TIM MAGUIRE

Several thousand people gather in the Daley Center Plaza in downtown Chicago on Sept. 14, 2001, for a memorial service to honor those killed
in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Cities across the country held similar
events after President George W. Bush declared Sept. 14 a day of
prayer.

President George W. Bush’s Remarks At Ground Zero September 14, 2001.

After President William McKinley died of gunshot wounds inflicted
by an assassin, Vice President Theodore Roosevelt, at age 42,
succeeded him on this day in 1901.

On this day in 1814, Francis Scott Key wrote the "Star-Spangled
Banner," a poem originally known as "Defense of Fort McHenry,"
after witnessing the British bombardment of Fort McHenry, MD,
during the War of 1812 (above). The song became the official U.S. national anthem on March 3, 1931.

On this day in 1982.

It was announced on this day in 1994, that the season was over for
the National Baseball League on the 34th day of the players strike
and the final days of the regular season were canceled.

Margaret Higgins Sanger (Margaret Louise Higgins)
(September 14, 1879 – September 6, 1966) 

Margaret Sanger was an American birth control activist, sex
educator, eugenicist, writer, and nurse. Sanger popularized
the term "birth control", opened the first birth control clinic in
the United States, and established organizations that evolved
into the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Ken Hubbs (Chicago Cubs) set a major-league baseball
fielding record when he played errorless for his 74th
consecutive game.

Kenneth Douglass Hubbs (December 23, 1941 – February 13, 1964)

CAMILLE BOHANNON

The Confederates defeated Union forces at the second Battle of Bull 
Run in Manassas, VA. on this day in 1862.

Thurgood Marshall was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as a Supreme Court justice on this day in 1967.

The space shuttle Challenger blasted off with Guion S. Bluford Jr.
aboard on this day in 1983. He was the first black American to
travel in space.

Guion Stewart Bluford, Jr. will be 75 on November 22.

On CBS-TV "The Late Show with David Letterman" premiered
on this day in 1993.

Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr.

Hall of Fame shortstop and third baseman who played his entire 21-year career
with the Baltimore Orioles and earned the nickname Iron Man after setting the
MLB record for most consecutive games played with 2,632.

He was a 19-time All-Star, 2-time American League MVP, 2-time Gold Glove
winner, and League MVP, 2-time Gold Glove winner, and 8-time Silver Slugger
winner. His father and grandfather both played for the Orioles.