Today in History - History - September 21st

1780Benedict Arnold gives British Major Andre plans to West Point

1955Rocky Marciano KOs Archie Moore in 9 for heavyweight boxing title

1823Moroni 1st appears to Joseph Smith, according to Smith

1911Canadian Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier loses the election to Robert Bordon of the Conservative Party

1979Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontin publish their influential paper (cited more than 4,000 times) "The Spandrels of San Marco and the panglossian paradigm", introducing the term and idea of "spandrels" into evolutionary biology

1192English king Richard I the Lion hearted, captured by by Leopold V, Duke of Austria

1950George Marshall sworn in as the 3rd Secretary of Defense of United States.

1827According to Joseph Smith Jr., the angel Moroni gave him a record of gold plates, one-third of which Joseph translated into The Book of Mormon

1986Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Konica San Jose Golf Classic

1973Nate Archibald signs 7 yr contract with NBA KC Kings for $450,000

1934Leonard Cohen, Montreal, singer/songwriter (Death of Ladies Man)

1950Bill Murray, Evanston Ill, Wilmette, Illinois, actor/comedian (Saturday Night Live, Ghostbusters)

1947Stephen King, Portland, Maine, sci-fi/horror author (Carrie, Shining, Kujo)

1909Kwame Nkrumah, communist/premier Gold Coast/president Ghana (1960-66)

1962Grant Fuhr, Spruce Grove Alberta, NHL goalie (Oilers)

1866H. G. Wells, Bromley, Kent, English writer (War of the Worlds, Kipps), (d. 1946)

1945Publisher Malcolm Forbes (26) weds Roberta Remsen Laidlaw

1996Elder son of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and magazine publisher John F. Kennedy Jr. (35) weds Caroline Bisset (30) at the wood-frame Brack Chapel of the First African Baptist Church in Cumberland Island, Georgia

19 BCVirgil, Roman poet, dies at 50

1974Jacqueline Susann, author (Valley of the Dolls), dies of cancer at 53