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History Events on September 21

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History Events on September 21

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Malta gains independence from the United Kingdom, but remains in the Commonwealth.

#Malta

In 1964

The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500-700 people.

#1938_New_England_hurricane

In 1938

Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.

#Anglo-Egyptian_conquest_of_Sudan

In 1896

A 5.6 Mw earthquake shakes the Albanian port of Durrës. 49 people are injured in the capital, Tirana.

#Albania

In 2019

Romanian Prime Minister Armand C?linescu is assassinated by the Iron Guard.

#Armand_C?linescu

In 1939

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos begins authoritarian rule by declaring martial law.

#Ferdinand_Marcos

In 1972

Salvador Lutteroth establishes Mexican professional wrestling.

#Salvador_Lutteroth

In 1933

Bahrain, Bhutan and Qatar join the United Nations.

#Bahrain

In 1971

Ross Parker is murdered in Peterborough, England, by a gang of ten British Pakistani youths.

#Murder_of_Ross_Parker

In 2001

Sandra Day O'Connor is unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate as the first female Supreme Court justice.

#Sandra_Day_O'Connor

In 1981

The Kingdom of Dublin falls to Norman invaders.

#Kingdom_of_Dublin

In 1170

American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.

#American_Revolutionary_War

In 1780

Emperor Avitus enters Rome with a Gallic army and consolidates his power.

#Avitus

In 455

Second Opium War: An Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao.

#Second_Opium_War

In 1860

French Revolution: The National Convention abolishes the monarchy.

#French_Revolution

In 1792

Russian President Boris Yeltsin triggers a constitutional crisis when he suspends parliament and scraps the constitution.

#Boris_Yeltsin

In 1993

Belize is granted full independence from the United Kingdom.

#Belize

In 1981

Seychelles joins the United Nations.

#Seychelles

In 1976

The Galileo spacecraft is terminated by sending it into Jupiter's atmosphere.

#Galileo_(spacecraft)

In 2003

The Congress of Arras causes Burgundy to switch sides in the Hundred Years' War.

#Congress_of_Arras

In 1435

A large typhoon hits western Honsh?, Japan, killing more than three thousand people.

#1934_Muroto_typhoon

In 1934

A Hanoverian army is defeated, in ten minutes, by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart

#Battle_of_Prestonpans

In 1745

Armenia gains independence from the Soviet Union.

#Armenia

In 1991

The Holocaust in Poland: At the end of Yom Kippur, Germans order Jews to permanently move from Konstantynów to Bia?a Podlaska.

#The_Holocaust_in_Poland

In 1942

John Williams Wilson takes possession of the Strait of Magellan on behalf of the Chilean government.

#John_Williams_Wilson

In 1843

Al-Shabaab Islamic militants attack the Westgate shopping mall in Kenya, killing at least 67 people.

#Westgate_shopping_mall_attack

In 2013

Lieutenant No Kum-sok, a North Korean pilot, defects to South Korea with his jet fighter.

#No_Kum-sok

In 1953

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight.

#Boeing_B-29_Superfortress

In 1942

A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500-600 people.

#Oppau_explosion

In 1921

Brunei joins the United Nations.

#Brunei

In 1984

Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces.

#Great_Fire_of_New_York_(1776)

In 1776

Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. He had been a member of the former Chilean Marxist government.

#Orlando_Letelier

In 1976

The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Dunaivtsi, Ukraine, Nazis murder 2,588 Jews.

#Dunaivtsi

In 1942

Livonian Crusade: The Estonian leader Lembitu and Livonian leader Kaupo the Accursed are killed in the Battle of St. Matthew's Day.

#Livonian_Crusade

In 1217

The Gambia, Maldives and Singapore are admitted as members of the United Nations.

#The_Gambia

In 1965

The North American XB-70 Valkyrie, the world's fastest bomber, makes its maiden flight from Palmdale, California.

#North_American_XB-70_Valkyrie

In 1964

Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.

#Empress_Dowager_Cixi

In 1898

The Defense of Marriage Act is passed by the United States Congress.

#Defense_of_Marriage_Act

In 1996

The Holocaust in Ukraine: On the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, Nazis send over 1,000 Jews of Pidhaitsi to Be??ec extermination camp.

#The_Holocaust_in_Ukraine

In 1942

Three Egyptian militants open fire on a group of Israeli soldiers in a southern Israel cross-border attack.

In 2012

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.

In 2001

The Chi-Chi earthquake occurs in central Taiwan, leaving about 2,400 people dead.

In 1999

The People's Republic of China is proclaimed.

In 1949

J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.

In 1937

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