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Events 1795 - United Kingdom conquers Cape Town, South Africa 1810 - Independence of Mexico from Spain, one of the Mexican Fiestas Patrias. 1893 - Oklahoma Land Race, settlers race for prime land in the Cherokee Strip 1908 - General Motors founded 1919 - American Legion incorporated 1940 - United States government begins Selective Service Act, instituting the draft 1940 - Sam Rayburn elected Speaker of the United States House of Representatives 1955 - Play-Doh is introduced to the world 1963 - Malaysia formed from Malaya, Singapore, British North Borneo and Sarawak 1975 - Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia 1981 - Sugar Ray Leonard defeats Thomas Hearns by a knockout in round 14 in Las Vegas to unify boxing's world Welterweight championship. 1982 - Sabra and Shatila massacre 1991 - Manuel Noriega trial begins in the United States Births 1638 - King Louis XIV of France 1823 - Francis Parkman, author († 1893) 1875 - James C. Penney, department store founder († 1971) 1886 - Jean Arp, sculptor, painter, and poet († 1966) 1893 - Alexander Korda, film director († 1956) 1914 - Allen Funt, radio & television personality († 1999) 1924 - Lauren Bacall, actress 1925 - BB King, musician 1925 - Charlie Byrd, jazz musician († 1999) 1927 - Peter Falk, actor, best known for Columbo 1934 - Elgin Baylor, National Basketball Association star 1934 - George Chakiris, actor 1935 - Carl Andre, artist 1939 - Breyten Breytenbach, South African poet, writer and painter 1943 - James Alan McPherson, Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction 1947 - Russ Abbott, comedian 1949 - Ed Begley Jr, actor 1950 - Loyd Grossman, TV presenter 1950 - Mickey Rourke, actor 1955 - Janet Ellis, former Blue Peter presenter 1955 - Yolandita Monge, Puerto Rican singer of international fame 1956 - David Copperfield, magician 1958 - Orel Hershiser, baseball pitcher 1958 - Jennifer Tilly, actress 1963 - Richard Marx, singer 1964 - Mingo Vega, dentist 1964 - Molly Shannon, Saturday Night Live star 1969 - Mark Anthony, singer Deaths 1736 - Gabriel Fahrenheit, physicist 1977 - Marc Bolan, rock singer 1977 - Maria Callas, opera singer 1824 - Louis XVIII of France 1996 - McGeorge Bundy, National Security Advisor 2001 - Samuel A. Arkoff, film producer Holidays Mexico - Independence Day In ancient Greece, the third day of the Eleusinian mysteries, when the initiates walked to the sea at Phaleron and purified themselves in the water. September 15 · September 17 · August 16 · October 16 · more historical anniversaries See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December - more historical anniversaries
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