September 21 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for September 21
In the headlines today:

1999	A powerful earthquake shakes Taiwan, killing nearly 2500 people.
1996	John F. Kennedy, Jr. marries Carolyn Bessette on Cumberland Island, Georgia.
1989	Hurricane Hugo bashes Charleston, SC, with winds of up to 135 miles per hour, causing an estimated $8 billion in damage.
1984	Brunei Darussalam is admitted to the United Nations.
1981	Sandra Day O'Connor is confirmed by the US Senate as the first female Justice to the Supreme Court.
1976	The Seychelles are admitted to the United Nations.
1973	Henry Kissinger is confirmed by the US Senate as Secretary of State.
1971	Bahrain, Bhutan, and Qatar are admitted to the United Nations.
1970	Monday Night Football, with Howard Cosell, Don Meredith and Keith Jackson calling the plays, makes its debut on ABC-TV.
1965	Gambia, the Maldives, and Singapore are admitted to the United Nations.
1961	Antonio Abertondo swims the English Channel, both ways, in 24 hours, 25 minutes.
1957	Perry Mason, starring Raymond Burr as Erle Stanley Gardner's persistent attorney, debuts on CBS-TV.
1949	China's Communist leaders officially declare the country as the People's Republic of China.
1948	Comedian Milton Berle is named as permanent host of The Texaco Star Theater on NBC-TV.
1938	More than 600 people are killed as a hurricane batters New England.
1931	England goes off the gold standard.
1897	"Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus," begins the famous editorial response to 8-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon's letter in the New York Sun.
1792	The French National Convention votes to abolish France's monarchy.
1784	The first daily newspaper in America is published in Philadelphia.