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Birthdates which occurred on September 17:
879 Charles III [The Simple], king of France (893-923)
1271 Wenceslas II king of Bohemia & Poland (1278-1305)
1730 Baron Frederick von Steuben Germany, made Continental Army winners
1743 Marquis de Condorcet France, enlightenment philosopher
1774 Joseph Caspar Mezzofanti Cardinal/linguist (understood 70 languages)
1819 Thomas Andrews Hendricks (D) 21st US VP; died in office
1850 Ab¡lio Manuel Guerra Junqueiro Portuguese poet (The Simple Ones)
1857 Konstantin Tsiolkovsky pioneer in rocket & space research
1869 Christian Lange Norway, pacifist/internationalist (Nobel 1921)
1884 Charles Tomlinson Griffes Elmira NY, composer (White Peacock)
1904 Frederick Ashton choreographer (Cinderella)
1907 Warren E Burger Minn, Supreme Court chief justice (1969-86)
1917 Lawrence Jacob Atlantic City NJ, artist (Sanitarium)
1917 Peter Bennett London, actor (Leonides-Adv of Sir Lancelot)
1921 Virgilio Barco Vargas president of Colombia (1986-90)
1922 Ursula Howells London, actress (Girly, Murder is Announced)
1923 Hank Williams country singer (Cold, Cold Heart, Hey Good Lookin')
1927 George Blanda Penn, NFL hall of famer (Bears, Oilers, Raiders)
1928 Roddy McDowall actor (Planet of the Apes, Lord Love a Duck)
1930 David Huddleston Vinton Va, actor (How the West Was Won)
1930 Edgar Dean Mitchell Hereford Texas, Capt USN/astronaut (Apollo 14)
1930 Thomas P Stafford Weatherford Ok, USAF/astronaut (Gem 6 9, Ap 10 18)
1931 Anne Bancroft AKA Mrs Mel Brooks, Bronx, actress (Graduate)
1933 Charles Grassley (Sen-R-Iowa)
1933 Dorothy Loudon Boston Mass, actress (Garbo Talks, Garry Moore Show)
1933 Patricia Crowley Olyphant Pa, actress (Please Don't Eat the Daisies)
1934 Maureen "Little Mo" Connolly tennis, 1st woman grand slam (1953)
1934 Orlando Cepeda Giants player (NL MVP 1967)
1935 Ken Kesey author (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
1938 Paul Benedict Silver City NM, actor (Harry-The Jefferson)
1939 David Souter Weir NH, Supreme Court Justice (1990- )
1941 William Grut Sweden, penthathlete (Olympic-gold-1948)
1942 Beverly Aadland Hollywood Cal, Errol Flynn's last girlfriend
1942 Doris Brown US, 800m runner (Olympic-5th-1968)
1947 Jeff MacNelly, political cartoonist, creator of the comic strip Shoe.
1948 John Ritter Burbank Calif, actor (Jack-3's Company, Hooperman)
1955 Rita Rudner comedienne (Funny People)
1958 Daniel Nunez Cuba, weightlifter (Olympic-gold-1980)
1959 Hank Ilesic Edmonton, CFL punter, place kicker (Edmonton, Toronto)
1960 Terry Nihen Concord Mass, playmate (December, 1983)
1962 Dustin Nguyen actor (Harry-21 Jump Street)
1968 Suzy Cote Santa Barbara Calif, actress (Samantha-Guiding Light)

Deaths which occurred on September 17:
1179 Hildegard van Bingen, mystic/composer (Ordo Virtutum), dies at 81
1858 Dred Scott, US slave (REV-decision Supreme court), dies
1908 Thomas Selfridge earlier aviator, dies in an air crash
1948 Count Folke Bernadotte UN mediator for Palestine, assassinated in Jerusalem by Jewish extremists
1956 Mildred E "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias, (Olympic-gold-1932), dies at 42
1961 Adnan Menderes PM of Turkey (1950-60), dies at 62
1980 Anastasio Somoza Former Nicaraguan Pres assassinated in Paraguay
1984 Richard Basehart actor, dies at 70 following several strokes
1989 Jay Stewart annoucer on Let's Make a Deal, commits suicide
1996 Former Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
1997 Red Skelton, comedian (Red Skelton Show), dies at 84

Reported: MISSING in ACTION
1965 KLENDA DEAN ALBERT MANHATTAN KS.
1966 LEETUN DAREL D. HETTINGER ND.
1967 GRUBB PETER A. SOUTH HAMPTON NY.
1967 NELLANS WILLIAM L. WARSAW IN.
1967 STAVAST JOHN EDWARD CLAREMONT CA.
[03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE AND WELL 98]
1967 VENANZI GERALD S. TRENTON NJ.
[03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE IN 98]
1968 DAVIS EDGAR F. GOLDSBORO NC.
1972 BUELL KENNETH R. KANKAKEE IL.
1972 DONNELLY VERNE G. MARYSVILLE CA.
[REM RETURNED ID'D 02/05/91]
1972 GOETSCH THOMAS AUGUST MEMPHIS TN.
1972 TUROSE MICHAEL STEPHEN PARMA OH.
1972 ZORN THOMAS ONEAL JR. WAYCROSS GA.

POW / MIA Data & Bios supplied by
the P.O.W. NETWORK. Skidmore, MO. USA.

On this day...
0642 Arabs conquer Alexandria, great library destroyed
1394 Jews are expelled from France by order of King Charles VI
1631 Battle of Breitenfeld: King Gustaaf Adolf defeats Gen Tilly
1683 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek reports existence of bacteria
1776 Presidio of SF forms as a Spanish fort
1787 US constitution adopted by Philadelphia convention
1789 William Herschel discovers Mimas, satellite of Saturn
1819 1st whaling ship arrives in Hawaii
1796 - President George Washington -- having declined a third term -- delivered his farewell address in Philadelphia.
1859 Man in SF claims himself Norton I, emperor of America
1861 1st day school for freedmen forms at Fortress Monroe Virginia
1862 Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)-bloodiest day in American history
1863 Pope Pius IX encyclical On persecution in New Grenada
1864 Grant approves Sheridan's plan for Shenandoah Valley Campaign ("I want it so barren that a crow, flying down it, would need to pack rations.")
1873 19 students attend opening class at Ohio State University
1901 Battle at Elands River Port: Boer Gen Smuts destroys unit 17th Lancers
1908 Thomas Selfridge becomes 1st fatality of powered flight
1911 1st transcontinental airplane flight, NY-Pasadena in 82 hrs 4 min
1920 National Football League organized in Canton Ohio
1922 Radio Moscow begins transmitting (12 KWs-most powerful station)
1927 Charles Lindbergh visits San Francisco
1928 Hurricane hits Lake Okeechobee Florida drowning 1,800-2500
1928 Pitcher Ray Boggs hits 3 batters in 1 inning
1934 1st 33 1/3 rpm recording released (Beethoven's 5th)
1937 1st NFL game in Washington, DC; Redskins beat NY Giants 13-3
1938 British premier Neville Chamberlain leaves Munich
1939 German U-29 sinks British aircraft carrier Courageous, 519 die
1939 Soviet Union invades Poland during WW II
1943 Load of "ammunition in transit" explodes at Norfolk Naval Air Station
1944 British airborne troops parachute into Holland to capture the Arnhem bridge as part of Operation Market-Garden.
1947 James Forrestal sworn in as 1st US secretary of defense
1949 Steamer "Noronic" burns at pier killing 128 (Toronto Canada)
1950 San Francisco 49ers (formerly AAFC) play 1st NFL game, lose 21-17
1952 "I am an American Day" & "Constituion Day" renamed "Citizenship Day"
1953 1st successful separation of Siamese twins
1953 Ernie Banks becomes Chicago Cubs 1st black player
1954 Heavyweight champ Rocky Marciano KOs Ezzard Charles in 8
1956 Black students enter Clay Ky elementary school
1956 Yanks clinch pennant #22 on Mantle's 50th homer of the year
1957 Scott Crossfield takes X-15 up for 1st powered flight
1957 2 male attorneys "stand in" as actress Sophia Loren & producer Carlo Ponti wed by proxy in Juarez, Mexico
1959 Transit 1A, 1st navigational satellite launched; failed to orbit
1959 Typhoon kills 2,000 in Japan & Korea
1961 Minnesota Vikings' 1st NFL game (beat Chicago Bears 37-13)
1962 US space officials announce selection of 9 new astronauts
1963 "The Fugitive" premiers on ABC TV
1963 Train struck makeshift bus full of migrant workers, killing 32
1964 "Bewitched" premiers on ABC TV
1964 Beatles are paid a then record $150,000 for a concert (Kansas)
1964 Mickey Mantle gets hits #1999, 2000 & 2001
1964 Supremes release "Baby Love"
1967 "Mission Impossible" premieres on CBS-TV
1967 Mount Washington cog railway train derails, kills 8 (NH)
1967 New Orleans Saints 1st NFL game, they lose to LA Rams 27-13
1968 Gaylord Perry (Giants) no-hits St Louis Cardinals, 1-0
1968 Zond 5 completes circumnavigation of the Moon
1972 "M*A*S*H," premiers on TV
1972 BART begins passenger service in SF
1974 Courageous (US) beats Southern Cross (Aust) in 23rd America's Cup
1975 Rollout of 1st space shuttle orbiter Enterprise (OV-101)
1976 NASA publicly unveils space shuttle Enterprise in Palmdale, Calif
1976 Ringo releases "Ringo's Rotogravure" album
1977 Dave Kingman hits his 1st Yankee homer, Reggie hits 2 more
1978 Begin, Sadat & Carter sign the Camp David accord
1978 Red Sox finally beat Yanks in Sept, 1978 7-3
1980 Solidarity labor union in Poland forms
1982 NJ Devils 1st exhibition game, beating the Caps 3-1 in Hershey Pa
1983 Vanessa Williams of NY became 1st black Miss America
1984 Brian Mulroney sworn in as Canada's 18th PM succeeding John Turner
1984 Met's Dwight Goodin becomes 2nd to strikeout 32 over 2 cons games
1985 Soyuz T-14 carries 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station
1986 Marina Stepanova of USSR sets the 400m hurdle woman's record (52.94)
1986 US Senate confirms William Rehnquist as 16th chief justice
1987 Phila celebrates 200th anniversary of the Constitution
1988 Jeff Reardon becomes 1st to record 40 or more saves in both AL & NL
1989 Hurricane Hugo begins 4 day sweep through Caribbean, killing 62
1989 NYC court of appeals overturns lower court decision & returns America's Cup back to the US (from New Zealand)
1990 Newspaper Guild votes 242-35 to keep NY Post publishing
1990 Soviet Union & Saudi Arabia restore diplomatic ties
1990 Defense Secretary Dick Cheney fired Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Dugan for "poor judgment" in publicly discussing U.S. bombing plans should war erupt with Iraq.
1991 4,355 turn out to see the Expos play the NY Mets at Shea Stadium
1991 North & South Korea joins the UN
2001 President Bush said Osama bin Laden, the suspected ringleader in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, was "wanted dead or alive".

Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

Brundi : Victory of Uprona
US : Baron Frederick von Steuben Day (1730)
US : Citizenship Day (replaces Constitution Day) (1952)
UN observance : Intl Day of Peace (Tuesday)
US : Citizenship Day (replaces Constitution Day) (1952)
US : Constitution Week Begins
Sea Cadet Month

Religious Observances
Anglican : St Lambert's Day
Ang, RC : Ember Day
RC : Commemoration of Impression of the Stigmata of St Francis
RC : Memorial of Robert Bellarmine, bishop & doctor (opt)

Religious History
1656 Massachusetts enacted severe laws against Quakers. (At the time, government and religion were intricately interwoven; the line between blasphemy and treason was virtually nonexistent; and non-sacramental Quakerism gave the impression that the denomination was anti-government.)
1717 The first synod of the Presbyterian Church in America met in Philadelphia.
1776 Along the western coast of North America, a party of 247 Spanish colonists consecrated their newly-founded mission, known as San Francisco.
1787 The U.S. Constitution -- ratified on this date -- contained the following code under Article 6, Section 3: 'No religious tests shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.'
1868 Birth of Walter Gowans, Canadian missions pioneer. In 1893 he helped found the Sudan Interior Mission in Toronto. Today, SIM works with African nationals and specializes in church planting, medicine and broadcasting.

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.

Thought for the day :
"What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul."

You Might Be a Yankee If...
You've never, ever, eaten Okra.

Murphys Law of the day...(Law of Copiers)
The legibility of a copy is inversely proportional to its importance.

It's a little known fact that...
Ten per cent of the salt mined in the world each year is used to de-ice the roads in America.

0642 Arabs conquer Alexandria, great library destroyed

The more things change...

1862 Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)-bloodiest day in American history

Casualties at Antietam

Casualties include three categories: 1) dead; 2) wounded; and 3) missing or captured.

Approximate Numbers	Union	Confederate	Total
Killed	2,100	1,550	3,650
Wounded	9,550	7,750	17,300
Missing/Captured	750	1,020	1,770
Total	12,400	10,320	22,720

These are the approximate numbers for September 17th, 1862. No one knows the actual number of men who would later die of their wounds or the number of missing who had been killed. If you take a conservative estimate of 20% of the wounded dying of their wounds and 30% of the missing killed, the approximate number of soldiers that died as a result of this battle are 7,640.

Casualties at Antietam by Phase of Battle

The casualty numbers below include all three categories. The numbers below are approximations of the casualties that occurred in each phase of the battle. The chaos of battle makes it exceedingly difficult to develop precise numbers for casualties in each phase of the battle. Overall, 1 in 4 soldiers involved in battle that day were killed, wounded, or missing.

	Union		Confederate
	Troops Engaged	Casualties	Troops Engaged	Casualties
Morning Phase
Cornfield	17,000	4,350	11,800	4,200
West Woods	5,400	2,200	9,000	1,850
Total, Morning Phase	22,400	6,550	20,800	6,050
Midday Phase
Bloody Lane	9,700	2,900	6,500	2,600
Afternoon Phase
Burnside Bridge	4,270	500	500	120
Final Attack	9,550	1,850	5,500	1,000
Total, Afternoon Phase	13,820	2,350	6,000	1,120
Battle Total*	56,000	12,400	37,400	10,300

*The total numbers for the battle do not reflect the sum of all three phases due to approximations for numbers in each phase.