Today in History
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2000 Microsoft Launches Windows ME
The Millennium Edition was the last of the operating systems of the Windows 9x series.
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1985 The Golden Girls Make Their Television Debut
The popular American sitcom about 4 single and older women living together in a Miami, Florida house
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1979 The Afghan President is assassinated
Nur Muhammad Taraki had taken office less than a year ago when he was killed by gunfire at the behes
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1959 First Man-Made Object Successfully Lands on the Moon
Soviet space probe Luna 2 was also the first man-made spacecraft to land on any celestial object. It
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1956 IBM 305 RAMAC is Released
The 350 RAMAC was the first computer with a disk drive and was primarily targeted towards business t
Births On This Day,
September, 14
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1985 Aya Ueto
Japanese actress, singer
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1983 Amy Winehouse
English singer-songwriter
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1965 Dmitry Medvedev
Russian politician, 3rd President of Russia
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1879 Margaret Sanger
American activist
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1769 Alexander von Humboldt
German geographer, explorer
Deaths On This Day,
September, 14
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1982 Grace Kelly
American actress
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1936 Irving Thalberg
American screenwriter, producer
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1901 William McKinley
American politician, 25th President of the United States
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1852 Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Irish/English field marshal, politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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1836 Aaron Burr
American politician, 3rd Vice President of the United States
