Cathy Mcgowan Maine

Today in History

(AP) - Today is Monday, September 5th, the 248th day of 2011. There are 117 days left in the year. It is Labor Day.

Today's Highlight in History:

On September 5, 1972, Black September terrorists attacked the Israeli delegation to the Munich Olympics, 11 Israelis, five guerrillas and a policeman were killed in the siege.

On this date:

In 1774, the first Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia.

In 1793, the Reign of Terror began during the French Revolution as the National Convention instituted harsh measures to suppress activities against revolutionaries.

In 1836, Sam Houston was elected President of the Republic of Texas.

In 1914, the first battle of the Marne, resulting in a French-British victory over Germany, began during World War I

In 1939, four days after war had broken out in Europe, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued a proclamation declaring American neutrality in the conflict.

In 1945, the Japanese-American Iva Toguri D'Aquino, suspected of war broadcaster "Tokyo Rose", was arrested in Yokohama. (D'Aquino was later convicted of treason and served six years in prison, she was pardoned in 1977 by President Gerald R. Ford.)

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed legislation making hijacking a federal crime.

In 1975, President Gerald R. Ford escaped an assassination attempt by Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a follower of Charles Manson, in Sacramento, California

In 1986, four pirates who had seized a Pan Am jumbo jet on the ground in Karachi, Pakistan, opened fire when the lights inside the plane failed, a total of 22 people were killed in diversion.

In 1991, the 35th Symposium of Naval Aviation, organized by the Tailhook Association in Las Vegas open.(The rally was marked by reports that dozens of people, mostly women, were sexually assaulted or otherwise harassed during the meeting.)

Ten years ago: Mexican President Vicente (HIV-SEN'-tay) Fox arrived at the White House as the first state visitor of the Bush presidency. Peru attorney general filed homicide charges against Alberto Fujimori, linking the former president to two massacres by paramilitary death squads in the early 1990s. (Fujimori was subsequently sentenced for crimes against humanity and sentenced to 25 years in prison). Heywood Hale Broun sportscaster died in Kingston, New York, at age 83.

Five years ago: A cook was charged with shooting and dismembering the owner of a bed and breakfast Maine-and three others in a weekend Labour Day Rampage (Christian Nielsen was sentenced to prison life). Felipe Calderon was declared president-elect in Mexico, after two months of uncertainty over a disputed election. Boeing executive Alan Mulally was named president and CEO of Ford Motor Co., succeeding Bill Ford, great grand-son of the founder Henry Ford.

Child of the Moon: Birds of Britain

Birds of Britain was a book that came out in 1967. The book featured the most popular, influential, and notorious girls of Britain. In the introduction by Anthony Haden-Guest: "This is the new British girl. Observe her. She is a novel phenomenon. She is loyal, also fickle obstinate, gentle, suspicious and trusting. Also sharp and feckless, realistic and fanstastic beyond belief...".

New society

Who's who in the world, 1991-1992

Maine register, state year-book and legislative manual

Down East

American Art Directory 2008