Historical Events In September - 21

1988  Mike Tyson threatens a TV reporter in NJ on September - 21.   

1988  Christine Norden, actress (Little Shop of Horroers, Night Beat), dies on September - 21.   

1989  On September - 21 hurricane Hugo bashes Charleston, SC, with winds of up to 135 miles per hour, causing an estimated $8 billion in damage.   

1989  Poland's Sejm (National Assembly) approves prime minister Mazowiecki on this day in history.   

1989  F Fischer, German war criminal (4, Two of Breda), dies on this day in history.   

1991  On September - 21 armenia votes on whether to remain in the Soviet Union   

1991  Angelo "Little Moe" Rossitto, dwarf actor (Carousel), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1992  On September - 21 billy Williams, actor (Adv of Kit Carson), dies at 76 of brain tumor   

1993  The first ever meeting between the Pope and the Israeli Chief Rabii takes place on this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history fernand Ledoux, Belgian/French actor (L'Homme de Londres), dies at 96   

1994  On September - 21 arthur Krim, US director (United Artists, Orion Pictures), dies   

1995  On this day in history irven Spence, animator, dies at 86   

1996  John F. Kennedy, Jr. marries Carolyn Bessette on Cumberland Island, GA on this day in history.   

1996  John Stachniewski, scholar/teacher, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1997  A volcanic avalanche buries Montserrat's airport and flows into the Atlantic Ocean 5.5km away on this day in history.   

1997  On this day in history tommy Cecil, ferryman, dies at 51   

1999  On September - 21 a powerful earthquake shakes Taiwan, killing nearly 2500 people.   

2005  On this day in history popular P2P client WinMX is confirmed to be offline.   

2007  On September - 21 the Supreme Court of Chile rules that former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori must be extradited to Peru so Fujimori can face charges of corruption and human rights abuse.   

2012  On September - 21 japanese Prime Minister, Yoshihiko Noda, wins a leadership ballot   

2013  6 people are killed in military and insurgent conflict in Zamboanga City, Philippines on this day in history.   

2017  Discovery of the first brainless animal that sleeps, the jellyfish Cassiopea, research published in "Current Biology" by Caltech scientists on this day in history.   

2017  On September - 21 andre Ward, unified light heavyweight champion and world’s top pound-for-pound boxer, announces his retirement   

2018  On September - 21 fossil of Dickinsonia, “the Holy Grail of palaeontology” proven to be oldest known animal fossil, 558 million years old from White Sea, Russia   

2019  U.S. President Donald Trump approves deployment of several hundred troops and military equipment to Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates following the September 14 attack on Saudi oil refineries. Both Saudi Arabia and Iran vow to defend themselves on September - 21.   

2020  WHO Director Tedros Ghebreyesus says countries representing 2/3 of the world's population have joined its COVAX vaccine-distribution initiative to deliver 2 billion doses by end 2021 on this day in history.   

2020  On this day in history microsoft agrees to buy video game holding company ZeniMax Media, including Bethesda Softworks and their following subsidiaries for US$7.5 billion, in what is the biggest and most expensive takeover in the history of the video game industry.   

2023  On September - 21 australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch at 92 announces he is retiring from the boards of Fox and News Corporation, leaving his son Lachlan in charge [1]   

2023  King Charles III becomes the first British monarch to make a speech from France’s senate chamber on a three day trip to the country [1] on this day in history.   

2023  On September - 21 rupert Murdoch announces his retirement and passes his businesses on to his son Lachlan. Murdoch led News Corp and Fox, and formerly Sky Group.   

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1051  Bertha of Savoy, German queen and Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1087) was born on this day in history.   

1328  Hongwu Emperor of China (d. 1398) was born on this day in history.   

1372  Frederik I van Hohenzollern, monarch of Brandenburg (1417-40) was born on this day in history.   

1411  Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (d. 1460) was born on September - 21.   

1415  Frederick III, Innsbruck Austria, German Emperor (1440-1493) was born on September - 21.   

1428  Jingtai Emperor of China (d. 1457) was born on this day in history.   

1452  On September - 21 birth of girolamo Savonarola, monk/reformer/dictator of Florence (1494-98)   

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

0019  On September - 21 death of virgil, Roman poet (b. 70 BC)   

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

0687  Conon, Sicilian Pope (686-87), dies on this day in history.   

1217  Death of Lembitu of Lehola, Estonian soldier on September - 21.   

1327  On this day in history death of edward II, king of England (1307-1327), assassinated at 43   

1397  On this day in history death of richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (executed) (b. 1346)   

1433  Death of Zweder van Kuilenberg, bishop of Utrecht on this day in history.   

1440  Frederik I van Hohenzollern, ruler Brandenburg (1417-40), dies at 68 on this day in history.