Today in History - History - September 15th

1996Texas Rangers retire their 1st number, Nolan Ryan's #34

1982Pope John Paul II receives PLO leader Yasser Arafat

1981Pope John Paul II publishes encyclical "Laborem exercens" against capitalism/marxism

1970Decca awards Bing Crosby a 2nd platinum disc for selling 300 million

1978Muhammad Ali beats Leon Spinks in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1812French army under Napoleon reaches Kremlin, Moscow

1938British PM Chamberlain visits Hitler at Berchtesgarden

1968"Barbra Streisand: A Happening in Central Park" Show on CBS TV

1985Willie Nelson's Farm Aid concert

1904Wilbur Wright makes his 1st airplane flight

1254Marco Polo, Venice, Italian explorer (Il Milione), (d. 1324)

1789James Fenimore Cooper, Burlington New Jersey, 1st major American novelist (Last of Mohicans)

1890Agatha Christie, Torquay Devon, British crime writer (Murder on Orient Express), (d. 1976)

1961Dan Marino, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, NFL quarterback (Miami Dolphins)

1936ashley j cooper, Melbourne Victoria, Australian tennis champ (US Open-1957)

1857William Howard Taft, Cin, (R) 27th pres (1909-13), chief justice

1991NBA star Magic Johnson marries Earletha "Cookie" Kelly

1981Professional boxer George Foreman (32) weds Sharon Goodson

17944th US President James Madison (43) weds Dolley Madison (26) in Jefferson County, West Virginia

1962Actress Janet Leigh (35) weds stockbroker Robert Brandt

1957Country music legend Patsy Cline (25) weds linotype operator Charles Dick (23) in Winchester, England

1951Actor Peter Sellers (26) weds actress Anne Howe n London, England

1938Thomas Wolfe, US writer (Enigma), dies at 37

2004Johnny Ramone, American lead guitarist of the punk rock band The Ramones