09-08-2006, 05:16 AM
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September 8th
828 ~ Birthday of Ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam
1636 ~ Harvard College founded as the first college in the Americas.
1841 ~ Birthday of Antonin Dvorak, Composer.
1886 ~ Birthday of Siegfried Sassoon, Poet
1925 ~ Birthday of Peter Sellers, Actor (A Shot in the Dark, Dr. Strangelove, The Pink Panther, etc.).
1930 ~ 3M began marketing Scotch transparent tape.
1944 ~ London was hit by a V2 rocket for the first time.
1949 ~ Death of Richard Strauss, Composer.
1966 ~ The first episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek aired.
1974 ~ President Ford granted an unconditional pardon to former President Nixon.
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