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. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday (58 in 400 years each) than on Saturday or Sunday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Thursday (56).
NATIONAL PECAN COOKIE DAY
NATIONAL PECAN COOKIE DAY
455 – Emperor Avitus enters Rome with a Gallic army and consolidates his power.
1776 – Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces during the American Revolutionary War.
1776 – Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces during the American Revolutionary War.
1780 – American Revolutionary War: American General Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.
1792 – The French Revolution: The National Convention declares France a republic and abolishes the absolute monarchy.
1792 – The French Revolution: The National Convention declares France a republic and abolishes the absolute monarchy.
1896 – The Mahdist War: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener takes Dongola in the Sudan.
1937 – J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
1938 – The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500-700 people.
1942 – The Holocaust: On the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, Nazis send over 1,000 Jews of Pidhaitsi (west Ukraine) to Bełżec extermination camp.
1942 – In 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 andTerespol.
1942 – In Dunaivtsi, Ukraine, Nazis murder 2,588 Jews.
1937 – J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
1938 – The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500-700 people.
1942 – The Holocaust: On the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, Nazis send over 1,000 Jews of Pidhaitsi (west Ukraine) to Bełżec extermination camp.
1942 – In 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 andTerespol.
1942 – In Dunaivtsi, Ukraine, Nazis murder 2,588 Jews.
1942 – The Boeing B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight.
1981 – Sandra Day O'Connor is unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate as the first female Supreme Court justice.
1981 – Sandra Day O'Connor is unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate as the first female Supreme Court justice.
1993 – Russian President Boris Yeltsin suspends parliament and scraps the then-functioning constitution, thus triggering the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993.
2001 – America: A Tribute to Heroes is broadcast by over 35 network and cable channels, raising over $200 million for the victims of the September 11 attacks.
2003 – The Galileo mission is terminated by sending the probe into Jupiter's atmosphere, where it is crushed by the pressure at the lower altitudes.
2003 – The Galileo mission is terminated by sending the probe into Jupiter's atmosphere, where it is crushed by the pressure at the lower altitudes.
2005 – Hurricane Rita becomes the third most intense hurricane in the Atlantic Basin, at the time, and the most intense tropical cyclone ever observed in the Gulf of Mexico. It caused over $12 billion in damage and took 120 lives.
2013 – al-Shabaab Islamic militants attack the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, killing at least 67 people.
2013 – al-Shabaab Islamic militants attack the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, killing at least 67 people.
TODAY'S BIRTHS
1866 – H. G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic (d. 1946)
1874 – Gustav Holst, English composer and educator, The Planets (d. 1934)
1903 – Preston Tucker, American engineer and businessman, designed the Tucker Sedan (d. 1956)
1912 – Chuck Jones, American animator, producer, and screenwriter, Looney Tunes and Merry Melodies shorts (d. 2002)
1936 – Diane Rehm, American journalist and radio host
1866 – H. G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic (d. 1946)
1874 – Gustav Holst, English composer and educator, The Planets (d. 1934)
1903 – Preston Tucker, American engineer and businessman, designed the Tucker Sedan (d. 1956)
1912 – Chuck Jones, American animator, producer, and screenwriter, Looney Tunes and Merry Melodies shorts (d. 2002)
1936 – Diane Rehm, American journalist and radio host
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