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Sunday, September 8, 1996

"I'm not hiding anything for the Clintons, and they haven't helped me one bit,"

-- Susan McDougal.


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Today's Events


The 48th Annual Emmy Awards will be broadcast live on ABC from Pasadena, California.

Okinawans vote in referendum on whether to reduce the U.S. military presence in Japan. The measure will not be binding, but will gauge reaction to the U.S. base reduction plan.

Security officers injured in the Centennial Park bombing will be honored at the Peace Officers Association of Georgia convention in Macon, Georgia.

Silenced by earthquakes, the bells of California's historic San Gabriel Mission will ring again on 225th anniversary of its founding.

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On the horizon


On Monday, September 9, the International Peacekeeping '96 Expo opens in New York and runs through September 10.

On Tuesday, September 10, the African-American Civil War Memorial will be dedicated in Washington, D.C. President Clinton is expected to be among those in attendance.

On Wednesday, September 11, Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat gives a speech in Tokyo.

On Thursday, September 12, Philadelphia's Academy of Music sponsors the Luciano Pavarotti International Voice Competition.

On Friday, September 13, Reform Party candidate Ross Perot speaks at Christian Coalition meeting in Washington, DC.

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On this day


In 1565, a Spanish expedition established the first permanent European settlement in North America at present-day St. Augustine, Florida.

In 1664, the Dutch surrendered New Amsterdam to the British, who renamed it New York.

In 1892, an early version of "The Pledge of Allegiance" appeared in "The Youth's Companion."

In 1900, Galveston, Texas, was struck by a hurricane that killed about 6,000 people.

In 1921, Margaret Gorman of Washington, D.C., was crowned the first Miss America in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

In 1934, 134 people lost their lives in a fire aboard the liner Morro Castle off the New Jersey coast.

In 1951, a peace treaty with Japan was signed by 48 other nations in San Francisco.

In 1966, the television series "Star Trek" premiered on NBC.

In 1966, the situation comedy "That Girl," starring Marlo Thomas, premiered on ABC.

In 1971, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts opened in Washington, D.C., with a performance of Leonard Bernstein's "Mass."

In 1974, President Ford granted an unconditional pardon to former President Nixon.

In 1975, Boston's public schools began their court-ordered citywide busing program amid scattered incidents of violence.

In 1994, a USAir Boeing 737 crashed as it was approaching Pittsburgh International Airport, killing all 132 people on board.

In 1991, more than 40 people were reported killed in factional fighting around Johannesburg, South Africa.

In 1995, Bosnia's warring sides reached a compromise in Geneva, agreeing to divide the nation into two states: one for the rebel Serbs and another for the Muslims and Croats.

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Newslink


Can't get to a TV during tonight's 48th annual Emmy Award extravaganza? Never fear, you can check out all the action on the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences' official Web site of the academy, the awards and the Television Hall of Fame


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Holidays and more


Andorra honors Our Lady of Meritxell.

Today is a religious holiday in Brazil.

Liechtenstein celebrates the Nativity of Our Lady..

It is Independence Day in Macedonia.

Today is Victory Day in Malta.

It is Indra Jatra in Nepal.

Rwanda celebrates a Culture Day.

Spain celebrates Our Lady of the Pine.

Actress Hillary Brooke is 82.

Comedian Sid Caesar is 74.

Former Housing Secretary Samuel R. Pierce Jr. is 74.

Senator Wendell Ford, D-Kentucky, is 72.

Senator Sam Nunn, D-Georgia, is 58.

Author Ann Beattie is 49.

Musician David Steele of the Fine Young Cannibals is 36.

Actress Heather Thomas is 39.

Actor Henry Thomas is 25.

Actor Jonathan Taylor Thomas of "Home Improvement" is 15.

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Sources: Associated Press,
Chase's Calendar of Events 1996, J.P. Morgan


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