Sam Houston, Babe Ruth and Katie Couric were making news on this day in history
Wednesday, September 5th, 2012
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1836: Sam Houston was elected president of the Republic of Texas.
1914: Babe Ruth hit his first professional home run for Providence in the International League. He also pitched a one-hit shut-out against Toronto.
2006 Katie Couric makes her debut on the “CBS Evening News.”
1964: Keyboard player Fred Liebowitz of Johannesburg, South Africa released a song which went on its way to being a huge hit for his band which was named after him – oh yeah – that was after he gave himself a new last name and began using his full first name which was Manfred – Mann.
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