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September 21 Historical Events
The 2000s
- 2001: Congress approves $15 Billion dollars worth of federal bailout money to the Airline Industry
The 1990s
- 1995: Canada unveils the new 2 dollar coin, Canadians call it the Twoonie, replacing the 2 Dollar bill the coin is saves taxpayers money as the coin lasts longer then the bill.
The 1980s
- 1982: The National Football League players and owners could not reach and salary agreement and a 57 day strike begun. As a result the 16 games schedule was reduced to 9 games.
The 1970s
- 1970: Monday Night Football makes its debut on the ABC Network, the program would run until 2006 when it was moved to ESPN
The 1930s
- 1937: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien was first published
The 1700s
- 1792: One year after King Louis XVI stripped himself of most of his power the French Legislative Assembly votes to abolish Monarchy in France
September 21 Historical Information
- Wikipedia: Today in History Entry
- Library of Congress: This Day in History
- The New York Times: Today in History News Archive
- BBC News: Historical Archive
- CBC News: Today in Canada Archive
- History.com: This Day in History
September 21 in Sports
- TodayInSportsHistory.com: Today in Sports History
- National Pastime: Today in Baseball History
September 21 Historical Articles
- Time Magazine: The Money or the Power? (1982)