Notable Historical Events on September 21st
September 21st Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1192 |
English king Richard I the Lion hearted, captured by by Leopold V, Duke of Austria |
1217 |
The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. |
1348 |
Jews in Zurich Switzerland are accused of poisoning wells |
1435 |
Treaty of Atrecht: Philip of Bourgondy vs French King Charles II |
1451 |
Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa orders Jews of Holland to wear a badge |
1589 |
Battle at Arques: French King Henri IV beats Catholic League |
1591 |
French bishops recognize Henri IV as king of France |
1621 |
King James I of England gives Sir Alexander Sterling royal charter for colonisation of Nova Scotia |
1648 |
-23] Battle at Pilawce: Bohdan Chmielricki's beats John Casimir [NS] |
1676 |
Benedetto Odescalchi elected as Pope Innocent XI |
1677 |
John & Nicolaas van der Heyden patents fire extinguisher |
1745 |
Battle of Preston Pans: Bonnie Prince Charles beats English army |
1746 |
French expeditionary army occupies Labourdonnais & Dupleix Madras |
1765 |
Antoine de Beauterne announces he had killed the Beast of Gévaudan, but was later proved wrong by more attacks. |
1776 |
5 days after British take NY, a ¼ of city burns down |
1776 |
Nathan Hale, spied on British for American rebels, arrested |
1780 |
Benedict Arnold gives British Major Andre plans to West Point |
1784 |
1st daily newspaper in America (Pennsylvania Packet & General Advertiser) |
1792 |
Collot D'Herbois, first man to propose to abolish the monarchy in France at National Convention |
1815 |
King Willem I takes oath in Brussels |
1823 |
Moroni 1st appears to Joseph Smith, according to Smith |
1827 |
According to Joseph Smith Jr., the angel Moroni gave him a record of gold plates, one-third of which Joseph translated into The Book of Mormon |
1837 |
Charles Tiffany founded his jewelry & china stores |
1860 |
In the Second Opium War, an Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Baliqiao. |
1863 |
Union forces retreat to Chattanooga after defeat at Chickamauga |
1872 |
John Henry Conyers of SC becomes 1st black student at Annapolis |
1883 |
1st direct US-Brazil telegraph connection |
1885 |
Dutch demonstrate for general voting right |
1893 |
Frank Duryea drives 1st US made gas propelled vehicle (car) |
1895 |
1st auto manufacturer opens-Duryea Motor Wagon Company |
1896 |
General Kitchener's army occupies Dongola Sudan |
1897 |
NY Sun runs famous "Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus," editorial |
1898 |
Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China, imprisoning the Guangxu Emperor. |
1903 |
1st cowboy film "Kit Carson" premieres in US |
1904 |
The general strike called by the Socialist Party that spread throughout Italy ends today |
1905 |
Atlanta Life Insurance Co forms |
1906 |
Yankee 1st baseman Hal Chase's 22 put-outs ties record |
1911 |
Canadian Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier loses the election to Robert Bordon of the Conservative Party |
1913 |
1st aerobatic maneuver, sustained inverted flight, performed in France |
1913 |
Turkey & Bulgaria sign peace treaty in Constantinople |
1915 |
CH Chubb buys Stonehenge for £6,600 |
1915 |
Emanuel Querido ("Kerido") begins publishing Querido |
1919 |
33rd US Womens Tennis: Hazel H Wightman beats M Zinderstein (6-1 6-2) |
1921 |
Pope Benedictus XV donates 1 million lire to feed Russians |
1921 |
Oppau explosion, a storage silo at a BASF fertilizer producing plant explods in Oppau, Germany, 500—600 killed. |
1922 |
Pres Warren G Harding signs a joint resolution of approval to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine |
1928 |
"My Weekly Reader" magazine made its debut |
1929 |
1st legal pass in Canada was thrown by Gerry Seiberling & 1st reception by Ralph Losie of Calgary Altomah-Tigers against Edmonton |
1930 |
Johann Ostermeyer patents flashbulb |
1931 |
Britain abandons gold standard; pound devalues 20% |
1933 |
Trial against Marinus der Lubbe opens |
1934 |
St Louis Card Paul Dean no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 3-0 |
1934 |
Typhoon strikes Honshu Island Japan, kills 4,000 |
1936 |
Spanish fascist junta names Franco to generalissimo/supreme commander |
1937 |
J. R. R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit' is published |
1938 |
Hurricane (183 MPH winds) in New England kills 700 |
1938 |
Winston Churchill condemns Hitler's annexation of Czechoslovakia |
1938 |
The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500-700 people. |
1939 |
Reinhard Heydrich meets in Berlin to discuss final solution of Jews |
1941 |
US launches its 1st Liberty-ship, "Patrick Henry" |
1942 |
116 hostages executed by Nazis in Paris |
1942 |
Transport nr 35 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany |
1943 |
Arundel (Solomon Island) in US hands |
1943 |
Lynch Triangle (Square) in Bronx named |
1943 |
Russian 13th/61st Army reconquer Chyernigov |
1943 |
Soviet forces reach Dnjepr |
1944 |
Last British paratroopers at bridge of Arnhem surrenders |
1946 |
Indians play their final game in League Park, ending a 55-year stay |
1948 |
"Texaco Star Theater" with Milton Berle premieres on NBC-TV |
1949 |
Chinese Communist leaders proclaim People's Republic of China |
1949 |
Federal Republic of [West] Germany created under 3-power occupation |
1950 |
George Marshall sworn in as the 3rd Secretary of Defense of United States. |
1951 |
Emil Zatopek runs 15,000m in record 44 min, 54.6 sec |
1953 |
Allied forces form West Germany |
1953 |
KRDO TV channel 13 in Colorado Spgs-Pueblo, CO (ABC) 1st broadcast |
1954 |
1st nuclear submarine, USS Nautilus, commissioned under Commander Eugene P. Wilkinson |
1954 |
Kleffens appointed chairman of General Meeting UN |
1955 |
Last allied occupying troops leave Austria |
1955 |
Rocky Marciano KOs Archie Moore in 9 for heavyweight boxing title |
1955 |
USSR performs nuclear test |
1955 |
Heavyweight champ Rocky Mariano KOs Archie Moore in round 9 |
1956 |
Yanks set dubious record, stranding 20 men on base Mantle hits a 500' plus homer but Red Sox win 13-9 in Fenway |
1957 |
"Perry Mason" with Raymond Burr premieres on CBS-TV |
1957 |
German sail training ship Pamir sails Atlantic Ocean |
1957 |
Olav V becomes king of Norway |
1957 |
Pote Sarasin forms government in Thailand |
1958 |
1st airplane flight exceeding 1200 hours, lands, Dallas Tx |
1958 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1959 |
600 Indian Dutch emigrate to US |
1961 |
Antonio Abertondo swims English Channel round trip (44 miles) |
1961 |
Maiden flight of the CH-47 Chinook transportation helicopter. |
1964 |
Constellation (US) beats Sovereign (England) in 20th America's Cup |
1964 |
Reds Chico Ruiz steals home, beats Phillies 1-0. Phillies start a 10 game losing streak that gives Cards the pennant |
1964 |
Malta becomes independent from the United Kingdom. |
1964 |
The North American XB-70 Valkyrie, the world's first Mach 3 bomber, made its maiden flight from Palmdale, California. |
1965 |
O Kommissarova (USSR) sets women's longest parachute jump (46,250') |
1965 |
Singapore admitted as part of the United Nations. |
1966 |
5inches of rain falls on NYC |
1966 |
Jimmy Hendrix changes spelling of his name to Jimi |
1967 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1969 |
58th Davis Cup: USA beats Romania in Cleveland (5-0) |
1969 |
Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Lincoln-Mercury Golf Open |
1969 |
NY Jet Steve O'Neal punts 98 yards against Denver Broncos |
1969 |
Ron Hill wins European marathon (2:16:47.8) |
1970 |
"Monday Night Football" premieres on ABC - Browns 31, Jets 21 |
1970 |
KAPP TV channel 35 in Yakima, WA (ABC) begins broadcasting |
1970 |
Luna 16 leaves Moon |
1970 |
Oakland A's Vida Blue no-hits Minnesota Twins, 6-0 |
1970 |
New York Times starts first modern op-ed page. |
1971 |
AL OKs Washington Senator move to Arlington (Texas Rangers) |
1972 |
Marcos declares martial law in Philippines |
1972 |
USSR performs underground nuclear test |
1973 |
Jackson Pollocks painting "Blue Poles" sold for $2,000,000 |
1973 |
NY Mets go into 1st place (at .500) after trailing 12½ games |
1973 |
Nate Archibald signs 7 yr contract with NBA KC Kings for $450,000 |
1974 |
US Mariner 10 makes 2nd fly-by of Mercury |
1975 |
Jo Ann Washam wins LPGA Portland Ladies Golf Classic |
1976 |
Wings performs in Zagreb Yugoslavia |
1976 |
Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. He was a member of the Chilean socialist government of Salvador Allende, overthrown in 1973 by Augusto Pinochet. |
1977 |
US minister of Foreign affairs Cyrus Vance dismissed |
1978 |
The Provisional Irish Republican Army explode bombs at the RAF airfield near Eglinton, County Londonderry; the terminal building, two aircraft hangars and four planes aree destroyed |
1979 |
Two RAF Hawker Siddeley Harrier jump-jets from RAF Wittering collide over the UK. Both pilots ejected safely. One of the jets broke up in midair and fell harmlessly into a field but the other dropped onto the centre of Wisbech in Cambridgeshire, destroying two houses and a bungalow. Several people were injured in the accident and three people were killed. |
1979 |
Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontin publish their influential paper (cited more than 4,000 times) "The Spandrels of San Marco and the panglossian paradigm", introducing the term and idea of "spandrels" into evolutionary biology |
1980 |
Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA ERA Real Estate Golf Classic |
1980 |
LA Ram Johnnie Johnson scores a 99 yard interception |
1980 |
Richard Todd of NY Jets completes 42 passes in a game (NFL record) |
1980 |
Kerry GAA beat Roscommon GAA in Croke Park during the All-Ireland Football Final by 1-9 to 1-6 thus winning the championship and a three-in-a-row. |
1981 |
Belize (British Honduras) gains independence from UK |
1981 |
Sandra Day O'Conner becomes 1st female Supreme Court Justice |
1981 |
Steve Carlton strikes out NL record 3,118th (Andre Dawson) |
1981 |
Enterprise Radio (all sports) goes off the air |
1982 |
2,251 turn out to see Expos play NY Mets at Shea Stadium |
1982 |
Devils beat Rangers 3-2 in exhibition; 1st hockey in Meadowlands (NJ) |
1982 |
NFL players begin a 57 day strike |
1982 |
SF cable cars cease operations for 2 years of repairs |
1982 |
STS-5 vehicle moves to launch pad |
1983 |
11 killed in anti Marcos demonstrations in Manila |
1983 |
David Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross," premieres in London |
1983 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1984 |
NASA launches Galaxy-C |
1985 |
Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes in 15 to become Heavyweight Boxing Champion |
1986 |
38th Emmy Awards: Golden Girls, Cagney & Lacey & Michael J Fox win |
1986 |
Miami Dan Marino passes for 6 touchdowns vs NY Jets (51-45) |
1986 |
NY Jets beat Miami Dolphins 51-45 in OT; record 884 passing yards |
1986 |
New Orleans Saints Mel Gray returns kickoff 101 yards for a touchdown |
1986 |
Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Konica San Jose Golf Classic |
1986 |
SD Padre Jimmy Jones pitchs 1-hitter in his major league debut |
1986 |
Kerry GAA beat Tyrone GAA in Croke Park during the All-Ireland Football Final by 2-15 to 1-10 thus winning the championship and a three-in-a-row. |
1987 |
3 Belgian minesweepers depart to Persians Gulf |
1988 |
Mike Tyson smashes TV camera outside his Bernardsville NJ home |
1989 |
Poland's Sejm (National Assembly) approves prime minister Mazowiecki |
1990 |
Oakland A's Bob Welch becomes 1st 25 game winner in 10 years |
1990 |
Pirate Bobby Bond is 2nd to hit 30 HRs & steal 50 bases in a season (so he can play in 6 decades) because it is a publicity stunt |
1990 |
Faye Vincent turns down White Sox bid to reinstate Minnie Minoso, 68 |
1990 |
Reports that US refinery problems will lead to a loss in capacity and aggressive remarks by Saddam Hussein send crude prices to new highs |
1991 |
Armenia votes on whether to remain in Soviet Union |
1991 |
USA Basketball announces "Dream Team" for the 1992 Olympics |
1993 |
Ukraine government of Kutshma resigns |
1994 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Ft Laud/Miami Fl (WBGG 105.9 FM) |
1995 |
The Hindu milk miracle occurs, in which statues of the Hindu God Ganesh began drinking milk when spoonfuls were placed near their mouths. |
1997 |
Brickyard Crossing Senior Golf Championhsip |
1997 |
Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA PING Welch's Championship |
1997 |
Mike Piazza is 2nd to hit a HR out of Dodger Stadium |
1997 |
NY Yankee Cecil Fielder hits his 300th HR |
1997 |
Tim Herron wins Texas Golf Open shooting a 271 |
1999 |
Chi-Chi earthquake occurs in central Taiwan, leaving about 2,400 people dead. |
2001 |
Deep Space 1 flies within 2,200 km of Comet Borrelly. |
2001 |
University of Roorkee, becomes India's 7th Indian Institute of Technology, rechristened as IIT Roorkee |
2001 |
AZF chemical plant explodes in Toulouse, France, killing 29 people |
2003 |
Galileo mission terminated by sending the probe into Jupiter's atmosphere, where it is crushed by the pressure at the lower altitudes. |
2003 |
55th Emmy Awards: The West Wing, Everybody Loves Raymond, James Gandolfini & Edie Falco wins |
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 |
Construction of the Burj Dubai starts. |
2007 |
George Clooney is injured in a motorcycle accident in Weehawken, New Jersey |
2007 |
"Into the Wild", starring Emile Hirsch, is released |
2007 |
"Into the Wild", starring Emile Hirsch, is released |
2008 |
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, the two last remaining independent investment banks on Wall Street, become bank holding companies as a result of the subprime mortgage crisis. |
2008 |
President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa resigns from office, effective September 25. |
2008 |
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel formally resigns from office, effective as soon as his successor Tzipi Livni has successfully assembled a new government. |
2008 |
The final home game is played at Yankee Stadium against the Baltimore Orioles. |
2008 |
60th Emmy Awards: Mad Men, 30 Rock, Bryan Cranston & Glenn Close win |
2009 |
Macedonia officially enters the recession after experiencing a drop in GDP of 0.9% in the first quarter, followed by 1.4% in the second quarter |
2012 |
Japanese Prime Minister, Yoshihiko Noda, wins a leadership ballot |
2013 |
6 people are killed in military and insurgent conflict in Zamboanga City, Philippines |
2013 |
100 people are killed in a series of attacks across Iraq |
2013 |
59 people are killed and 175 wounded in a shopping mall gun battle in Nairobi, Kenya |
2016 |
US Flies Bombers Over South Korea Again in Show of Force |
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