Title: Belo Interactive Newsletters
| Thursday,
September
23,
2004 |
|
AP Highlight in History:
On Sept. 23, 1779, American commander John Paul Jones is said to have declared, ''I have not yet begun to fight!'' during a Revolutionary War naval battle.
|
|
| On this date in: |
| 63 B.C. | Caesar Augustus was born in Rome. |
| 1642 | Harvard College in Cambridge, Mass., held its first commencement. |
| 1806 | The Lewis and Clark expedition returned to St. Louis from the Pacific Northwest. |
| 1846 | The planet Neptune was discovered by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle. |
| 1939 | Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, died in London. |
| 1952 | Republican vice-presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon went on TV to deliver what came to be known as the ''Checkers'' speech as he refuted allegations of improper campaign financing.
![]() |
| AP Photo |
|
| 1957 | Nine black students who had entered Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas were forced to withdraw because of a white mob outside. |
| 1973 | Former Argentine president Juan Peron was returned to power. |
| 1990 | Iraq threatened to destroy Middle East oil fields and attack Israel if other nations tried to force it from Kuwait. |
| 1999 | The Mars Climate Observer apparently burned up as it was about to go into orbit around the Red Planet. |
| 2002 | A 24-count indictment charging conspiracy, securities fraud and wire fraud was filed against the founding family and two executives of bankrupt cable company Adelphia Communications Corp. |
|
|
| Today's Birthdays: |
| Rock musician Bruce Springsteen turns 55 years old today. |
![]() |
| AP Photo/Mary Altaffer |
|
|
| Mickey Rooney | Actor | 84 |
| Julio Iglesias | Singer | 61 |
| Paul Petersen | Actor (''The Donna Reed Show'') | 59 |
| Mary Kay Place | Actress | 57 |
| Jason Alexander | Actor (''Seinfeld'') | 45 |
| Chi McBride | Actor (''Boston Public'') | 43 |
| Elizabeth Pena | Actress | 43 |
| Don Herron | Country musician (BR549) | 42 |
| Erik Todd Dellums | Actor | 40 |
| Ani DiFranco | Singer | 34 |
| Sarah Bettens | Rock singer (K's Choice) | 32 |
| Jermaine Dupri | CEO So So Def Records | 32 |
| Erik-Michael Estrada | Pop singer (O Town) | 25 |
| San Diego Chargers head coach Marty Schottenheimer turns 61 years old today. |
![]() |
| AP Photo/Paul Sancya |
|
|
|
![]() |
|
![]() |
|
Today in History was sent to you on behalf of DallasNews.com. It is available to our newsletter subscribers.
• If you received this newsletter from a friend, we welcome you to become a member and sign up for this and other e-mail newsletters at: http://www.dallasnews.com/newsletters/index.jsp.
• If you wish to unsubscribe from this or other e-mail newsletters, please click here, or send an e-mail request to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or send your request referencing the specific newsletter to: Opt-out Request, Belo Interactive, 900 Jackson St., Suite 400, Dallas, TX 75202. |
|
![]() |
© 2004
Belo Interactive
