Today is Friday, September 21, the 263rd day of 2007. There are 102 days left in the year.
687 _ Conon ends his reign as Catholic pope
1451 _ Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa orders Jews of Holland to wear a badge
1792 _ The first French Republic declared
1895 _ The first auto manufacturer opens-Duryea Motor Wagon Company
1922 _ President Warren G. Harding signs a joint resolution of approval to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine
1949 _ The People's Republic of China proclaimed
1954 _ Nuclear submarine ``Nautilus" is commissioned
1964 _ Malta gains independence from Britain
1972 _ Marcos declares martial law in the Philippines
1991 _ Armenia votes on whether to remain in the Soviet Union