TODAY IN HISTORY
On Sept. 19, 1955, President Juan Peron of Argentina was ousted after a revolt by the army and navy.
In 1970, the “Mary Tyler Moore” show debuted.
In 1985, the Mexico City area was struck by a devastating earthquake that killed at least 9,500 people.
In 1995, The New York Times and The Washington Post published the manifesto of Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, which proved instrumental in identifying him.
In 2004, Hu Jintao became the undisputed leader of
China with the departure of former President Jiang Zemin from his top military post.
struggling to stave off financial catastrophe, the Bush administration laid out a radical bailout plan calling for a takeover of a half-trillion dollars or more in worthless mortgages and other bad debt held by tottering institutions.