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| Saturday,
September
25,
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AP Highlight in History:
On Sept. 25, 1981, Sandra Day O'Connor was sworn in as the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
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| On this date in: |
| 1493 | Christopher Columbus set sail from Cadiz, Spain, with a flotilla of 17 ships on his second voyage to the Western Hemisphere. |
| 1513 | Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama to reach the Pacific Ocean. |
| 1775 | American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen was captured by the British as he led an attack on Montreal. |
| 1789 | The first United States Congress adopted 12 amendments to the Constitution and sent them to the states for ratification. (Ten of the amendments became the Bill of Rights.) |
| 1890 | Mormon president Wilford Woodruff issued a manifesto formally renouncing the practice of polygamy. |
| 1897 | Author William Faulkner was born in New Albany, Miss.
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| 1919 | President Woodrow Wilson collapsed after a speech in Pueblo, Colo., during a national speaking tour in support of the Treaty of Versailles. |
| 1957 | With 300 U.S. Army troops standing guard, nine black children forced to withdraw from Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., because of unruly white crowds were escorted to class.
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| 1992 | A judge in Orlando, Fla., ruled in favor of Gregory Kingsley, a 12-year-old boy seeking a ''divorce'' from his biological parents. |
| 2001 | Saudi Arabia cut its relations with Afghanistan's ruling Taliban. |
| 2001 | Michael Jordan announced he was returning to basketball with the NBA's Washington Wizards. |
| 2003 | France reported a staggering death toll of 14,802 from the summer heat wave. |
| 2003 | Author, journalist and editor George Plimpton died at age 76. |
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| Today's Birthdays: |
| Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones turns 35 years old today. |
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| Phil Rizzuto | Baseball hall-of-famer | 87 |
| Barbara Walters | TV personality (''The View'') | 73 |
| Ian Tyson | Country singer | 71 |
| Joe Russell | R&B singer (The Persuasions) | 65 |
| Robert Walden | Actor | 61 |
| Michael Douglas | Actor | 60 |
| Cheryl Tiegs | Model | 57 |
| Mimi Kennedy | Actress | 55 |
| Mark Hamill | Actor (''Star Wars'') | 53 |
| Bob McAdoo | Basketball hall-of-famer | 53 |
| Colin Friels | Actor | 52 |
| Christopher Reeve | Actor | 52 |
| Michael Madsen | Actor | 46 |
| Heather Locklear | Actress | 43 |
| Aida Turturro | Actress (''The Sopranos'') | 42 |
| Tate Donovan | Actor (''The O.C.'') | 41 |
| Jason Flemyng | Actor | 38 |
| Scottie Pippen | Basketball player | 39 |
| Hal Sparks | Actor (''Queer as Folk'') | 35 |
| Bridgette Wilson | Actress | 31 |
| Chris Owen | Actor | 24 |
| Rocco Baldelli | Baseballplayer | 23 |
| Diana Ortiz | Pop singer (Dream) | 19 |
| Actor Will Smith turns 36 years old today. |
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