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Events 622 - Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina 1493 - Christopher Columbus's second expedition to the New World 1664 - Netherlands surrenders New Amsterdam to England 1789 - Supreme Court of the United States and position of United States Attorney General established 1789 - United States Post Office Department established 1841 - Sultan of Brunei cedes Sarawak to Great Britain 1852 - The first dirigible is displayed 1869 - "Black Friday". Gold prices plummet as Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market. 1890 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy 1908 - The first Ford Model T is built 1948 - Honda Motor Company founded 1957 - President Dwight Eisenhower sends United States National Guard troops to Little Rock, Arkansas to enforce desegregation 1962 - United States court of appeals orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith 1973 - Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal 1993 - Broderbund releases the computer game Myst Births 15 - Vitellius, Roman Emperor 1717 - Horace Walpole, novelist and politician 1755 - John Marshall, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 1896 - F Scott Fitzgerald, novelist (d. 1940) 1905 - Severo Ochoa, biochemist, Nobel Prize winner 1905 - Howard Hughes, aviator, inventor, film producer, eccentric (d. 1976) 1921 - Jim McKay, sports commentator 1923 - Louis Edmonds, actor (d. 2001) 1924 - Sheila MacRae, singer, actress 1931 - Anthony Newley, actor, singer 1936 - Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets († 1990) 1941 - Linda McCartney, singer and animal rights activist (d. 1998) 1942 - Gerry Marsden, singer ("Gerry and the Pacemakers") 1946 - Mean Joe Greene, American football star 1946 - Lars Emil Johansen, Prime Minister of Greenland 1948 - Phil Hartman, actor (d. 1998) 1948 - Gordon Clapp, actor 1958 - Kevin Sorbo, actor 1959 - Steve Whitmire, voice actor 1962 - Nia Vardalos, actress, writer, comedienne 1962 - Roy Larke, professor of retailing, expert in Japanese marketing 1969 - Antye Greie, musician, poem producer 1976 - Stephanie McMahon, WWE performer Deaths 366 - Liberius, Pope 1545 - Albert of Mainz, archbishop and elector of Mainz 1939 - Carl Laemmle, film producer 1973 - Pablo Neruda, Nobel Prize winning author 1991 - Dr. Seuss, writer Holidays South Africa - Heritage Day In ancient Latvia, the third day of Mikeli, and the only day of the year during which men proposed to their prospective wives September 23 · September 25 · August 24 · October 24 · more historical anniversaries
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