September 21
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September 21 is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 100 days remaining after September 21 until the end of the year.
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[change] Events
- 1745 – A Hannoverian army is defeated at the Battle of Prestonpans by the Jacobites under Charles Edward Stuart.
- 1792 – The National Convention in France abolishes the monarchy.
- 1937 – J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
- 1949 – West Germany is established.
- 1964 – Malta becomes independent.
- 1965 – Gambia, the Maldives and Singapore join the UN.
- 1971 – Bahrain, Bhutan and Qatar join the UN.
- 1972 – Ferdinand Marcos declares Martial Law in the Philippines.
- 1976 – The Seychelles join the UN.
- 1981 – Belize is granted independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1984 – Sandra Day O'Connor is unanimously approved by the United States Senate to become the first female Justice on the United States Supreme Court.
- 1984 – Brunei joins the UN.
- 1989 – Hurricane Hugo hits the US state of South Carolina.
- 1991 – Armenia declares independence from the Soviet Union.
- 1993 – The Russian Constitutional Crisis of 1993 begins.
- 1993 – A Tupolev Tu-134 aircraft is shot down by Abkhazian separatists near Sokhumi, Georgia.
- 1999 – An earthquake in Taiwan leaves 2,400 people dead.
- 2001 – 31 people are killed in a chemical explosion in Toulouse.
[change] Births
- 1328 – Hongwu, Emperor of China (d. 1398)
- 1411 – Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, pretender to the English throne (d. 1460)
- 1415 – Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1493)
- 1428 – Jingtai, Emperor of China (d. 1457)
- 1452 – Girolamo Savonarola, Italian philosopher and priest (d. 1498)
- 1756 – John Loudon McAdam, Scottish engineer and road builder (d. 1836)
- 1788 – Margaret Taylor, First Lady of the United States (d. 1852)
- 1840 – Murad V, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1904)
- 1842 – Abd-ul-Hamid, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1918)
- 1853 – Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist (d. 1926)
- 1866 – H. G. Wells, English writer (d. 1946)
- 1866 – Charles Nicolle, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1928 (d. 1936)
- 1873 – Papa Jack Laine, American musician (d. 1966)
- 1874 – Gustav Holst, English composer (d. 1934)
- 1896 – Walter Breuning, American supercentenarian (d. 2011)
- 1902 – Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet (d. 1963)
- 1909 – Kwame Nkrumah, first President of Ghana (d. 1972)
- 1912 – Chuck Jones, American animator (d. 2002)
- 1919 – Mario Bunge, Argentine philosopher and physicist
- 1926 – Donald A. Glaser, American physicist
- 1928 – Edouard Glissant, French writer (d. 2011)
- 1929 – Sandor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer (d. 1979)
- 1931 – Larry Hagman, American actor
- 1934 – Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer, musician, poet and writer
- 1936 – Yury Luzhkov, Russian politician, former Mayor of Moscow
- 1944 – Steve Beshear, American politician, Governor of Kentucky
- 1946 – Moritz Leuenberger, Swiss Federal Councillor
- 1947 – Stephen King, American author
- 1950 – Charles Clarke, British politician
- 1950 – Bill Murray, American actor
- 1951 – Bruce Arena, American soccer coach
- 1952 – Anneliese Michel, German exorcism victim (d. 1976)
- 1954 – Shinzo Abe, former Prime Minister of Japan
- 1954 – Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor, British musician (Motorhead)
- 1957 – Ethan Coen, American film director
- 1957 – Sidney Moncrief, American basketball player
- 1957 – Kevin Rudd, 26th Prime Minister of Australia
- 1967 – Faith Hill, American singer
- 1968 – Ricki Lake, American actress and talk show hostess
- 1971 – Luke Wilson, American actor
- 1972 – Liam Gallagher, English singer (Oasis)
- 1973 – Oswaldo Sanchez, Mexican footballer
- 1974 – Henning Fritz, German handball player
- 1978 – Doug Howlett, New Zealand rugby player
- 1979 – Richard Dunne, Irish footballer
- 1980 – Kareena Kapoor, Indian actress
- 1981 – Nicole Richie, American socialite
- 1983 – Fernando Cavenaghi, Argentine footballer
- 1983 – Maggie Grace, American actress
- 1988 – Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Pakistani politician
- 1989 – Jason Derulo, American singer
[change] Deaths
- 19 BC – Virgil, Roman poet (b. 70 BC)
- 1327 – King Edward II of England (b. 1284)
- 1576 – Gerolamo Cardano, Italian doctor, philosopher and mathematician (b. 1501)
- 1558 – Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1500)
- 1643 – Huang Taiji, Chinese Emperor (b. 1592)
- 1832 – Walter Scott, Scottish writer (b. 1771)
- 1860 – Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (b. 1788)
- 1904 – Chief Joseph, Nez Perce leader (b. 1840)
- 1939 – Armand Calinescu, Romanian Prime Minister (b. 1893)
- 1957 – King Haakon VII of Norway, King of Norway (b. 1872)
- 1971 – Bernardo Houssay, Argentinian doctor, won the 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, (b. 1887)
- 1974 – Walter Brennan, American actor (b. 1894)
- 1997 – Jennifer Holt, American actress (b. 1920)
- 1998 – Florence Griffith-Joyner, American athlete (b. 1959)
- 2007 – Hallgeir Brenden, Norwegian skier (b. 1929)
