Topic: Johann Gottfried Galle

On Sept. 23, 1959, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev visited the corn fields of Iowa to find out what made the American farmer tick and urged that the earth "be furrowed by plows, not rockets and tanks."

On Sept. 23, 1806, U.S. explorers Lewis and Clark returned to St. Louis on their historic journey from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Coast and back.

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Today is Saturday, Sept. 23, the 266th day of 2006 with 99 to follow.

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