Today in History – Sept. 17 – 1940 – Adolf Hitler Suspends Indefinitely Planned German Invasion Of Great Britain

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1972 TV comedy “M*A*S*H”, adapted from the movie, starring Alan Alda, Loretta Swit, Wayne Rogers, and McLean Stevenson debuts on CBS in the USToday in Music
1964 Beatles are paid a then record $150,000 for a concert (Kansas)Today in Sport
1941 Cards’ Stan Musial makes his major league debut, going 2-for-4Would you believe this fact about today? Would You Believe?
Joshua Abraham Norton, English-born resident of San Francisco, proclaims himself his Imperial Majesty Emperor Norton I, Emperor of the United States of America