Historical Events In September - 21

1920  On September - 21 jay Ward, cartoonist (Rocky & his Friends, Bullwinkle)  

1921  On this day in history gas generator explodes at Bradishe Aniline chemical works in Germany  

1921  On September - 21 gas explodes at Bradishe Aniline chemical works in Germany, 565 die  

1922  Pres Warren G Harding signs a joint resolution of approval to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine on this day in history.  

1922  Lode Backx, Flemish pianist on September - 21.  

1922  Tom Armitage, cricketer (England lob bowler v Australia 1877), dies on this day in history.  

1923  On this day in history harry JN Vane 11th Lord Barnard, English large landowner  

1924  On September - 21 gail Russell, Chicago IL, actress (Uninvited, Moonrise, Unseen)  

1926  On this day in history donald A Glaser, physicist (Nobel-1960)  

1928  "My Weekly Reader" magazine made its debut on September - 21.  

1929  On September - 21 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 the flashbulb on September - 21.  

1930  Johann Ostermeyer patents flashbulb on this day in history.  

1930  Dawn Addams, Felixstown Engl, actress (Alan Young Show, Star Maidens) on September - 21.  

1931  On this day in history britain goes off the gold standard  

1931  On September - 21 england goes off the gold standard.  

1931  On September - 21 britain abandons gold standard/pound devalues 20%  

1931  Larry Hagman, Fort Worth Tx, actor (I Dream of Jeannie, JR-Dallas) on this day in history.  

1932  Don Preston, rocker (Mothers Of Invention) on this day in history.  

1933  Trial against Marinus der Lubbe opens on September - 21.  

1934  On this day in history typhoon strikes Honshu Island Japan, kills 4,000  

1934  On September - 21 st Louis Card Paul Dean no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 3-0  

1934  Leonard Cohen, Montreal, singer/songwriter (Death of Ladies Man) on this day in history.  

1935  On this day in history henry Gibson, Germantown Pa, comedian (Nashville, Laugh-In's poet)  

1936  Spanish fascist junta names Franco to generalissimo/supreme commander on this day in history.  

1936  Yuriy Luzhkov, Russian politician, mayor of Moscow on September - 21.  

1937  On September - 21 j.R.R. Tolkien, publishes "The Hobbit"  

1937  J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" is published on this day in history.  

1937  On this day in history henri [Lucien] Capitant, French lawyer, dies at 72  

1938  Hurricane (winds 183 MPH) in New England kills 700 on this day in history.  

1938  More than 600 people are killed as a hurricane batters New England on this day in history.  

1938  Hurricane (183 MPH winds) in New England kills 700 on September - 21.  

1938  Atli Heimir Sveinsson, composer on September - 21.  

1939  On this day in history heydrich orders ghettos established in occupied Poland, under "Judenrats".  

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1051  On September - 21 birth of bertha of Savoy, German queen and Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1087)  

1328  On this day in history birth of hongwu Emperor of China (d. 1398)  

1372  On this day in history birth of frederik I van Hohenzollern, monarch of Brandenburg (1417-40)  

1411  Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (d. 1460) was born on this day in history.  

1415  On this day in history birth of frederick III, Innsbruck Austria, German Emperor (1440-1493)  

1428  On this day in history birth of jingtai Emperor of China (d. 1457)  

1452  Girolamo Savonarola, monk/reformer/dictator of Florence (1494-98) was born on this day in history.  

1527  Matthaus Ludecus, composer was born on this day in history.  

0019  Death of Virgil, Roman poet (b. 70 BC) on September - 21.  

0454  Death of Aëtius, Roman general (bc. 396) on September - 21.  

0687  On this day in history conon, Sicilian Pope (686-87), dies  

1217  On this day in history death of lembitu of Lehola, Estonian soldier  

1327  Death of Edward II, king of England (1307-1327), assassinated at 43 on this day in history.  

1397  Death of Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (executed) (b. 1346) on this day in history.  

1433  On this day in history death of zweder van Kuilenberg, bishop of Utrecht  

1440  Frederik I van Hohenzollern, ruler Brandenburg (1417-40), dies at 68 on September - 21.