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Notable anniversaries in history for today: September 9
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Jane Greer in Washington DC, USA; actress (Prisoner of Zenda, Clown).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Nino Bibbia in Italy; bobsled (Olympic-gold-1948).
- 80th: 1944 - Allied forces liberate Luxembourg.
- 80th: 1944 - Bulgaria liberated from German control (often referred to as the invasion of Bulgaria by Russia).
- 80th: 1944 - Bulgaria signs an armistice with the Allies.
- 70th: 1954 - Ford begins production of the Thunderbird sports car.
- 40th: 1984 - John McEnroe beats Ivan Lendl for the US Open Tennis title.
- 40th: 1984 - California Angels' Michael Witt is 11th to pitch a perfect baseball game.
- 25th: 1999 - Sega releases the Dreamcast video game system in the USA. Price is US$199. In the first 24 hours, Sega sells US$97 million worth of hardware and software, setting an entertainment industry record for highest-grossing day.
- 20th: 2004 - A bomb blast outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, kills eleven and injures up to 100 people.
- 20th: 2004 - NBC debuts the TV series Joey, a spinoff of the show Friends.
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