Today is Friday, Sept. 21, the 265th day of 2012. There are 101 days left in the year.

Today's highlight

On Sept. 21, 1912, magician Harry Houdini first publicly performed his so-called "Chinese Water Torture Cell" trick at the Circus Busch in Berlin, escaping after being immersed upside-down in a vertical water tank, his ankles secured in a set of stocks which made up the tank lid, which was locked into place.

On this date

In 1970, "NFL Monday Night Football" made its debut on ABC-TV as the Cleveland Browns defeated the visiting New York Jets, 31-21.

Today's birthdays

Actor Larry Hagman is 81. Author-comedian Fannie Flagg is 71. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer is 69. Author Stephen King is 65. Actor-comedian Bill Murray is 62. Hall of Fame jockey Eddie Delahoussaye is 61. Country singer Faith Hill is 45. Rock musician Country singer Ronna Reeves is 44. Actress-talk show host Ricki Lake is 44. Actress Autumn Reeser is 32. TV personality Nicole Richie is 31. Actress Maggie Grace is 29. Actor Joseph Mazzello is 29. Rapper Wale is 28.

Thought for Today: "The crisis of yesterday is the joke of tomorrow." - H.G. Wells, English author (born this day in 1866, died 1946).

(Above Advance for Use Friday, Sept. 21)

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