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50 years ago: 1973
WTAJ-TV 10 advertised a three-day showing of the Billy Graham religious crusade from Seoul, South Korea, which more than one million Koreans attended.
25 years ago: 1998
About 13 volunteers from Right Turn of Pennsylvania, a drug and alcohol rehab center in Altoona, spent the day cleaning up the Wopsononock Lookout by picking up trash and cutting down weeds. Jan Arnold of the Blair County Solid Waste Department had asked them for help.
10 years ago: 2013
U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster was driven to the Pittsburgh Airport in a computer-operated Cadillac SRX designed by Carnegie Mellon University. It used radar, lasers and infrared cameras to maneuver in traffic.
-- Compiled by Tim Doyle
World history
Today is Monday, Sept. 4, the 247th day of 2023. There are 118 days left in the year.
Today's highlight in history:
On Sept. 4, 2016, elevating the "saint of the gutters" to one of the Catholic Church's highest honors, Pope Francis canonized Mother Teresa, praising her radical dedication to society's outcasts and her courage in shaming world leaders for the "crimes of poverty they themselves created."
On this date:
-- In 1781, Los Angeles was founded by Spanish settlers under the leadership of Governor Felipe de Neve.
-- In 1862, during the Civil War, Confederate forces led by Gen. Robert E. Lee began invading Maryland.
-- In 1888, George Eastman received a patent for his roll-film box camera, and registered his trademark: "Kodak."
-- In 1944, during World War II, British troops liberated Antwerp, Belgium.
-- In 1957, Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus used Arkansas National Guardsmen to prevent nine Black students from entering all-white Central High School in Little Rock.
-- In 1969, the Food and Drug Administration issued a report calling birth control pills "safe," despite a slight risk of fatal blood-clotting disorders linked to the pills.
-- In 1972, U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz won a seventh gold medal at the Munich Olympics in the 400-meter medley relay.
-- In 2006, "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin died at age 44 after a stingray's barb pierced his chest.
-- The Associated Press