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Sep 10, 1776: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy behind British lines
On this day in 1776, General George Washington asks for a volunteer for an extremely dangerous mission: to gather intelligence behind enemy lines before the coming Battle of Harlem Heights. Captain Nathan Hale of the 19th Regiment of the Continental Army stepped forward and subsequently become one of the first known American spies of the Revolutionary War.
Disguised as a Dutch schoolmaster, the Yale University-educated Hale slipped behind British lines on Long Island and then successfully gathered information about British troop movements for the next several weeks. While Hale was behind enemy lines, the British invaded the island of Manhattan; they took control of the city on September 15, 1776. When the city was set on fire on September 20, 1776, British soldiers were put on high alert for sympathizers to the Patriot cause. The following evening, on September 21, 1776, Hale was captured while sailing Long Island Sound, trying to cross back into American-controlled territory.
Hale was interrogated by British General William Howe and, when it was discovered that he was carrying incriminating documents, General Howe ordered his execution for spying, which was set for the following morning. After being led to the gallows, legend holds that Hale was asked if he had any last words and that he replied with these now-famous words, "I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country." There is no historical record to prove that Hale actually made this statement, but, if he did, he may have been inspired by these lines in English author Joseph Addison's 1713 play Cato: "What a pity it is/That we can die but once to serve our country."
Patriot spy Nathan Hale was hanged by the British on the morning of September 22, 1776. He was just 21 years old. Although rumors later surfaced that Hale’s capture was the result of a betrayal by his first cousin and British Loyalist Samuel Hale, the exact circumstances leading to Hale’s arrest have never been discovered.
Sep 10, 1991: Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is released as a single
You either had to be part of a fairly small subculture of music fans or a professional on the business side of the music industry to have heard of Nirvana before the autumn of 1991. To the few who followed their particular brand of alternative music before "alternative" went mainstream, Nirvana had announced themselves as a band to watch with their independently produced 1989 album Bleach. And to the music-business pros who knew that Bleach sold 30,000 copies after being produced for only $600, Nirvana was seen as a prime candidate for a breakout with their second album being released by the major label Geffen Records. But absolutely no one—not Nirvana's biggest fans, not their biggest industry supporters and certainly not the band-members themselves— suspected the magnitude of what was about to happen. In just a few short months, a group that was a complete nonentity to the mainstream music-buying public would become the most important rock band on earth. The transformation began on this day in 1991, with the release of Nirvana's landmark single, "Smells Like Teen Spirit."
The song Nirvana's label and management hoped would be a hit off the band's forthcoming album, Nevermind, was "Come as You Are," which was set for release later in the fall. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was released quietly and without significant promotion in the hopes that it would begin building awareness of the new album among listeners to college and alternative radio. "None of us heard it as a crossover song," Nirvana's manager, Danny Goldberg, later recalled, "but the public heard it and it was instantaneous. They heard it on alternative radio and then they rushed out like lemmings to buy it."
Kurt Cobain, Nirvana's guitarist, lead singer and primary songwriter, had to be talked into even including "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on Nevermind by his bandmates bassist Krist Novoselic and drummer Dave Grohl. He was self-conscious about a song he'd written as a conscious rip-off of the Pixies' hard-and-loud, then soft-and-quiet style. But most of the millions who would soon become Nirvana fans had probably never heard of The Pixies or the other punk, hardcore and alternative bands that had inspired and influenced Kurt Cobain. He was the product of an underground scene far outside the pop-music mainstream, but his gift for channeling the noise and anger of that scene into brilliantly accessible songs like "Smells Like Teen Spirit" ended up redefining the mainstream itself.
It was on this day that the video for Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was released. I remember hearing the song well before I ever saw the video, and having it impacted me, being as impressed as I was with the song. So my memories of the video already took a backseat to the actual song, although for most young people like myself at the time, who had cable, perhaps their first impressions of the song actually came from MTV airing the video. In any case, their is no denying just how huge the song, and the video, became, and how much it changed the music world (at least for a little while). It went from typical, long-standing dominance by artists such as Michael Jackson, Madonna, Whitney Houston, and Prince, to suddenly, an explosion of a more radical and raw form of music. It was the age of "grunge". Suddenly, stage diving and mosh pits in overcrowded venues were all the rage. And the early nineties music scene seemed, at least to me, so much more real than that which had preceded it. Stupidly, I had assumed (and hoped) that it was a permanent shift, that people would not go back to popular bands like the Backstreet Boys. But boys bands would be back in fashion before too long.
Still, I find myself marveling sometimes at just how incredible the music scene of the early nineties really was. U2 had just released Achtung Baby, which I think I personally would place as the album of the nineties. The Red Hot Chili Peppers released Blood Sugar Sex Magic, which again, if I can be so bold as to put forth a slice of my own opinion, probably ranks a very respectable second on the album of the decade list. Metallica changed their image, donning all black attire and with a new, "Black" album to boot - easily their most popular effort to that point, catapulting to widespread prominence and instant name recognition they had ever before known, outside of metal circles. Guns 'N Roses, who had enjoyed popularity on a ridiculous scale with Appetite for Destruction, released Use Your Illusion I & II in 1992. Of course, the so-called Seattle scene was just about to explode with national and, yes,. international, fame. Alice in Chains released Dirt, and saw their previous albums rise in popularity. Soundgarden released Badmotorfinger, and enjoyed their meteoric rise in popularity. Pearl Jam had released their debut album, Ten, the year before, and were quickly rising in popularity throughout 1992. They would grow to become phenomenally popular, probably the biggest band in the world before long. But before they did, Nirvana had their turn on top of the music world, with their second album, Nevermind, and of course, Smells Like Teen Spirit, the song that not only propelled them to the top, but seemed to lift a whole alternative music scene along with it.
Here's a more detailed look at events that transpired on this date throughout history:
422 - St Celestine I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
506 - The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of
Agde.
918 - Arnulf I the Old becomes landsheer of Flanders
1349 - Jews who survived a massacre in Constance Germany are
burned to death
1510 - Bishop Frederik of Bathe recaptures Oldenzaal
1547 - Battle at Pinkie, Midlothian: English beat the Scots
1547 - English demand Edward VI, 10, wed Mary Queen of
Scots, 5
1608 - John Smith elected president of Jamestown colony
council, Va
1776 - George Washington asks for a spy volunteer, Nathan
Hale volunteers
1785 - Prussia signs trade agreement with US
1798 - British Honduras beats Spain in battle of St George
1813 - Comm Oliver H Perry defeats British in Battle of Lake
Erie
1823 - Simon Bolivar named president of Peru
1838 - Hector Berlioz' opera "Benvenuto Cellini,"
premieres in Paris
1845 - King Willem II opens Amsterdam Stock exchange
1846 - Elias Howe patents sewing machine
1847 - 1st theater opens in Hawaii
1849 - 1st performance by US actor Edwin Booth (Richard III)
1858 - John Holden hits 1st recorded HR (Bkln vs NY)
Military and Political Leader Simon BolivarMilitary and
Political Leader Simon Bolivar 1858 - George Mary Searle discovers the asteroid
55 Pandora.
1861 - -15] Battle at Cheat Mountain, Elkwater West Virginia
1861 - Battle of Carnifex Ferry VA, 170 casualities
1863 - George Bizet's opera "Les Pêcheurs de
Perles," premieres in Paris
1869 - Baptist minister supposedly invents rickshaw in
Yokohama, Japan
1870 - Dutch Jurist Cooperation forms
1872 - Karl Marx speaks in Amsterdam
1880 - Pierre de Brazza signs treaty with King Makoko of
Congo
1882 - 1st international conference to promote anti-semitism
meets Dresden Germany (Congress for Safeguarding of Non-Jewish Interests)
1884 - Congressman John R Lynch presides over Republican
National Convention
1894 - London taxi driver George Smith is first fined for
drunk driving
1897 - Lattimer Massacre - a sheriff's posse kills twenty
unarmed immigrant miners in Pennsylvania, United States.
1898 - Lord Kitchener's ships sails from Kartoum to Fashoda
1898 - Empress Elizabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi
Lucheni.
1899 - 2nd quake in 7 days (8.6) hits Yakutat Bay Alaska
Communist Philosopher Karl MarxCommunist Philosopher Karl
Marx 1900 - 20.3 cm rainfall at Elk Point, South Dakota (state record)
1902 - Utrecht soccer team UVV forms
1905 - Japanese battleship Mikasa explodes
1910 - Great Idaho Fire destroys 3 million acres of timber
1913 - Cleveland Call & Post forms
1913 - George W Buckner, named minister to Liberia
1913 - Lincoln Highway opens as 1st paved coast-to-coast
highway
1918 - Players on both sides threaten to strike the World
Series unless they are guaranteed $2,500 to the winners & $1,000 each for
the losers
1919 - Indian's Ray Caldwell no-hits Yankees 3-0
1919 - NYC welcomes home Gen John J Pershing & 25,000 WW
I soldiers
1919 - Treaty of St Germain: Austria ends incorporation with
Germany
1922 - Largest Polo Grounds crowd see Meusel, Ruth &
Gehrig consecutive HRs
1923 - Irish Free state joins League of Nations
1924 - Giants rip Braves 22-1, Frisch goes 6-for-6 before
grounding out
1924 - Leopold & Loeb found guilty of murder
US WW1 Commander John J. PershingUS WW1 Commander John J.
Pershing 1926 - Allies-German treaty of Koblenz drawn
1926 - Germany joins League of Nations
1927 - 22nd Davis Cup: France beats USA in Philadelphia
(3-2)
1927 - France had its first Davis Cup win, though it had
competed since 1905.
1930 - Charles E Mitchell, named minister to Liberia
1931 - Lord Cecil of British government says War was never
so improbable
1932 - 52nd US Mens Tennis: Henry E Vines beats Henri Cochet
(64 64 64)
1932 - Dodgers Johnny Frederick hits record 6th pinch-hit HR
of the season
1932 - Independent City Owned Rapid Transit Railroad (IND)
opens in NYC
1933 - 1st Negro League All-Star Game, West beats East 11-7
(Comiskey Park)
1933 - 53rd US Mens Tennis: Fred Perry beats J H Crawford
(63 11-13 46 60 61)
1937 - 2nd American Football League plays 1st game (LA 21,
Pittsburgh 0)
1937 - Cleveland (Los Angeles) Rams plays their 1st NFL
game, lose 28-0
1939 - Canada declares war on Germany
1940 - Buckingham Palace hit by German bomb
1942 - British troops lands on Madagascar
1942 - RAF drops 100,000 bombs on Dusseldorf
1943 - British 8th army occupies Tarente
1943 - German troops occupied Rome & took over the
protection of Vatican City
1943 - Italian fleet anchors at Malta
1943 - Lt-Gen Bradley arrives in Prestwick/London
1944 - Lt-gen Frederick Browning against Montgomery
"But, sir, I think we might be going a bridge too far"
1945 - KLS-AM in Oakland Ca changes call letters to KWBR
(now KDIA)
1945 - Vidkun Quisling sentenced to death for collaborating
with Nazis
1945 - Mike the Headless Chicken is decapitated; he survives
for another 18 months before choking to death.
1948 - Bijz Criminal division sentences war criminal Jacob
Folks to life
1948 - Bradman scores 153 in his last 1st-class cricket
innings in England
1949 - "Cabatgata (A Night in Spain)" closes at
Broadway NYC after 76 perfs
Yankee Clipper Joe DiMaggioYankee Clipper Joe DiMaggio 1950
- Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st to hit 3 HR in a game at Griffith Stadium
1951 - British begin economic boycott of Iran
1952 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Thomasville Golf Open
1953 - Swanson sells it's 1st "TV dinner"
1954 - 12 second shock kills 1,460 in Orleansville Algeria
1954 - WLUK TV channel 11 in Green Bay, WI (NBC/ABC) begins
broadcasting
1954 - Attempting to handle Hoyt Wilhelm's knuckleball
catcher Ray Katt of Giants sets a major league record with 4 passed balls
1955 - "Gunsmoke" premieres on CBS TV
1956 - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga,
Australia
1956 - Louisville Ky public schools integrates
1956 - WSYE (now WETM) TV chan 18 in Elmira-Corning, NY
(NBC) 1st broadcast
1957 - "Mask & Gown" opens at John Golden
Theater NYC for 39 performances
1958 - WJCT TV channel 7 in Jacksonville, FL (PBS) begins
broadcasting
1960 - Abebe Bikila runs Olympic/World record marathon
(2:15:16.2)
1960 - NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 643' HR over right field
roof in Detroit
1961 - 75th US Womens Tennis: Darlene R Hard beats Ann
Haydon Jones (63 64)
1961 - 81st US Mens Tennis: Roy Emerson beats Rodney G Laver
(75 63 62)
1961 - Mickey Mantle becomes 7th to hit HR # 400
1961 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1961 - Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of
German driver Wolfgang von Trips and 13 spectators hit by his Ferrari.
1962 - 82nd US Mens Tennis: Rodney G Laver beats Roy Emerson
(62 64 57 64)
1962 - KLRN TV channel 9 in San Antonio, TX (PBS) begins
broadcasting
1962 - WDCN TV channel 8 in Nashville, TN (PBS) begins
broadcasting
1963 - 20 black students entered public schools in Alabama
1963 - Phillies beat Houston Colt .45s, 16-0
1963 - Stan Musial hits a HR in his 1st at bat as a
grandfather
1964 - Palestinian Liberation Army (PLA) forms
1964 - Rod Steward records his 1st single "Good Morning
Little Schoolgirl"
1965 - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test
Site
1965 - Phillies 10,000th game to a decision since 1900,
Phils beat Cards
1965 - WUND TV channel 2 in Columbia, NC (PBS) begins
broadcasting
1966 - Beatles' "Revolver," album goes #1 &
stays #1 for 6 weeks
1966 - Muhammad Ali TKOs Karl Mildenberger in 12 for
heavyweight boxing title
1966 - Neal Diamond's 1st chart song (Cherry Cherry)
1967 - 81st US Womens Tennis: Billie Jean M King beats Ann H
Jones (119 64)
1967 - 87th US Mens Tennis: John Newcombe beats Clark
Graebner (64 64 86)
1967 - Chicago White Sox Joel Horlen no-hits Det Tigers, 6-0
1967 - Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Pacific Golf Classic
1967 - Gibraltar votes 12,138 to 44 to remain British &
not Spanish
1967 - Joel Horlen revives Chicago's pennant hopes with a
5-0 no-hit win
1967 - KVVU TV channel 5 in Henderson-Las Vegas, NV (IND)
begins broadcasting
1969 - NY Mets sweep Montreal Expos putting them in 1st
place for 1st time
1969 - US performs nuclear test at Grand Valley Colorado
1971 - KVUE TV channel 24 in Austin, TX (ABC) begins
broadcasting
1972 - 20th Olympic games close at Munich, German FR
1972 - 92nd US Mens Tennis: Ilie Nastase beats Arthur Ashe
(36 63 67 64 63)
1972 - Emerson Fittipaldi is youngest to win an auto race
World Championship
1972 - Frank Shorter wins 17th Olympic marathon (2:12:19.8)
1972 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
1972 - US Men's olympic basketball teams 1st lose, 51-50 to
USSR (disputed)
1972 - WKAR TV channel 23 in East Lansing, MI (PBS) begins
broadcasting
Heavyweight Boxing Champion Muhammad AliHeavyweight Boxing
Champion Muhammad Ali 1973 - Muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton
1973 - NY Jets trade pro footballs leading receiver Don
Maynard to St Louis
1974 - Lou Brock ties (104) & then sets (105) baseball
stolen base mark
1974 - NY Dolls disband
1974 - Portugal recognizes independence of Rep of
Guinea-Bissau
1974 - Teuvo Louhivouri sets cycling distance record of
515.8 mi in 24 hrs
1976 - 2 airliners collide over Yugoslavia, kills all 176
aboard
1976 - 5 Croatian terrorists capture TWA-plane at La Guardia
Airport, NY
1977 - 91st US Womens Tennis: Chris Evert L Mills beats W
Turnbull (76 62)
1977 - Blue Jays beat Yankees 19-3 with 20 hits
1977 - Christa Vahlensieck runs female world record marathon
(2:34:47.5)
1977 - Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation
1977 - Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
1977 - Susan Perkins (Ohio), crowned 50th Miss America 1978
1977 - Hamida Djandoubi, convicted for torture and murder,
is the last person to be executed by Guillotine in France.
1978 - "Timbuktu!" closes at Mark Hellinger
Theater NYC after 243 perfs
1978 - 98th US Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats Bjorn Borg
(64 62 62)
1978 - Arlyne Rhode sets female footbow distance record
(1,113 yds & 30")
1978 - Jimmy Connors is 1st player to win US Open on 3
different surfaces
1978 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital
Golf Open
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
1979 - 3 Puerto Rican nationalists who attempted to kill
Truman are freed
1980 - Expos Bill Gullickson, sets rookie record of striking
out 18
1980 - Peter Comita replaces Tom Peterson of Cheap Trick
1981 - "Guernica" by Pablo Picasso returns to
Spain
1982 - Decca releases Beatle audition "Complete Silver
Beatles" album
1983 - 97th US Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Chris
Evert L Mills (61 63)
1983 - Larry Holmes TKOs Scott Frank in 5 for heavyweight
boxing title
1984 - Discovery returns to Kennedy Space Center via Altus
AFB, Okla
1984 - Sean O'Keefe (11) is youngest to cycle across US (24
days)
1986 - Bryan O'Connor named chairman of Space Flight Safety
Panel
1988 - -18] Hurricane Gilbert, kills 300 in Jamaica, Texas
& Yucatan
Tennis Player Steffi GrafTennis Player Steffi Graf 1988 -
102nd US Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Gabriela Sabatini (63 36 61)
1988 - Gretchen Elizabeth Carlson (Minn), 22, crowned 62nd
Miss America 1989
1989 - 109th US Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats Ivan Lendl
(76 16 63 76)
1989 - 5 days after hitting a HR for Yankees in a 12-2 win
over the Mariners
1989 - Browns allow Pittsburgh only 53 net yards, a team
defensive record
1989 - East Germans begin their flight to west (via Hungary
& Czechoslovakia)
1989 - Muffin Spencer-Devlin wins LPGA Cellular One-Ping
Golf Championship
1989 - Deion Sanders returns a punt 68 yards for a touchdown
1990 - 19 year old Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi to win US
Open
1990 - 1st time since 1966 that all 8 grand slam tennis
champs are different
1990 - Ellis Island reopens as a museum
1990 - Hard Rock Cafe opens in Las Vegas Nevada
1990 - Iran agrees to resume diplomatic ties with Iraq
1990 - Mariner Matt Young becomes 21st AL'er to strike out 4
in 1 inning
1990 - 1st time in NY Yankee history they are completely
swept season series, Oakland A's beat them 12 games to 0
Tennis Player Pete SamprasTennis Player Pete Sampras 1991 -
Senate Committee begins hearings on Clarence Thomas' nomination
1991 - Yolanda Gail Devers runs US female record 100m
hurdles (12.48 secs)
1992 - Bud Selig becomes interm commissioner of baseball
1992 - Lucy in Peanuts comics raises her Pyschiatric Help
from 5 cents to 47 cents
1993 - 1,000 Boeing 747 jumbo plane produced
1993 - Israel & PLO sign joint recognition statements
1994 - 108th US Womens Tennis: Aranxta S Vicario beats
Steffi Graf (16 76 64)
1994 - Chong Hey swims female record 400m medley
(4:01.67)/100m backstroke
1995 - 115th US Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi
(64 63 46 75)
1995 - 35th Walker Cup: Britain-Ireland beats US, 14-10
1995 - 47th Emmy Awards: NYPD Blue, ER, Fraiser &
Candice Bergen wins
1995 - Alison Nicholas wins PING-Cellular One LPGA Golf
Championship
1995 - Browns & Indians, play simultaneous regular
season games in Cleve for only time, Browns 22-6 over Tampa, Indians 5-3 over
Orioles
1997 - Discovery buys Travel Channel for $20 million
1997 - Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
1997 - Mark McGwire joins Babe as only players to hit 50 HRs
in 2 consec yrs
2000 - The musical Cats closes on Broadway.
2002 - Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, joins
the United Nations.
2007 - Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif
returns to Pakistan after seven years in exile, following a military coup in October
1999.
2008 - The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the
biggest scientific experiment in the history of mankind is powered up in
Geneva, Switzerland.
2012 - 16 people are killed by a suicide bombing n Kunduz,
Afghanistan
2012 - Teachers in Chicago strike effecting 350,000 students
2012 - 10,000 miners demonstrate at Lonmin mines in
Marikana, South Africa
2012 - 29 people are killed by floods and heavy rain in
Vietnam
2012 - A left over bazooka grenade in Cambodia explodes and
kills three children
1608 - John Smith was elected president of the Jamestown, VA colony council. 1794 - America's first non-denominational college was charted. Blount College later became the University of Tennessee. 1813 - The first defeat of British naval squadron occurred in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. The leader of the U.S. fleet sent the famous message "We have met the enemy, and they are ours" to U.S. General William Henry Harrison. 1845 - King Willem II opened Amsterdam Stock exchange. 1846 - Elias Howe received a patent for his sewing machine. 1847 - The first theater opened in Hawaii. 1862 - Rabbi Jacob Frankel became the first Jewish Army chaplain. 1897 - British police arrest George Smith for drunken driving. It was the first DWI. 1899 - A second quake in seven days hit Yakutat Bay, AK. It measured 8.6. 1913 - The Lincoln Highway opened. It was the first paved coast-to-coast highway in the U.S. 1919 - New York City welcomed home 25,000 soldiers and General John J. Pershing who had served in the First Division during World War I. 1919 - Austria and the Allies signed the Treaty of St.-Germain-en-Laye. Austria recognized the independence of Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. 1921 - The Ayus Autobahn in Germany opened near Berlin. The road is known for its nonexistent speed limit. 1923 - The Irish Free state joined the League of Nations. 1926 - Germany joined the League of Nations. 1935 - "Popeye" was heard on NBC radio for the first time. 1939 - Canada declared war on Germany. 1940 - In Britain, Buckingham Palace was hit by German bomb. 1942 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt mandated gasoline rationing as part of the U.S. wartime effort. 1943 - German forces began their occupation of Rome during World War II. 1948 - Mildred "Axis Sally" Gillars was indicted for treason in Washington, DC. Gillars was a Nazi radio propagandist during World War II. She was convicted and spent 12 years in prison. 1950 - Eddie Cantor began working on TV on the "Colgate Comedy Hour" on NBC. 1951 - Britain began an economic boycott of Iran. 1953 - Swanson began selling its first "TV dinner." 1955 - "Gunsmoke" premiered on CBS. 1955 - Bert Parks began a 25-year career as host of the "Miss America Pageant" on NBC. 1956 - Great Britain performed a nuclear test at Maralinga, Australia. 1961 - Mickey Mantle tied a major league baseball record for home runs when he hit the 400th of his career. 1963 - Twenty black students entered public schools in Alabama at the end of a standoff between federal authorities and Alabama governor George C. Wallace. 1972 - Gayle Sayers (Chicago Bears) retired from the National Football League (NFL). 1974 - Lou Brock (St. Louis Cardinals) set a new major league baseball record when he stole his 105th base of the season. 1977 - "Mickey Finn" appeared in the comic pages for the last time. 1979 - U.S. President Carter granted clemency to four Puerto Rican nationalists who had been imprisoned for an attack on the U.S. House of Representatives in 1954 and an attempted assassination of U.S. President Truman in 1950. 1981 - Pablo Picasso's mural Guernica was received in the town of Guernica. 1984 - The Federal Communications Commission changed a rule to allow broadcasters to own 12 AM and 12 FM radio stations. The previous limit was 7 of each. 1989 - Hungary gave permission to thousands of East German refugees and visitors to immigrate to West Germany. 1990 - Iran agreed to resume full diplomatic ties with past enemy Iraq. 1990 - Iraq's Saddam Hussein offered free oil to developing nations in an attempt to win their support during the Gulf War Crisis. 1992 - In Minneapolis, MN, a federal jury struck down professional football's limited free agency system. 1998 - Mac Davis received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 1998 - U.S. President Clinton met with members of his Cabinet to apologize, ask forgiveness and promise to improve as a person in the wake of the scandal involving Monica Lewinsky. 1998 - Northwest Airlines announced an agreement with pilots, ending a nearly two-week walkout. 1999 - A bronze sculpture of a war horse just over 24 feet high was dedicated in Milan, Italy. 2002 - Florida tested its new elections system. The test resulted in polling stations opening late and problems occurred with the touch screen voting machines. 2002 - The "September 11: Bearing Witness to History" exhibit opened at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. 2002 - Switzerland became the 190th member of the United Nations.
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http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history
http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory
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