LOCAL HEADLINES
- Mitt Romney Offers His Own Case for Change (Inquirer)
- Small Black Contingent Supports Republican Ticket (Tribune)
- Scary Philly Sidewalk Will Be Cleaned Up (MyFoxPhilly)
- Summer heat is back
- HIGHS: 93°
- WIND: WSW 12 mph
TODAY IN HISTORY
- 1886 – An earthquake near Charleston, South Carolina, leaves more than 100 people dead and hundreds of buildings destroyed.
- 1939 – Despite threats of British and French intervention, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler signs an order to attack Poland, and German forces move to the frontier.
- 1949 – Actor Richard Gere is born in Philadelphia.
- 1959 – Brooklyn Dodgers left-hander Sandy Koufax strikes out 18 batters, setting a new National League record for most strikeouts in a game.
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