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CONFECTIONER BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1857

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Milton Snavely Hershey (September 13, 1857 – October 13, 1945)

Businessman and philanthropist Milton S. Hershey founded the Hershey
Chocolate Company in 1905. In his early years he helped out on the family
farm. When Milton was in his 20s, he would accompany his father on business 
trips. Hershey supplied chocolates for the U.S. troops during WWII. Rather
than Hershey’s Bars, they were called Ration-D Bars.

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SERIES DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1966

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The Monkees is a situation comedy show that aired on NBC-TV from
September 12, 1966 to March 25, 1968.

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RECAPPING PAST NEWS EVENTS

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ED DANAHUE

     
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John R. "Johnny" Cash (February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003)

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COMPOSER HANS ZIMMER IS 59 TODAY

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Hans Florian Zimmer was born in Frankfurt am Main, West Germany.

Film composer Hans Zimmer known for his work in more than 150 films, including
the Lion King (1994). He’s also known for having a lengthy collaboration with
filmmaker Christopher Nolan, working on Inception and The Dark Knight trilogy
beginning in 2005. He was in the New Wave Band The Buggles during the latter
part of the 1970s and appeared in their music video "Video Killed the Radio Star"
from 1979.

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INTENDED TARGET NOT REACHED


N591UA taxiing on September 8, 2001, three days before the plane
was hijacked.

United Airlines Flight 93 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight hijacked by
four Al-Qaeda terrorists as part of the September 11 attacks. It crashed into a
field near Indian Lake in Shanksville,Pennsylvania during an attempt by the
passengers and crew to regain control, killing all 44 people aboard including
the four hijackers. No one on the ground was injured. The aircraft involved, a
Boeing 757–222 (shown above), was flying United Airlines‘ daily scheduled
morning
flight from Newark International Airport in New Jersey to San Francisco
International Airport in California.

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U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (right) visits the site where Flight 93 crashed, following a ceremony at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., Sept. 11, 2012.

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