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Today in History ~ September 21
Events1066 - Battle at Fulford: Norway king Harald III Hardrada beats British militia
1192 - English King Richard I the Lion Hearted, captured
1327 - Near Gloucester, England, Edward II, the former king of England, was murdered in Berkeley Castle
1348 - Jews in Zurich Switzerland are accused of poisoning wells
1435 - Treaty of Atrecht: Philip of Bourgondy vs French king Charles II
1451 - Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa orders Jews of Holland to wear a badge
1589 - Battle at Arques: French king Henri IV beats Catholic League
1591 - French bishops recognize Henri IV as king of France
1621 - King James of England gives Canada to Sir Alexander Sterling
1648 - Battle at Pilawce: Bohdan Chmielricki's beats John Casimir[NS]
1676 - Benedetto Odescalchi elected as Pope Innocent XI
1677 - John & Nicolaas van der Heyden patents fire extinguisher
1692 - A bad day for people accused of being witches in Salem, Massachusetts. Two men and seven women were executed for witchcraft. [H]
1745 - Battle at Preston Pans: Bonnie Prince Charles beats English army
1746 - French expeditionary army occupies Labourdonnais & Dupleix Madras
1761 - King George III of England is crowned. George was not British. He was German. He had been Elector of Hanover. Coincidentally, the composer Handel, who was working in London when King George was crowned, had gone to London after skipping out on his last job...working for George in Hanover. Fortunately for Handel, King George forgave him.
1776 - 5 days after British take NY -- city burns down (Great Fire)
1776 - Nathan Hale, spied on British for American rebels, arrested
1780 - Benedict Arnold gives plans and fortifications for West Point to British Major John Andre
1784 - 1st daily newspaper in US begins publication in Pennsylvania.
1792 - Proposal by Collot D'Herbois, to abolish the monarchy in France, The French National Convention voted to abolish the monarchy. 1st French Republic forms [H]
1797 - US Navy frigate Constitution, Old Ironsides, launched in Boston
1814 - "Star Spangled Banner" published as a poem
1823 - The Angel Moroni 1st appears to Joseph Smith, according to Smith (founder of Mormon Church)
1837 - Charles Tiffany founded his jewelry & china stores
1862 - 300 Indians were sentenced to hang in Mankato, Minnesota.
1863 - Union forces retreat to Chattanooga after defeat at Chickamauga
1872 - John Henry Conyers of SC becomes 1st black student at Annapolis
1883 - 1st direct US-Brazil telegraph connection
1895 - 1st auto manufacturer opens -- Duryea Motor Wagon Company
1896 - General Kitchener's army occupies Dongola Sudan
1897 - The New York Sun ran its famous editorial that declared, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus." [H]
1903 - 1st cowboy film "Kit Carson," premieres in US
1913 - 1st aerobatic maneuver, sustained inverted flight, performed in France
1915 - CH Chubb buys Stonehenge for 6,600 pounds
1921 - Gas explodes at Bradishe Aniline chemical works in Germany, 565 die
1921 - Pope Benedictus XV donates 1 million lire to feed Russians
1922 - Pres Warren G Harding signs a joint resolution of approval to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine
1928 - "My Weekly Reader" magazine made its debut
1930 - Johann Ostermeyer patents flashbulb
1931 - Britain abandons gold standard/pound devalues 20%
1933 - Trial against Marinus der Lubbe accused of starting the Reichstag fire) opens
1934 - Typhoon strikes Honshu Island Japan, kills 4,000
1936 - Spanish fascist junta names Franco generalissimo/supreme commander
1937 - J R R Tolkien, publishes "Hobbit"
1938 - A hurricane (183 MPH winds) struck parts of New York and New England, causing widespread damage and claiming more than 600 lives. [H]
1938 - Winston Churchill condemns Hitler's annexation of Czechoslovakia
1939 - Reinhard Heydrich meets in Berlin to discuss final solution of Jews
1941 - US launches its 1st Liberty-ship, "Patrick Henry"
1942 - 116 hostages executed by Nazis in Paris
1942 - U.S. B-29 Superfortress makes its debut
1944 - Last British paratroopers at bridge of Arnhem surrender
1946 - Indians play their final game in League Park, ending a 55-year stay
1948 - Milton Berle made his debut as permanent host of "The Texaco Star Theater" on NBC television.
1949 - Chinese Communist leaders proclaims People's Republic of China
1949 - Federal Republic of [West] Germany created under 3-power occupation
1954 - Sabrina opens, starring Humphrey Bogart, William Holden, and Audrey Hepburn. [H]
1955 - Last allied occupying troops leave Austria
1957 - "Perry Mason" with Raymond Burr premieres on CBS-TV
1964 - Malta gains independence from Britain
1965 - Ted Erikson of Chicago, Illinois, became the first American swimmer to complete a round-trip crossing of the English Channel.
1966 - Jimmy Hendrix changes spelling of his name to Jimi
1970 - "NFL Monday Night Football" made its debut on ABC TV as the Cleveland Browns defeated the visiting New York Jets, 31-21.
1971 - AL OKs Washington Senator move to Arlington (Texas Rangers)
1972 - Marcos declares martial law in Philippines
1973 - Jackson Pollock's painting "Blue Poles" sold for $2,000,000
1973 - The U.S. Senate confirmed Henry Kissinger to be Secretary of State.
1974 - US Mariner 10 makes 2nd fly-by of Mercury
1975 - Self-proclaimed revolutionary Sara Jane Moore attempted to kill President Gerald Ford as he walked from a San Francisco hotel. A bullet she fired slightly wounded a man in the crowd.
1976 - Orlando Letelier, onetime foreign minister to Chilean President Salvador Allende, was killed when a bomb exploded in his car in Washington D.C.
1977 - President Carter defended budget director Bert Lance as he announced Lance's resignation. Lance had been accused of a series of illegal acts in banking.
1981 - The Senate unanimously confirmed the nomination of Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice on the Supreme Court.
1983 - 11 killed in anti Marcos demonstrations in Manila
1983 - The mutilated body of 13-year-old paperboy Danny Joe Eberle is found in his hometown of Bellevue, Nebraska.
1985 - Western intelligence estimates said the Iran-Iraq war in five years had cost nearly one million lives.
1986 - 38th Emmy Awards: Golden Girls, Cagney & Lacey & Michael J Fox
1989 - Hurricane Hugo, packing winds of up to 135 mph, crashed into Charleston, S.C.
1989 - The Senate Armed Forces Committee unanimously confirmed General Colin Powell as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
1991 - An 18-hour hostage drama ended in Sandy, Utah, as Richard L. Worthington, who had killed a nurse and seized control of a hospital maternity ward, finally freed his nine captives, including a baby who was born during the siege. (Worthington committed suicide in prison in 1994.)
1991 - Armenia became the 12th Soviet republic to declare independence.
1992 - Vice President Quayle and millions of others tuned in to the season premiere of "Murphy Brown," the TV show Quayle slammed because its fictional lead character had a baby out of wedlock.
1993 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin suspended the parliament and announced parliamentary elections would be held in December.
1996 - John F. Kennedy, Jr., son of the late U.S. president and described by tabloids as the world's most eligible bachelor, wed Carolyn Bessette.
1996 - President Clinton and Republican rival Bob Dole agreed to face off in two debates without Ross Perot.
1996 - President Clinton signed into law the Defense of Marriage Act, which allows states to disregard "same sex marriages" that might be official in other places.
1996 - The board of all-male Virginia Military Institute voted to admit women.
1998 - Hurricane Georges began its deadly rampage through the Caribbean, killing more than 600 people.
1998 - President Clinton's videotaped grand jury testimony, during which he admitted to an inappropriate relationship with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky, was shown on television. It ran more than four hours.
1999 - At least 2,300 people were killed when an earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale struck Taiwan.
2000 - An Iranian appeals court reduced the prison terms for 10 Jews convicted of "cooperating" with Israel, in a case that had drawn international criticism.
Birthdays Today
1372 - Frederik I van Hohenzollern, monarch of Brandenburg (1417-40)
1415 - Frederick III, Innsbruck Austria, German Emperor (1440-1493)
1452 - Girolamo Savonarola, monk/reformer/dictator of Florence (1494-98)
1756 - John Loudon McAdam, created macadam road surface (asphalt)
1788 - Margaret Taylor (Smith) (First Lady: wife of 12th U.S. President, Zachary Taylor)
1817 - Carter Littlepage Stevenson, Major General (Confederate Army)
1866 - Charles Jean Henri Nicolle France, bacteriologist (Nobel-1928)
1866 - H. G. (Herbert) Wells (writer: War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, The Outline of History)
1912 - Chuck Jones (cartoonist: The Road Runner, Pepe Le Pew, Wiley Coyote)
1920 - Jay Ward, cartoonist (Rocky & his Friends, Bullwinkle)
1931 - Larry Hagman (actor: I Dream of Jeannie, Dallas, Staying Afloat, Ensign Pulver, In Harm's Way, Fail-Safe; son of actress, Mary Martin)
1934 - Leonard Cohen (singer, songwriter: group: The Army: Famous Blue Raincoat, Joan of Arc, Avalanche)
1935 - Henry Gibson (Bateman) (comedian: Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In; Nashville)
1941 - Dickey Lee (Lipscomb) (singer: Patches, I Saw Linda Yesterday, Never Ending Songs of Love, Rocky; songwriter: She Thinks I Still Care)
1942 - Sam McDowell (baseball: 'Sudden Sam': Cleveland Indians pitcher: led American League in strikeouts five times in six years; San Francisco Giants, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates)
1945 - Richard Childress (auto racer)
1947 - Donald Felder (musician: guitar, singer: group: The Eagles: One of These Nights, Lyin' Eyes, Best of My Love, New Kid in Town; solo: LP: Airborne)
1947 - Reggie Rucker (football: Dallas Cowboys wide receiver: Super Bowl V)
1947 - Stephen [Edwin] King, US, sci-fi author (Carrie, Shining, Kujo. Pet Cemetery, Christine, The Duel, Misery, The Stand)
1948 - Marsha Norman (Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright: 'Night Mother [1983])
1949 - Artis Gilmore (basketball: Chicago Bulls: holds league record for career field goal percentage [.599], Kentucky Colonels: Rookie and Player of the Year [1971])
1950 - Bill Murray (Emmy Award-winning comedy writer: Saturday Night Live [3/12/77]; actor: Stripes, Ghostbusters I & II, Groundhog Day, Mad Dog and Glory, What About Bob?, Scrooged)
1950 - Brent McClanahan (football: Minnesota Vikings running back: Super Bowl IX, XI)
1953 - Arie Luyendyk (racecar driver: Indy 500 winner [1990]; People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People list [1992])
1953 - Kenny Starr (musician: guitar, singer, songwriter: Blind Man in the Bleachers, Me & the Elephant, Tonight I'll Face the Man [Who Made It Happen])
1953 - Mike Collier (football: Pittsburgh Steelers running back: Super Bowl X)
1959 - Dave Coulier (actor: Full House; TV host: America's Funniest People)
1962 - Rob Morrow (actor: Northern Exposure, Quiz Show, Tattingers)
1963 - Cecil Grant Fielder (baseball: Detroit Tigers 1st base; Toronto Blue Jays)
1968 - Ricki Lake (TV talk show host)
Famous deaths
1519 - Hans Backofen/Backoffen, German sculptor, dies at about 49
1558 - Charles V, King of Spain (Carlos I)/Holy Roman Emperor, dies at 58
1904 - Chief Joseph, US Indian chief (Nez Perc), dies
1956 - Anastasio Somoza, Nicaraguan dictator, assassinated by Roliberto Lopez
1974 - Jacqueline Susann, author (Valley of the Dolls), dies of cancer at 53
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