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September 1 1980 |
Terry Fox ended his run near Thunder Bay, Ont. when he was diagnosed with cancer
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September 2 1666 |
The Great Fire of London broke out, claiming thousands of homes, but only a few lives
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September 3 1962 |
The Trans-Canada Highway, stretching from St. John's, Nfld., to Victoria, was officially opened
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September 4 1781 |
Los Angeles was founded by Spanish settlers
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September 5 1638 |
Birth of Louis XIV the Great, king of France
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September 6 1952 |
The CBC opened the first TV broadcasting facilities in Canada
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September 7 1533 |
Birth of Queen Elizabeth I
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September 8 1999 |
Journalist and author Adrienne Clarkson was appointed Canada's 26th Governor General
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September 9 1926 |
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) was created
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September 10 1939 |
Canada declared war on Germany
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September 11 1862 |
Birth of O Henry, pen name of William Sidney Porter
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September 12 1959 |
"Bonanza" premieres
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September 13 122 |
Building begins on Hadrian's Wall
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September 14 1981 |
Entertainment Tonight premiers on TV
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September 15 1960 |
Maurice (Rocket) Richard, 39, announced his retirement from hockey after playing 18 seasons with the Montreal Canadiens
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September 16 1906 |
Norwegian Roald Amundsen discovers magnetic South Pole
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September 17 1972 |
"MASH" premiered on CBS-TV
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September 18 1875 |
The Supreme Court of Canada was organized
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September 19 1846 |
Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning elope
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September 20 1973 |
Jim Croce singer/songwriter dies in a plane crash at 30
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September 21 1937 |
J.R.R. Tolkien, publishes "The Hobbit"
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September 22 T.A. |
The births of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins (Bilbo 2890 Third Age and Frodo 2968 Third Age)
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September 23 1846 |
The planet Neptune was discovered by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle
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September 24 1896 |
Birth of F. Scott Fitzgerald
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September 25 1888 |
The start of Sherlock Holmes "The Hound of the Baskervilles"
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September 26 1934 |
British liner Queen Mary is launched
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September 27 1923 |
Lou Gehrig's 1st homer
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September 28 1066 |
In 1066, William the Conqueror invaded England to claim the English throne
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September 29 1895 |
Death of Louis Pasteur
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September 30 1659 |
Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked (according to Defoe)
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