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Birthday September 21, 1452 Girolamo Savonarola, Florentine monk, preacher, reformer |
Birthday September 21, 1756 John Loudon McAdam, created macadam road surface (asphalt) |
Birthday September 21, 1788 Margaret Smith Taylor, 1st lady |
Birthday September 21, 1820 Union General John Reynolds is Born |
Birthday September 21, 1866 H.G. Wells is born |
Birthday September 21, 1866 H.G. (Herbert George) Wells, in Bromley, Eng, (War of the Worlds) |
Birthday September 21, 1874 Gustav Holst, composer (Planets) |
Birthday September 21, 1884 Hugh (Shorty) Ray, supervisor of NFL officials |
Birthday September 21, 1930 Dawn Addams, in England |
Birthday September 21, 1931 Larry Hagman, Actor (I Dream of Jeannie, Dallas) |
Birthday September 21, 1932 Melvin Van Peebles, American playwright |
Birthday September 21, 1935 Henry Gibson, Laugh-in's poet |
Birthday September 21, 1944 Fanny Flagg, in Alabama - Candid Camera |
Birthday September 21, 1947 Stephen King, suspense writer (Shining, Kujo) |
Birthday September 21, 1950 Bill Murray, SNL's 1st replacement |
History September 21, 1776 great fire in NY |
History September 21, 1779 Spaniards capture Baton Rouge |
History September 21, 1784 1st daily newspaper in US begins publication in Penn |
History September 21, 1792 1st French Republic declared |
History September 21, 1792 Monarchy abolished in France |
History September 21, 1895 1st auto manufacturer opens -- Duryea Motor Wagon Company |
History September 21, 1904 The great Nez Perce leader Chief Joseph dies in Washington |
History September 21, 1906 Yankee 1st baseman Hal Chase's 22 put outs ties the record |
History September 21, 1917 Central Powers respond to Papal Peace Note |
History September 21, 1929 1st legal forward pass in Canadian senior football thrown (Calgary) |
History September 21, 1930 Johann Ostermeyer patents his invention the flashbulb |
History September 21, 1938 The Great New England Hurricane |
History September 21, 1939 FDR urges repeal of Neutrality Act embargo provisions |
History September 21, 1942 The Superfortress takes flight |
History September 21, 1949 Mao Zedong outlines the new Chinese government |
History September 21, 1954 the nuclear submarine "Nautilus" is commissioned |
History September 21, 1956 Yanks set dubious record stranding 20 men on base Mantle hits a 500 foot plus homer but Red Sox win 13-9 in Fenway |
History September 21, 1957 Perry Mason premiers |
History September 21, 1958 1st airplane flight exceeding 1200 hours landed Dallas Texas |
History September 21, 1958 Oriole knuckler Hoyt Wilhelm no hits Yankees 1-0 |
History September 21, 1961 5th Special Forces Group is activated at Fort Bragg |
History September 21, 1964 Malta gains independence from Britain |
History September 21, 1967 Thai troops arrive in Saigon |
History September 21, 1968 Jeannie C. Riley is the first woman to top the Country and Pop charts simultaneously |
History September 21, 1970 Monday Night Football on ABC premiers - Jets vs Browns |
History September 21, 1971 John Lennon & Yoko Ono were Dick Cavett's only guest |
History September 21, 1973 Diana Sands dies at 39 |
History September 21, 1974 Jaqueline Susann dies at 53 |
History September 21, 1974 US Mariner 10 makes second fly-by of Mercury |
History September 21, 1980 Richard Todd of the Jets completes 42 passes in a game (NFL record) |
History September 21, 1981 Carlton gets 3,118th strikeout |
History September 21, 1981 Sandra Day O'Conner becomes the 1st female Supreme Court Justice |
History September 21, 1981 Belize gains independence from Britain (National Day) |
History September 21, 1982 SF cable cars cease operations for 2 years of repairs |
History September 21, 1982 Devils beat Rangers 3-2 in exhibition - 1st hockey in Meadowlands |
History September 21, 1983 A 13-year-old's dead body turns up |
History September 21, 1985 Clooney makes Facts of Life debut |
History September 21, 1989 Powell becomes Joint Chiefs' chairman |
History September 21, 1999 Earthquake kills thousands in Taiwan |
History September 21, 2002 Nils Bohlin, inventor of the three-point seatbelt, dies at 82 |