>>Today In History On this day: In 1825, the Erie Canal was opened. Americas first man-made waterway linked the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean. In 1939, nylon stockings went on sale in the U.S. for the first time. In 1960, Martin Luther King, Jr., was sentenced to four months in prison for a sit-in. In 1962, author John Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. In 1964, the Rolling Stones made their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. In 1971, Walt Disney World was dedicated in Orlando, Florida. In 1978, the horror film Halloween premiered in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. In 1983, U.S. Marines led an assault on the island of Grenada. The invasion was ordered to protect U.S. citizens on the island from a coup by Grenadas Communist government. In 1986, actor Forrest Tucker died at the age of 67. He appeared in more than 40 westerns during his career in film. In 1990, boxer Evander Holyfield defeated James Buster Douglas to become the undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion. In 1991, rock music promoter Bill Graham died in a plane crash following a concert in California. He produced several popular events including Live Aid and the U.S. Festival. In 1993, actor Vincent Price died at the age of 82. In 1994, Susan Smith of Union, South Carolina claimed that a black carjacker had driven off with her two sons. Smith later confessed to drowning the children herself and was convicted of murder. In 1995, tennis hustler Bobby Riggs died at the age of 77. In 1997, hundreds of thousands of black women joined the Million Woman March in Philadelphia. In 1999, golfer Payne Stewart and five others were killed when their out-of-control plane crashed in South Dakota. Stewart was 42. In 2004, after a lip-sync snafu on NBCs Saturday Night Live, a few days earlier, pop singer Ashlee Simpson attempted to redeem herself by performing live on the Radio Music Awards in Las Vegas. RMA winners included Usher who won three awards, Linkin Park with two, Beyonce, Train and others. In 2006, CNN and National Public Radio both said they would not air advertising for a controversial film that featured the fictional assassination of President George W. Bush. A spokesperson for CNN said the channel made the decision not to accept ads for Death of a President, quote, because of the extreme nature of the movies subject matter. CNN said it would cover the movie on the editorial side. In 2007, a lock of hair from Latin American revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara was sold at an auction in Dallas, Texas for just over 100-thousand dollars. Bookstore owner Bill Butler bought the lock of hair. The sellers agent said the hair was put up for sale by a former CIA operative and Cuban exile involved in Guevaras capture. Che Guevara was a Marxist expert in guerilla warfare who was part of the Cuban revolution, but was executed by the army of Bolivia in 1967. In 2009, the New York Yankees defeated the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 5-2 in Game Six of the American League Championship Series at Yankee Stadium to advance to the World Series. In 2013, Emmy winning actress Marcia Wallace died on this date at the age of 70. Wallace provided the voice of teacher Edna Krabappel on the Fox animated sitcom The Simpsons. She also played secretary Carol Kester on The Bob Newhart Show.
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