Page 6: Historical Events In September - 04

1949  Marie Robie sinks 393 yd hole-in-one (1st hole in Furnace Brook)   

1950  D McI Hodgson of St Ann Bay, Nova Scotia catches a 997 lb tuna   

1950  The inaugural helicopter rescue of American pilot behind enemy lines (Korea).   

1950  1st helicopter rescue of American pilot behind enemy lines   

1951  NBC extends to become a 61 station coast-to-coast network   

1951  The inaugural transcontinental TV broadcast, by Pres Truman   

1951  1st transcontinental TV broadcast, by Pres Truman.   

1953  Florence Chadwick swims the English Channel   

1953  WATR (now WTXX) TV channel 20 in Waterbury, CT (NBC) begins   

1954  Peter B Cortese of the US achieves a one-arm deadlift of 370 lbs; 22 lbs over triple his body weight, at York, Pennsylvania   

1954  The inaugural passage of McClure Strait, fabled Northwest Passage completed   

1957  Ford Motor Co introduces the Edsel.   

1960  Alfred E Green, director (Copacabana), dies after long illness at 71   

1961  US authorizes Agency for International Development   

1962  Beatles record "How Do You Do It"   

1963  Robert Schuman, French premier/chair (European Parliament), dies at 77.   

1964  Forth Road Bridge opens in England over the "Firth of Forth"   

1964  NASA launches its 1st Orbital Geophysical Observatory (OGO-1).   

1964  The now-classic comedy, Gilligan's Island, debuts on CBS-TV   

1964  W Bergengruen, writer, dies at 71.   

1965  Albert Schweitzer, missionary-doctor, dies.   

1965  Beatles' "Help!," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks.   

1965  Albert Schweitzer, German/French missionary (Nobel 1954), dies at 90   

1967  6.5 earthquake of Kolya Dam India, results in the deaths of 200.   

1970  In this year, George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord" single.   

1970  James M Taylor, USAF/astronaut, dies at 39   

1971  ABC-TV pulls the plug on The Lawrence Welk Show after 13 seasons   

1971  Alaskan 727 crashes into Chilkoot Mountain, results in the deaths of 109 (Alaska).   

1972  Olympic swimmer Mark Spitz is recorded as becoming the inaugural person in history to win seven gold medals, winning the 400-meter relay at Munich, GVany.   

1972  Alan Kippax, cricketer (1st-class batting average 67), dies   

1974  Creighton W Abrams, US general/army staff chief (Vietnam), dies at 59   

1975  Walter Tetley, cartoon voice (Sherman-Bullwinkle Show), dies at 60.   

1979  Jef van de Wiele, Belgian politician, dies at 76.   

1980  Wolfgang Gentner, German nuclear physicist, dies at 74   

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1241  Alexander iii of scotland: Alexander iii of scotland (d. 1286)   

1249  Amadeus v de great: Count of flanders/savoy   

1383  Amadeus viii: Duke of savoye/last antipope (felix v (1439-48)   

1454  Henry stafford: 2nd duke of buckingham, english politician   

1557  Sofie of mecklenburg-schwerin : Queen of denmark and norway   

1563  Wanli: Emperor of china   

1596  Constantine huygens: Dutch poet/diplomat (delightful folly)   

1622  Jacob hintze: Composer   

0422  Boniface i: Italian bishop of rome,   

0454  Death of Dioscorus van alexandria: Patriarch (council of efeze),   

0799  Musa al-kazim: Shia imam (b. 745)   

1037  King bermudo iii of leon: King bermudo iii of leon (b. 1010)   

1063  Toghrül: Turkish conqueror of persia and baghdad   

1085  Irmgarde van keulen: German countress of aspel/saint,   

1199  Joan of england: Queen consort of sicily, wife of william ii of sicily (b. 1165)   

1537  Death of Johann dietenberger: German theologian (b. c. 1475)