The Oneida Daily Dispatch (Oneida, NY)
TODAY IN HISTORY
SUNDAY SEP 12, 2021 2001
Stunned rescue workers continued to search for bodies in the World Trade Center’s smoking rubble a day after a terrorist attack that shut down the financial capital, badly damaged the Pentagon and left thousands dead. President George W. Bush, branding the attacks in New York and Washington “acts of war,” spoke of “a monumental struggle of good versus evil” and said that “good will prevail.”
1914
During World War I, the First Battle of the Marne ended in an Allied victory against Germany.
1958
The U.S. Supreme Court, in Cooper v. Aaron, unanimously ruled that Arkansas officials who were resisting public school desegregation orders could not disregard the high court’s rulings.
1962
In a speech at Rice University in Houston, President John F. Kennedy reaffirmed his support for the manned space program, declaring: “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.”
1966
“The Monkees” debuted on NBC-TV; “Family Affair” premiered on CBS.
1977
South African Black student leader and anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko, 30, died while in police custody, triggering an international outcry.
1987
Reports surfaced that Democratic presidential candidate Joseph Biden had borrowed, without attribution, passages of a speech by British Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock for one of his own campaign speeches.
1994
A stolen, single-engine Cessna crashed into the South Lawn of the White House, coming to rest against the executive mansion; the pilot, Frank Corder, was killed.
1995
The Belarusian military shot down a hydrogen balloon during an international race, killing its two American pilots, John Stuart-jervis and Alan Fraenckel.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Actor Linda Gray is 81. Singer Maria Muldaur is 79. Actor Joe Pantoliano is 70. Singer-musician Gerry Beckley (America) is 69. Original MTV VJ Nina Blackwood is 69. Actor Peter Scolari is 66. Former Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is 65. Actor Rachel Ward is 64. Actor Amy Yasbeck is 59. Rock musician Norwood Fisher (Fishbone) is 56.