1901
The third presidential assassination
President William McKinley was shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y. McKinley died on September 14th.
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1941
Nazi Germany required all Jews over the age of six to wear a yellow Star of David on their clothes.
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1995
Baseball player Cal Ripken, Jr., broke Lou Gehrig's iron man record by playing in his 2,131st straight game.
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1997
More than 2 billion people watched Princess Diana's funeral on TV.
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1998
Japanese movie director Akira Kurosawa died in Tokyo at age 88.
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2007
Italian operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti died at age 71.
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