World's Oldest Republic Is Born (301)

San Marino is one of the world's smallest republics and claims to be Europe's oldest existing state. According to tradition, its founder, Marino, a Christian stonecutter from Dalmatia, took refuge on Mt. Titano in the Apennines to escape religious persecution and built a church there. By the mid-5th century, a community was formed, and, in 1631, its independence was recognized by the papacy[/b]

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Google, Inc. Founded (1998)

Google was created in the 1990s by two Stanford students who hypothesized that a search engine would produce better results if it analyzed the relationships between websites and prioritized those sites with the largest number of links to them. The search engine's use has become so widespread since it was introduced that the verb "google" was recently added to the Oxford English Dictionary.

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September 8, 1974 ~ Ford pardons Nixon

In a controversial executive action, President Gerald Ford pardons his disgraced predecessor Richard Nixon for any crimes he may have committed or participated in while in office. Ford later defended this action before the House Judiciary Committee, explaining that he wanted to end the national divisions created by the Watergate scandal.

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V-2 Rocket Hits London (1944)

Developed by Germany during WWII, the Vergeltungswaffe 2 (V-2) rocket was the world's first modern ballistic missile and the first artificial object to achieve suborbital spaceflight. Traveling at supersonic speeds, V-2s were able to reach their targets in silence. More than 3,000 of these rockets were launched on Allied targets during the war, killing about 7,000 civilians and military personnel. Another 20,000 slave laborers died producing the weapons.

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Two Plus Four Agreement Signed in Moscow (1990)
The Two Plus Four Agreement, also known as the Treaty on the Final Settlement With Respect to Germany, was the final peace treaty negotiated between the Federal Republic of Germany, the German Democratic Republic, and the four powers that occupied Germany at the end of World War II: France, the UK, the US, and the Soviet Union. The treaty paved the way for the German reunification, which took place on October 3 of that year

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September 14, 1901

McKinley dies of infection from gunshot wounds.
On this day in 1901, U.S. President William McKinley dies after being shot by a deranged anarchist during the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.

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September 15, 1978

Ali defeats Spinks to win world heavyweight championship

On this day in 1978, boxer Muhammad Ali defeats Leon Spinks at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans to win the world heavyweight boxing title for the third time in his career, the first fighter ever to do so. Following his victory, Ali retired from boxing, only to make a brief comeback two years later. Ali, who once claimed he could "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee," left the sport permanently in 1981.

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Treaty of Fredrikshamn Signed (1809)

Sweden's loss in the Finnish War marked the end of its significance as a monarchical military power in the region and the beginning of constitutional reform there. As part of the terms of the ensuing treaty, the Swedish government was forced to cede about one-third of its easternmost territory to Russia. The territories in question were declared semi-autonomous, but Russian influence continued to be felt there for many years

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Columbia Broadcasting System Goes on the Air (1927)

CBS was one of the three major broadcasting networks to dominate radio and television in the US before the advent of cable TV in the 1990s. CBS began broadcasting in 1927, with station affiliates scattered throughout the US. Its first television broadcasts in 1939 were largely experimental, but as television came to the forefront of American entertainment, CBS began to dominate television as it once had radio.

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Churchill Proposes Creation of Council of Europe (1946)

Speaking at the University of Zurich, Winston Churchill implored European states to establish a "United States of Europe" to settle regional differences and promote understanding in the wake of World War II. His speech helped prompt the creation of the Council of Europe in 1949. Open to all European nations that accept the rule of law and guarantee human rights and freedoms to their citizens, the Council today is comprised of 47 member states

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1633: Astronomer Galileo Galilei is tried before the Inquisition for teaching that the Earth orbits the Sun.

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September 20, 1973
King triumphs in Battle of Sexes

On this day in 1973, in a highly publicized "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match, top women's player Billie Jean King, 29, beats Bobby Riggs, 55, a former No. 1 ranked men's player. Riggs (1918-1995), a self-proclaimed male chauvinist, had boasted that women were inferior, that they couldn't handle the pressure of the game and that even at his age he could beat any female player. The match was a huge media event, witnessed in person by over 30,000 spectators at the Houston Astrodome and by another 50 million TV viewers worldwide. King made a Cleopatra-style entrance on a gold litter carried by men dressed as ancient slaves, while Riggs arrived in a rickshaw pulled by female models. Legendary sportscaster Howard Cosell called the match, in which King beat Riggs 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. King's achievement not only helped legitimize women's professional tennis and female athletes, but it was seen as a victory for women's rights in general.

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Empress Dowager Cixi Ends Hundred Days of Reform in China (1898)

The de facto ruler of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Cixi ruled China for much of the period between 1861 and 1908. Following the death of Emperor Xianfeng, as well as that of his only heir, Empress Dowager Cixi violated normal succession order and named her nephew, 3-year-old Guangxu, to the throne. In 1898, after Guangxu attempted to institute political reforms against her wishes, Cixi staged a coup and effectively took political control.

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September 22, 1862

Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation
On this day in 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issues a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which sets a date for the freedom of more than 3 million black slaves in the United States and recasts the Civil War as a fight against slavery.

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September 22, 1862

Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation
On this day in 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issues a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which sets a date for the freedom of more than 3 million black slaves in the United States and recasts the Civil War as a fight against slavery.

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Can the Steelers win again this year???

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September 22, 1862

Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation
On this day in 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issues a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which sets a date for the freedom of more than 3 million black slaves in the United States and recasts the Civil War as a fight against slavery.

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It's possible, it's possible.

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This day in history

September 22, 2009

1761: Britain's King George III and his wife, Charlotte, are crowned in Westminster Abbey.

1776: During the Revolutionary War, Capt. Nathan Hale, 21, is hanged as a spy by the British in New York.

1862: President Abraham Lincoln issues the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that all slaves in rebel states should be free as of Jan. 1, 1863.

1927: Gene Tunney successfully defends his heavyweight boxing title against Jack Dempsey in the famous “long count” fight in Chicago.

1964: The musical “Fiddler on the Roof” opens on Broadway, beginning a run of 3,242 performances.

1975: Sara Jane Moore tries to shoot President Gerald Ford outside a San Francisco hotel, but misses. Moore serves 32 years in prison before being paroled Dec. 31, 2007.

1980: The conflict between Iran and Iraq erupts into a full-scale war that lasts nearly eight years.

1989: Songwriter Irving Berlin dies in New York City at age 101.

1999: The Justice Department sues the tobacco industry, accusing companies of conspiring since the 1950s to defraud and mislead the public. In 2006, U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler rules that the nation's top cigarette makers did conspire to mislead the public about the health hazards and addictive nature of smoking, but rejects making tobacco companies pay billions of dollars; the case continues to be litigated.

2004: CBS-owned stations are fined $550,000 by the Federal Communications Commission for showing Janet Jackson's exposed right breast during the Super Bowl halftime show. The case is still under legal review.

2008: Marjorie Knoller, whose dogs viciously attacked and killed her neighbor Dianne Whipple in their San Francisco apartment building in 2001, is sentenced to 15 years to life in prison after her second-degree-murder conviction is reinstated.

SOURCE: The Associated Press

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Revolution in Texas (1835)

The Texas Revolution was a war fought between Mexico and the Tejas, or Texas, portion of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. Much of the Mexican population, including the American settlers in Texas, revolted after President Santa Anna abolished the Constitution of 1824, which had established Mexico as a federal republic, and proclaimed a new anti-federalist constitution in its place.

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Today in 1990 my country got reunited.

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Not to late to order an Anni Shirt

sorry my friend it was in 89

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