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Sept. 15, 1989: Former President Ronald Reagan left Mayo Clinic after recovering from surgery to remove fluid from the surface of his brain. The problem stemmed from an incident in which Reagan fell from a bucking horse and hit his head.

Sept. 12, 1989: Janet Kast of Albert Lea, a patient at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester received roses from former President Ronald Reagan while he was also hospitalized there. Kast had written Reagan a get-well card and a few hours later a nurse brought a bouquet of red roses to her room with Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s best wishes.

Sept. 15, 1969: A funeral notice for Specialist Fourth Class Billy D. Weitzel appeared in The Evening Tribune. Weitzel, born in Albert Lea, was killed in action Sept. 4, 1969, after four months in Vietnam.

 

National

2018: Florence exploded into a potentially catastrophic Category 4 hurricane as it closed in on North and South Carolina with winds up to 140 mph.

2014: During a prime-time address, President Barack Obama announced he was authorizing airstrikes inside Syria for the first time along with expanded strikes in Iraq as part of a “steady, relentless effort” to root out Islamic State extremists.

2006: Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts defeated Eli Manning and the New York Giants 26-21 in the first NFL game to feature two brothers starting at quarterback.

1998: President Bill Clinton met with members of his cabinet to apologize, ask forgiveness and promise to improve as a person in the wake of the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

1963: Twenty black students entered Alabama public schools following a standoff between federal authorities and Gov. George C. Wallace.

1919: New York City welcomed home Gen. John J. Pershing and 25,000 soldiers who had served in the U.S. First Division during World War I.

1813: An American naval force commanded by Oliver H. Perry defeated the British in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. Afterward, Perry sent the message, “We have met the enemy and they are ours.”