Today's Highlight in History:
On Sept. 27, 1939, Warsaw, Poland, surrendered after weeks of resistance to invading forces from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.
On this date:In 1779, John Adams was named by Congress to negotiate the Revolutionary War's peace terms with Britain.
In 1825, the first locomotive to haul a passenger train was operated by George Stephenson in England.
In 1854, the first great disaster involving an Atlantic Ocean passenger vessel occurred when the steamship SS Arctic sank off Newfoundland; of the more than 400 people on board, only 86 survived.
In 1928, the United States said it was recognizing the Nationalist Chinese government.
Fifty years ago, in 1959, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev concluded his visit to the United States; Vice President Richard Nixon presided over the farewell ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington. A typhoon battered the main Japanese island of Honshu, killing nearly 5,000 people.
In 1964, the government publicly released the report of the Warren Commission, which found that Lee Harvey Oswald had acted alone in assassinating President John F. Kennedy.
Thirty years ago, in 1979, Congress gave final approval to forming the U.S. Department of Education.
In 1987, mudslides in slum areas of Medellin, Colombia, killed up to 500 people.
In 1990, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the Supreme Court nomination of David H. Souter.
In 1991, the Senate Judiciary Committee deadlocked, 7-7, on the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court. U.S. President George H.W. Bush announced the United States would unilaterally eliminate tactical nuclear weapons on land and at sea in Europe and Asia.
In 1994, more than 350 Republican congressional candidates gathered on the steps of the U.S. Capitol to sign the "Contract with America," a 10-point platform they pledged to enact if voters sent a GOP majority to the House.
AP Highlight in History:
On Sept. 27, 1996, the Taliban, a band of former seminary students, drove the government of Afghani President Burhanuddin Rabbani out of Kabul, captured the capital and executed former leader Najibullah.
Ten years ago: Sen. John McCain of Arizona officially opened his campaign for the 2000 Republican presidential nomination, the same day former Vice President Dan Quayle dropped his White House bid. Tiger Stadium closed in grand fashion after 87 years as the Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals, 8-2.
In 2001, an armed man went on a shooting rampage in the local parliament in Zug, Switzerland, killing 14 people before taking his own life. President George W. Bush announced plans to bolster airline security in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Five years ago: President George W. Bush asked Congress for more than $7.1 billion to help Florida and other Southeastern states recover from their lashing by four hurricanes. A Justice Department audit said the FBI had a backlog of hundreds of thousands of hours of untranslated audio recordings from terror and espionage investigations.
In 2005, Army reservist Lynndie England was sentenced to three years behind bars for her role in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal.
In 2007, soldiers fired into crowds of anti-government demonstrators in Yangon, Myanmar, killing at least nine people.
One year ago: China marked its first spacewalk as astronaut Zhai Zhigang floated outside the Shenzhou 7 for 13 minutes.
Today's Birthdays: Author Louis Auchincloss is 92. Former Illinois Sen. Charles Percy is 90. Actress Jayne Meadows is 89. Movie director Arthur Penn is 87. Actress Sada Thompson is 80. Actress Kathleen Nolan is 76. Actor Wilford Brimley is 75. Actor Claude Jarman Jr. is 75. Author Barbara Howar is 75. Producer Don Cornelius ("Soul Train") is 73. Golfer Kathy Whitworth is 70. Singer-musician Randy Bachman (Bachman-Turner Overdrive) is 66. Rock singer Meat Loaf is 62. Actress Liz Torres is 62. Actor A Martinez is 61. Baseball Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt is 60. Actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa is 59. Rock musician Greg Ham (Men At Work) is 56. Singer Shaun Cassidy is 51. Rock singer Stephan Jenkins (Third Eye Blind) is 45. NBA player Steve Kerr is 44. Actor Patrick Muldoon is 41. Singer Mark Calderon is 39. Actress Amanda Detmer is 38. Actress Gwyneth Paltrow is 37. Rock singer Brad Arnold (3 Doors Down) is 31. MLB pitcher Jon Rauch is 31. Rapper Lil' Wayne is 27. Singer Avril Lavigne is 25.
Today In Entertainment History September 27
In 1935, 13-year-old Judy Garland signed her first contract with MGM.
In 1942, Glenn Miller and his Orchestra performed together for the last time, at the Central Theater in Passaic, N.J., prior to Miller's entry into the Army.
In 1954, "The Tonight Show" made its debut on NBC with host Steve Allen.
In 1964, the Beach Boys made their first appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show."
In 1972, singer Rory Storme of Rory Storme and the Hurricanes killed himself in an apparent suicide pact with his mother. He reportedly couldn't accept that his band didn't enjoy the same success as other bands from the Liverpool scene.
In 1980, the Stray Cats were signed to Arista Records in Britain.
In 1986, bassist Cliff Burton of Metallica was killed when the band's tour bus skidded off an icy road in Sweden. He was 24. The Beatles [Might we say, the Beatles' cover of the Isley Bros. — Ed.] song "Twist and Shout" re-entered the pop charts after it was featured in the movies "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and "Back to School." It eventually rose to number 23.
In 1987, the variety show "Dolly," starring Dolly Parton, premiered on ABC. It was canceled after one season.
In 1989, Columbia Pictures Entertainment Inc. agreed to a $3.4 billion cash buyout by Sony Corp.
In 1998, Phil Hartman's voice was featured for the last time on "The Simpsons" as Troy McClure. Hartman was killed by his wife in a murder-suicide the previous May.
Five years ago, NBC announced that "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno would be succeeded by "Late Night" host Conan O'Brien in 2009
Thought for Today:"A man who is afraid will do anything." — Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian statesman (1889-1964).
4 comments:
Sad about Rory Storme. Wasn't Ringo his drummer at one stage? That's gotta hurt.
In 1964, the government publicly released the report of the Warren Commission, which found that Lee Harvey Oswald had acted alone in assassinating President John F. Kennedy.
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Senator Spectre has been around for a long time.
Some might say long enough. Some might say he should lose the Democratic primary coming up in Pennsylvania.
That's what some say.
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Those lousy some-sayers!
Freudian Ed. Sez:
Dick Starkey did indeed drum for The Hurricanes. Only one person w/ the initials "R. S." could come out of Liverpool, & it wasn't Rory.
Some would say a suicide pact w/ one's mum is creepy.
And some would say Sen. SPECTRE is an invention of Ian Fleming, & creepy.
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