What happened on September 21? There are more than 297 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About September 21
September 21 is the 265th day of the year 2024. There are 101 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday. This day falls under the 38th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Lyman, Nebraska 69352 sunrise will occur at 06:41 AM and sunset will occur at 06:55 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Virgo. The modern birthstone for this month is Sapphire while the mystical birthstone is Agate.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 130 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For September 21
- 1217Livonian Crusade: The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu and Livonian leader Kaupo are killed in Battle of St. Matthew’s Day.
- 1435An agreement between Charles VII of France and Philip the Good ends the partnership between the English and Burgundy in Hundred Years’ War.
- 1745Battle of Prestonpans: A Hanoverian army under the command of Sir John Cope is defeated, in ten minutes, by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart
- 1776Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces.
- 1780American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.
- 1792The National Convention declares France a republic and abolishes the monarchy.
- 1823Joseph Smith is reportedly visited by the angel Moroni, who told him the location of gold plates, which Smith obtained four years later and partially translated into The Book of Mormon.
- 1860In the Second Opium War, an Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao.
- 1896British force under Horatio Kitchener takes Dongola in the Sudan.
- 1897The “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus” editorial is published in the New York Sun.
- 1898Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days’ Reform in China.
- 1921A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500-600 people.
- 1933Salvador Lutteroth ran the first ever EMLL (now CMLL) show in Mexico, marking the birth of Lucha Libre
- 1934A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing 3,036 people.
- 1937J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit is published.
- 1938The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500-700 people.
- 1939Romanian Prime Minister Armand Calinescu is assassinated by ultranationalist members of the Iron Guard.
- 1942In Dunaivtsi, Ukraine, Nazis murder 2,588 Jews.
- 1942In Poland, at the end of Yom Kippur, Germans order Jews to permanently evacuate Konstantynów and move to the Ghetto in Biała Podlaska, established to assemble Jews from seven nearby towns, including Janów Podlaski, Rossosz and Terespol.
- 1942On the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, Nazis send over 1,000 Jews of Pidhaytsi (west Ukraine) to Belzec extermination camp.
- 1942The B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight.
- 1953LT No Kum-Sok a North Korean pilot defected to South Korea and is associated with Operation Moolah.
- 1961Maiden flight of the CH-47 Chinook transportation helicopter.
- 1964Malta becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
- 1964The North American XB-70 Valkyrie, the world’s first Mach 3 bomber, makes its maiden flight from Palmdale, California.
- 1965Gambia, Maldives and Singapore are admitted as members of the United Nations.
- 1971Bahrain, Bhutan and Qatar join the United Nations.
- 1972Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos signs Proclamation № 1081, placing the entire country under martial law.
- 1976Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the Chilean socialist government of Salvador Allende, overthrown in 1973 by Augusto Pinochet.
- 1976Seychelles joins the United Nations.
- 1981Belize is granted full independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1981Sandra Day O'Connor is unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate as the first female Supreme Court justice.
- 1984Brunei joins the United Nations.
- 1991Armenia is granted independence from Soviet Union.
- 1993Russian President Boris Yeltsin suspends parliament and scraps the then-functioning constitution, thus triggering the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993.
- 1999Chi-Chi earthquake occurs in central Taiwan, leaving about 2,400 people dead.
- 2001America: A Tribute to Heroes is broadcast by over 35 network and cable channels, raising over $200 million for the September 11 attack victims.
- 2001Deep Space 1 flies within 2,200 km of Comet Borrelly.
- 2003Galileo mission is terminated by sending the probe into Jupiter’s atmosphere, where it is crushed by the pressure at the lower altitudes.
Who Were Born On September 21?
- 1051Bertha of Savoy, German queen and Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1087)
- 1328Hongwu Emperor of China (d. 1398)
- 1411Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (d. 1460)
- 1415Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1493)
- 1428Jingtai Emperor of China (d. 1457)
- 1452Girolamo Savonarola, Dominican priest and ruler of Florence (d. 1498)
- 1559Cigoli, Florentine painter, architect, and sculptor (d. 1613)
- 1629Philip Howard, English Catholic cardinal (d. 1694)
- 1645Louis Joliet, Canadian explorer (d. 1700)
- 1706Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg, queen of Sardinia (d. 1735)
- 1756John MacAdam, Scottish engineer and road-builder (d. 1836)
- 1758Christopher Gore, 8th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1827)
- 1760Ivan Dmitriev, Russian statesman (d. 1837)
- 1819Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France (d. 1864)
- 1840Murad V, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1904)
- 1842Abdul Hamid II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1918)
- 1846Mihály Kolossa, Hungarian Slovene writer (d. 1906)
- 1849Maurice Barrymore, Indian-born patriarch of the Barrymore family (d. 1905)
- 1853Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1926)
- 1859Francesc Macià i Llussà, Catalan politician (d. 1933)
- 1860Wilson Kettle, Canadian centenarian (d. 1963)
- 1862James E. Talmage, American religious figure and author (d. 1933)
- 1863John Bunny, American film comedian (d. 1915)
- 1866Charles Nicolle, French bacteriologist, received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1936)
- 1866H. G. Wells, English writer (d. 1946)
- 1873Papa Jack Laine, American musician (d. 1966)
- 1874Gustav Holst, English composer (d. 1934)
- 1882Geevarghese Mar Ivanios, Indian Syrian Catholic bishop (d. 1953)
- 1890Charles William Train, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1965)
- 1890Max Immelmann, German WWI fighter pilot (d. 1916)
- 1895Sergei Yesenin, Russian poet (d. 1925)
- 1896Walter Breuning, American supercentenarian (d. 2011)
- 1899Frederick Coutts, the 8th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1986)
- 1902Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet (d. 1963)
- 1902Sir Allen Lane, British book publisher (d. 1970)
- 1903Preston Tucker, American automobile designer (d. 1956)
- 1905Robert Lebel, French Canadian ice hockey executive (d. 1999)
- 1906Henry Beachell, American plant breeder (d. 2006)
- 1909Kwame Nkrumah, Ghanaian statesman (d. 1972)
- 1912Chuck Jones, American animator (d. 2002)
- 1912György Sándor, Hungarian pianist (d. 2005)
- 1914Slam Stewart, African American jazz bass player (d. 1987)
- 1916Françoise Giroud, French journalist and politician (d. 2003)
- 1917Phyllis Nicolson, British mathematician (d. 1968)
- 1918John Gofman, American Manhattan Project scientist and advocate (d. 2007)
- 1918Karl Slover, German-born American actor
- 1919Fazlur Rahman Malik, Pakistani scholar (d. 1988)
- 1919Herman Fowlkes, Jr., American jazz musician and educator (d. 1993)
- 1919Mario Bunge, Argentine philosopher and physicist
- 1921Chico Hamilton, American jazz drummer and bandleader
- 1921John McHale, American baseball player and executive (d. 2008)
- 1924Hermann Buhl, Austrian mountaineer (d. 1957)
- 1926Donald A. Glaser, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1926Noor Jehan, Pakistani singer and actress (d. 2000)
- 1927Ward Swingle, American vocalist and jazz musician
- 1929Bernard Williams, English philosopher (d. 2003)
- 1929Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer (d. 1979)
- 1929Shafi Hadi, American jazz tenor and alto saxophonist
- 1930Bob Stokoe, English football and manager (d. 2004)
- 1930John Morgan, Welsh-born Canadian comedian (d. 2004)
- 1931Larry Hagman, American actor
- 1933Allan Jeans, Australian football player and coach (d. 2011)
- 1933Dick Simon, American racing driver
- 1934Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer and songwriter
- 1935Henry Gibson, American actor (d. 2009)
- 1935Jimmy Armfield, English footballer and manager
- 1936Diane Rehm, American radio talk show host
- 1936Dickey Lee, American singer and songwriter
- 1936Sunny Murray, American free jazz drumming pioneer
- 1936Yuriy Luzhkov, Russian politician, mayor of Moscow
- 1937John D'Amico, Canadian ice hockey official (d. 2005)
- 1938Doug Moe, American basketball player and coach
- 1939Agnivesh, Indian social activist
- 1939Rory Storm, English musician (d. 1972)
- 1940Bill Kurtis, American television journalist
- 1940Hermann Knoflacher, Austrian civil engineer
- 1941Jack Brisco, American professional wrestler
- 1941R. James Woolsey, Jr., American Central Intelligence Agency director
- 1942U-Roy, Jamaican musician, toasting pioneer
- 1944Bobby Tench, British vocalist and guitarist
- 1944Fannie Flagg, American actress and novelist
- 1944Hamilton Jordan, American chief of staff for Jimmy Carter (d. 2008)
- 1944Steve Beshear, American politician
- 1945G.C. Cameron, American soul and R&B singer
- 1945Jerry Bruckheimer, American film and television producer
- 1945Richard Childress, American NASCAR team owner
- 1945Shaw Clifton, the 18th General of The Salvation Army
- 1946Moritz Leuenberger, Swiss jurist
- 1947Don Felder, American guitarist (Eagles)
- 1947Marsha Norman, American playwright
- 1947Stephen King, American author
- 1949Artis Gilmore, American basketball player
- 1949Henry Butler, American jazz pianist
- 1950Bill Murray, American comedian and actor
- 1950Charles Clarke, British politician
- 1951Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen rebel leader (d. 2005)
- 1951Bruce Arena, American soccer coach
- 1952Anneliese Michel, German exorcism victim (d. 1976)
- 1952Dave Gregory, English guitar and keyboard player (XTC)
- 1953Arie Luyendyk, Dutch race car driver
- 1954Phil “Philthy Animal” Taylor, British musician (Motörhead)
- 1954Shinzo Abe, Japanese politician
- 1955François Cluzet, French actor
- 1955Gulshan Grover, Indian actor
- 1955Mika Kaurismäki, Finnish director
- 1955Richard Hieb, American astronaut
- 1956Jack Givens, American basketball player
- 1956Marta Kauffman, American television producer
- 1956Ricky Morton, American professional wrestler
- 1957Ethan Coen, American film director
- 1957Kevin Rudd, 26th Prime Minister of Australia
- 1957Mark Levin, American attorney, radio talk show host and author
- 1957Penny Smith, English television presenter
- 1957Sidney Moncrief, American basketball player
- 1958Bruno Fitoussi, French poker player
- 1958Rick Mahorn, American basketball player
- 1959Corinne Drewery, British singer (Swing Out Sister)
- 1959Danny Cox, American baseball player
- 1959Dave Coulier, American actor
- 1960David James Elliott, Canadian actor
- 1961Nancy Travis, American actress
- 1962Rob Morrow, American actor
- 1963Angus Macfadyen, Scottish actor
- 1963Cecil Fielder, American baseball player
- 1963Curtly Ambrose, Antiguan cricketer
- 1964Jorge Drexler, Uruguayan singer and composer
- 1964Lester Quitzau, Canadian folk and blues guitarist
- 1965Cheryl Hines, American actress
- 1965David Wenham, Australian actor
- 1965Frédéric Beigbeder, French writer and critic
- 1965Johanna Vuoksenmaa, Finnish film director
- 1966Ronna Reeves, country music singer
- 1967Faith Hill, American singer
- 1967Glen Benton, American musician (Deicide)
- 1967Tyler Stewart, Canadian drummer (Barenaked Ladies)
- 1968Ricki Lake, American actress and talk show hostess
- 1969Curtis Leschyshyn, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1969Jason Christiansen, American baseball player
- 1970John Cudia, American actor
- 1970Melissa Ferrick, American singer-songwriter
- 1971Alfonso Ribeiro, American actor
- 1971David Vetter, The Boy in the Bubble (d. 1984)
- 1971John Crawley, English cricketer
- 1971Luke Wilson, American actor
- 1972David Silveria, American drummer (KoЯn)
- 1972Jon Kitna, American football player
- 1972Liam Gallagher, English singer (Oasis and Beady Eye)
- 1972Olivia Bonamy, French actress
- 1972Scott Spiezio, American baseball player
- 1973Heather Brewer, American author.
- 1973Oswaldo Sanchez, Mexican footballer
- 1973Vanessa Grigoriadis, American journalist
- 1974Andy Todd, English footballer
- 1974Bryce Drew, American basketball player
- 1974Jana Kandarr, German tennis player
- 1974Taral Hicks, American musician
- 1975Doug Davis, American baseball player
- 1976Jonas Bjerre, Danish singer and guitarist (Mew)
- 1976Poul Hübertz, Danish footballer
- 1977Brian Tallet, American baseball player
- 1978Doug Howlett, New Zealand rugby union footballer
- 1978Luke Godden, Australian rules footballer
- 1978Mario Miranda, Brazilian mixed martial artist
- 1979Bradford Anderson, American actor
- 1979Chris Gayle, Jamaican cricketer
- 1979James Allan, Scottish singer (Glasvegas)
- 1979Jaymee Ong, Australian model
- 1979Julian Gray, English footballer
- 1979Richard Dunne, Irish footballer
- 1980Aleksa Palladino, American actress
- 1980Autumn Reeser, American actress
- 1980Kareena Kapoor, Indian actress
- 1980Nyree Lewis, British Paralympic swimmer
- 1980Robert Hoffman, American actor
- 1980Stacy Clark, American singer-songwriter
- 1980Tomas Scheckter, South African racing driver
- 1981Meilinda Soerjoko, Indonesian/Australian actress
- 1981Nicole Richie, American socialite
- 1981Rimi Sen, Indian actress
- 1982Christos Tapoutos, Greek basketball player
- 1982Danny Kass, American snowboarder
- 1982Eduardo Azevedo, Brazilian racing driver
- 1982Marat Izmailov, Russian footballer
- 1982Parvati Shallow, American reality show contestant
- 1982Rowan Vine, English footballer
- 1983Anna Meares, Australian cyclist
- 1983Fernando Cavenaghi, Argentinian footballer
- 1983Joseph Mazzello, American actor
- 1983Maggie Grace, American actress
- 1984Benjamin Wildman-Tobriner, American swimmer
- 1985Justin Durant, American football player
- 1985Maryam Hassouni, Dutch actress
- 1986Faris Badwan, English singer
- 1987Ashley Paris, American basketball player
- 1987Courtney Paris, American basketball player
- 1987Jimmy Clausen, American football player
- 1987Marcelo Estigarribia, Paraguayan footballer
- 1988Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Pakistani politician
- 1989Jason Derulo, American pop singer
- 1990Al-Farouq Aminu, American basketball player
- 1990Allison Scagliotti, American actress
- 1990Christian Serratos, American actress, model and singer
Who Died On September 21?
- 454Aëtius, Roman general (b. c.396)
- 687Conon, Pope 686-687 (b. 630)
- 1217Caupo of Turaida, Livonian military leader
- 1217Lembitu of Lehola, Estonian military leader
- 1327King Edward II of England (b. 1284)
- 1397Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (executed) (b. 1346
- 1576Gerolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician (b. 1501)
- 1586Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, French church leader (b. 1517)
- 1626François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (b. 1543)
- 1719Johann Heinrich Acker, German writer (b. 1647)
- 1743Jai Singh II, King of Amber-Juiper (b. 1688)
- 1748John Balguy, English philosopher (b. 1686)
- 1796François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, French general (b. 1769)
- 1798George Read, American lawyer and signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1733)
- 1832Sir Walter Scott, Scottish writer (b. 1771)
- 1860Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (b. 1788)
- 1874Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont, French geologist (b. 1794)
- 1897Wilhelm Wattenbach, German historian (b. 1819)
- 1904Chief Joseph, Nez Perce leader (b. 1840)
- 1906Samuel Arnold, Lincoln conspirator (b. 1838)
- 1926Leon Charles Thevenin, French telegraph engineer (b. 1857)
- 1938Ivana Brlic-Mazuranic, Croatian writer (b. 1874)
- 1939Armand Călinescu, Romanian prime-minister (assassinated) (b. 1893)
- 1944Artur Phleps, German Waffen-SS officer (b. 1881)
- 1946Olga Engl, Austrian actress (b. 1871)
- 1954Kokichi Mikimoto, Japanese inventor (b. 1858)
- 1956Bill Struth, 2nd manager of Rangers FC (b. 1875)
- 1957King Haakon VII of Norway (b. 1872)
- 1962Bo Carter, American blues musician (b. 1892)
- 1963Paulino Masip, Spanish playwright (b. 1899)
- 1966Paul Reynaud, French politician (b. 1878)
- 1971Bernardo Houssay, Argentine physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
- 1972Henry de Montherlant, French writer (b. 1896)
- 1974Jacqueline Susann, American novelist (b. 1918)
- 1974Walter Brennan, American actor (b. 1894)
- 1976Orlando Letelier, Chilean diplomat (b. 1932)
- 1982Hovhannes Bagramyan, Soviet general (b. 1897)
- 1985Gu Long, Taiwanese writer of wuxia novels (b. 1937)
- 1987Jaco Pastorius, American bassist (b. 1951)
- 1988Glenn Robert Davis, member of United States Congress (b. 1914)
- 1990Takis Kanellopoulos, Greek film director and screenwriter (b. 1933)
- 1992Tarachand Barjatya, Indian Film Producer and founder of Rajshri Productions (b. 1914)
- 1995Rudy Perpich, American politician (b. 1928)
- 1997Jennifer Holt, American actress (b. 1920)
- 1998Florence Griffith Joyner, American athlete (b. 1959)
- 2000Jacques Flynn, Canadian politician and senator (b. 1915)
- 2002Robert L. Forward, American physicist and writer (b. 1932)
- 2004Bob Mason, British actor (b. 1952)
- 2006Boz Burrell, English rock musician (b. 1946)
- 2006Tasos Athanasiadis, Greek writer (b. 1913)
- 2007Alice Ghostley, American actress (b. 1926)
- 2007Hallgeir Brenden, Norwegian Olympic gold medalist (b. 1929)
- 2007Rex Humbard, American television evangelist (b. 1919)
- 2011Jun Henmi, Japanese writer and poet (b. 1939)
- 2011Pamela Ann Rymer, American federal appellate judge (b. 1941)
- 2011Troy Anthony Davis, American high-profile death row inmate (executed) (b. 1968)
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