Page 8: 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 this day in history.   

1989  Hurricane Hugo bashes Charleston, SC, with winds of up to 135 miles per hour, causing an estimated $8 billion in damage on this day in history.   

1989  Poland's Sejm (National Assembly) approves prime minister Mazowiecki on September - 21.   

1989  On September - 21 f Fischer, German war criminal (4, Two of Breda), dies   

1991  Armenia votes on whether to remain in the Soviet Union on September - 21.   

1991  Angelo "Little Moe" Rossitto, dwarf actor (Carousel), dies at 83 on September - 21.   

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 September - 21.   

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

1994  Arthur Krim, US director (United Artists, Orion Pictures), dies on this day in history.   

1995  On September - 21 irven Spence, animator, dies at 86   

1996  John F. Kennedy, Jr. marries Carolyn Bessette on Cumberland Island, GA on September - 21.   

1996  On this day in history john Stachniewski, scholar/teacher, dies at 42   

1997  On September - 21 a volcanic avalanche buries Montserrat's airport and flows into the Atlantic Ocean 5.5km away.   

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

1999  A powerful earthquake shakes Taiwan, killing nearly 2500 people on this day in history.   

2005  On September - 21 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 this day in history japanese Prime Minister, Yoshihiko Noda, wins a leadership ballot   

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

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  Andre Ward, unified light heavyweight champion and world’s top pound-for-pound boxer, announces his retirement on this day in history.   

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  On September - 21 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.   

2020  On this day in history 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   

2020  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 on September - 21.   

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 September - 21.   

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.   

2024  Farm Aid held in Saratoga Springs, New York; performers include Willie Nelson , John Mellencamp , Neil Young , Dave Matthews , Margo Price, Mavis Staples, Joy Oladokun, and Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats [1] on this day in history.   

2024  Sri Lankan presidential election: Anura Kumara Dissanayake is elected President of Sri Lanka, with a second round of vote counting held for the first time in Sri Lanka's history on this day in history.   

2024  Hurricane Helene made landfall in the United States on September 26 on this day in history.   

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1051  On this day in history birth of bertha of Savoy, German queen and Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1087)   

1328  Hongwu Emperor of China (d. 1398) was born on September - 21.   

1372  On September - 21 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 September - 21.   

1415  On September - 21 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  On this day in history birth of girolamo Savonarola, monk/reformer/dictator of Florence (1494-98)   

1527  On September - 21 birth of matthaus Ludecus, composer   

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

0454  On September - 21 death of aëtius, Roman general (bc. 396)   

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

1217  Death of Lembitu of Lehola, Estonian soldier on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.