On this day in...
1858 – First news dispatch by telegraph.
1920 – The 19th amendment to United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote.
1939 – The first Major League Baseball game is telecast, a doubleheader between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field, in Brooklyn, New York.
1970 – The then new feminist movement, led by Betty Friedan, leads a nation-wide Women's Strike for Equality.
1978 – Papal conclave, 1978 (August): Pope John Paul I is elected to the Papacy.
1987 – President Ronald Reagan proclaims September 11, 1987 as 9-1-1 Emergency Number Day.
Births
1959 – Stan Van Gundy, American basketball coach
Well, this has to be the worst birthday date ever. I guess there's a possibility that I skimmed the list too fast and missed one or that Wikipedia screwed up the list. If so, let me know but in the meantime here's a picture that shows how much Stan Van Gundy looks like porn star Ron Jeremy.
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