09-15-2006, 12:19 PM
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September 15th
1254 ~ Birthday of Marco Polo, Italian explorer.
1789 ~ Birthday of James Fenimore Cooper, American novelist.
1928 ~ Alexander Fleming noticed a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
1935 ~ The Nuremberg Laws deprived German Jews of their citizenship and made the swastika the official symbol of Nazi Germany.
1950 ~ The UN staged its fist offensive operation in the Korean War; an amphibious assault at Inchon.
1963 ~ The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing kills four children in Birmingham, Alabama.
1975 ~ Papua New Guinea gained independence from Australia.
1977 ~ Death of Maria Callas, Opera Diva.
1981 ~ The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved Sandra Day O'Connor to the U. S. Supreme Court.
1982 ~ The first issue of USA Today is published.
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