Today In History.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1776-09-21 | great fire in NY |
| 1784-09-21 | 1st daily newspaper in US begins publication in Penn |
| 1792-09-21 | 1st French Republic declared |
| 1895-09-21 | 1st auto manufacturer opens -- Duryea Motor Wagon Company |
| 1906-09-21 | Yankee 1st baseman Hal Chase's 22 put outs ties the record |
| 1929-09-21 | 1st legal forward pass in Canadian senior football thrown (Calgary) |
| 1930-09-21 | Johann Ostermeyer patents his invention the flashbulb |
| 1954-09-21 | the nuclear submarine 'Nautilus' is commissioned |
| 1956-09-21 | Yanks set dubious record stranding 20 men on base Mantle hits a 500 foot plus homer but Red Sox win 13-9 in Fenway |
| 1957-09-21 | Perry Mason premiers |
| 1958-09-21 | 1st airplane flight exceeding 1200 hours landed Dallas Texas |
| 1958-09-21 | Oriole knuckler Hoyt Wilhelm no hits Yankees 1-0 |
| 1964-09-21 | Malta gains independence from Britain |
| 1970-09-21 | Monday Night Football on ABC premiers - Jets vs Browns |
| 1971-09-21 | John Lennon & Yoko Ono were Dick Cavett's only guest |
| 1973-09-21 | Diana Sands dies at 39 |
| 1974-09-21 | US Mariner 10 makes second fly-by of Mercury |
| 1974-09-21 | Jaqueline Susann dies at 53 |
| 1980-09-21 | Richard Todd of the Jets completes 42 passes in a game (NFL record) |
| 1981-09-21 | Belize gains independence from Britain (National Day) |
| 1981-09-21 | Sandra Day O'Conner becomes the 1st female Supreme Court Justice |
| 1982-09-21 | Devils beat Rangers 3-2 in exhibition - 1st hockey in Meadowlands |
| 1982-09-21 | SF cable cars cease operations for 2 years of repairs |