{"id":28561,"date":"2016-09-20T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T14:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=28561"},"modified":"2016-09-20T08:26:55","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T13:26:55","slug":"today-in-history-258","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=28561","title":{"rendered":"Today In History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Today in History: Tuesday, September\u00a0 20, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nOn Sept. 20, 1962, James Meredith, a black man, was blocked from enrolling at the University of Mississippi by Gov. Ross R. Barnett.
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1519<\/td>\nPortuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan set out from Spain on a voyage to find a western passage to the Spice Islands in Indonesia.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1870<\/td>\nItalian troops took control of the Papal States, leading to the unification of Italy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1873<\/td>\nPanic swept the New York Stock Exchange in the wake of railroad bond defaults and bank failures.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1881<\/td>\nChester A. Arthur was sworn in as the 21st president of the United States, succeeding James A. Garfield, who had been assassinated.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1973<\/td>\nIn their so-called “battle of the sexes” on the tennis court, Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 at the Houston Astrodome.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1977<\/td>\nThe first wave of Southeast Asian “boat people” arrived in San Francisco under a U.S. resettlement program.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1984<\/td>\nA suicide car bomber attacked the U.S. Embassy annex in north Beirut, killing a dozen people.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1998<\/td>\nAfter playing in a record 2,632 consecutive games over 16 seasons, Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles sat out a game against the New York Yankees.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nHolocaust survivor and Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal died at age 96.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nRepeal of the U.S. military’s 18-year-old “don’t ask, don’t tell” compromise took effect, allowing gay and lesbian service members to serve openly.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actress Sophia Loren turns 82 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Gogi Grant<\/td>\nSinger<\/td>\n92<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anne Meara<\/td>\nActress, comedian<\/td>\n87<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Guy LaFleur<\/td>\nHockey Hall of Famer<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kristen Johnston<\/td>\nActress (“3rd Rock From the Sun”)<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gunnar Nelson<\/td>\nRock singer (Nelson)<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matthew Nelson<\/td>\nRock singer (Nelson)<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actor Gary Cole turns 60 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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