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| September 10th |
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| About September 10th is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 112 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. Births 1487 - Pope Julius III, Pope from 1550 to 1555 1929 - Arnold Palmer, professional golfer 1934 - Roger Maris, baseball player, held single-season home run record 1940 - Buck Buchanan, Hall of Fame defensive tackle 1960 - Colin Firth, actor (Bridget Jones's Diary) Deaths 2007 - Jane Wyman, actress (Johnny Belinda, Falcon Crest) Events 1955 - The television show Gunsmoke makes its premiere, beginning a 20 year run on CBS. 1963 - Mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano is indicted for murder (he is eventually captured 43 years later, on April 11th, 2006). 1963 - 20 African-American students are entered into public schools in Alabama. 2000 - The musical Cats closes on Broadway after 18 years, making it, at that time, the longest the longest-running musical in Broadway history. |
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