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| 75 years anniversary | ||||
| 09 Sep 1950 | 1st use of TV laugh track-Hank McCune | |||
| 09 Sep 1950 | Massive arrests of communists in France | |||
| 09 Sep 1950 | Gogi Alauddin, Pakistani squash player and coach | |||
| 09 Sep 1950 | John McFee, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Doobie Brothers and Southern Pacific) | |||
| 50 years anniversary | ||||
| 09 Sep 1975 | Ethel Griffies: Actress (Billy Liar, Birds), dies at 97 | |||
| 09 Sep 1975 | John McGiver: Actor (Patty Duke Show, Jimmy Stewart Show), dies at 61 | |||
| 09 Sep 1975 | Minta Durfee: Actress (Keystone Comedies, Mickey), dies at 85 | |||
| 09 Sep 1975 | Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova (18) asks for political asylum | |||
| 09 Sep 1975 | Viking 2 Mars probe launch | |||
| 09 Sep 1975 | Michael Bublé, Canadian singer-songwriter and actor | |||
| 09 Sep 1975 | Johannes Brenner, Estonian footballer (b. 1906) | |||
| 09 Sep 1975 | John McGiver, American actor (b. 1913) | |||
| 09 Sep 1975 | birth Michael Buble, Canadian singer, crooner, big band singer and actor, (2005 world-wide top 10 album 'It's Time', 2007 US No.1 album, 'Call Me Irresponsible'). | |||
| 09 Sep 1975 |
death Sir Eric Thompson Died 9 Sep 1975 at age 76 (born 31 Dec 1898). Sir John Eric Sidney Thompson was an English ethnographer who was a leading researcher of the Mayan people. Thompson devoted his life to the study of Mayan culture and was able to extensively decipher early Mayan glyphs, determining that, contrary to prevailing belief, they contained historical as well as ritualistic and religious records. Sir Eric Thompson believed that Maya society was organized around religion, specifically star-worship. He thought that the Maya lived peacefully in villages and were ruled by priests that were more concerned with making astronomical calculation than political competition for power. With the discovery during the 1980's of how to decipher the Maya language, it was learned that almost every aspect of the traditional view of the Maya was wrong. |
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| 25 years anniversary | ||||
| 09 Sep 2000 | Julian Critchley, English politician (b. 1930) | |||
| 09 Sep 2000 |
Ozone hole over city In 2000, the hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica stretched over a populated city for the first time, after ballooning to a new record size. For two days, Sept. 9-10, the hole extended over the southern Chile city of Punta Arenas, exposing residents to very high levels of ultra violet radiation. Too much UV radiation can cause skin cancer and destroy tiny plants at the beginning of the food chain. Previously, the hole had only opened over Antarctica and the surrounding ocean. Data from the U.S. space agency NASA showed the hole covered 11.4 million square miles - an area more than three times the size of the United States. |
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| 09 Sep 2000 |
death Herbert Friedman Died 9 Sep 2000 at age 84 (born 21 Jun 1916). American astronomer who made seminal contributions to the study of solar radiation. He joined the Naval Research Laboratory in 1940 and developed defense-related radiation detection devices during WW II. In 1949, he obtained the first scientific proof that X rays emanate from the sun. When he directed the firing into space of a V-2 rocket carrying a detecting instrument. Through rocket astronomy, he also produced the first ultraviolet map of celestial bodies, and gathered information for the theory that stars are being continuously formed, on space radiation affecting Earth and on the nature of gases in space. He also made fundamental advances in the application of x rays to material analysis. |
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| 20 years anniversary | ||||
| 09 Sep 2005 | John Wayne Glover, English-Australian serial killer (b. 1932) | |||
| 09 Sep 2005 | Terry Howard a studio engineer who had been accused of stealing recordings belonging to late soul singer Ray Charles was cleared of all charges in a Los Angeles court. Howard who had worked for Charles for 20 years had been arrested in February after dozens of recordings belonging to Ray Charles Enterprises were seized from his home. | |||
| 09 Sep 2005 | Liverpool City Council confirmed it was to demolish Ringo Starr's birthplace because it had "no historical significance." The house in Dingle, was one of 460 properties to be demolished for a regeneration project. The council said Madryn Street had no significance because Ringo had spent only three months of his life there. | |||
| 09 Sep 2005 | An international conference devoted to the life, work, and influence of Bruce Springsteen was held at Monmouth University, New Jersey. The festivities included various live acts, as well as keynote addresses by rock critics and figures from the music industry. More than 150 papers were presented to the course including Springsteen and American Folklore, Springsteen and Dylan's American Dreamscapes, Springsteen's Musical Legacy, Born to Run at 30-Years-Old, Springsteen and New Jersey and the Boss and the Bible. | |||
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