09-25-2005, 05:48 AM
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September 25th
1066 ~ Battle of Stamford Bridge, which marked the end of the Viking era.
1683 ~ Birthday of Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer.
1890 ~ Yosemite National Park established.
1906 ~ Birthday of Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer.
1932 ~ Birthday of Glenn Gould, Pianist.
1950 ~ UN forces recaptured the South Korean capital Seoul
1981 ~ Sandra Day O'Connor was sworn in as the 102nd Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, the first woman to hold the office.
1983 ~ Soviet Officer Stanislav Petrov averts World War III by refusing to accept that the U.S. had launched missiles against the USSR, despite the indications given by his early warning systems.
1996 ~ The last of the Magdalen Asylums was closed.
2002 ~ The Vitim event.
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