Today is Wednesday, September 21, the 264th day of 2011. There are 101 days left in the year.
1784 ― First daily newspaper in America (Penns Packet & General Advertiser)
1792 ― First French Republic declared
1895 ― 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
1931 ― Britain goes off the gold standard
1934 ― Typhoon strikes Honshu Island Japan, kills 4,000
1949 ― Federal Republic of [West] Germany created under three-power occupation
1949 ― People's Republic of China proclaimed
1981 ― Sandra Day O'Connor becomes first female Supreme Court Justice
1981 ― Steve Carlton strikes out NL record 3,118th (Andre Dawson)