The Middletown Press (Middletown, CT)
TODAY IN HISTORY
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS
Sept. 21, 1938
A hurricane struck parts of New York and New England, causing widespread damage and claiming some 700 lives.
ON THIS DATE
1961
The first Boeing CH-47 Chinook military helicopter made its first hovering flight.
1981
The Senate unanimously confirmed the nomination of Sandra Day O’Connor to become the first female justice on the Supreme Court.
2008
Baseball said farewell to the original Yankee Stadium as the Bronx Bombers defeated the Baltimore Orioles 7-3.