What are the important events that happened on September 21? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
September 21: Facts & Myths About This Day
September 21 is the 265th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 101 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 8, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,781,280 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectahexacontapentagon’ day.
Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 130 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,292 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 21 Historical Events
- 1435 –An agreement between Charles VII of France and Philip the Good ends the partnership between the English and Burgundy in Hundred Years’ War.
- 1780 –American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.
- 1823 –Joseph Smith is reportedly visited by the angel Moroni, who told him the location of gold plates, which Smith obtained four years later and partially translated into The Book of Mormon.
- 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 and Terespol.
- 1961 –Maiden flight of the CH-47 Chinook transportation helicopter.
- 1976 –Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the Chilean socialist government of Salvador Allende, overthrown in 1973 by Augusto Pinochet.
- 1976 –Seychelles joins the United Nations.
- 1981 –Belize is granted full independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1981 –Sandra Day O'Connor is unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate as the first female Supreme Court justice.
- 2001 –Deep Space 1 flies within 2,200 km of Comet Borrelly.
Who were born on September 21?
- 1849 –Maurice Barrymore, Indian-born patriarch of the Barrymore family (d. 1905)
- 1882 –Geevarghese Mar Ivanios, Indian Syrian Catholic bishop (d. 1953)
- 1918 –John Gofman, American Manhattan Project scientist and advocate (d. 2007)
- 1952 –Dave Gregory, English guitar and keyboard player (XTC)
- 1955 –Gulshan Grover, Indian actor
- 1968 –Ricki Lake, American actress and talk show hostess
- 1973 –Heather Brewer, American author.
- 1974 –Bryce Drew, American basketball player
- 1979 –Jaymee Ong, Australian model
- 1980 –Autumn Reeser, American actress
Who died on September 21?
- 1397 –Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (executed) (b. 1346
- 1743 –Jai Singh II, King of Amber-Juiper (b. 1688)
- 1798 –George Read, American lawyer and signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1733)
- 1946 –Olga Engl, Austrian actress (b. 1871)
- 1956 –Bill Struth, 2nd manager of Rangers FC (b. 1875)
- 1974 –Walter Brennan, American actor (b. 1894)
- 1997 –Jennifer Holt, American actress (b. 1920)
- 2000 –Jacques Flynn, Canadian politician and senator (b. 1915)
- 2004 –Bob Mason, British actor (b. 1952)
- 2006 –Boz Burrell, English rock musician (b. 1946)
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