Way back when: Today in history
By GENE CURTIS on Sep 15, 2013, at 2:37 AM Updated on 9/15/13 at 9:02 AM
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor gives the Centre College commencement address May 23, 2004, in Danville, Ky. AP file
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The convenience store chain was the sole distributor of the 50-cent stickers residents were required to place on bags of extra yard waste.
The plaintiff alleged in a lawsuit that he was made to perform pushups to avoid a ticket or jail.
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1974 - Hijacked plane explodes
Hand grenades were set off inside an Air Vietnam jetliner by a hijacker dressed in a South Vietnamese paratrooper uniform after the pilot refused to fly to Hanoi and tried to land at Phan Rang, northeast of Saigon, killing all 63 passengers and eight crew members. South Vietnamese military officers said the hijacker had recently been demoted. Officials said the deaths marked the first time in history that a hijacking resulted in massive deaths.
1981 - Woman justice appointed
The nomination of Sandra Day O'Connor an Arizona appeals court judge and the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court was approved unanimously by the Senate Judiciary Committee. O'Connor was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in keeping with his campaign promise to name a woman to the court to fill the seat vacated by Justice Potter Stewart. O'Connor served on the court until her retirement in 2006.
1982 - Arafat, pope meet
Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat had a private audience with Pope John Paul II in Vatican City while about 1,000 Italian Jews demonstrated in protest outside Rome's main synagogue. The pope later called on Israel and the PLO to "accept the existence and reality of the other." Israel said the private audience raised the stature of the PLO and "harms the peace process." An Israeli foreign ministry statement said Israel was "shocked" by the meeting. Arafat, a Muslim, made no public comment about the meeting.
1983 - Congress condemns Soviet Union
A resolution condemning the Soviet Union for shooting down a Korean passenger plane that strayed over Soviet territory and calling for an international investigation was approved 95-0 by the Senate and sent to President Ronald Reagan who praised Congress for the action. The House had approved the resolution by a 416-0 vote the previous day. The Korean Air Lines Boeing 747 with 269 people aboard, including U.S. Rep. Larry MacDonald, D-Ga., was downed Sept. 1 west of Sakhalin Island in the Sea of Japan.
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The convenience store chain was the sole distributor of the 50-cent stickers residents were required to place on bags of extra yard waste.
The plaintiff alleged in a lawsuit that he was made to perform pushups to avoid a ticket or jail.
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