Today in History events from 1901 to 1997
On September 6 1901 President McKinley was shot at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo and died eight days later with Theodore Roosevelt succeeding him. In 1916 the self serve grocery era began with Piggly Wiggly in Memphis, and in 1997 Britain said farewell to Princess Diana at Westminster Abbey.
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Leon Czolgosz
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McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Memphis
Tenn
Clarence Saunders
Britain
Diana
Westminster Abbey
Couric interviews Bush in Five Years Later special
Katie Couric hosts a CBS news special with President Bush discussing homeland security and the war on terror two days into her new job. HBOs Costas NOW adds football season preview and Reggie Bush interview. Adkins discusses fame and reclusiveness on Offstage. American Masters rebroadcast profiles Bernstein.
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Couric
Costas
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Reggie Bush
New Orleans Saints
Trace Adkins
Lorianne Crook
GAC
Adkins
PBS
Leonard Bernstein
Stephen Sondheim
Jerome Robbins
Michael Tilson
Thomas
Bert Comden
Couric Debuts As CBS Evening News Anchor
Katie Couric opens her CBS Evening News tenure with a brisk, brisk-paced telecast that mixes serious reporting with a new segment Free Speech, while Rosie O'Donnell debuts on The View amid chaotic banter. Viewers are invited to send signoff ideas via CBS News.
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Couric
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NBC
Lara Logan
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Logan
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Jim Axelrod
Bush
Ford
Ter
Ron Burgundy
CBS News
Rosie O'Donnell
the View
Tom Cruise
Cruise
O’donnell
Jessica Simpson
Simpson
John Mayer
People Magazine
O'Donnell
Joy Behar
O'Donnell Ares
Behar
Elisabeth
Hasselbeck
Barbara Walters
Rosie
Bob Schieffer
Dan Rather
Twins on the way for Sean Combs and Kim Porter
Hip hop mogul Sean Combs and model Kim Porter expect twins, confirmed by his spokeswoman. An emergency video on MySpace announced the news as the couple learned of the pregnancy during a doctor’s visit.
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New York
Sean “Diddy
Combs
Kim Porter
Associated Press
Porter
Journal World Contacts and Newsroom Directory
Contact information and staff directory for the Journal World includes local and national desks, editors, and departments with phone numbers and emails. Also lists subscribers help line and redelivery guarantee for missed papers.
Birthday ages for celebrities listed in brief
Actor Jeff Foxworthy turns 48 while rock legend Roger Waters reaches 63. Swoosie Kurtz is 62 and Dane Curtin 59. Elizabeth Vargas is 44, Mark Chesnut 43, Rosie Perez 42. Macy Gray is 36.
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Jeff Foxworthy
Roger Waters
Pink Floyd
Swoosie Kurtz
Dane Curtin
ABC News
Elizabeth Vargas
Mark Chesnutt
Rosie Perez
Macy Gray
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