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This Day in History September 21 Highlights
On September 21 events span 1893 Duryea test drive in Springfield Massachusetts the first gasoline powered car 1897 Yes Virginia editorial 1949 PRC proclaimed 1964 Malta independence 1973 Kissinger secretary of state 1981 OConnor first female justice 1989 Hurricane Hugo hit Charleston 1999 case on Michael Jackson remains open.
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Associated Press
United States
Springfield
Mass
Frank Duryea
Charles
New York Sun
Yes
Virginia
Virginia O'Hanlon
People’s Republic of China
Malta
Britain
U.S. Senate
Henry Kissinger
Senate
Sandra Day O'Connor
Supreme Court
Charleston
D.C
North Korea
South Korea
Supreme Soviet
Mikhail
Gorbachev
Los Angeles
Santa Barbara
Michael Jackson