Stonehenge

Proclamation of the abolition of the monarchy, high-relief bronze by Léopold Morice

Today in History: September 21

Today in History: September 21; In 1792, the abolition of the French monarchy was announced; In 1898, the New York Sun had an editorial with the famous line “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.”; President Warren Harding signed the Lodge-Fish Resolution; In 1938, a hurricane struck parts of New York and New England; In 1981, Sandra Day O’Connor became the first female justice on the Supreme Court. In 1989, Hurricane Hugo crashed into South Carolina

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