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Ever since I was old enough to understand history, I've always been fascinated with what happened on any specific day in years gone by. Here's what happened on September 30:

• 1982 - "Cheers" premiered on NBC.

• 1962 - James Meredith succeeded in enrolling at the University of Mississippi, "Ole Miss." It was his fourth attempt. Meredith was a black student.
• 1955 - Actor James Dean was killed in a head-on car collision in Cholame, California. The two-lane road from Paso Robles to Cholame was known at the time as "Blood Alley" due to the high number of car crashes, mostly head-on collisions.

• 1954 - The Nautilus, the Navy's first nuclear-powered vessel, was commissioned.
• 1953 - Earl Warren, Governor of California, was nominated to be Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
• 1947 - First televised World Series. The two teams are two of the best-known franchises in all of sports: the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Yankees won in seven games, capturing their eleventh championship.
• 1938 - British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich Agreement which allowed Nazi Germany to annex the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia.
• 1927 - Babe Ruth hit his 60th home run of the season, a record that stood for more than 70 years. For the record, the opponent was the Washington Senators, and the pitcher was Tom Zachary.
• 1791 - Wolfgang Mozart's "The Magic Flute" premiered in Vienna, Austria. "The Magic Flute" was Mozart's last opera composition. Mozart himself conducted the orchestra at the premiere and his sister-in-law performed "Queen of the Night." 

We can learn from history if we'll just take time to study it.

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2. Is Active Rain trying to tell me something, or am I just weird?
3. Make every Friday "Backup Friday"
4. STOP THE INSANITY!
5. If you can't get to it, you can't tell how old it is
6. Your digital camera can do so much more than just take pictures
7. It's hard to believe Zoey's already been here a year
8. It's hard to believe Sophie's been gone a year
9. Is THAT the house?
10. Don't trust, do verify
11. The benefits of staging, even minimalist staging
12. Please help me identify this type of architecture. Craftsman? Victorian? Modern?
13. Southern California fire season is just around the corner
14. Welcome to my home
15. If you could easily get rid of your child, would you?
16. Wow! Nice underwear
17. There obviously is no financial crisis if Zoey has been pre-approved for a $5,000 credit card
18. Getting to cold contacts. It's all in the approach
19. Is there trash in your trash can?
20. Private, gated, fenced, coded subdivisions
21. What's in a name?
22. Location, location, location? Ha! Views, views, views
23. Oh give me a home, where the buffalo roam
24. Did you put that on the disclosure form? "I didn't think I needed to."
25. If you needed to hide from someone, could you do it in today's world?
26. A home is like a child
27. Should I stay or should I go now. Remodel or move?
28. Water, water everywhere, or is it?
29. Always on the lookout....
30. Are you prepared for an emergency?
31. Four secrets to getting and keeping online customers
32. Holding an open house with fleas
33. Tuesday laugh session with the "treadmill kitty cats"