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September 23rd Traditional Cache

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Greenback: It had a good run, time to say good night Irene.

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Hidden : 9/5/2013
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Terrain:
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This continues the “This Day in History” calendar series. Without the help of the local cachers, this would not be possible! Thank you!

According to Wikipedia and other sources, on September 23rd:
1642 – First commencement exercises occur at Harvard College.
1806 – Lewis and Clark return to St. Louis after exploring the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
1845 – The Knickerbockers Baseball Club, the first baseball team to play under the modern rules, is founded in New York.
1846 – Astronomers Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier, John Couch Adams and Johann Gottfried Galle collaborate on the discovery of Neptune.
1909 – The Phantom of the Opera (original title: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra), a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux, is first published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.
1999 – NASA announces that it has lost contact with the Mars Climate Orbiter.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)