10 Timeline Memories:- 1897] Santa who?: The New York Sun runs an editorial that answers a question from 8-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon: 'Is There A Santa Claus'...
- 1937] Making it a hobbit: 'The Hobbit' by J.R.R. Tolkien is published...
- 1938] What's your name?: An unnamed category 3 hurricane slams into Long Island and southern New England and claims as many as 600 lives...
- 1957] Premiered on this date: "Perry Mason" starring Raymond Burr starts a run of 17 seasons...1970] "Monday Night Football" with Howard Cosell, Keith Jackson who will be replaced by Frank Gifford and "Dandy" Don Meredith. The first game features a Cleveland win over the Jets 31-21...
1973] Confirmation day: Henry Kissinger is confirmed as Secretary of State by the Senate...1981] The Senate confirms Sandra Day O'Connor as the first female justice of the Supreme Court...1982] Football strikes out: National Football League players begin a 57-day strike...1983] Say watt?: Interior Secretary James G. Watt describes a special advisory panel as consisting of "a black, a woman, two Jews and a cripple." Watt removes the shoe from his mouth, apologizes and then 'resigns'...1998] What is "is"?: Bill Clinton is less ingenious than Jimmy Carter. This is the day that Bill answered a question about Monica Lewinsky with this question: "it depends on what the meaning of 'is' is?" It's all part of his testimony about an affair with "that woman, Miss Lewinsky." Unlike Carter -no pass for Clinton on his quote...1998] "Happy Trails": Olympic gold medal track star Florence Griffith Joyner aka 'Flojo' dies in her sleep after suffering an epilectic seizure...2001] 'Geronimooooooo': Congress approves a $15 billion bailout to help an airline industry reeling from the September 11 terrorist attacks...For more on September 21:http://melphillipsnowandthen.com
