September 21
1792 - The French National Convention voted to abolish the monarchy.
1897 - The New York Sun published its famous editorial, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus."
1912 - Magician Harry Houdini first publicly performed his “Water Torture Cell” trick at the Circus Busch in Berlin.
1931 - Britain went off the gold standard.
1937 - The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein was first published.
1938 - A hurricane struck New York and New England with extensive damage and more than 600 deaths.
1949 - The People's Republic of China was proclaimed.
1961 - The first Boeing CH-47 Chinook military helicopter made its first hovering flight.
1964 - Malta gained its independence from Great Britain.
1981 - Belize gained its independence from Great Britain.
1981 - The Senate unanimously confirmed the nomination of Sandra Day O’Connor to become the first female justice on the Supreme Court.
1983 - Interior Secretary James G. Watt described a special advisory panel as consisting of "a black ... a woman, two Jews and a cripple." Watt later apologized and resigned.
1985 - In North Korea and South Korea, family members who had been separated for decades were allowed to visit each other as both countries opened their borders in an unprecedented family-reunion program.
1989 - Hurricane Hugo crashed into Charleston, South Carolina (the storm was blamed for 56 deaths in the Caribbean and 29 in the United States).
1989 - Twenty-one students in Alton, Texas, died when their school bus, hit by a soft-drink delivery truck, careened into a water-filled pit.
1996 - John F. Kennedy Jr. married Carolyn Bessette.
1996 - The board of Virginia Military Institute voted to admit women.
1996 - President Bill Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act denying federal recognition of same-sex marriages, a day after saying the law should not be used as an excuse for discrimination, violence or intimidation against gays and lesbians. (Although never formally repealed, DoMA was effectively overturned by U.S. Supreme Court decisions in 2013 and 2015.)
1998 - President Bill Clinton's videotaped grand jury testimony in the Monica Lewinsky scandal was publicly broadcast, showing him answering one question from prosecutors by saying, "It depends on wha the meaning of 'is' is."
2001 - Congress approved $15 billion to help an airline industry reeling from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
2008 - "Mad Men" became the first basic-cable show to win a top series Emmy award.
2016 - Outraged Republican and Democratic lawmakers grilled Heather Bresch, the CEO of pharmaceutical company Mylan, about the significant cost increase of its life-saving EpiPens; defending her company’s business practices, Bresch told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee she wished the company had “better anticipated the magnitude and acceleration” of the rising prices for some families.
2020 - President Donald Trump met at the White House with Amy Coney Barrett, as the conservative judge emerged as an early favorite for the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Birthdays
23 - Nikolas Brino (actor)
34 - Ryan Guzman (actor)
37 - Ahna O'Reilly (actress)
38 - Joseph Mazzello (actor)
38 - Maggie Grace (actress)
40 - Nicole Richie (reality star)
41 - Autumn Reeser (actress)
41 - Kareena Kapoor (actress)
42 - Bradford Anderson (actor)
50 - Luke Wilson (actor)
50 - Alfonso Ribeiro (actor)
50 - James Lesure (actor)
51 - Rob Benedict (actor)
52 - Billy Porter (actor)
53 - Ricki Lake (actress/talk show host)
54 - Faith Hill (singer)
56 - Cheryl Hines (actress)
58 - Cecil Fielder (baseball player)
58 - Angus Macfadyen (actor)
59 - Rob Morrow (actor)
60 - Nancy Travis (actress)
60 - Serena Scott Thomas (actress)
61 - David James Elliott (actor)
62 - Dave Coulier (actor/comedian)
71 - Bill Murray (actor/comedian)
72 - Artis Gilmore (basketball player)
74 - Stephen King (author)
78 - Jerry Bruckheimer (producer)
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Today in Sports History - September 21
1901 - Nebraska opens the season with a 22-0 exhibition win over Lincoln High.
1957 - Nebraska opens the season with a 34-12 loss to Washington State.
1963 - Nebraska opens the season with a 58-7 win over South Dakota State.
1968 - #14 Nebraska defeats Utah 31-0.
1969 - Steve O'Neal of the New York Jets records a 98-yard punt against the Denver Broncos.
1970 - "NFL Monday Night Football" debuted on ABC; the inaugural game saw the Cleveland Browns defeat the New York Jets 31-21.
1971 - The American League approved the move of the Washington Senators to Arlington, Texas. (The team ultimately became the Texas Rangers.)
1974 - Wisconsin upsets #4 Nebraska 21-20.
1980 - Richard Todd of the New York Jets completes an NFL record 42 passes in a game.
1982 - National Football League players began a 57-day strike.
1985 - #18 Nebraska defeats Illinois 52-25.
1986 - The New York Jets defeat the Miami Dolphins 51-45 in overtime, setting an NFL record with a combined 884 passing yards.
1987 - NFL players called a strike, mainly over the issue of free agency. (The 24-day walkout prompted football owners to hire replacement players.)
1990 - Bob Welch of the Oakland Athletics becomes MLB's first 25-game winner in 10 years.
1991 - #4 Washington defeats #9 Nebraska 36-21.
1991 - USA Basketball announces the "Dream Team" roster for the 1992 Olympic Games.
1996 - #17 Arizona State upsets #1 Nebraska 19-0, snapping the two-time defending national champion's 26-game winning streak.
1998 - Olympic gold medal track star Florence Griffith Joyner, 38, died in her sleep after suffering an epilectic seizure.
2008 - Baseball said farewell to the original Yankee Stadium as the Bronx Bombers defeated the Baltimore Orioles 7-3.
2013 - Nebraska defeats South Dakota State 59-20.
2019 - Nebraska defeats Illinois 42-38.
2020 - The Las Vegas Raiders, playing their first game a new $2 billion stadium following their move from Oakland, defeated the New Orleans Saints 34-24; there were no fans in attendance because of the coronavirus.
1792 - The French National Convention voted to abolish the monarchy.
1897 - The New York Sun published its famous editorial, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus."
1912 - Magician Harry Houdini first publicly performed his “Water Torture Cell” trick at the Circus Busch in Berlin.
1931 - Britain went off the gold standard.
1937 - The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein was first published.
1938 - A hurricane struck New York and New England with extensive damage and more than 600 deaths.
1949 - The People's Republic of China was proclaimed.
1961 - The first Boeing CH-47 Chinook military helicopter made its first hovering flight.
1964 - Malta gained its independence from Great Britain.
1981 - Belize gained its independence from Great Britain.
1981 - The Senate unanimously confirmed the nomination of Sandra Day O’Connor to become the first female justice on the Supreme Court.
1983 - Interior Secretary James G. Watt described a special advisory panel as consisting of "a black ... a woman, two Jews and a cripple." Watt later apologized and resigned.
1985 - In North Korea and South Korea, family members who had been separated for decades were allowed to visit each other as both countries opened their borders in an unprecedented family-reunion program.
1989 - Hurricane Hugo crashed into Charleston, South Carolina (the storm was blamed for 56 deaths in the Caribbean and 29 in the United States).
1989 - Twenty-one students in Alton, Texas, died when their school bus, hit by a soft-drink delivery truck, careened into a water-filled pit.
1996 - John F. Kennedy Jr. married Carolyn Bessette.
1996 - The board of Virginia Military Institute voted to admit women.
1996 - President Bill Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act denying federal recognition of same-sex marriages, a day after saying the law should not be used as an excuse for discrimination, violence or intimidation against gays and lesbians. (Although never formally repealed, DoMA was effectively overturned by U.S. Supreme Court decisions in 2013 and 2015.)
1998 - President Bill Clinton's videotaped grand jury testimony in the Monica Lewinsky scandal was publicly broadcast, showing him answering one question from prosecutors by saying, "It depends on wha the meaning of 'is' is."
2001 - Congress approved $15 billion to help an airline industry reeling from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
2008 - "Mad Men" became the first basic-cable show to win a top series Emmy award.
2016 - Outraged Republican and Democratic lawmakers grilled Heather Bresch, the CEO of pharmaceutical company Mylan, about the significant cost increase of its life-saving EpiPens; defending her company’s business practices, Bresch told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee she wished the company had “better anticipated the magnitude and acceleration” of the rising prices for some families.
2020 - President Donald Trump met at the White House with Amy Coney Barrett, as the conservative judge emerged as an early favorite for the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Birthdays
23 - Nikolas Brino (actor)
34 - Ryan Guzman (actor)
37 - Ahna O'Reilly (actress)
38 - Joseph Mazzello (actor)
38 - Maggie Grace (actress)
40 - Nicole Richie (reality star)
41 - Autumn Reeser (actress)
41 - Kareena Kapoor (actress)
42 - Bradford Anderson (actor)
50 - Luke Wilson (actor)
50 - Alfonso Ribeiro (actor)
50 - James Lesure (actor)
51 - Rob Benedict (actor)
52 - Billy Porter (actor)
53 - Ricki Lake (actress/talk show host)
54 - Faith Hill (singer)
56 - Cheryl Hines (actress)
58 - Cecil Fielder (baseball player)
58 - Angus Macfadyen (actor)
59 - Rob Morrow (actor)
60 - Nancy Travis (actress)
60 - Serena Scott Thomas (actress)
61 - David James Elliott (actor)
62 - Dave Coulier (actor/comedian)
71 - Bill Murray (actor/comedian)
72 - Artis Gilmore (basketball player)
74 - Stephen King (author)
78 - Jerry Bruckheimer (producer)
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Today in Sports History - September 21
1901 - Nebraska opens the season with a 22-0 exhibition win over Lincoln High.
1957 - Nebraska opens the season with a 34-12 loss to Washington State.
1963 - Nebraska opens the season with a 58-7 win over South Dakota State.
1968 - #14 Nebraska defeats Utah 31-0.
1969 - Steve O'Neal of the New York Jets records a 98-yard punt against the Denver Broncos.
1970 - "NFL Monday Night Football" debuted on ABC; the inaugural game saw the Cleveland Browns defeat the New York Jets 31-21.
1971 - The American League approved the move of the Washington Senators to Arlington, Texas. (The team ultimately became the Texas Rangers.)
1974 - Wisconsin upsets #4 Nebraska 21-20.
1980 - Richard Todd of the New York Jets completes an NFL record 42 passes in a game.
1982 - National Football League players began a 57-day strike.
1985 - #18 Nebraska defeats Illinois 52-25.
1986 - The New York Jets defeat the Miami Dolphins 51-45 in overtime, setting an NFL record with a combined 884 passing yards.
1987 - NFL players called a strike, mainly over the issue of free agency. (The 24-day walkout prompted football owners to hire replacement players.)
1990 - Bob Welch of the Oakland Athletics becomes MLB's first 25-game winner in 10 years.
1991 - #4 Washington defeats #9 Nebraska 36-21.
1991 - USA Basketball announces the "Dream Team" roster for the 1992 Olympic Games.
1996 - #17 Arizona State upsets #1 Nebraska 19-0, snapping the two-time defending national champion's 26-game winning streak.
1998 - Olympic gold medal track star Florence Griffith Joyner, 38, died in her sleep after suffering an epilectic seizure.
2008 - Baseball said farewell to the original Yankee Stadium as the Bronx Bombers defeated the Baltimore Orioles 7-3.
2013 - Nebraska defeats South Dakota State 59-20.
2019 - Nebraska defeats Illinois 42-38.
2020 - The Las Vegas Raiders, playing their first game a new $2 billion stadium following their move from Oakland, defeated the New Orleans Saints 34-24; there were no fans in attendance because of the coronavirus.
