On this day in History - Sep. 21
- 19 BC -Publio Virgil Marón dies (b. 70 BC). Roman poet.
- 0454 - Aetius dies. Roman general
- 0687 - Papa Cónon dies
- 1217 - Lembitu of Lehola dies. Estonian soldier.
- 1235 - André II of Hungary dies (b. 1175)
- 1327 - Edward II of England dies murdered by order of his wife (b. 1284)
- 1328 - Hongwu Emperor of China was born (d. 1398)
- 1397 - Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel dies executed (b. 1346). English military leader.
- 1411 - Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York was born (d. 1460). Claimant to the English throne, protagonist of the War of the Roses
- 1415 - Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor was born in Innsbruck, Austria († 1493)
- 1428 - Jingtai Emperor of China was born (d. 1457).
- 1452 - Girolamo Savonarola was born (d. 1498). Dominican priest and ruler of Florence.
- 1542 - Juan Boscán Almogáver dies. Spanish poet
- 1551 - Fundação da Universidade do México, a primeira do Novo Mundo.
- 1558 - Charles V, dies. King of Spain (Carlos I), Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1561 - Um devastador incendio destrói grande parte da cidade de Valladolid (Espanha).
- 1576 - Gerolamo Cardano dies (b. 1501). Italian mathematician.
- 1586 - Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle dies (b. 1517). French church leader.
- 1626 - François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières dies (b. 1543). Constable of France.
- 1629 - Philip Cardinal Howard was born (d. 1694). English Catholic Cardinal.
- 1640 - Philippe I, Duc d'Orléans was born (d. 1701). Younger brother of Louis XIV of France.
- 1645 - Louis Joliet was born (d. 1700). Canadian explorer.
- 1719 - Johann Heinrich Acker dies (b. 1647). German writer.
- 1743 - Jai Singh II dies (b. 1688). King of Amber-Juiper.
- 1745 - Battle of Prestonpans - Hanoverian army under the command of John Cope is defeated, in ten minutes, by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart
- 1748 - John Balguy dies (b. 1686). English philosopher.
- 1756 - John MacAdam was born (d. 1836). Scottish engineer and road-builder.
- 1760 - Ivan Dmitriev was born (d. 1837). Russian statesman.
- 1761 - King George III of England was crowned.
- 1765 - Antoine de Beauterne announced he had killed the Beast of Gévaudan
- 1780 - Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point
- 1792 - French National Convention votes to abolish the monarchy.
- 1796 - François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers dies (b. 1769). French general.
- 1798 - George Read dies (b. 1733). American lawyer and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
- 1827 - Joseph Smith, Jr. claims that the angel Moroni gave him a record of gold plates, one-third of which is translated into The Book of Mormon.
- 1831 - O Papa reconhece D. Miguel como rei de Portugal.
- 1832 - Sir Walter Scott dies (b. 1771). Scottish writer (Ivanhoe ; Rob Roy).
- 1840 - Murad V, Ottoman Sultan was born (d. 1904)
- 1842 - Abd-ul-Hamid II was born (d. 1918). Ottoman Sultan.
- 1853 - Heike Kamerlingh Onnes was born (d. 1926). Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate in 1913.
- 1860 - In the Second Opium War, an Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Baliqiao
- 1860 - Arthur Schopenhauer dies (b. 1778). German philosopher.
- 1863 - John Bunny was born (d. 1915). American film comedian.
- 1866 - Charles Nicolle was born (d. 1936). French bacteriologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1928.
- 1866 - H. G. Wells was born (d. 1946). English writer.
- 1873 - Papa Jack Laine was born (d. 1966). American musician.
- 1874 - Gustav Holst was born (d. 1934). English composer.
- 1874 - Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont dies (b. 1794). French geologist.
- 1880 - Manuel Montt Torres dies. President of Chile.
- 1886 - Nasce Teichi Igarashi ( † 1787). Japonês que escalou o Mt Fuji aos 99 anos.
- 1895 - Juan de la Cierva was born. Aeronautical engineer who invented the autogyro.
- 1895 - Sergei Yesenin was born (d. 1925). Russian poet.
- 1897 - The Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus letter is published in the New York Sun.
- 1897 - Wilhelm Wattenbach dies (b. 1819). German historian.
- 1899 - Frederick Coutts was born (d. 1986). The 8th General of The Salvation Army
- 1902 - Luis Cernuda was born (d. 1963). Spanish poet.
- 1904 - Chief Joseph dies (b. 1840). Nez Perce leader.
- 1906 - Henry Beachell was born. American Plant Breeder.
- 1906 - Samuel Arnold dies (b. 1838). Lincoln conspirator.
- 1908 - Pablo Sarasate dies. Violininst.
- 1911 - Francisco Lopes Ribeiro, «Ribeirinho» was born. Portuguese actor.
- 1912 - Chuck Jones was born (d. 2002). American animator and director of Warner Brothers cartoons Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck.
- 1912 - György Sándor was born (d. 2005). Hungarian pianist.
- 1915 - As pedras de Stonehange, na Inglaterra, são vendidas em leilão por £ 6,600 .
- 1917 - A Letónia proclama a sua independência.
- 1919 - Mario Bunge was born. Argentine philosopher and physicist
- 1919 - Fazlur Rahman was born (d. 1988). Pakistani scholar.
- 1920 - Jay Ward was born (d. 1988). American animator.
- 1921 - Ammonium nitrate explosion at chemical storage facility in Oppau, Germany, 561 killed.
- 1926 - Donald A. Glaser was born. American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate.
- 1926 - Eliana Macedo was born († 1990). Brazilian actress.
- 1926 - Leon Charles Thevenin dies (b. 1857). French telegraph engineer.
- 1929 - Bernard Williams was born (d. 2003). English philosopher.
- 1929 - Sándor Kocsis was born (d. 1979). Hungarian footballer.
- 1931 - Larry Hagman was born. American actor (Dallas - JR)
- 1933 - Dick Simon was born. American racing driver.
- 1934 - Leonard Cohen was born. Canadian singer and songwriter
- 1934 - Rogério Fróes was born. Brazilian actor
- 1935 - Norma Bengell was born. Brazilian actress and film director.
- 1935 - Henry Gibson was born. American actor.
- 1936 - Yuriy Luzhkov was born. Russian politician, mayor of Moscow
- 1937 - J. R. R. Tolkien publishes The Hobbit.
- 1938 - The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500-700 people.
- 1938 - Doug Moe, American basketball player and coach
- 1938 - Ivana Brlic-Mazuranic dies (b. 1874). Croatian writer.
- 1939 - Romanian Prime Minister Armand Calinescu is assassinated by pro-Nazi members of the Iron Guard.
- 1940 - Bill Kurtis was born. American television journalist.
- 1941 - R. James Woolsey, Jr. was born. CIA director
- 1941 - Jack Brisco was born. American professional wrestler
- 1942 - B-29 Superfortress makes its debut.
- 1942 - António Pacheco de Sousa Franco was born. Portuguese professor and politician
- 1944 - Fannie Flagg was born. American actress and novelist.
- 1944 - Hamilton Jordan was born. Carter's 1ST Chief of Staff
- 1945 - Richard Childress was born. NASCAR Team Owner
- 1945 - Shaw Clifton was born. 18th General of The Salvation Army
- 1945 - Jerry Bruckheimer was born. American film and television producer
- 1946 - Moritz Leuenberger was born. Swiss Federal Councilor
- 1947 - Don Felder was born. American guitarist (Eagles)
- 1947 - Stephen King was born. American author
- 1947 - Marsha Norman was born. American playwright
- 1949 - Artis Gilmore was born. American basketball player
- 1949 - Independência de Taiwan.
- 1950 - Charles Clarke was born. British politician
- 1950 - Bill Murray was born. American actor.
- 1950 - George Marshall sworn in as the 3rd Secretary of Defense of United States
- 1951 - Aslan Maskhadov was born (d. 2005). Chechen rebel leader
- 1951 - Bruce Arena was born. American soccer coach
- 1952 - Neil Peart was born. Canadian drummer (Rush)
- 1953 - Arie Luyendyk was born. Dutch race car driver.
- 1954 - Shinzo Abe was born. Japanese politician
- 1954 - Kokichi Mikimoto dies (b. 1858). Japanese inventor.
- 1955 - Mika Kaurismäki was born. Finnish director
- 1955 - Richard Hieb was born. American astronaut
- 1956 - Anastasio Somoza, Nicaraguan dictator, was assassinated by Roliberto Lopez.
- 1956 - Jack Givens was born. American basketball player.
- 1957 - Ethan Coen was born. American film director.
- 1957 - King Haakon VII of Norway dies (b. 1872).
- 1959 - Dave Coulier was born. American actor
- 1959 - Danny Cox was born. Baseball player
- 1960 - David James Elliott was born. Canadian actor
- 1961 - Nancy Travis was born. American actress
- 1961 - Húbert Nói was born. Icelandic artist
- 1962 - Rob Morrow was born. American actor
- 1963 - Cecil Fielder was born. Baseball player
- 1963 - Curtly Ambrose was born. West Indian cricketer.
- 1963 - Angus Macfadyen was born. Scottish actor
- 1964 - Malta becomes independent from the United Kingdom
- 1964 -The North American XB-70 Valkyrie, the world's first air-breathing aircraft to achieve a speed of Mach 3, made its maiden flight from Palmdale, California.
- 1964 - Jorge Drexler was born. Uruguyan musician.
- 1965 - Cheryl Hines was born. American actress
- 1966 - Paul Reynaud dies (b. 1878). French politician.
- 1967 - Tyler Stewart was born. Canadian drummer (Barenaked Ladies)
- 1967 - Faith Hill was born. American singer
- 1968 - Ricki Lake was born. American actress and talk show hostess.
- 1969 - Jason Christiansen was born. Baseball player
- 1970 - Monday Night Football premieres.
- 1971 - Luke Wilson was born. American actor
- 1971 - Alfonso Ribeiro was born. Dominican-born actor.
- 1971 - John Crawley was born. English cricketer
- 1971 - Bernardo Houssay dies (b. 1887). Argentinian physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate in 1947.
- 1972 - Jon Kitna was born. American football player
- 1972 - David Silveria was born. American drummer (KoЯn)
- 1972 - Liam Gallagher was born. British singer (Oasis)
- 1972 - Henry de Montherlant dies (b. 1896). French writer.
- 1972 - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos issues Proclamation No. 1081 placing the entire country under martial law.
- 1973 - Daniel Guzmán was born. Spanish actor and film director.
- 1974 - A Sonda Mariner 10 passa pela segunda vez perto do planeta Mercúrio
- 1974 - Andy Todd was born. English footballer.
- 1974 - Jacqueline Susann dies (b. 1918). American novelist (Valley of the Dolls).
- 1974 - Walter Brennan dies (b. 1894). American actor.
- 1975 - Doug Davis was born. Baseball player
- 1975 - Acelino Freitas « o Popó» was born. Brazilian boxeur.
- 1976 - As Ilhas Seychelles são admitidas como Estado-Membro da ONU
- 1979 - Chris Gayle was born. West Indian cricketer
- 1979 - Richard Dunne was born. Irish football player.
- 1979 - Julian Gray was born. English football player
- 1980 - Kareena Kapoor was born. Indian actress
- 1981 - Nicole Richie was born. American actress.
- 1981 - Belize granted full independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1981 - Sandra Day O'Connor, the first female supreme court justice, is confirmed by the senate in a 99-0 vote.
- 1982 - Danny Kass was born. American snowboarder.
- 1983 - Maggie Grace was born. American actress
- 1983 - Hart Hancock was born. American musician (Amphoteric
- 1984 - Brunei é admitidos como Estado-Membro da ONU
- 1985 - Xavier Zubiri dies. Spanish philosopher.
- 1986 - In the 38th Emmy Awards the winners included Golden Girls, Cagney & Lacey and Michael J. Fox
- 1987 - Jaco Pastorius dies (b. 1951). American bassist
- 1988 - Arminda Correia dies in Lisbon (b. 26 Dec 1903). Portuguese lyric singer.
- 1988 - Glenn Robert Davis dies (b. 1914). Member of United States Congress
- 1989 - Hurricane Hugo makes landfall in the U.S. state of South Carolina.
- 1991 - Armenia granted independence from Soviet Union.
- 1991 - Zoe Weizenbaum was born. American actress.
- 1993 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin suspends parliament and scraps the then-functioning constitution, thus triggering the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993.
- 1993 - Grunge rock band Nirvana releases its album In Utero.
- 1995 - The Hindu milk miracle occurs, in which statues of the Hindu god Ganesh began drinking milk when spoonfuls were placed near their mouths.
- 1995 - Rudy Perpich dies (b. 1928). American politician.
- 1998 - Florence Griffith Joyner dies (b. 1959). American athlete winner of 3 gold medals in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.
- 1999 - Chi-Chi earthquake occurred in central Taiwan, caused about 2,400 people dead.
- 2001 - Deep Space 1 flies within 2,200 km of Comet Borrelly
- 2002 - International Day of Peace recognized by the United Nations as a full day of ceasefire and nonviolence.
- 2002 - Robert L. Forward dies (b. 1932). American physicist and writer.
- 2003 - Galileo mission terminated by sending the probe into Jupiter's atmosphere, where it is crushed by the pressure at the lower altitudes.
- 2003 - At the 55th Annual Emmy Awards "The West Wing" won for best drama.
- 2003 - Galileo mission terminated by sending the probe into Jupiter's atmosphere, where it is crushed by the pressure at the lower altitudes.
- 2004 - The Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) People's War and the Maoist Communist Centre of India merge to form the Communist Party of India (Maoist).
- 2004 - Green Day releases their grammy winning album American Idiot
- 2004 - Barry Noble Wakeman dies (b. 1939). American naturalist and educator.
- 2005 - JetBlue Airways Flight 292 performs an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport following a front landing gear failure.
- Feriado do município de Viseu (Portugal)
- In ancient Greece, the eighth day of the Eleusinian Mysteries, when the secret rites in the Telesterion finish and the feast, Pannychis, begins.
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