On This Day:
Sunday September 21, 2014 This is the 264th day of the year, with 101 days remaining in 2014. Fact of the Day: journalism Before the latter part of the 19th century, most journalists learned their craft as apprentices; the first university course in journalism was given at the University of Missouri (1879).
Holidays Philippines: Thanksgiving.
Armenia: Independence Day (from USSR, 1991).
Belize: Independence Day (from UK, 1981).
Mali: Independence Day/Proclamation of the Republic Anniversary (from France, 1960).
Events 1520 - Suleiman the Magnificent became Ottoman sultan in Constantinople.
1596 - Spain named Juan de Oñate governor of the colony of New Mexico.
1784 - "Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser" became the nation's first daily newspaper.
1792 - The French National Convention voted to abolish the monarchy; the French Republic was then proclaimed.
1810 - Oktoberfest festival began in West Germany with a horse race in honor of the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria to Princess Therese.
1863 - Union forces retreated to Chattanooga after defeat at Chickamauga.
1893 - Frank Duryea and Charles Duryea demonstrated the first U.S.-made gas-propelled car.
1897 - The "New York Sun" ran its famous editorial that declared, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus."
1915 - Stonehenge was sold by auction for 6,600 pounds sterling to a Mr. Chubb, who bought it as a present for his wife. Three years later he gave it back to Britain.
1922 - U.S. President Warren G. Harding signed a joint resolution of approval to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
1931 - Britain went off the gold standard.
1949 - People's Republic of China was proclaimed by its Communist leaders.
1957 - "Perry Mason" premiered.
1965 - First American, Ted Erikson, swam a round-trip of the English Channel.
1970 - "NFL Monday Night Football" made its debut with a game between the New York Jets and Cleveland Browns.
1977 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter's embattled budget director, Bert Lance, resigned.
1989 - Colin Powell was confirmed as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
1989 - Hurricane Hugo hit the South Carolina coast with destruction totaling $8 billion.
1996 - John F. Kennedy, Jr. married Carolyn Bessette in a secret ceremony on Cumberland Island, Georgia.
1999 - Google launched its search engine.
1999 - The Chi-Chi, Taiwan earthquake kills thousands of people, causes billions of dollars in damages and leaves an estimated 100,000 homeless.
2003 - NASA's aging Galileo spacecraft was deliberately plunged into Jupiter's atmosphere, ending its 14-year exploration of the solar system's largest planet and its moons.
Births 1415 - Frederick III, German emperor.
1756 - John Loudon McAdam, Scottish-born American engineer who invented macadamized roads.
1866 - H. G. Wells, British science fiction writer.
1866 - Charles Jules Henri Nicolle, French bacteriologist.
1912 - Chuck Jones, American animator of "The Road Runner" and director of Warner Brothers cartoons.
1931 - Larry Hagman, American actor.
1947 - Stephen King, American horror and supernatural stories author.
1950 - Bill Murray, American comedy writer and actor.
1967 - Faith Hill, American country singer.
Deaths 19 B.C.E. - Virgil, Roman poet.
1327 - Edward II, former king of England, murdered after his forced abdication.
1832 - Sir Walter Scott, Scottish novelist, poet, biographer, and historian.
1904 - Exiled Nez Perce leader Chief Joseph.
1974 - Walter Brennan, American television and film actor.
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