Katie Joplin is an American sitcom created by Tom Seeley and Norm Gunzenhauser that aired for one

season on The WB Television Network from August to September 1999. Park Overall plays the title
character, a single mother who tries to balance her job as a radio program host with parenting her
teenage son Greg (Jesse Head). Supporting characters include her boss, played by Jay Thomas
(pictured), her niece (Ana Reeder), and her co-workers (Jim Rash and Simon Rex). The series was
optioned as a mid-season replacement for the 1998–1999 television season, but was delayed for a
year after production issues. Katie Joplin received the lowest ratings for any original program The
WB aired in its time slot. Of the seven episodes filmed, only five were aired. Critics recommended
Katie Joplin prior to its premiere and discussed the delay in its airing. Retrospective reviews of the
series were negative. (Full article...)

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Woodblock print by Suzuki Harunobu

Woodblock print by Suzuki Harunobu

... that the Noh play Haku Rakuten is parodied in a woodblock print (pictured)?

... that Mary V. R. Thayer was briefly arrested on suspicion of spying after abandoning a 1929
business trip in the Soviet Union to explore the Caucasus?

... that the fungal infection conidiobolomycosis mainly affects people living in tropical areas but was
first reported in horses in Texas?

... that racing driver James Sofronas worked as a salesman for a technology company to buy the
Nissan NX 2000 required for his first competitive race?

... that a track on Maxïmo Park's album Nature Always Wins is about Nick Alexander, the band's
former merchandiser who was killed in the Bataclan concert hall attack?

... that Alfred Koerppen, who taught music theory and composition at the Musikhochschule
Hannover, wrote the text and music of a 1951 opera after Virgil?

... that the Silver Deer of Bilge Khan, a 7th-century artifact, is recognized by the Mongolian
government as being of "invaluable heritage"?

... that the Torreya Guardians are trying to save the critically endangered North American conifer
Torreya taxifolia from extinction?

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Guinean President Alpha Condé (pictured) is arrested by military officials during a coup d'état.
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regions of the United States, leading to widespread power outages.

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September 6: Defence Day in Pakistan (1965); Labor Day in the United States (2021)

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1634 – A Swedish–German army was overwhelmingly defeated at the Battle of Nördlingen, one of
the most important battles of the Thirty Years' War, effectively destroying Swedish power in
Southern Germany.

1870 – Louisa Swain (pictured) became the first woman in the United States to vote in a general
election.

1963 – The Kennedy administration sent Victor H. Krulak and Joseph Mendenhall on a mission to
assess the progress of the Vietnam War.

1995 – Cal Ripken Jr. played his 2,131st consecutive Major League Baseball game, breaking the 56-
year-old record set by Lou Gehrig.

2018 – The Supreme Court of India invalidated part of Section 377 of the Penal Code, thus legalising
homosexuality in India.

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Launch of a V-2 rocket from Peenemünde, Germany

Launch of a V-2 rocket from Peenemünde, Germany

Spaceflight as a practical endeavor began during World War II with the development of operational
liquid-fueled rockets. Beginning life as a weapon, the V-2 (example pictured) was impressed into
peaceful service after the war at the United States' White Sands Missile Range as well as the Soviet
Union's Kapustin Yar. This led to a flourishing of missile designs setting the stage for the exploration
of space. The small American WAC Corporal rocket was evolved into the Aerobee, a much more
powerful sounding rocket. Exploration of space began in earnest in 1947 with the flight of the first
Aerobee, 46 of which had flown by the end of 1950. These and other rockets, both Soviet and
American, returned the first direct data on air density, temperature, charged particles and magnetic
fields in the Earth's upper atmosphere. (Full list...)

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