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<DIV><FONT size=4>We had several responses to my question about the significance
of September 3. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>One of the answers:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>1939: Within hours of the British
declaration of War, </FONT><A title="SS Athenia"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Athenia"><FONT size=3><FONT
face=Arial><FONT color=#000000>SS <I>Athenia</I></FONT></FONT></FONT></A><FONT
color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>, a British cruise ship en-route from </FONT><A
title=Glasgow href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow"><FONT color=#000000
size=3 face=Arial>Glasgow, Scotland</FONT></A><FONT color=#000000 size=3
face=Arial> to </FONT><A title=Montreal
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal"><FONT color=#000000 size=3
face=Arial>Montreal, Canada</FONT></A><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial> is
torpedoed by the </FONT><A title=U-boat
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-boat"><FONT color=#000000 size=3
face=Arial>German submarine</FONT></A><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>
</FONT><A title="German submarine U-30 (1936)"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_U-30_(1936)"><I><FONT
color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>U-30</FONT></I></A><FONT color=#000000 size=3
face=Arial> 250 miles Northwest of Ireland. 112 passengers and crew members are
killed. The "</FONT><A class=mw-redirect
title="Battle of the Atlantic (1939–1945)"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Atlantic_(1939%E2%80%931945)"><FONT
color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Battle of the Atlantic</FONT></A><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial>" begins. </FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=4>Another answer:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3
face=Arial>1926: The gangster Harry "Lefty" Lewis is brought to trial on murder
charges in Cook County, Illinois. Throughout the trial, witnesses and it is
believed jurors had been intimidated by death threats and the jury acquitted
Lewis after only six hours of deliberation, despite overwhelming evidence of his
guilt. Rumor has it that they will be competing in the Miner’s Day Drilling
Contest.</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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face=Arial></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=4>Another answer:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=3> <FONT color=#000000>1935 : Sir Malcolm
Campbell breaks the 300 mph set a new world record on the Bonneville Salt Flats
of Utah with his 2,500 HP Bluebird and beat his own previous world record of
276.82 mph that he had set earlier in the year. Rumor has it that they will be
competing in the Miner’s Day Mucking Contest.</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=4>Another answer:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>2012: BMCU will have a record turnout for the Park
City Miner’s Day Parade.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=4>Another answer:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=4 face=Arial>1976 : The unmanned U.S. spacecraft
Viking 2 launched on on September 9, 1975 lands on Mars to take the first
close-up, color photographs of the planet's surface.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=4>Another answer:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>2008 : Two Russian sumo wrestlers
tested positive for marijuana in Japan, causing a scandal in the morally
conservative sport’s world. One of the two was also arrested for possession of
marijuana and then banned from sumo wrestling for life. Rumor has it that they
will be competing in the Miner’s Day Mucking Contest.</FONT></DIV>
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