boxing title September 10, 1982 Decca releases Beatle audition "Complete Silver Beatles" album September 10, 1981 "Guernica" of Pablo Picasso returns to Spain September 10, 1980 Expos Bill Gullickson, sets rookie record of striking out 18 September 10, 1980 Peter Comita replaces Tom Peterson of Cheap Trick September 10, 1979 3 Puerto Rican nationalists who attempted to kill Truman are freed September 10, 1978 "Timbuktu!" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 243 performances September 10, 1978 98th U.S. Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats Bjorn Borg (64 62 62) September 10, 1978 Arlyne Rhode sets female footbow distance record (1,113 yds and 30") September 10, 1978 Jimmy Connors is 1st player to win U.S. Open on 3 different surfaces September 10, 1978 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open September 10, 1978 4th game of Boston Massacre; Yanks beat Red Sox 7-4. This ties them for 1st place. Yanks out hit 'em 67-21; score 42-9 September 10, 1977 91st U.S. Womens Tennis: Chris Evert L Mills beats W Turnbull (76 62) September 10, 1977 Blue Jays beat Yankees 19-3 with 20 hits September 10, 1977 Christa Vahlensieck runs female world record marathon (2:34:47.5) September 10, 1977 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation September 10, 1977 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation September 10, 1977 Susan Perkins (Ohio), crowned 50th Miss America 1978 September 10, 1976 2 airliners collide over Yugoslavia, kills all 176 aboard September 10, 1976 5 Croatian terrorists capture TWA-plane at La Guardia Airport, New York September 10, 1974 Lou Brock ties (104) and then sets (105) baseball stolen base mark September 10, 1974 New York Dolls disband September 10, 1974 Portugal recognizes independence of Rep of Guinea-Bissau September 10, 1974 Teuvo Louhivouri sets cycling distance record of 515.8 mi in 24 hrs September 10, 1973 Muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton September 10, 1973 New York Jets trade pro footballs leading receiver Don Maynard to St. Louis September 10, 1972 20th Olympic games close at Munich, German FR September 10, 1972 92nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Ilie Nastase beats Arthur Ashe (36 63 67 64 63) September 10, 1972 Emerson Fittipaldi is youngest to win an auto race World Championship September 10, 1972 Frank Shorter wins 17th Olympic marathon (2:12:19.8) September 10, 1972 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open September 10, 1972 U.S. Men's olympic basketball teams 1st lose, 51-50 to U.S.S.R. (disputed) September 10, 1972 WKAR TV channel 23 in East Lansing, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting September 10, 1971 KVUE TV channel 24 in Austin, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting September 10, 1969 New York Mets sweep Montreal Expos putting them in 1st place for 1st time September 10, 1969 U.S. performs nuclear test at Grand Valley Colorado September 10, 1967 81st U.S. Womens Tennis: Billie Jean M King beats Ann H Jones (119 64) September 10, 1967 87th U.S. Mens Tennis: John Newcombe beats Clark Graebner (64 64 86) September 10, 1967 Chicago White Sox Joel Horlen no-hits Det Tigers, 6-0 September 10, 1967 Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Pacific Golf Classic September 10, 1967 Gibraltar votes 12,138 to 44 to remain British and not Spanish September 10, 1967 Joel Horlen revives Chicago's pennant hopes with a 5-0 no-hit win September 10, 1967 KVVU TV channel 5 in Henderson-Las Vegas, NV (IND) begins broadcasting September 10, 1966 Beatles' "Revolver," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 6 weeks September 10, 1966 Muhammad Ali TKOs Karl Mildenberger in 12 for heavyweight boxing title September 10, 1966 Neal Diamond's 1st chart song (Cherry Cherry) September 10, 1965 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site September 10, 1965 Phillies 10,000th game to a decision since 1900, Phils beat Cards September 10, 1965 WUND TV channel 2 in Columbia, North Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting September 10, 1964 Palestinian Liberation Army (PLA) forms September 10, 1964 Rod Steward records his 1st single "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" September 10, 1963 20 black students entered public schools in Alabama September 10, 1963 Phillies beat Houston Colt .45s, 16-0 September 10, 1963 Stan Musial hits a HR in his 1st at bat as a grandfather September 10, 1962 82nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Rodney G Laver beats Roy Emerson (62 64 57 64) September 10, 1962 KLRN TV channel 9 in San Antonio, Texas (PBS) begins broadcasting September 10, 1962 Maryland Campaign (Antietam Campaign) September 10, 1962 WDCN TV channel 8 in Nashville, Tennessee (PBS) begins broadcasting September 10, 1961 75th U.S. Womens Tennis: Darlene R Hard beats Ann Haydon Jones (63 64) September 10, 1961 81st U.S. Mens Tennis: Roy Emerson beats Rodney G Laver (75 63 62) September 10, 1961 Mickey Mantle becomes 7th to hit HR # 400 September 10, 1961 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. September 10, 1960 Abebe Bikila runs Olympic/World record marathon (2:15:16.2) September 10, 1960 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 643' HR over right field roof in Detroit September 10, 1958 WJCT TV channel 7 in Jacksonville, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting September 10, 1957 "Mask and Gown" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 39 performances September 10, 1956 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia September 10, 1956 Louisville Kentucky public schools integrates September 10, 1956 WSYE (now WETM) TV chan 18 in Elmira-Corning, New York (NBC) 1st broadcast September 10, 1955 "Gunsmoke" premieres on CBS TV September 10, 1954 12 second shock kills 1,460 in Orleansville Algeria September 10, 1954 WLUK TV channel 11 in Green Bay, Wisconsin (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting September 10, 1954 Attempting to handle Hoyt Wilhelm's knuckleball catcher Ray Katt of Giants sets a major league record with 4 passed balls September 10, 1953 Swanson sells it's 1st "TV dinner" September 10, 1952 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Thomasville Golf Open September 10, 1951 British begins economic boycott of Iran September 10, 1950 Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st to hit 3 HR in a game at Griffith Stadium September 10, 1949 "Cabatgata (A Night in Spain)" closes at Broadway New York City after 76 performances September 10, 1948 Bijz Criminal division sentences war criminal Jacob Folks to life September 10, 1948 Bradman scores 153 in his last 1st-class cricket innings in England September 10, 1945 KLS-AM in Oakland California changes call letters to KWBR (now KDIA) September 10, 1945 Vidkun Quisling sentenced to death for collaborating with Nazis September 10, 1944 Lt-gen Frederick Browning against Montgomery "But, sir, I think we might be going a bridge too far" September 10, 1943 British 8th army occupies Tarente September 10, 1943 German troops occupied Rome and took over the protection of Vatican City September 10, 1943 Italian fleet anchors at Malta September 10, 1943 Lt-Gen Bradley arrives in Prestwick/London September 10, 1942 British troops lands on Madagascar September 10, 1942 RAF drops 100,000 bombs on Dusseldorf September 10, 1939 Canada declares war on Germany September 10, 1939 In WW II, Canada declared war on Germany September 10, 1937 2nd American Football League plays 1st game (LA 21, Pittsburgh 0) September 10, 1937 Cleveland (Los Angeles) Rams plays their 1st NFL game, lose 28-0 September 10, 1933 1st Negro League All-Star Game, West beats East 11-7 (Comiskey Park) September 10, 1933 53rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Fred Perry beats J H Crawford (63 11-13 46 60 61) September 10, 1932 52nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Henry E Vines beats Henri Cochet (64 64 64) September 10, 1932 Dodgers Johnny Frederick hits record 6th pinch-hit HR of the season September 10, 1932 Independent City Owned Rapid Transit Railroad (IND) opens in New York City September 10, 1931 Lord Cecil of British Government says War was never so improbable September 10, 1930 Charles E Mitchell, named minister to Liberia September 10, 1927 22nd Davis Cup: France beats USA in Philadelphia (3-2) September 10, 1926 Allies-German treaty of Koblenz drawn September 10, 1926 Germany joins League of Nations September 10, 1924 Giants rip Braves 22-1, Frisch goes 6-for-6 before grounding out September 10, 1924 Leopold and Loeb found guilty of murder September 10, 1923 Irish Free state joins League of Nations September 10, 1922 Largest Polo Grounds crowd see Meusel, Ruth and Gehrig consecutive HRs September 10, 1919 Indian's Ray Caldwell no-hits Yankees 3-0 September 10, 1919 New York City welcomes home Gen John J Pershing and 25,000 WW I soldiers September 10, 1919 Treaty of St. Germain: Austria ends incorporation with Germany September 10, 1918 Players on both sides threaten to strike the World Series unless they are guaranteed $2,500 to the winners and $1,000 each for the losers September 10, 1913 1st U.S. paved coast-to-coast highway, the Lincoln Highway, opens September 10, 1913 Cleveland Call and Post forms September 10, 1913 George W Buckner, named minister to Liberia September 10, 1913 Lincoln Highway opens as 1st paved coast-to-coast highway September 10, 1910 Great Idaho Fire destroys 3 million acres of timber September 10, 1905 Japanese battleship Mikasa explodes September 10, 1902 Utrecht soccer team UVV forms September 10, 1900 20.3 cm rainfall at Elk Point, South Dakota (state record) September 10, 1899 2nd quake in 7 days (8.6) hits Yakutat Bay Alaska September 10, 1898 Lord Kitchener's ships sails from Kartoum to Fashoda September 10, 1897 Police shoot at striking mine workers in Penns, kills 20 September 10, 1884 Congressman John R Lynch presides over Republican National Convention September 10, 1882 1st international conference to promote anti-semitism meets Dresden Germany (Congress for Safeguarding of Non-Jewish Interests) September 10, 1880 Pierre de Brazza signs treaty with King Makoko of Congo September 10, 1872 Karl Marx speaks in Amsterdam September 10, 1870 Dutch Jurist Cooperation forms September 10, 1869 Baptist minister invents rickshaw in Yokohama, Japan September 10, 1863 George Bizets opera "Les Pˆcheurs de Perles," premieres in Paris September 10, 1861 Battle at Cheat Mountain, Elkwater West Virginia September 10, 1861 Battle of Carnifex Ferry VA, 170 casualities September 10, 1858 John Holden hits 1st recorded HR (Brooklyn vs New York) September 10, 1849 1st performance by U.S. actor Edwin Booth (Richard III) September 10, 1847 1st theater opens in Hawaii September 10, 1846 Elias Howe patents sewing machine September 10, 1846 Japan invents the rickshaw September 10, 1845 King Willem II opens Amsterdam Stock exchange September 10, 1838 Hector Berlioz' opera "Benvenuto Cellini," premieres in Paris September 10, 1823 Simon Bolivar named president of Peru September 10, 1813 Comm Oliver H Perry defeats British in Battle of Lake Erie September 10, 1798 British Honduras beats Spain in battle of St. George September 10, 1785 Prussia signs trade agreement with US September 10, 1776 George Washington asks for a spy volunteer, Nathan Hale volunteers September 10, 1608 John Smith elected president of Jamestown colony council, Va September 10, 1547 Battle at Pinkie, Midlothian: English beat the Scots September 10, 1547 English demand Edward VI, 10, wed Mary Queen of Scots, 5 September 10, 1510 Bishop Frederik of Bathe recaptures Oldenzaal September 10, 1349 Jews who survived a massacre in Constance Germany are burned to death September 10, 918 Arnulf I the Old becomes landsheer of Flanders September 10, 422 St. Celestine I begins his reign as Catholic Pope |