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President Gerald Ford granted an unconditional pardon to former President Richard Nixon on this day in 1974.   

It began on this day in 1941.

The Dutch surrendered New Amsterdam to the British, who then
renamed it New York on this day in 1664. 

NBC-TV aired the first episode of "Star Trek" entitled "The Man Trap"
on this day in 1966. The show was canceled on September 2, 1969.

Isaac Sidney "Sid" Caesar
(September 8, 1922 – February 12, 2014)

The comedy team of Carl Reiner, Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca.

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London received its initial rain of bombs from Nazi Germany during World War II on this day in 1940.

The military dictator and President of the Democratic
Republic of the Congo died on this day in 1997.

The Panama Canal treaties were signed by U.S. President Carter
(left) and General Omar Torrijos Herrera on this day in 1977. The
treaties  called for the U.S. to turn over control of the canal’s
waterway to Panama in the year 2000.       


        
      
      
      
      
   

ESPN, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network,
made its debut on cable TV on this day in 1979.

The National Professional Football Hall of Fame was dedicated
in Canton, OH on this day in 1963.

Buddy Holly (Charles Hardin Holley)
(September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959)

Buddy Holly was a singer, songwriter, and guitarist
who along The Crickets pioneered rock with "That’ll
Be the Day," which topped the Billboard Best Sellers.   

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President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded on this
day in 1901 (he died eight days later) by Leon Czolgosz (below). The
American anarchist was executed the following October.

Diana, Princess of Wales (Diana Frances Spencer)  
(July 1, 1961 – August 31, 1997) 

The concept of a self-service grocery store was developed by
Clarence Saunders and his Piggly Wiggly stores. His first store
(above) opened on this day in 1916.

Clarence Saunders
(August 9, 1881 – September 23, 1953)

George Roger Waters is 74 years old today.

Roger Waters was the Bass player, composer, vocalist, and front man of the
English rock band Pink Floyd, the group known for songs like "Shine On
You Crazy Diamond." He was the chairman of the Cambridge Youth
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament at age fifteen. Waters helped
compose the soundtrack to the 1970 documentary The Body.

Waters left Pink Floyd in 1985 and began a legal dispute with the remaining
members over their use of the band’s name and material. They settled out
of court in 1987, and nearly eighteen years passed before he performed
with them again. As a member of Pink Floyd, Waters was inducted into
the U.S. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 and the UK Music Hall of
Fame in 2005

Johann Christian Bach (September 5, 1735 – January 1, 1782)

Bach was a composer of the Classical era, the eleventh surviving child and
youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach. He is sometimes referred to as "the
London Bach" or "the English Bach", due to his time spent living in the British
capital, where he came to be known as John Bach. He is noted for influencing
the concerto style of Mozart.