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Today in History: Friday, September\u00a0 09, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn Sept. 9, 1956, Elvis Presley made the first of three appearances on “The Ed Sullivan Show.”
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1850<\/td>\nCalifornia became the 31st state of the union.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1926<\/td>\nThe National Broadcasting Co. was incorporated by the Radio Corporation of America.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1948<\/td>\nThe People’s Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) was created.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1957<\/td>\nPresident Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law the first civil rights bill to pass Congress since Reconstruction.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1965<\/td>\nSandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitched a perfect game in a 1-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1971<\/td>\nPrisoners seized control of the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, N.Y., beginning a four-day siege that claimed 43 lives.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1976<\/td>\nCommunist Chinese leader Mao Zedong died in Beijing at age 82.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1993<\/td>\nThe Palestine Liberation Organization agreed to recognize Israel’s right to exist, and Israel agreed to recognize the PLO as the representative of the Palestinian people.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1997<\/td>\nSinn Fein, the Irish Republican Army’s political ally, formally renounced violence as it took its place in talks on Northern Ireland’s future.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/td>\nAfghanistan’s military opposition leader Ahmed Shah Massood was fatally wounded in a suicide attack by assassins posing as journalists.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/td>\nThe Boston Roman Catholic Archdiocese agreed to pay $85 million to 552 people to settle clergy sex abuse cases.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>\nRep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., shouted “You lie!” during President Barack Obama’s speech to Congress on health care.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actress Michelle Williams turns 36 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Topol<\/td>\nActor (“Fiddler on the Roof”)<\/td>\n81<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joe Theismann<\/td>\nFootball player, sportscaster<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tom Wopat<\/td>\nActor (“Dukes of Hazzard”)<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Angela Cartwright<\/td>\nActress (“The Danny Thomas Show,” “Lost in Space”)<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dave Stewart<\/td>\nRock musician, producer (Eurythmics)<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hugh Grant<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christopher Coons<\/td>\nU.S. senator, D-Del.<\/td>\n53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Constance Marie<\/td>\nActress (“George Lopez”)<\/td>\n51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rachel Hunter<\/td>\nModel<\/td>\n47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Goran Visnjic<\/td>\nActor (“ER”)<\/td>\n44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michael Buble<\/td>\nSinger<\/td>\n41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actor-comedian Adam Sandler turns 50 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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