09-14-2010, 08:44 PM
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September 15th
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.
1929 ~ Birthday of Murray Gell-Mann, American physicist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1969.
1935 ~ The Nuremberg Laws deprived German Jews of their citizenship and made the swastika the official symbol of Nazi Germany.
1940 ~ Birthday of Norman Spinrad, Science Fiction author.
1950 ~ The U.N. 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.
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