Wednesday, September 21, 2011

TODAY IN HISTORY

SEPTEMBER 21
1991:USA Basketball announces the first 10 members of the basketball team that will represent the United States at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, the first Olympics to allow professional basketball players. Affectionately (and accurately) known as the Dream Team, it includes hoops stars such as Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, David Robinson, Patrick Ewing and Charles Barkley. The Dream Team will outscore opposing Olympic teams by an average of 43.8 points per game and easily win the gold medal in the final against Croatia.

1897: Francis Church, an editor of the Sun, publishes his response to a letter he had received from 8-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon, who had written the popular New York newspaper to ask whether or not there is a Santa Claus. Church allays the girl's fears, writing an editorial that proclaims, "a thousand years from now, Virginia, nay ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood."

2001: An all-star collection of musicians takes part in America: A Tribute to Heroes, a telethon aired on nearly all American network and cable channels. The concert, featuring performers including Bruce Springsteen, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Enrique Iglesias and the Dixie Chicks, raises more than $200 million for the victims and families affected by the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11.
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