Saturday, October 5, 1996
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"Baseball, your honor, is in a state of very serious decay.
There is no longer social significance in baseball. There is
only economic significance,"
-- Richie
Phillips, head of the major league umpires' labor union.
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Today's Events
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Secretary of State Warren Christopher leaves on a
hastily arranged trip to Israel, to give a push to
Israeli-Palestinian peace talks set to begin Sunday at Erez,
a border crossing between Israel and Gaza.
Summit of European Union leaders takes place in Dublin,
Ireland, to debate EU reform.
The National Italian American Foundation holds its
21st annual gala awards dinner in Washington. Honorees are
baseball champion Yogi Berra; actor and playwright Chazz
Palminteri; Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi; Town and
Country Magazine editor-in-chief Pamela Fiori; Phoenix Suns
President Jerry Colangelo; Honeywell Chairman Michael
Bonsignore; and Willian Cafaro Sr., the Cafaro Company
chairman.
A simultaneous premiere takes place in New York and
Johannesburg of a documentary on South African President
Nelson Mandela.
The Trinity Site at the White Sands Missile Range in New
Mexico, where the world's first atomic bomb was detonated in
1945, will be opened to the public.
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On the horizon
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On Sunday, October 6, the first of two 1996 Democrat-
Republican presidential debates will take place in Hartford,
Connecticut.
On Monday, October 7, the U.S. Supreme Court begins its 1996-
1997 term.
On Tuesday, October 8, this year's Nobel Prize winner in
economics will be announced in Stockholm, Sweden.
On Wednesday, October 9, the 1996 Democrat-Republican vice
presidential debate is scheduled in St. Petersburg, Florida.
On Thursday, October 10, an auction of George Burns' property
will be held in Beverly Hills, California.
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On this day
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In 1813, the Battle of the Thames was fought in Upper Canada
during the War of 1812. The British troops were soundly
defeated, and their Indian ally, Tecumseh, was killed.
In 1830, the 21st president of the United States, Chester
Arthur, was born in Fairfield, Vermont.
In 1892, the Dalton Gang, notorious for its train robberies,
was practically wiped out while attempting to rob a pair of
banks in Coffeyville, Kansas.
In 1937, saying, "the epidemic of world lawlessness is
spreading," President Roosevelt called for a "quarantine" of
aggressor nations.
In 1947, in the first televised White House address,
President Truman asked Americans to refrain from eating meat
on Tuesdays and poultry on Thursdays to help stockpile grain
for starving people in Europe.
In 1953, Earl Warren was sworn in as the 14th chief justice
of the United States, succeeding Fred M. Vinson.
In 1955, "The Diary of Anne Frank," a dramatization of the
journal of a Jewish girl who hid with her family and others
during the Holocaust, opened at the Cort Theatre in New York.
In 1962, the Beatles' first hit, "Love Me Do," was first
released in the United Kingdom.
In 1990, a jury in Cincinnati acquitted an art gallery and
its director of obscenity charges stemming from an exhibit of
sexually graphic photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe.
In 1991, Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev announced
sweeping cuts in nuclear weapons in response to President
Bush's arms reduction initiative.
In 1995, Bosnia's combatants agreed to a 60-day cease-fire
and new talks on ending their 3 1/2 years of battle.
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Newslink
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The major league umpires weren't allowed to strike Friday and
the pennant race continues. Want to know the latest? Check
out Major
League Baseball's web site.
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Holidays and more
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Today is the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles in Israel.
Macau celebrates Portugal Republic Day.
Today is Republic Day in Portugal.
"Family Circus" cartoonist Bil Keane is 74.
Actress Glynis Johns is 73.
Comedian Bill Dana is 72.
Country singer Johnny Duncan is 58.
Rhythm-and-blues singer Arlene Smith (The Chantels) is 55.
Singer-musician Steve Miller is 53.
Actor Jeff Conaway is 46.
Actress Karen Allen is 45.
Rock singer and famine-relief organizer Bob Geldof is 42.
Rock singer-musician Dave Dederer (Presidents of the United
States of America) is 32.
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Sources: Associated Press,
Chase's Calendar of Events 1996, J.P. Morgan
News almanac archive
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