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Oct. 4, 1958: 'Comets' Debut Trans-Atlantic Jet Age

Oct. 1, 1950: Come Fly With Me, Says BBC

Sept. 30, 1846: Ether He Was the First or He Wasn't

Sept. 29, 1920: Radio Goes Commercial

Sept. 28, 1865: England Gets Its First Woman Physician, the Hard Way

Sept. 27, 1822: Deciphering the Rosetta Stone Unlocks Egyptian History

Sept. 24, 1960: First Nuclear Carrier, <cite>USS Enterprise</cite>, Launched

Sept. 23, 1889: Success Is in the Cards for Nintendo

Sept. 22, 1791: Faraday Enters a World He Will Change

Sept. 21, 1866: Wells Springs Forth

Sept. 20, 1842: Dewar's Fortune Is Scotched

Sept. 17, 1908: First Airplane Passenger Death

Sept. 16, 1985: Jobs Quits Apple
Sept. 16, 1997: Jobs Rejoins Apple

Sept. 15, 1884: Eyeing Cocaine as Local Anesthetic

Sept. 14, 1716: Boston Harbor Gets Navigation

Sept. 13, 1833: Imported Ice Chills, Thrills India

Sept. 10, 1941: Stephen Jay Gould Born

Sept. 9, 1926: Radio Sets Up a National Broadcasting Craze

Sept. 8, 1930: Scotch Tape Starts Sticking

Sept. 7, 1948: Where the Rubber Is the Road

September 3, 1976: Viking 2 Lands on Mars

Sept. 2, 1969: First U.S. ATM Starts Doling Out Dollars

Sept. 1, 1974: New York to London in Less Than 2 Hours

Aug. 31, 1920: News Radio Makes News

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