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September 1, 1968

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Historical Context for September 1, 1968

In 1968, the world population was approximately 3,545,187,251 people[†]

Notable Births

Mohamed Atta

1968Mohamed Atta, Egyptian terrorist (died 2001)[†]

Mohamed Atta was an Egyptian terrorist hijacker for al-Qaeda. Ideologically a pan-Islamist, he was the ringleader of the September 11 attacks and served as the hijacker-pilot of American Airlines Flight 11, which he crashed into the North Tower of the original World Trade Center as part of the coordinated suicide attacks. Aged 33, he was the oldest of the 19 hijackers who took part in the mission. Before the attacks, he worked as a construction engineer.

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Headlines from September 1, 1968

Mets Lose, 2-0, to Cards; Maris Bats In Run

By Thomas Rogers

Roger Maxis, whom New York fans have been booing ever since he hit 61 home runs for the Yankees in 1961, got a bit of revenge last night at Shea Stadium. Maris, who has announced that this will be his final season in the major leagues, was the difference as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the New York Mets, 2-0, and edged one notch closer to their second successive National League pennant.

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The Democrats Face a Tough Fight

By -- WARREN WEAVER JR

CHICAGO -- For the first 12 pages of his acceptance speech, Hubert Humphrey cherished the American, dream, spoke a few prayerful words over the uneasy truce in the Democratic party and invoked the classic shades of his predecessors as nominee. Then he finally came to Richard Nixon, and the fight was on.

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