09-16-2009, 08:20 PM
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Location: Maryland
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September 17th
1862 ~ Union forces repelled a Confederate invasion of Maryland in the Civil War Battle of Antietam.
1908 ~ Death of Lt. Thomas Selfridge, first to die in an airplane crash.
1929 ~ Birthday of Sir Stirling Moss, Formula One racer.
1939 ~ The Soviet Union joined Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland.
1970 ~ Civil war broke out in Jordan.
1972 ~ "M.A.S.H." premiered on CBS.
1976 ~ Birthday of Daniella Rush, Czech Pornographic Star.
1978 ~ The Camp David Accords were signed by Israeli and Egyptian representatives.
1980 ~ The first independent Polish trade union, Solidarity, was established after weeks of strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk.
1994 ~ Death of Karl Popper, Austrian philosopher.
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