Today is Monday, Sept. 21, the 264th day of 2026. There are 101 days left in the year.<\/p>\n
Today in history:<\/p>\n
On Sept. 21, 1955, at Yankee Stadium in New York, heavyweight boxer Rocky Marciano completed his undefeated professional career by knocking out Archie Moore in the ninth round of their title fight.<\/p>\n
Also on this date:<\/p>\n
In 1792, the National Convention of France issued a proclamation announcing the abolition of the French monarchy.<\/p>\n
In 1898, in response to a letter from 8-year-old Virginia O\u2019Hanlon, the New York Sun newspaper wrote an editorial containing the famous line \u201cYes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.\u201d<\/p>\n
In 1915, Cecil Chubb purchased Stonehenge for \u00a36,600; the last private owner of the site, Chubb donated it to the British people three years later.<\/p>\n
In 1922, President Warren Harding signed the Lodge-Fish Resolution, a congressional resolution endorsing the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine.<\/p>\n
In 1937, \u201cThe Hobbit,\u201d by J.R.R. Tolkien, was first published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd. of London.<\/p>\n
In 1938, a hurricane made U.S. landfall, striking parts of New York and New England while causing widespread damage and claiming some 700 lives.<\/p>\n
In 1939, Romanian Prime Minister Armand C\u0103linescu was assassinated by members of the fascist Iron Guard movement.<\/p>\n
In 1970, \u201cMonday Night Football\u201d made its debut on ABC, with the Cleveland Browns defeating the New York Jets 31-21.<\/p>\n
In 1981, the Senate unanimously confirmed the nomination of Sandra Day O\u2019Connor to become the first female justice on the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n
In 1989, Hurricane Hugo crashed into South Carolina; the storm was blamed for 56 deaths in the Caribbean and 29 in the United States.<\/p>\n
In 2013, an attack by armed militants in the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, left 67 people dead and hundreds injured.<\/p>\n
In 2022, Russia\u2019s Vladimir Putin ordered a mobilization of reservists for the first time since World War II, nearly seven months after invading Ukraine.<\/p>\n
In 2025, Donald Trump praised ally Charlie Kirk as a \u201cgreat American hero\u201d and \u201cmartyr\u201d for freedom as the U.S. president and other leading conservatives took part in a televised tribute in Glendale, Arizona, to the political activist who was shot dead at a Utah speaking appearance Sept. 10.<\/p>\n
Today\u2019s Birthdays:<\/p>\n
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer is 83.
\nMusician Don Felder is 79.
\nAuthor Stephen King is 79.
\nActor-comedian Bill Murray is 76.
\nChampion race car driver Arie Luyendyk is 73.
\nFilmmaker Ethan Coen is 69.
\nBasketball Hall of Famer Sidney Moncrief is 69.
\nActor-comedian Dave Coulier is 67.
\nActor David James Elliott is 66.
\nActor Nancy Travis is 65.
\nActor Rob Morrow is 64.
\nActor Angus Macfadyen is 63.
\nActor Cheryl Hines is 61.
\nCountry singer Faith Hill is 59.
\nActor Billy Porter is 57.
\nActor Alfonso Ribeiro is 55.
\nActor Luke Wilson is 55.
\nMusician Liam Gallagher (Oasis) is 54.
\nActor Maggie Grace is 43.
\nActor Joseph Mazzello is 43.
\nRapper Wale (WAH\u2019-lay) is 42.
\nSinger Jason Derulo is 37.
\nActor Ben Wang is 29.
\nCyclist Tadej Poga\u010dar is 28.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today is Monday, Sept. 21, the 264th day of 2026. There are 101 days left in the year.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352237,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,131454,131453,129,131,130,3646],"class_list":["post-352236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-rocky-marciano","tag-september-21-history","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news","tag-today-in-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}