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Today in History: Monday, September\u00a0 12, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn Sept. 12, 2001, President George W. Bush labeled the previous day’s terrorist attacks “acts of war” and asked Congress for $20 billion to rebuild and recover.
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1609<\/td>\nEnglish explorer Henry Hudson sailed into the river that now bears his name.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1880<\/td>\nJournalist and critic H.L. Mencken was born in Baltimore.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1938<\/td>\nIn a speech in Nuremberg, Adolf Hitler demanded self-determination for the Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1943<\/td>\nGerman paratroopers rescued former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini from the hotel where he was being held prisoner by his own government.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1944<\/td>\nU.S. Army troops entered Germany for the first time during World War II, near Trier.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1953<\/td>\nMassachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy married Jacqueline Lee Bouvier in Newport, R.I.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1954<\/td>\n“Lassie” made its TV debut on CBS.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1959<\/td>\n“Bonanza” premiered on NBC.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1974<\/td>\nEmperor Haile Selassie was deposed by Ethiopia’s military after ruling for 58 years.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1977<\/td>\nSouth African black student leader Steven Biko died while in police custody, triggering an international outcry.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/td>\nDutch lawmakers gave same-sex couples the right to marry and adopt children.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nPresident George W. Bush told the United Nations to confront the “grave and gathering danger” of Saddam Hussein’s Iraq or stand aside as the United States acted.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/td>\nCountry musician Johnny Cash died at age 71.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nFederal Emergency Management Agency director Michael Brown resigned, three days after losing his onsite command of the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>\nIn a speech in his native Germany, Pope Benedict XVI quoted from an obscure medieval text that characterized some teachings of Islam’s founder as “evil and inhuman,” unleashing a torrent of rage across the Islamic world.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\nA commuter train engineer ran a red light while text messaging on his cell phone and struck a freight train head-on in Los Angeles, killing himself and 24 other people.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Highlights of This Day in History<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actor-comedian Louis C.K. turns 49 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Dickie Moore<\/td>\nActor (“Our Gang” films)<\/td>\n91<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Henry Waxman<\/td>\nU.S. congressman, D-Calif.<\/td>\n77<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Linda Gray<\/td>\nActress (“Dallas”)<\/td>\n76<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maria Muldaur<\/td>\nRock singer<\/td>\n74<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joe Pantoliano<\/td>\nActor (“The Sopranos”)<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nina Blackwood<\/td>\nMTV VJ<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Neil Peart<\/td>\nRock musician (Rush)<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peter Scolari<\/td>\nActor (“Newhart,” “Bosom Buddies”)<\/td>\n61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rachel Ward<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scott Brown<\/td>\nFormer U.S. senator, R-Mass.<\/td>\n57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amy Yasbeck<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ben Folds<\/td>\nRock singer, musician (Ben Folds Five)<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jennifer Nettles<\/td>\nCountry singer (Sugarland)<\/td>\n42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ben McKenzie<\/td>\nActor (“The O.C.”)<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ruben Studdard<\/td>\nR&B singer (“American Idol”)<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yao Ming<\/td>\nBasketball player<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Emmy Rossum<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrew Luck<\/td>\nFootball player<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback turns 60 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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