TORONTO — Today is Friday, Sept. 21, the 264th day of 2018. There are 101 days left in the year.

On this date:

• In 1893, one of America’s first horseless carriages was taken for a short test drive in Springfield, ****., by Frank Duryea, who had designed the vehicle with his brother, Charles.
• In 1937, ‘The Hobbit’, by J.R.R. Tolkien, was first published by George Allen & Unwin, Ltd. of London.
• In 1938, a ********* struck parts of New York and New England, causing widespread damage and claiming some 700 lives.
• In 1970, ‘NFL Monday Night Football’ made its debut on ABC-TV as the Cleveland Browns defeated the visiting New York Jets, 31-21.
• In 1985, In *********** and South Korea, family members who had been separated for decades were allowed to visit each other as both countries opened their borders in an unprecedented family-reunion program.
• In 1989, ********* Hugo crashed into Charleston, South Carolina (the storm was blamed for 56 ****** in the Caribbean and 29 in the United States).
• In 1996, John F. Kennedy Jr. married Carolyn Bessette in a secret ceremony on Cumberland Island, Georgia. The board of all-male ******** Military Institute voted to admit women.
• In 2001, Congress again opened the federal coffers to those harmed by *********, providing $15 billion to the ******* industry, which was suffering mounting economic ****** since the Sept. 11 *******.
• Ten years ago: South African President Thabo Mbeki announced his resignation. ‘Mad Men’ became the first basic-cable show to win the top series Emmy; ‘30 Rock’ and its stars Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin won comedy awards. The United States took back the Ryder Cup with a 16 1/2-11 1/2 victory over Europe. Baseball said farewell to the original Yankee Stadium as the Bronx Bombers defeated the Baltimore Orioles 7-3.
• Five years ago: Days after **** ********* in Washington and Chicago, President Barack Obama urged the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation to help push stalled legislation out of Congress so dangerous people wouldn’t get their hands on ****. Islamic militants attacked an upscale shopping centre in Nairobi, ******* at least 67 people in the deadliest ********* ****** in Kenya in 15 years.
• One year ago: Millions on Puerto Rico faced the prospect of weeks or months without power in the ********* of ********* Maria. President ************ and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly to discuss the ongoing ****** involving ***********. Facebook said it would provide congressional investigators with the contents of 3,000 ads that had been bought by a Russian agency; it had already released the ads to federal authorities investigating Russian interference in the U.S. presidential ********.