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Today in History: Sept. 7

By Photos by Associated Press

Sept. 7, 2021

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Three planes to be used in the Antarctic expedition organized by explorer Richard Byrd are shown before take off from Mitchell Field, Long Island, N.Y., Sept. 7, 1928. The planes from left are, the Fokker monoplane piloted by Dean Smith; the Fairchild with Harold June at the controls; and the tri-motored Ford piloted by Bernt Balchen.
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Some of the fiercest fighting in North China has been for the control of the Nankou or South Pass, the narrow mountain gorge which gives entrance to China from Mongolia, beyond which lies Soviet Russia. Through this pass came Genghiz Khan, centuries ago, to make his conquest of the celestial kingdom. Japanese infantry racing to the summit to occupy one of the numerous hills around the pass, on Sept. 7, 1937.
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Inactive for 10 years, Mayon volcano in Alday province near the city of Legaspi, some 200 miles Southeast of Manila, erupted on Sept. 7, 1943. Ashes from the eruptions settled over parts of four provinces and thousands of persons living near the base of the mountain were forced to flee.
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U.S. Marines dash across beach of Batangan Peninsula, 20 miles south of Chu Lai in Vietnam on Sept. 7, 1965, in landing with Vietnamese forces on suspected Viet Cong positions. Landing forces, under cover of bombardment from guns of U.S. Seventh Fleet elements, encouraged only small arms fire in the landing.
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With retail sugar prices up one and one-half cents a pound, Kansas City housewives joined others over the country in storing up a reserve supply. Agnes White includes a generous supply in her grocery order, Sept. 7, 1939. Katherine Browne, behind the counter, said that average of 10 pounds of sugar was being included in every order.
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Miss Michigan, Pamela Anne Eldred, left, reacts to the announcement that she is the winner of the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, N.J., Sept. 7, 1969. Beside her is Miss Ohio, Kathy Lynn Baumann.
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Mrs. Marie Lombardi, widow of noted pro football coach Vincent Lombardi, follows his casket in to St. Patrickís cathedral in New York, Sept. 7, 1970 for a requiem mass. Just behind Mrs. Lombardi at left is a daughter, Mrs. Susan Bickham, at right a son, Vincent H. Lombardi.
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Security guard hold hands as they form a circle around the speaker’s platform during the Black Panther’s conference in Philadelphia, Sept. 7, 1970. A crowd of about 6,000 persons filled McGonigle Hall, a gymnasium at Temple University to listen to the speeches.
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Libyan Leader Colonel Moammar al-Gadhafi addresses newsman at a press conference at the Palais des Nations conference hall in Aligiers, Sept. 7, 1973. Col. Gadhafi is currently in Algiers where he attends the fourth summit meeting of non-aligned countries.
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American daredevil stunt motorcyclist Evel Knievel does a wheelie for the benefit of a big crowd of fans gathered at the scene of his planned leap across the Snake River Canyon, near Twin Falls, Idaho, Sept. 7, 1974. It was his final public appearance before the jump on Sept. 8.
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower displays a broad smile as he sits in his auto at Washington National Airport, Sept. 7, 1959 after his return by jet plane from visiting allied countries in Europe. With him is first lady Mamie Eisenhower.
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Dr. Jerome Shaffer of Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, Ill., delivers a prematurely born infant to the arms of a nurse, Sept. 7, 1948. The baby will be taken to hospital that will be able to care for its special needs.
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Actor George Burns, left, and actress Carol Channing perform a dance routine for photographers in Los Angeles, where they are in rehearsal for their road show which is about to open here, Sept. 7, 1976.
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A member of the U.S. Coast Guard appears to be saluting but in fact is holding onto his hat as winds from Hurricane Carmen kick up the waters of Lake Pontchartrain at New Orleans, Louisiana, Sept. 7, 1974. The storm with powerful winds was expected to hit the Louisiana coast in the evening.
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Republican candidate for president George Bush, NBC's "Meet the Press," Sept. 7, 1980.
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Raven Symone, the four-year-old actress on "The Cosby Show," demonstrates safety features of doll furniture during a press conference at the Plaza Hotel in New York, Sept. 7, 1990.
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