TODAY IN HISTORY

THURSDAY SEP 30, 2021 1962

James Meredith, a Black student, was escorted by federal marshals to the campus of the University of Mississippi, where he enrolled for classes the next day; Meredith’s presence sparked rioting that claimed two lives.

1777

The Continental Congress — forced to flee in the face of advancing British forces — moved to York, Pennsylvania.

1938

After co-signing the Munich Agreement allowing Nazi annexation of Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain said, “I believe it is peace for our time.”

1947

The World Series was broadcast on television for the first time; the New York Yankees defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers 5-3 in Game 1.

1949

The Berlin Airlift came to an end.

1954

The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, was commissioned by the U.S. Navy.

1955

Actor James Dean, 24, was killed in a two-car collision near Cholame, California.

1972

Roberto Clemente hit a double against Jon Matlack of the New York Mets during Pittsburgh’s 5-0victory at Three Rivers Stadium; the hit was the 3,000th and last for the Pirates star.

1984

The mystery series “Murder, She Wrote,” starring Angela Lansbury, premiered on CBS.

1986

The U.S. released accused Soviet spy Gennadiy Zakharov, one day after the Soviets released American journalist Nicholas Daniloff.

2001

Under threat of U.S. military strikes, Afghanistan’s hard-line Taliban rulers said explicitly for the first time that Osama bin Laden was still in the country and that they knew where his hideout was located.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Actor Angie Dickinson is

90. Singer Cissy Houston is

88. Singer Johnny Mathis is 86. Actor Len Cariou is

82. Singer Marilyn Mccoo is 78. Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is 76. Pop singer Sylvia Peterson (The Chiffons) is 75. Actor Vondie Curtis-hall is 71. Actor Victoria Tennant is 71. Actor John Finn is 69. Rock musician John Lombardo is 69. Singer Deborah Allen is 68. Actor Calvin Levels is 67.