21 September
Notable Births
Alisha Palmowski
b. 2006
British racing driver (born 2006)
Wang Junkai
b. 1999
Chinese actor and singer (born 1999)
Alexander Isak
b. 1999
Swedish footballer (born 1999)
Yainer Díaz
b. 1998
Dominican baseball player (born 1998)
Bruno Caboclo
b. 1995
Brazilian basketball player (born 1995)
Devin Williams (baseball)
b. 1994
American baseball player (born 1994)
Kirsty Gilmour
b. 1993
Scottish badminton player (born 1993)
Kwon Mina
b. 1993
South Korean singer and actress (born 1993)
Ante Rebić
b. 1993
Croatian footballer (born 1993)
Chen (singer)
b. 1992
South Korean singer and songwriter (born 1992)
Devyn Marble
b. 1992
American basketball player (born 1992)
Anastassia Kovalenko-Kõlvart
b. 1991
Estonian motorcycle racer (born 1991)
Carlos Martínez (pitcher, born 1991)
b. 1991
Dominican baseball player (born 1991)
Al-Farouq Aminu
b. 1990
Nigerian-American basketball player (born 1990)
Danny Batth
b. 1990
English footballer (born 1990)
Rob Cross
b. 1990
English darts player (born 1990)
Ivan Dorschner
b. 1990
Filipino American actor, television host and model
Sam Kasiano
b. 1990
NZ & Samoa international rugby league footballer
Allison Scagliotti
b. 1990
American actress and musician (born 1990)
Christian Serratos
b. 1990
American actress
Notable Deaths
Raquel Blandón
d. 2024
Guatemalan lawyer and activist (1943–2024)
Benny Golson
d. 2024
American jazz saxophonist and composer (1929–2024)
Eddie Low
d. 2024
Musical artist
Mercury Morris
d. 2024
American football player (1947–2024)
Walewska Oliveira
d. 2023
Brazilian volleyball player (1979–2023)
Raju Srivastav
d. 2022
Indian comedian, actor and politician (1963–2022)
Willie Garson
d. 2021
American actor (1964–2021)
Arthur Ashkin
d. 2020
American physicist (1922–2020)
Trần Đại Quang
d. 2018
President of Vietnam from 2016 to 2018
Vitaliy Masol
d. 2018
Ukrainian statesman (1928–2018)
Yoram Gross
d. 2015
Polish-Australian animation producer and director (1926–2015)
Michael Harari
d. 2014
Israeli intelligence officer (1927–2014), involved in the failed Lillehammer affair
Caldwell Jones
d. 2014
American basketball player (1950–2014)
Kofi Awoonor
d. 2013
Ghanaian poet and author (1935–2013)
Michel Brault
d. 2013
Canadian filmmaker
Harl H. Haas Jr.
d. 2013
American politician (1932–2013)
Walter Wallmann
d. 2013
German politician (1932–2013)
Ko Wierenga
d. 2013
Dutch politician
Yehuda Elkana
d. 2012
Israeli philosopher
Bill King (Royal Navy officer)
d. 2012
British naval officer, yachtsman, author
On This Day in History
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2019
A 5.6 Mw earthquake shakes the Albanian port of Durrës. Forty-nine people are injured in the capital, Tirana.
2019 Albania earthquake
2018
LGBT rights activist Zak Kostopoulos is beaten to death on a busy street in Athens
Zak Kostopoulos
2015
Adventist Health System agreed to pay $118.7 million to settle allegations of fraud. It was the largest a hospital network has ever paid.
AdventHealth
2013
Al-Shabaab Islamic militants attack the Westgate shopping mall in Kenya, killing at least 67 people.
Al-Shabaab (militant group)
2012
Three Egyptian militants open fire on a group of Israeli soldiers in a southern Israel cross-border attack.
Egyptians
2003
The Galileo spacecraft is terminated by sending it into Jupiter's atmosphere.
Galileo (spacecraft)
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.
America: A Tribute to Heroes
2001
Ross Parker is murdered in Peterborough, England, by a gang of ten British Pakistani youths.
Murder of Ross Parker
1999
The 7.7-magnitude Chi-Chi earthquake strikes central Taiwan, killing 2,400 people.
1999 Jiji earthquake
1997
St. Olaf's Church, a stone church from the 16th century in Tyrvää, Finland, is burnt down by a burglar.
St. Olaf's Church, Tyrvää
1996
The Defense of Marriage Act is passed by the United States Congress.
Defense of Marriage Act
1993
Russian president Boris Yeltsin triggers a constitutional crisis when he suspends parliament and scraps the constitution.
Boris Yeltsin
1993
A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-134 is shot down by a missile in the Black Sea near Sokhumi, Georgia.
1993 Sukhumi airliner attacks
1991
Armenia gains independence from the Soviet Union.
Armenia
1984
Brunei joins the United Nations.
Brunei
1981
Belize is granted full independence from the United Kingdom.
Belize
1981
Sandra Day O'Connor is unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate as the first female Supreme Court justice.
Sandra Day O'Connor
1976
Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C., at the order of Augusto Pinochet.
Orlando Letelier
1976
Seychelles joins the United Nations.
Seychelles
1972
Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos begins authoritarian rule by declaring martial law.
Ferdinand Marcos