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This Day in History: Sept. 15

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Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox manages to grab the New York Yankees' Graig Nettles' shot to first base with his bare hand in the second inning of the game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Sept. 15, 1978. Yastrzemski got in front of the shot, batted it with his glove and dropped into his hand. He then threw out Nettles at first.
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Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, followed by his wife Imelda, is greeted at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 1982 on a state visit to this country.
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Workman securing a radio tower at city hall in Cancun on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 1988 as hurricane Gilbert swept through the Yucatan peninsula knocking out electric and telephone lines.
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Referee Lucien Joubert goes to break up a Clinch between Muhammad Ali, left, and Leon Spinks in their heavyweight title match at New Orleans Superdome on Friday, Sept. 15, 1978. Ali defeated Spinks in a 15-round unanimous decision, becoming the first man to gain the heavyweight crown three times.
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Muhammad Ali fights Leon Spinks at the Superdome in New Orleans, La., Sept. 15, 1978.
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Jerry Garcia, center, and Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead performs in concert at New York's Madison Square Garden, Sept. 15, 1987.
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Pope John Paul II makes a point as he mingles with a small crowd that greeted him upon his arrival at Los Angeles International Airport, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 15, 1987.
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The famed Hollywood sign is seen after pranksters altered the sign by removing one 'L' during the early morning hours Tuesday, Sept. 15, 1987, preceding the arrival of Pope John Paul II in Los Angeles, Calif.
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Katherine Ann Power, 44, a fugitive from justice for 23 years, is led into Suffolk Superior Court in Boston, Mass., Sept. 15, 1993, where she pleaded guilty to reduced charges of manslaughter and armed robbery for her role in the 1970 bank robbery and fatal shooting of a Boston police officer. Power was driving the getaway car during the robbery by a gang of 1960s radicals.
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Lyle Menendez gestures as he testifies in Van Nuys Superior Court in Los Angeles, Sept. 15, 1993. Menendez and his brother Erik are being tried in the 1989 shotgun slaying of their wealthy parents. Court was recessed on Wednesday as Lyle felt ill again.
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American entertainer Michael Jackson sings during his first and only concert in the former Soviet Union on a rainy night at Moscow?s Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 1993.
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Janet Jackson smiles as she leaves a press conference announcing the release of "Rhythm Nation," her new album and concepttual telemusical, on Thursday, Sept. 15, 1989 at club 1814 in Los Angeles. Jackson then was wisked back to a party at the club celebrating the release of the album and video.
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A Jamaican woman tries to clear her porch of debris in Kingston, Jamaica, Sept. 15, 1988, after Hurricane Gilbert struck the island on Monday, Sept. 12. Thousands are left homeless and many are without food following the high winds and water of Gilbert.
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A stadium worker paints a railing at New York's Shea Stadium, Thursday, Sept. 15, 1994. Major League Baseball owners announced an end to the 1994 season as a result of a 34-day players' strike. As a result, a World Series will not be played for the first time since 1904.
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Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor shows off a sketch she made during her trial in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Friday, Sept. 15, 1989. Miss Gabor, who says doodling "calms my nerves," was warned by the judge that she could be held in contempt of court for her remarks to reporters covering her trial on charges of slapping a policeman.
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