September 21 is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 101 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
Up to 1900
1901 – 2000
1921 – A storage silo in Oppau, Germany , explodes, killing 561 people.
1934 – A large typhoon hits western Honshu , Japan , killing 3,036 people.
1937 – J. R. R. Tolkien 's The Hobbit is published.
1938 – The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island , killing between 500 and 700 people.
1939 – Romanian Prime Minister Armand Calinescu is killed by ultranationalist members of the Iron Guard .
1942 – In Dunaivtski, Ukraine , the Nazis murder 2,588 Jews .
1949 – The People's Republic of China established in Beijing .[1] [2] [3]
1960 – The Flag of Panama is flown next to the Flag of the United States at the Panama Canal for the first time.
1961 – First flight of the CH-47 Chinook transportation helicopter .
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, as President Boris Yeltsin suspends parliament and scraps the then-functioning constitution .
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.
From 2001
2001 – 31 people are killed in a chemical explosion in Toulouse , France .
2003 – The Galileo mission is ended by sending the probe into Jupiter 's atmosphere , where it is crushed by the pressure at the lower altitudes .
2004 – In Dubai , building work begins on what would become the Burj Khalifa . It was opened on January 4 , 2010 as the world's tallest building, at a height of 828 metres .
2013 – Westgate shopping mall shooting : A shooting attack on a shopping mall in Nairobi , Kenya , kills at least 68 people, and many people are taken hostage . Somali militant group Al-Shabaab claims responsibility.
2013 – An attack at a funeral in Sadr City, Iraq , kills at least 60 people.
2016 – A boat estimated to be carrying hundreds of people sinks off Alexandria , Egypt , and is believed to have killed most of those on board.
Births
Up to 1800
1051 – Bertha of Savoy , German queen and Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1087 )
1154 – Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon (d. 1208 )
1328 – Hongwu , Emperor of China (d. 1398 )
1371 – Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1440 )
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 )
1457 – Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of Bavaria (d. 1502 )
1559 – Cigoli , Florentine painter , architect and sculptor (d. 1613 )
1629 – Philip Howard , English cardinal (d. 1594 )
1640 – Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (d. 1701 )
1645 – Louis Jolliet , French-Canadian explorer (d. 1700 )
1705 – Dick Turpin , English outlaw (d. 1739 )
1706 – Polyxena of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg , Queen of Sardinia (d. 1735 )
1752 – Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern , wife of Charles Eduard Stuart (d. 1824 )
1756 – John Loudon McAdam , Scottish engineer and road builder (d. 1836 )
1757 – James Jackson , American politician, Governor of Georgia (d. 1806 )
1758 – Christopher Gore , 8th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1827 )
1760 – Ivan Dimitriev , Russian statesman (d. 1837 )
1788 – Margaret Taylor , First Lady of the United States (d. 1852 )
1791 – Istvan Szechenyi , Hungarian entrepreneur and state reformer (d. 1860 )
1792 – Johann Peter Eckermann , German poet (d. 1854 )
1801 – 1900
1801 – Moritz Hermann von Jacobi , German-Russian physicist and engineer (d. 1874 )
1817 – John Allan Broun , Scottish scientist (d. 1879 )
1819 – Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France (d. 1864 )
1840 – Murad V , Ottoman Sultan (d. 1904 )
1842 – Abd-ul-Hamid , Ottoman Sultan (d. 1918 )
1845 – Prince Ernest Augustus, 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale (d. 1923 )
1846 – Mihaly Kolossa , Hungarian-Slovenian writer (d. 1906 )
1849 – Maurice Barrymore , Indian-American actor (d. 1905 )
1853 – Heike Kamerlingh Onnes , Dutch physicist , winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics 1913 (d. 1926 )
1859 – Francesc Macia i Llussa , Catalan army officer and politician (d. 1933 )
1863 – John Bunny , American movie comedian (d. 1915 )
1864 – Elena Vacarescu , Romanian writer (d. 1947 )
1866 – H. G. Wells , English writer (d. 1946 )
1866 – Charles Nicolle , winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1928 (d. 1936 )
1867 – Henry L. Stimson , American politician (d. 1950 )
1869 – Carlo Airoldi , Italian marathon runner (d. 1929 )
1872 – Henry Tingle Wilde , British chief officer of the RMS Titanic (d. 1912 )
1873 – Papa Jack Laine , American musician (d. 1966 )
1874 – Gustav Holst , English composer (d. 1934 )
1890 – Max Immelmann , German fighter pilot (d. 1918 )
1896 – Walter Breuning , American supercentenarian (d. 2011 )
1899 – Frederick Coutts , 8th General of the Salvation Army (d. 1986 )
1901 – 1950
1902 – Luis Cernuda , Spanish poet (d. 1963 )
1902 – E. E. Evans-Pritchard , British ethnologist (d. 1973 )
1902 – Toyen , Czech painter (d. 1980 )
1909 – Kwame Nkrumah , 1st President of Ghana (d. 1972 )
1912 – Chuck Jones , American animator (d. 2002 )
1912 – Gyorgy Sandor , Hungarian pianist (d. 2005 )
1916 – Françoise Giroud , French feminist journalist and writer (d. 2003 )
1918 – John Gofman , American scientist (d. 2007 )
1919 – Mario Bunge , Argentine philosopher and physicist
1924 – Hermann Buhl , Austrian mountaineer (d. 1957 )
1926 – Donald A. Glaser , American physicist (d. 2013 )
1926 – Don Dunstan , 35th Premier of South Australia (d. 1999 )
1926 – Noor Jehan , Pakistani singer and actress (d. 2000 )
1928 – Edouard Glissant , French writer (d. 2011 )
1929 – Sándor Kocsis , Hungarian footballer (d. 1979 )
1929 – Bernard Williams , English philosopher (d. 2003 )
1931 – Larry Hagman , American actor (d. 2012 )
1932 – Don Preston , American musician and movie score composer
1932 – Shirley Conran , English journalist and writer
1934 – Leonard Cohen , Canadian singer, musician, poet and writer (d. 2016 )
1934 – David J. Thouless , Scottish-American physicist (d. 2019 )
1935 – Jimmy Armfield , English footballer (d. 2018 )
1936 – Sunny Murray , American jazz drummer (d. 2017 )
1936 – Yury Luzhkov , Russian politician, former Mayor of Moscow
1939 – Agnivesh , Indian activist and politician
1940 – Rick May , Canadian-American actor and voice actor (d. 2020 )
1941 – R. James Woolsey, Jr. , American 16th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
1944 – Fannie Flagg , American actress, comedienne and author
1944 – Steve Beshear , American politician, Governor of Kentucky
1945 – Bjarni Tryggvason , Iceland -born Canadian engineer and astronaut
1945 – Jerry Bruckheimer , American movie and television producer
1945 – Shaw Clifton , 18th General of the Salvation Army
1946 – Moritz Leuenberger , Swiss Federal Councillor
1946 – Mart Siimann , former Prime Minister of Estonia
1947 – Stephen King , American writer
1947 – Don Felder , American rock music guitarist
1947 – Nick Castle , American actor
1947 – Ed Nimmervoll , Austrian-Australian rock musician, journalist, author and historian (d. 2014 )
1947 – Keith Harris , English ventriloquist (d. 2015 )
1947 – Rói Patursson , Faroese writer and philosopher
1949 – Odilo Scherer , Brazilian cardinal
1950 – Charles Clarke , British politician
1950 – Bill Murray , American actor
1951 – 1975
1951 – Bruce Arena , American soccer coach
1951 – Aslan Maskhadov , President of Chechnya (d. 2005 )
1952 – Anneliese Michel , German exorcism victim (d. 1976 )
1953 – Reinhard Marx , German archbishop and cardinal
1954 – Shinzo Abe , Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2022 )
1954 – Phil Taylor , British musician (Motorhead ) (d. 2015 )
1955 – Richard Hieb , American astronaut
1955 – Mika Kaurismaki , Finnish director
1957 – Ethan Coen , American movie director
1957 – Sidney Moncrief , American basketball player
1957 – Kevin Rudd , 26th Prime Minister of Australia
1958 – Rick Mahorn , American basketball player
1959 – Crin Antonescu , Romanian politician
1959 – Dave Coullier , American actor
1961 – Nancy Travis , American actress
1961 – Dan Borislow , American entrepreneur , sports team owner and inventor (d. 2014 )
1962 – Rob Morrow , American actor
1963 – Curtly Ambrose , Antiguan-Barbudan cricketer
1964 – Carlos Aguilera , Uruguayan footballer
1965 – Cheryl Hines , American actress
1965 – David Wenham , Australian actor
1967 – Faith Hill , American singer
1967 – Suman Pokhrel , Nepalese poet
1967 – Tyler Stewart , Canadian drummer (Barenaked Ladies )
1968 – Ricki Lake , American actress and talk show hostess
1970 – Rob Benedict , American actor
1970 – Samantha Power , Irish-born 28th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
1971 – Alfonso Ribeiro , American actor
1971 – Luke Wilson , American actor
1972 – David Silveria , American musician
1972 – Liam Gallagher , English singer (Oasis )
1973 – Oswaldo Sánchez , Mexican footballer
1974 – Henning Fritz , German handball player
1975 – Ronny Deila , Norwegian football manager
From 1976
1978 – Doug Howlett , New Zealand rugby player
1978 – Mario Miranda , Brazilian mixed martial artist
1979 – Chris Gayle , Jamaican cricketer
1979 – Richard Dunne , Irish footballer
1979 – James Allan , Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1980 – Kareena Kapoor , Indian actress
1980 – Autumn Reeser , American actress
1980 – Tomas Scheckter , South African racing driver
1980 – Nyree Kindred , Welsh swimmer
1981 – Rimi Sen , Indian actress
1981 – Nicole Richie , American socialite
1982 – Marat Izmailov , Russian footballer
1983 – Anna Meares , Australian cyclist
1983 – Fernando Cavenaghi , Argentine footballer
1983 – Maggie Grace , American actress
1983 – Greg Jennings , American football player
1987 – Ryan Guzman , American actor
1987 – Ashley Paris , American basketball player
1987 – Courtney Paris , American basketball player
1988 – Bilawal Bhutto Zardari , Pakistani politician
1989 – Jason Derulo , American singer
1989 – Emma Watkins , Australian musician (The Wiggles )
1990 – Al-Farouq Aminu , Nigerian -American basketball player
1990 – Christian Serratos , American actress
1990 – Allison Scagliotti , American actress
1992 – Chen , South Korean singer
1994 – Ben Proud , English swimmer
Deaths
Up to 1900
19 BC – Virgil , Roman poet (b. 70 BC )
454 – Flavius Aetius , Roman general (b. 396 )
687 – Pope Conon (b. 630 )
1217 – Lembitu , Estonian tribal leader
1217 – Kaupo , Livonian tribal leader
1327 – King Edward II of England (b. 1284 )
1558 – Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1500 )
1576 – Gerolamo Cardano , Italian doctor, philosopher and mathematician (b. 1501 )
1643 – Huang Taiji , Chinese Emperor (b. 1592 )
1743 – Jai Singh II , Indian King (b. 1688 )
1798 – George Read , Signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1733 )
1810 – Mir Taqi Mir , Urdu poet (b. 1723 )
1832 – Walter Scott , Scottish writer (b. 1771 )
1852 – William Badger , Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1779 )
1860 – Arthur Schopenhauer , German philosopher (b. 1788 )
1880 – Manuel Montt , 6th President of Chile (b. 1809 )
1895 – Viktor Rydberg , Swedish writer (b. 1828 )
1901 – 2000
1904 – Chief Joseph , Nez Perce leader (b. 1840 )
1906 – Samuel Arnold , American conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1838 )
1926 – Léon Charles Thévenin , French engineer (b. 1857 )
1929 – Nathaniel Edwin Harris , American politician (b. 1846 )
1933 – Kenji Miyazawa , Japanese author and poet (b. 1896 )
1939 – Armand Calinescu , Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1893 )
1943 – Kingsley Wood , British politician (b. 1881 )
1947 – Harry Carey , American actor , director , producer and screenwriter (b. 1846 )
1953 – Necmettin Sadak , Turkish politician (b. 1890 )
1954 – Kokichi Mikimoto , Japanese inventor (b. 1858 )
1957 – Haakon VII , King of Norway (b. 1872 )
1963 – Paulino Masip , Spanish author , playwright and screenwriter (b. 1899 )
1966 – Paul Reynaud , Prime Minister of France (b. 1878 )
1971 – Bernardo Houssay , Argentinian doctor , won the 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine , (b. 1887 )
1974 – Walter Brennan , American actor (b. 1894 )
1976 – Orlando Letelier , Chilean economist , politician and diplomat (b. 1932 )
1982 – Hovhannes Bagramyan , Soviet general (b. 1897 )
1985 – Gu Long , Chinese author and screenwriter (b. 1937 )
1987 – Jaco Pastorius , American musician (b. 1951 )
1990 – Takis Kanellopoulos , Greek movie director and screenwriter (b. 1933 )
1995 – Rudy Perpich , American politician (b. 1928 )
1997 – Jennifer Holt , American actress (b. 1920 )
1998 – Florence Griffith-Joyner , American athlete (b. 1959 )
From 2001
2007 – Hallgeir Brenden , Norwegian skier (b. 1929 )
2011 – Paulette Dubost , French actress (b. 1910 )
2011 – Troy Davis , American high-profile death row inmate (b. 1968 )
2012 – Henry Bauchau , Belgian psychoanalyst and author (b. 1913 )
2012 – Sven Hassel , Danish-German soldier and author (b. 1917 )
2012 – Michael Rye , American actor (b. 1918 )
2014 – Linda Griffiths , Canadian actress and playwright (b. 1953 )
2014 – Caldwell Jones , American basketball player (b. 1950 )
2014 – Cecilia Cenci , Argentine actress (b. 1942 )
2014 – Frieda Szwillus , German supercentenarian (b. 1902 )
2014 – Mike Harari , Israeli intelligence officer (b. 1927 )
2015 – Armen Movsisyan , Armenian politician (b. 1962 )
2015 – Yoram Gross , Polish-born Australian animation producer and director (b. 1926 )
2017 – Liliane Bettencourt , French businesswoman, socialite and heiress (b. 1922 )
2017 – William G. Stewart , British game show host (b. 1933 )
2018 – Vitaliy Masol , former Prime minister of Ukraine (b. 1928 )
2018 – Tran Dai Quang , President of Vietnam (b. 1956 )
2019 – Aron Eisenberg , American actor (b. 1969 )
2019 – Sid Haig , American actor (b. 1939 )
2019 – Sigmund Jaehn , German cosmonaut (b. 1937 )
2019 – Günter Kunert , German writer (b. 1929 )
2019 – Carl Ruiz , American chef and television personality (b. 1975 )
2019 – Jevan Snead , American football player (b. 1987 )
2019 – Woo Hye-mi , South Korean pop singer (b. 1988 )
Observances
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