Tidbits, Sept. 6

False alarm

A possible hostage situation Saturday evening on Sunset Drive in Brewster turned out to be a relatively mild domestic dispute by comparison, according to Okanogan County Sheriff Frank Rogers. He told the Herald that one man had hit or shoved another man, who left the residence by the time a sheriff's sergeant arrived on the scene.

Assistance also came from the Brewster Police Department, but it wasn't the lead agency for that incident, Chief Ron Oules wrote in an e-mail.

This day in history - Sept. 6

1522: One of Ferdinand Magellan's five ships - the Vittoria - arrived in Spain, thus completing the first circumnavigation of the world. The Vittoria was commanded by Juan Sebastian de Elcano, who took charge of the vessel after the murder of Magellan in the Philippines in April 1521.

1620: The Pilgrims left on the Mayflower from Plymouth, England to settle in the New World.

1837: The Oberlin Collegiate Institute of Ohio went co-educational.

1876: The Southern Pacific rail line from Los Angeles to San Francisco was completed.

1901: President William McKinley was shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y. McKinley died on Sept. 14.

1909: Robert Peary, American explorer, sent word that he had reached the North Pole. He had reached his goal five months earlier.

1941: Jews in German-occupied areas were ordered to wear the Star of David with the word "Jew" inscribed. The order only applied to Jews over the age of 6.

1943: The youngest player to appear in an American League baseball game was pitcher Carl Scheib of the Philadelphia Athletics. Scheib was 16 years, eight months and five days old.

1952: In Montreal, Canadian television began broadcasting.

1959: The first Barbie Doll was sold by Mattel Toy Corporation.

1992: A 35-year old man died ten weeks after receiving a transplanted baboon liver.

1997: More than 2 billion people watched Princess Diana's funeral on TV.

2000: The U.N. Millennium Summit began in New York. It was the largest gathering of world leaders in history with more than 150 present.

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