Today is September 21, 2014, it is the 264th day of 2014. There are 101 days left in the year.~This Day in History:~1780~U.S. General turned traitor, Benedict Arnold turns over the plans to West Point to the British.~1839~Charles Tiffany establishes the first of his jewelry and china stores.~1955~Heavyweight boxing champion Rocky Marciano scores a 9th round knockout of challenger Archie Moore at Yankee Stadium in what turns out to be Marcianos last fight.~1963~Bobby Vintons single Blue Velvet hits #1 on the billboard chart.~1968~Jeannie C. Rileys single Harper Valley P.T.A. hits #1 on both the Country and Pop charts.~1970~In the first ever ABC-TV NFL Monday Night Football game, the Cleveland Browns defeat the New York Jets 31-21 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.~1973~Henry Kissinger is confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the 56th U.S. Secretary of State.~1985~A vitual unknown actor, George Clooney, makes his debut as a handyman on the tv show The Facts of Life.~1989~The U.S. Senate confirms the appointment of U.S. Army General Colin Powell to Americas highest military post, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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