CoM Moderators Posted September 2 Posted September 2 1894 - -3] Amsterdam Municipal theater opens 1930 - First non-stop airplane flight from Europe to the US (37 hours) 1936 - First transatlantic "ping-pong" round-trip air flight from New York to England and back begins, piloted by Dick Merrill with Harry Richman 1940 - PGA Championship Men's Golf, Hershey CC: Byron Nelson wins his first PGA C'ship, beating Sam Snead 1 up in the Monday 36-hole final 1949 - "The Third Man", directed by Carol Reed, starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, and Orson Welles, is released in the United Kingdom (Academy Awards Best Cinematography 1950) 1990 - Steve Allen, installed as a new abbot of Hartford St Zen Center, San Francisco, California 1996 - Jerry Lewis' 31st Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $49,200,000 1996 - Museum of Contemporary Art of Niterói (MAC) designed by Oscar Niemeyer inaugurated in Niterói, Brazil More Historical Events »
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