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This day in history

Friday, Sept. 12, is the 255th day of 2014. There are 110 days left in the year.

Birthdays: Actor Dickie Moore (“Our Gang”) is 89. Actor Freddie Jones is 87. Actor Ian Holm is 83. Representative Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) is 75. Actress Linda Gray is 74. Singer Maria Muldaur is 72. Actor Joe Pantoliano is 63. Rock musician Neil Peart (Rush) is 62. Kansas Governor Sam Brownback is 58. Actress Rachel Ward is 57. Singer-musician Ben Folds is 48. Comedian Louis C.K. is 47. Country singer Jennifer Nettles is 40. Singer Ruben Studdard is 36. Former NBA player Yao Ming is 34. Singer-actress Jennifer Hudson is 33. Actress Emmy Rossum is 28.

In 1814, the Battle of North Point took place in Maryland as American forces slowed British troops advancing on Baltimore.

In 1914, the First Battle of the Marne ended in an Allied victory against Germany.

In 1938, Adolf Hitler demanded the right of self-determination for the Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia.

In 1953, Senator John F. Kennedy married Jacqueline Lee Bouvier in Newport, R.I.

In 1962, in a speech at Rice University in Houston, President Kennedy reaffirmed his support for the manned space program, declaring: ''We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.''

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In 1974, Emperor Haile Selassie was de-
posed by Ethiopia's military after ruling for 58 years.

In 1977, South African black student leader Steve Biko died while in police custody, triggering an international outcry.

In 1994, a stolen, single-engine Cessna crashed into the South Lawn of the White House, coming to rest against the executive mansion; the pilot, Frank Corder, was killed.