Historical Events on September 21, Special Events on This Day
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What Happened on September 21st This Day in History
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2019 | A 5.6 Mw earthquake shakes the Albanian port of Durrës. Forty-nine people are injured in the capital, Tirana. |
| 2018 | Killing of Zak Kostopoulos, LGBT rights activist beaten to death on a busy street in Athens |
| 2013 | Al-Shabaab Islamic militants attack the Westgate shopping mall in Kenya, killing at least 67 people. |
| 2012 | Three Egyptian militants open fire on a group of Israeli soldiers in a southern Israel cross-border attack. |
| 2003 | The Galileo spacecraft is terminated by sending it into Jupiter's atmosphere. |
| 2001 | America: A Tribute to Heroes is broadcast by over 35 network and cable channels, raising over $200 million for the victims of the September 11 attacks. |
| 2001 | Ross Parker is murdered in Peterborough, England, by a gang of ten British Pakistani youths. |
| 1999 | The Chi-Chi earthquake occurs in central Taiwan, leaving about 2,400 people dead. |
| 1997 | St. Olaf's Church, a stone church from the 16th century in Tyrvää, Finland, was burnt down by a burglar. |
| 1996 | The Defense of Marriage Act is passed by the United States Congress. |
| 1993 | Russian President Boris Yeltsin triggers a constitutional crisis when he suspends parliament and scraps the constitution. |
| 1991 | Armenia gains independence from the Soviet Union. |
| 1984 | Brunei joins the United Nations. |
| 1981 | Belize is granted full independence from the United Kingdom. |
| 1981 | Sandra Day O'Connor is unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate as the first female Supreme Court justice. |
| 1976 | Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C because had been a member of the former Chilean Marxist government. |
| 1976 | Seychelles joins the United Nations. |
| 1972 | Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos begins authoritarian rule by declaring martial law. |
| 1971 | Bahrain, Bhutan and Qatar join the United Nations. |
| 1965 | The Gambia, Maldives and Singapore are admitted as members of the United Nations. |
| 1964 | Malta gains independence from the United Kingdom, but remains in the Commonwealth. |
| 1964 | The North American XB-70 Valkyrie, the world's fastest bomber, makes its maiden flight from Palmdale, California. |
| 1957 | Pamir, a four-masted barque, was shipwrecked and sank off the Azores during Hurricane Carrie. |
| 1953 | Lieutenant No Kum-sok, a North Korean pilot, defects to South Korea with his jet fighter. |
| 1942 | The Holocaust in Ukraine: On the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, Nazis send over 1,000 Jews of Pidhaitsi to Bełżec extermination camp. |
| 1942 | The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Dunaivtsi, Ukraine, Nazis murder 2,588 Jews. |
| 1942 | The Holocaust in Poland: At the end of Yom Kippur, Germans order Jews to permanently move from Konstantynów to Biała Podlaska. |
| 1942 | The Boeing B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight. |
| 1939 | Romanian Prime Minister Armand Călinescu is assassinated by the Iron Guard. |
| 1938 | The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500–700 people. |
| 1934 | A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing more than 3,000 people. |
| 1933 | Salvador Lutteroth establishes Mexican professional wrestling. |
| 1921 | A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500–600 people. |
| 1898 | Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China. |
| 1896 | Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola. |
| 1860 | Second Opium War: An Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao. |
| 1843 | The crew of schooner Ancud, including John Williams Wilson, takes possession of the Strait of Magellan on behalf of the Chilean government.[2] |
| 1809 | British Secretary of War Lord Castlereagh and Foreign Secretary George Canning meet in a duel on Putney Heath, with Castlereagh wounding Canning in the thigh. |
| 1792 | French Revolution: The National Convention abolishes the monarchy. |
| 1780 | American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point. |
| 1776 | Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces. |
| 1745 | A Hanoverian army is defeated, in ten minutes, by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart |
| 1435 | The Congress of Arras causes Burgundy to switch sides in the Hundred Years' War. |
| 1217 | Livonian Crusade: The Estonian leader Lembitu and Livonian leader Kaupo the Accursed are killed in the Battle of St. Matthew's Day. |
| 1170 | The Kingdom of Dublin falls to Norman invaders. |
| 455 | Emperor Avitus enters Rome with a Gallic army and consolidates his power. |
Famous People Born on September 21
Here is a random list who born on September 21. For full list please click on the link above.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Stephen King, American author and screenwriter |
| 1452 | Girolamo Savonarola, Italian priest and philosopher (d. 1498) |
| 1983 | Stipe Buljan, Croatian footballer |
| 1938 | Doug Moe, American basketball player and coach |
| 1953 | Arie Luyendyk, Dutch race car driver and sportscaster |
| 1894 | Anton Piëch, Austrian lawyer and businessman (d. 1952) |
| 1967 | Suman Pokhrel, Nepali poet, lyricist and playwright |
| 1960 | David James Elliott, Canadian-American actor and director |
| 1972 | Olivia Bonamy, French actress |
| 1918 | Karl Slover, American actor (d. 2011) |
Famous People Deaths On September 21
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on September 21. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1327 | Edward II of England (b. 1284) |
| 1985 | Gu Long, Chinese author and screenwriter (b. 1937) |
| 1989 | Rajini Thiranagama, Sri Lankan physician and academic (b. 1954) |
| 1637 | William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (b. 1602) |
| 1972 | Henry de Montherlant, French essayist, novelist, and dramatist (b. 1896) |
| 1976 | Benjamin Graham, British-American economist, professor, and investor (b. 1894) |
| 1939 | Armand Călinescu, Romanian economist and politician, 39th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1893) |
| 1926 | Léon Charles Thévenin, French engineer (b. 1857) |
| 1798 | George Read, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Delaware (b. 1733) |
| 1992 | Tarachand Barjatya, Indian film producer, founded Rajshri Productions (b. 1914) |
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