LOCAL HEADLINES
- Phillies Three Games Out (Inquirer)
- Philly Starts Campaign for Frazier Statue (Tribune)
- Divisive Voter Law Goes Before Pa. Court (6ABC)
- Another beautiful day
- HIGHS: 82°
- WIND: SW 6 mph
TODAY IN HISTORY
- 1814 – Francis Scott Key pens a poem which is later set to music and in 1931 becomes America’s national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
- 1971 – A four-day riot at Attica prison comes to a violent end as law enforcement officials open fire, killing 29 inmates and 10 hostages and injuring many more.
- 1996 – Hip hop star Tupac Shakur dies of gunshot wounds suffered in a Las Vegas drive-by shooting.
- 1990 – The drama series Law & Order debuts on NBC.
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