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Today in History 9/30/09 11:39 AM
Today is Wednesday, Sept. 30, the 273rd day of 2009. There are 92 days left in the year.
In 1791, Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute" premiered in Vienna,
Austria.
In 1809, the Treaty of Fort Wayne (also known as the Ten O'Clock Line Treaty) was signed by Indiana Territory Gov. William Henry Harrison and representatives of four Indian tribes. (Under terms of the treaty, the Indians sold some 3 million acres of land to be used for U.S. settlements.
In 1846, Boston dentist William Morton used ether as an anesthetic for the first time as he extracted an ulcerated tooth from merchant Eben
Frost.
In 1939, the first college football game to be televised was shown on experimental station W2XBS in New York as Fordham University defeated Waynesburg College, 34-7.
In 1949, the Berlin Airlift came to an end.
In 1955, actor Jame Dean, 24, was killed in a two-car collision near Cholame, Ca.
In 1962, black student James Merideth was escorted by federal marshals to the campus of the University of Mississippi, where he enrolled for classes the next day.
In 1791, Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute" premiered in Vienna,
Austria.
In 1809, the Treaty of Fort Wayne (also known as the Ten O'Clock Line Treaty) was signed by Indiana Territory Gov. William Henry Harrison and representatives of four Indian tribes. (Under terms of the treaty, the Indians sold some 3 million acres of land to be used for U.S. settlements.
In 1846, Boston dentist William Morton used ether as an anesthetic for the first time as he extracted an ulcerated tooth from merchant Eben
Frost.
In 1939, the first college football game to be televised was shown on experimental station W2XBS in New York as Fordham University defeated Waynesburg College, 34-7.
In 1949, the Berlin Airlift came to an end.
In 1955, actor Jame Dean, 24, was killed in a two-car collision near Cholame, Ca.
In 1962, black student James Merideth was escorted by federal marshals to the campus of the University of Mississippi, where he enrolled for classes the next day.