TODAY IN HISTORY
TODAY IS FRIDAY, SEPT. 15, the 258th day of 2017. There are 107 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY:
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In 1807, former Vice President Aaron Burr was acquitted of a misdemeanor charge two weeks after he was found not guilty of treason.
In 1857, William Howard Taft — who served as President of the United States and as U.S. chief justice — was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
In 1917, the first issue of Forbes magazine was published.
In 1935, the Nuremberg Laws deprived German Jews of their citizenship.
In 1942, during World War II, the aircraft carrier USS Wasp was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine; the U.S. Navy sank the badly damaged vessel.
In 1950, during the Korean conflict, United Nations forces landed at Incheon in the south and began their drive toward Seoul.
In 1963, four black girls were killed when a bomb went off during Sunday services at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. Three Ku Klux Klansmen were eventually convicted for their roles in the blast.
In 1972, a federal grand jury in Washington indicted seven men in connection with the Watergate break-in. In 1981, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to approve the Supreme Court nomination of Sandra Day O’Connor.
In 1997, two of the nation’s most popular diet drugs — dexfenfluramine and fenfluramine — were pulled off the market because of new evidence that they could seriously damage patients’ hearts.
In 2000, the 2000 Summer Olympics opened in Sydney, Australia, with a seemingly endless parade of athletes and coaches and a spectacular display; Aborigine runner Cathy Freeman ignited an Olympic ring of fire.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Actor Forrest Compton is 92. Comedian Norm Crosby is 90. Actor Henry Darrow is 84. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Gaylord Perry is 79. Actress Carmen Maura, opera singer Jessye Norman and writer-director Ron Shelton are 72. Actor Tommy Lee Jones and movie director Oliver Stone are 71. Rock musician Kelly Keagy (Night Ranger) is 65. Rock musician Mitch Dorge (Crash Test Dummies) is 57. Football Hall-of-Famer Dan Marino is 56. Actor Danny Nucci is 49. Rap DJ Kay Gee is 48. Actor Josh Charles is 46. Singer Ivette Sosa (Eden’s Crush) is 41. Actor Tom Hardy and actress Marisa Ramirez are 40. Pop-rock musician Zach Filkins (OneRepublic) is 39. Actor Dave Annable and actress Amy Davidson are 38. Britain’s Prince Harry is 33. TV personality Heidi Montag is 31. Actress Kate Mansi is 30.