Today in history 13 September
Today in history the following happened:
1998 SAFECO Golf Classic
1997 Katherine Shindle (Ill), 24, crowned 71st Miss America 1998
1996 Phil Simmons scores 171 and takes 6-14 for Leics vs. Durham
1994 George Burns, undergoes surgery to drain fluid from his brain
1994 Space probe Ulyssus passes south pole of Sun
1993 Israeli Minister of Foreign affairs Peres and PLO-Abu Mazen sign peace accord
1993 Junxia Cheek runs ladies world record 3000m (8:06.11)
1993 Queens New York begins required recycling
1992 112th U.S. Mens Tennis: Stefan Edberg beats Pete Sampras (36 64 76 62)
1992 New York Giants trailing Dallas Cowboys 34-0 in 3rd, lose 34-28
1992 Nancy Lopez wins Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship
1992 Steffan Edberg beats Pete Sampress to win U.S. Open
1991 55 ton concrete beam falls in Montreal’s Olympic Stadium
1991 Joe Carter is 1st to have 3 consec 100-RBI seasons with 3 differ teams
1991 Joe Coleman 3rd 100 RBI season in a row 3 teams (Cleveland, San Diego and Toronto)
1991 Kim Zmeskal is 1st American to win a medal at World Gymnastics Championships, she wins the gold with 39.848 pts
1990 Commuter train at Johannesburg South Africa attacked, 36 die
1990 Iraqi troops storm residence of French ambassador in Kuwait
1990 Robert E. Nederlander appointed New York Yankee managing general partner
1990 Senate Judiciary Com opens hearing on confirmation of David Souter
1989 “Les Miserables,” opens at Fisher Theatre, Detroit
1989 Desmond Tutu leads biggest anti-apartheid protest march in South Africa
1989 Fay Vincent elected baseball’s 8th commissioner
1988 10th time, 4 players hit baseball major-league record grand slams
1988 9 hard/software manufacturers announce EISA computer bus in New York
1988 Gilbert is strongest (26.13 barometer) hurricane in Western Hemisphere
1987 Cesium-137 stolen from abandoned hospital in Rio de Janeiro
1987 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship
1987 Paul Lynch of Great Britain does 32,573 push-ups in 24 hours
1986 Bert Blyleven gives up a record 44 home runs in a season
1985 2nd MTV Awards: Bruce Springsteen
1985 John Williams introduces new Today Show theme
1984 STS-41-G launch vehicle moves to launch pad
1984 Simon Peres forms Israeli government with Likoed
1983 Dan Quisenberry record 39th season save
1983 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation
1983 Oakland’s Rickey Henderson 3rd straight 100 steals for season
1983 Steve O’Shaughnessy scores 100 in 35 minutes, Lancs vs. Leics
1983 U.S. Mint strikes 1st gold coin in 50 years (Olympic Eagle)
1982 50 die in Spantax Airlines DC-10 on takeoff from Malaga, Spain
1982 Joe Lefevre gets 6 hits in one baseball game
1981 101st U.S. Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Bjorn Borg (46 62 64 63)
1981 33rd Emmy Awards: Taxi, Hill St. Blue, Judd Hirsh and Isabel Sanford wins
1981 April Moon sets women’s handbow distance record of 1,039 yards and 13″
1981 Atlanta Falcons tie record of 31 points in 4th quarter (vs Green Bay)
1981 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
1981 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1980 1st United Negro College Fund
1979 China performs nuclear test
1979 South Africa grants Venda independence (Not recognized out of South Africa) (South African History)
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