Actually there is a lot of evidence that supported his evidence the big one was fossils of animals on distant continents and plants for example Glossopteris was one the strange reasons that Alfred was more than ever to prove his point.

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Alfred Wegener proposed that, using 19th century longitude determinations, Greenland had moved 1 mile away from Europe. However, this conclusion ended up being false due to false calculations. Still, Wegener discovered that every year San Diego moved 6 feet closer to Shanghai while Washington D.C. and Paris got 15 feet closer. In addition, Alfred Wegener discovered that related species, too small to swim across the ocean, were found on different continental plates, as well as similar fossils.

Alfred Wegener's theory was rejected at first, however, because he was unable to explain the reason why the plates moved. Later, Arthur Holmes published his theory of thermal convection being the the thing that drove the plates apart. He also noted that the continents didn't "move" but were "carried" by larger pieces of the Earth's crust. Discoveries of the Mid-Ocean Ridge in addition to Harry Hess's work adds onto this theory of Wegener's.

As this theory is the most complete theory concerning global dynamics, the roots of such lie in the curiosity and work of Alfred Wegener.

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Birthdates Which Occur on September 12:

1494 Fran‡ois I of Valois-Angoulˆme king of France (1515-47)

1559 Lodovico Cardi da Cigoli Italian painter/architect

1655 Sebastien de Brossard composer

1659 Ferdinand W prince of Wrttemberg-Neustadt/gen Dutch infantry

1720 Frederick Philipse III NYC, land owner (Bronx, Westchester & Putnam)

1761 Georg Friedrich Theodor Wolf composer

1768 Bemnjamin Carr composer

1788 Alexander Campbell Irish/US founder (Disciples of Christ)

1801 Giuseppe Concone Italian singing-teacher

1803 Frantisek Matej Hilmar composer

1806 Andrew Hull Foote Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1863

1811 James Hall US geologist (Natural history of NY)

1818 Richard Jordan Gatling US, inventor (hand-cranked machine gun)

1829 Anselm Feuerbach German painter

and Charles Dudley Warner Mass, newspaperman/author (Being a Boy)

1830 William Sprague governor of Rhode Island (1859-63)

1852 Hubert H Asquith premier Great Britain (L, 1908-16)

1856 Johann Heinrich Beck composer

1857 George H Breitner Dutch impressionist painter/water colors painter

1858 Fernand Khnopff Belgian painter/sculptor

1871 Friedrich Prince of Liechtenstein, Romania

1873 Sul-To-Wan [Nellie Conley], US actress (Uncle Tom's Cabin)

1876 Flor Alpaerts Flemish composer (Tyl Uilenspiegel, Pallieter)

1877 Maria "Marie" Hens Flemish actress (Jane Eyre)

1879 Fausto Agnelli Swiss painter

and H de Bie Dutch lawyer (children's law)

1880 Henry L Mencken Baltimore, Md, newspaperman/critic (Prejudices)

1881 Daniel Jones England phoneticist (English pronouncing dictionary)

1887 George Georgescu composer

1888 J¢szi J Ters nszky Hungary, musician/writer (Youth of Marci Kakuk)

and Maurice Chevalier Paris, thanked heaven for little girls (Gigi)

1890 Guido Guerrini composer

1891 Adolph Weiss composer

and Hans Albers German actor (Die Nacht Geh"rt Uns)

1892 Alfred A Knopf US, publisher (1966 Alexander Hamilton Medal)

1894 Billy Gilbert Louisville Ky, (Great Dictator, His Gal Friday)

1895 Alice Lake Brooklyn NY, silent screen actress

1896 Giuseppe Zoppi Swiss writer (Il Libro Dell'Alpe)

1897 IrŠne Joliot-Curie French physicist (neutron, Nobel 1935)

1898 Ben Shahn painter (1964 Arts & Letters)

1899 Gerard Hord˜k Dutch architect/painter

19-- Amy Yasbeck Cincinnati, actress (Casey Davenport-Wings)

and Bruce Mahler NYC, comedian (Fridays)

and Jeff McCracken Chicago Ill, actor (Bay City Blues, Hawaiian Heat)

and Mary Kay Adams actress (Executive Suite)

and Viper XXX actress (Afro-Erotica 10, Black Taboo 2, Future Sodom)

1900 Eric Harding Thiman composer

1901 Ben Blue Montreal, actor (Accidental Family, Frank Sinatra Show)

and Ernst Pepping German composer

1902 Juscelino Kubitschek president Brazil (1955-60)

and Margaret Hamilton Ohio, wicked witch of the west (Wizard of Oz)

1904 Gavril Nikolayevich Popov composer

1905 Boris Arapov composer

1906 Dmitri D Sjostakovitsj Russian pianist/composer [OS]

and Ruvim Pergament composer

1907 Joe Lederer Austrian actress/writer (Drei Tage Liebe)

1909 Chili Bouchier British?, actress (Murder in Reverse)

and Spud Chandler baseball player (AL MVP 1943)

1913 Ben[jamin S] Polak Neth, physician/communist/resistance fighter

and Jesse Owens track star, spoiled Hitler's 1936 Olympics with 4 gold

1915 Billy Daniels Jacksonville Fla, singer (Billy Daniels Show)

1917 Christian Geel Dutch poet/sculptor/artist

1920 Irene Dailey NYC, actress (Liz-Another World, Grissom Gang)

and Jan W Schulte Nordholt Dutch poet/historian (Blossoming Stone)

1921 Am¡lcar Cabral worked for independence of Portuguese Africa

and Frank McGee Monroe La, news anchor (NBC Evening News)

and Stanislaw Lem Poland, sci-fi author (Solaris, Invincible)

1922 Jackson Mac Low composer

and Viscount Allendale English large landowner/multi-millionaire

1924 Howard Curtis Nielson (Rep-R-UT, 1983- )

and Jean Le Poulain Marseille, France, actor (Divine)

1925 Dickie Moore LA Calif, actor (Expert, Oliver Twist, Little Men)

1927 Gianna Maria Canale Reggio Calabria Italy, actress (Go For Broke)

and Ina Muller-van Ast Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)

1929 Harvey Lester Schmidt composer

1930 Larry Austin composer

1931 George Jones Saratoga Tx, singer (Golden Rings, Oh Lonesome Me)

and Ian Holm Ilford Essex England, actor (Himmler-Holocaust)

and Kristin Hunter [Eggleston], US author (God Bless the Child)

1934 Gunther Gebel-Williams lion tamer (Ringling Bros Circus)

1935 Allan B Swift (Rep-D-Washington, 1979- )

and Richard H Hunt Chicago, sculptor (Pyramidal Construction)

1937 Wesley Hall West indian/British politician

1938 Tatiana Troyanos NYC, mezzo-soprano (Octavian-Der Rosenleavalier)

1939 Henry A Waxman (Rep-D-California, 1975-86)

and Phillip Ramey composer

1940 Linda Gray Santa Monica Calif, actress (Sue Ellen Ewing-Dallas)

and Mickey Lolich Detroit Tiger pitcher (won 25 in 1971)

and Stephen J Solarz (Rep-D-NY, 1975-93)

and Susan Sennett Santa Monica Calif, actress (Big Bad Mama)

1941 Hans-Karsten Raecke composer

1942 Tom s Marco Basque/Spanish composer

1943 Maria Muldaur Greenwich Village, NY, singer (Midnight at the Oasis)

1944 Barry White Galveston Tx, singer (Love's Theme)

1945 John Mauceri NYC, conductor (Wash DC Opera)

and Maria Aitken actress (Fish Called Wanda)

and Vern M Lindblad Seattle WA, Turkologist

1948 Max Walker Australian cricket player

1949 Irina Rodnina USSR, pairs figure skater (Olympic-gold-1972, 76, 80)

and Mark Knopfler English rock vocalist/guitarist (Dire Straits)

and Tony Stevens rocker

1951 Joe Pantoliano Jersey City NJ, actor (Finelli Boys)

1952 Gerry Beckley rock vocalist/guitarist (America-Daisy Jane)

and Neil Peart Canada, pop drummer (Rush-A Farewell to Kings)

1953 G' Reinders Dutch singer/songwriter (Girls walk by)

and John Williams US, archer (Olympic-gold-1972)

1954 Peter Scolari New Rochelle NY, actor (Jerry-Newhart)

1955 Nina Blackwood Mass, actress/VJ (MTV, Solid Gold, Vice Squad)

1956 Brian Robertson Glasgow Scotland, rock guitarist (Thin Lizzy)

1957 Hawk [Michael Hegstrand], wrestler (ECW/WCW/WWF/AWA, Legion of Doom)

and Rachel Ward Cornwell Manor England, actress (Thorn Birds)

1958 Gregg Edelman Chicago IL, actor (Green Card)

and Wilfredo Benitez PR, boxer (world champ at 17y176d)

1961 Mylene Farmer Montreal Canada, french singer (Cendres de Lune)

1965 Silke H"rner German DR, swimmer (world record 100m-breast stroke)

1966 Darren E Burrows Kansas, actor (Ed Chigliak-Northern Exposure)

1968 Larry Laronde US funk metal guitarist (Primus-Frizzle Fry)

1972 Amy Locane NJ, actress (Sandy Harling-Melrose Place)

and Cady Cantrell Lanett AL, playmate (Apr, 1992)

1975 Tom Carroll actor (J T Adams-Swan's Crossing)

1977 James Louis McCartney son of Paul & Linda McCartney

Deaths Which Occured September 12: 352 Maximinus van Trier bishop of Trier/saint, dies 1012 Guido van Anderlecht Flemish pilgrim/saint, dies 1015 Lambert I with the Beard count of Leuven, dies in battle at about 65 1185 Andronicus I Comnenus Byzantine emperor (1183-85), lynched 1213 Pedro II [el Catolico], king of Aragon, dies in battle 1362 Innocent VI [Etienne Aubert], Pope (1352-62), dies 1500 Albrecht III van Saxon-Meisen duke of Saxon, dies at 57 1591 Richard Grenville vice-admiral (Roanoke) dies in battle at 49 1604 Louis Gunther earl of Nassau, dies in battle at about 29 1642 Cinq Mars French plotter, executed 1647 Joos Banckert Swiss admiral (Spanish silver fleet), dies at 48 1660 Jacob Cats [Father Cats], pension advisor of Holland, dies at 82 1661 Jacobus de la Torra RC apostole vicar of Holland, dies at about 53 1674 Claes P "Nicolas" Tulip mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 80 1683 Afonso VI mentally ill king of Portugal (1656-67), dies at 40 1691 Johan Georg III monarch of Saxon (1680-91), dies at 44 1732 Eugene JP earl the Merode Belgian marquis of Westerloo, dies at 58 1733 Fran‡ois Couperin "Le Grand" French composer, dies at 64 1739 Reinhard Keiser Germ conductor/composer (Markus-Passion), dies at 65 1764 Jean Philippe Rameau French composer (Castor en Pollux), dies at 80 1789 Franz Xaver Richter composer, dies at 79 1806 Christian Gottfried Thomas composer, dies at 58 1807 Edward Miller composer, dies at 71 1812 Pjotr I Bagration Georgian/Russian ruler/general, dies in battle 1815 Jose Mauricio composer, dies at 63 1819 Gebhard Leberecht Frst von Blcher von Wahlstatt General, dies at 76 1824 Louis AG baron de Bacler d'albe French cartographer, dies at 62 1871 Karl Collan composer, dies at 43 1877 Julius Reitz composer, dies at 64 1878 Friedrich August von Alberti geologist (Triasic Age), dies at 83 1879 Peter Arnold Heise composer, dies at 49 1919 Leonid N Andrejev Russ journalist/writer (Seven Hangs), dies 1927 Walther Amelung German archaeologist, dies at 61 1947 Harry Rowe Shelley composer, dies at 89 1953 Lewis Stone actor (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at 73 of a heart attack 1955 Gustave Vanzype Belgian literary (La Gazette), dies at 86 1963 Mervyn A Ellison British astronomer (spectrohelioscope), dies at 63 1971 Lin Piau Chinese politician, dies 1972 William Boyd cowboy (Hopalong Cassidy), dies at 77 1973 Eduard Flipse conductor/composer, dies at 77 Marjorie Post US philanthropic/multi-millionaire ($200m), dies at 86 1977 Robert Lowell US poet/pacifist (Near the Ocean), dies at 60) Steven Biko S African black student leader, dies in police custody 1978 Frank Ferguson actor (Duel in Durango), dies at 69 1980 Lillian Randolph actress (Roots, Amos n Andy), dies at 65 1982 Kommer Kle˜n actor/director (Paul Vlaanderen), dies at 89 1986 Frank Nelson actor (Ralph-I Love Lucy, Jack Benny Show), dies at 75 Jacques-Henri Lartigue French photographer, dies at 92 1987 John Qualen actor (Patch of Blue, Jungle Book), dies 1988 Alan Bible (Sen-D-Nev, 1954-74), dies at 78 Lauris Morstad NATO commander/CEO Corning Fiberglass, dies at 71 1989 Anton Lubowski Namibian attorney/SWAPO, murdered at 37 1990 Athene Seyler actress (Make Mine Mink), dies at 101 1991 ? Japanese interpreter of Rushdies "Satanic Verses", murdered Jacques Benoit [JJM Bayer], poet, dies Regis Toomey actor (You're in the Army Now, Burke's Law), dies at 93 1992 Anthony Perkins actor (Psycho), dies from AIDs at 60 Ed Peck actor, dies of heart attack at 75 Ruth Nelson actress (Awakenings, 3 Women), dies at 87 1993 Charles Lamont actor/director (Abbott & Costello movies), dies at 95 Harold Innocent actor (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves), dies at 60 Herman Nieland organist/pianist/composer, dies at 82 Raymond Burr actor (Perry Mason), dies of liver cancer at 76 1994 Tom Ewell [S Yewell Tompkins], US actor (7 Year Itch), dies at 85

Holidays Which Occur September 12: Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau National Day Ethiopia National Revolution Day (1974) Japan Respect for Aged Day Maryland Defenders Day (1812) Southern Rhodesia Occupation Day (1923)

Religious Observances on September 12: Christian Feast of Holy Name of Mary RC Guido of Anderlecht, koster to pilgrim 1830 Ang Commemoration of John Henry Hobart, bishop of NY

Things to Remember for September 12: Bourbon Month Flowers-morning glory & aster Gem-sapphire Hot Breakfast Month 10 Days Astrological sign: Virgo 1 Day [England] Buddy Holly Week (1976) 26 Days Harvest Moon Days (full moon closest to equinox) [China] Daylight Savings Time ends

Highlights in History Which Occur September 12: 490 -BC- Athenians defeat 2nd Persian invasion of Greece at Marathon 1015 Henry I becomes earl of Leuven 1213 Battle at Muret: Crusade of Simon de Montfort beat Pedro II of Arag¢n 1217 French prince Louis & English king Henry III sign peace treaty 1396 Crusaders under earl of Nevers reaches Nicopolis 1543 Treaty of Venlo: Duke Willem of Gulik & Emperor Charles V 1556 Emperor Charles resigns, his brother Ferdinand van Austria takes over 1609 Henry Hudson discovers Hudson River 1635 Sweden & Poland sign ceasefire Treaty of Stuhmsdorf 1639 Viceroy Thomas Wentworth sails back to England 1649 Drogheda, Ireland falls to Puritan troops; inhabitants massacred 1666 -16] Huge fire in London kills 8 1673 Prince Willem III occupies Naarden 1683 Turkish troops attacks Vienna overthrows by Polish king Sobieski 1695 NY Jews petition governor Dongan for religious liberties 1703 Emperor Leopold I ends contacts on Spanish heritage and English army under arch duke Charles of Austria lands in Portugal 1720 Isa"k of Hoornbeek elected Dutch pension advisor 1722 Russian troops occupy Baku & Derbent on Persia 1733 Polish Landowners select Stanislaw Lesczynski king 1745 Duke of Toscane chosen German emperor Frans I Stefanus 1751 Amsterdam refuses establishment of Jewish ghetto 1758 Charles Messier observes Crab Nebula & begins catalog 1776 Nathan Hale leaves Harlem Heights Camp (127th St) for spy mission 1787 Black Masons form 1st lodge 1814 Battle of North Point fought near Baltimore during War of 1812 1840 Composer Robert Schumann marries Clara Wieck 1857 423 die when "Central America" sinks off Cape Romain SC 1860 J Chacornac discovers asteroid #59 Elpis 1862 Battle of Harpers Ferry VA 1867 2nd synagogue in Cura‡ao, Emanu-El of Willemstad, inaugurated 1871 A Borrelly discovers asteroid #117 Lomia 1876 King Leopold II opens Congo-conference 1878 Cleopatra Needle installed in London 1882 Belgian King Leopold II receives Pierre de Brazza 1884 R Luther discovers asteroid #241 Germania 1885 Highest score (35) recorded in any 1st-class soccer match is set 1888 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Greek Interpreter" (BG) 1890 Cecil Rhodes' colonies reach Mashonaland (Ft Salisbury) 1895 Defender (US) beats Valkyrie III (Engld) in 10th America's Cup 1901 Arabs attack Gedara Palestine 1906 A Kopff discovers asteroid #1780 Kippes 1907 Lusitania arrives in NYC after 5 day crossing of Atlantic (record) 1908 Winston Churchill marries Clementine Hozier 1909 J Palisa discovers asteroid #689 Zita 1910 Gustav Mahlers 8th Symphony premieres 1912 Dutch Olympian Committee forms (NOC) 1918 During WW I, US forces launch an attack on German-occupied St Mihiel 1920 7th Olympic games close in Antwerp Belgium and K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #937 Bethgea 1922 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 5000m (14:35.4) 1923 Britain takes over Southern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co and S Belyavskij discovers asteroid #1006 Lagrangea 1925 US win Davis Cup tennis tournament 1927 Sigmund Romberg's musical "My Maryland," premieres in NYC 1928 Katharine Hepburn's NY stage debut in "Night Hostess" 1931 H Ellsworth Vines Jr wins US Tennis Open 1932 Bkln Dodger Johnny Frederick hits his record 6th pinch hit HR and German govt of Papen falls/Reichstag dissolved 1933 Alejandro Lerroux forms new Spanish govt and Dutch parliament accepts ban on uniforms 1934 Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania signs Baltic Entente, against USSR 1935 Wilmer L Allison Jr wins US Tennis Open 1936 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1405 Sibelius 1938 Adolph Hitler demands self-determination for Sudeten Germans in Czech 1939 L Oterma discovers asteroid #1507 Vaasa 1940 49 die & 200 injured when Hercules Powder Co plant explodes (NJ) and Italian troops enter Egypt 1941 1st German ship in WW2 captured by US ship (Busko) 1942 Battle of Edson's Ridge begins at Guadalcanal and Free-Poland & Belgium asks pope to condemn nazi-war crimes 1943 Free French lands on Corsica and Waffen-SS (Skorzeny) frees Mussolini at Gran Sasso 1944 Noorbeek & Mheer freed 1946 Court martial convicts Henry de Man to 20 years, in Brussels 1947 Pirate Ralph Kiner hits his record 8th HR in 4 games 1949 Theodor Heuss elected 1st pres/Conrad Adenauer 1st PM of German FR 1950 Belgian govt dismisses all communist civil servants and M Itzigsohn discovers asteroid #1800 Aguilar 1951 S Arend discovers asteroid #1639 Bower 1952 No‰l Coward's "Quadrille," premieres in London 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers, win NL pennant and Jacqueline Bouvier marries John F Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev becomes 1st Secretary of USSR Communist Party and Sen John F Kennedy, 36, marries Jacqueline Bouvier, 24 1954 Indians sweep Yanks at Municipal Stadium; largest AL crowd (86,563) and WLBZ TV channel 2 in Bangor, ME (NBC) begins broadcasting 1955 KNTV TV channel 11 in San Jose, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting 1956 Black students enter & are barred from Clay Ky elementary school 1957 Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus visits US 1958 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1959 "Bonanza" premieres on NBC-TV and J nos K d r becomes premier of Hungary and Luna 2 launched by USSR; 1st spacecraft to impact on Moon 1961 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 34,840 m and USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 1962 Wash Senator Tom Cheney strikes out record 21 Orioles in 16 inn game 1963 WHYY TV channel 12 in Wilmington, DE (PBS) begins broadcasting 1964 1st football game at Shea Stadium, Jets defeat Denver 30-6 and Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27' 4«" and Typhoon Gloria strikes Taiwan killing 330, with $17.5 million damage 1965 17th annual Emmy Awards - Dick Van Dyke show wins and Hurricane Betsy strikes Florida & Louisiana kills 75 and Manuel Santana wins US Tennis Open and WCEE TV channel 23 in Rockford, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting 1966 "Monkees" premieres on NBC-TV and Gemini XI (Charles Conrad & R Gordon) launched for 71-hour flight and KPNE TV channel 9 in North Platte, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting and WCES TV channel 20 in Wrens, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting and WUSF TV channel 16 in Tampa-St Petersburg, FL (PBS) 1st broadcast and Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor Mich begins teaching 1970 1st Concorde lands at Heathrow airport and Luna 16 Launch (Moon Sample Return) and US LSD professor Timothy Leary escapes from Calif jail and USSR launches Luna 16; returns samples from lunar Sea of Fertility 1972 Icelandic gunboats sink 2 British trawlers and Lord Michael Killanin succeeds Avery Brundage as head of Olympics 1973 2 bettors win largest US Daily Double ($19,909.60 in Detroit) and USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 1974 Coup overthrows Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia (National Day) 1976 Jimmy Connors wins US Tennis open defeating Bjorn Borg and Seattle Seahawks play 1st regular-season game (St L 30, Sea 24) and White Sox Minnie Minoso at age 53 hits a single 1977 N Chernykh discovers asteroid #2473 Heyerdahl 1978 Fidel Castro visits Addis Abba and Situation comedy "Taxi" premieres on ABC television 1979 Carl Yastrzemski, is 15th to get 3,000 hits and Hurricane Frederick hits Mobile Alabama; 5 die & $23 million damage and Indiana Pacers cut Ann Meyers, 1st woman on an NBA club and Pietro Mennea of Italy sets 200m record (19.72) in Mexico City and Red Carl Yastrzemski gets his 3,000th hit off Yankee Jim Beattie 1980 Harvard College discovers asteroid #2305 King and Military coup under General Kenan Evren in Turkey 1981 Elizabeth Ward (Arkansas) is crowned Miss America and Tracy Austin wins her 2nd US Open singles title 1982 Gerard N˜boer (2:15:16) & Rosa Mota (2:36:04) win marathon and Jimmy Connors defeats Ivan Lendl to win US Tennis Open and P Wild discovers asteroid #3060 1983 Albert Rizzo trod water at sea for 108 hours 9 minutes and R S Dunbar discovers asteroid #3551 and Security guard Victor Gerena robs West Hartford company of $7 million and USSR vetoes UN resolution deploring its shooting down of Korean plane 1984 Country singer Barbara Mandrell is badly injured in a car accident and Ethiopia forms socialist republic and NY Met Dwight Goodin sets rookie strike out record at 251 1985 Flight readiness firing of Atlantis' main engines; 20 seconds and P Wild discovers asteroid #3329 and T Schildknecht discovers asteroid #3330 1986 240.49 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange and US professor Joseph Cicippio is kidnapped & held hostage in Beirut 1987 Ethiopia adopts constitution and Martina Navratilova wins her 4th US Tennis Open defeating Steffi Graf and Vince Coleman steals his 100th base for 3rd straight year 1988 1st NFL regular-season game played in Phoenix; Cowboys beat Card and Gilbert, strongest hurricane ever (160 mph), devastates Jamaica 1990 US, England, France, USSR, East & West Germanys sign agreements allowing 2 Germanys to merge 1991 Space shuttle STS 48 (Discovery 14) launched 1992 Hurricane Inuki pounds Hawaii and Monica Seles beats Arantxa Sanchez Vicario to win US Open Stefan Edberg beats Michael Chang in what is believed to be the and longest match in US Open history (5hr 26min) 1993 Junxia Cheek runs 3000 m ladies world record (8:12.29) and Pete Sampras defeats Cedric Pioline to win US Tennis Open and STS-51 (Discovery) launches into orbit 1994 Cessna crashes in White House front yard and Parti Qu'b'cois wins parliamentary election 1857 423 die when 'Central America' sinks off Cape Romain, S.C. 1940 49 people killed, 200 injured when Hercules Powder Co. plant explodes in Kenvil, New Jersey. 1964 Typhoon Gloria strikes Taiwan killing 330, with $17.5 million damag 1965 Hurricane Betsy strikes Florida & Louisiana killing 75, but causing damage of $1.42 billion.