Today in History highlights Sept 6 events
On Sept 6 1997 a public funeral was held for Princess Diana at Westminster Abbey in London six days after her death in Paris. Other notable dates include Lafayette's birth in 1757, Grant in Paducah occupation in 1861, McKinley shot in 1901, Piggly Wiggly opened in 1916, and Verwoerd's 1966 stabbing in Cape Town.
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Diana
Westminster Abbey
London
Paris
Marquis de Lafayette
Auvergne
France
Ulysses S. Grant
Paducah
William McKinley
Leon Czolgosz
Buffalo
N.Y
McKinley
Piggly Wiggly
Memphis
Tenn
Clarence Saunders
Union of South Africa
Germany
Juliana of the
Netherlands
Queen Wilhelmina
Montreal
Hendrik Verwoerd
Cape Town
Jordan
Munich
West Germany
Midwest Express Airlines
Milwaukee
Mitchell Field
Washington, D.C
Congress
New York
Luciano Pavarotti
Modena
Italy
Carson City
Nev
Uniformed
National Guard
Eduardo Sendion
Polar bears and wolves vie for Alaska Zoo presidency
In Anchorage the Alaska Zoo runs an election between Ahpun the polar bear and Denali the gray wolf. Ballots cost $1 and may be cast until November 6 with daily online tallies. supporters back both animals as race officials promote fundraising and publicity for the zoo.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Barack and
Mitt
Ahpun
Denali
Alaska Zoo
Zoo
Eileen Floyd
Floyd
Arctic
Point Lay
Chukchi Sea
Hand
Little Red Riding Hood
Alaska Board of Game
McGrath
Fairbanks
Ahoun
Amanda Bynes charged with hit and run in LA cases
Los Angeles prosecutors charge Amanda Bynes with leaving the scene of two accidents on April 10 and August 4, with arraignment set for September 27. She previously faced a drunken driving arrest after grazing a sheriff’s patrol car. Oscar nominee Michael Clarke Duncan to receive public casket viewing at Forest Lawn before private service.
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Los Angeles
Amanda Bynes
Frank Mateljan
Matellan
Bynes
Los
Duncan
Joy Fehily
Hall of Liberty
Forest Lawn Memorial Parks and Mortuaries
Illinois and Missouri Lottery Draw Prizes and Jackpots Summary
Illinois midday pick three three one nine and evening nine three nine lead a slate of daily drawings. Illinois pick four both sessions seven six seven zero and eight zero three four. Lucky Day Lotto, Lotto, and Mega Millions show prizes with jackpots of 105 million for Mega Millions and 3 million for Lotto. Kentucky and Missouri results include several pick three and pick four sequences, Show MeCash, and Powerball with a 90 million jackpot.
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Illinois
Missouri
Kitten Hitchhikes 100 Miles on Jeep Ride
A 6 week old kitten rode on the outside of a Jeep for about 22 hours and 100 miles from Plattsburgh to Elizabethtown and back, wedged behind a bumper. Stacey Pulsifer found the cat after stopping for coffee, adopted it, and named it Pumpkin. She suffered a broken paw during the journey.
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Plattsburgh
N.Y
New York
Stacey Pulsifer
Press-Republican
Elizabethtown
Adirondacks
Pulsifer
Inaccurate records and captions in the Southern edition
A Wednesday sports story misstates Illinois State football record as 1-0 after beating Dayton 56 14. Captions on pages 10 and 20 Tuesday edition misidentify Dylan Rankin. Wednesday caption misidentifies Tim Arseneau as SI Miners GM. Labor Day maternity rally sign-in lists 50 adults and 30 children. A quoted ultrasound procedures remark should be attributed to Patricia.
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Redbirds
Dayton
Carmi-White County
Dylan Rankin
Tim Arseneau
Southern Illinois Miners
Patricia
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Arctic Ocean
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Pumpkin
Kitten
Lee Enterprises
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Dynis
Carbondale
de Soto
Williamson County
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Davenport
Iowa
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