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September 21 is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 101 days remain until the end of the year. It is occasionally the day of the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the day of the vernal equinox in the Southern Hemisphere , though this usually falls on September 22 or September 23 .
Events Pre-1600 1601–1900 1901–present 1921 – A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes , killing 500–600 people.1933 – Salvador Lutteroth establishes Mexican professional wrestling.1934 – A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing more than 3,000 people.1938 – The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York . The death toll is estimated at 500–700 people.1939 – Romanian Prime Minister Armand Călinescu is assassinated by the Iron Guard.1942 – The Holocaust in Ukraine : On the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur , Nazis send over 1,000 Jews of Pidhaitsi to Bełżec extermination camp .1942 – The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Dunaivtsi , Ukraine, Nazis murder 2,588 Jews. 1942 – The Holocaust in Poland : At the end of Yom Kippur, Germans order Jews to permanently move from Konstantynów to Biała Podlaska . 1942 – The Boeing B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight. 1953 – Lieutenant No Kum-sok , a North Korean pilot , defects to South Korea with his jet fighter.1957 – Pamir barque , was shipwrecked and sank off the Azores during Hurricane Carrie .[2] 1964 – Malta gains independence from the United Kingdom , but remains in the Commonwealth .1964 – The North American XB-70 Valkyrie , the world's fastest bomber, makes its maiden flight from Palmdale, California. 1965 – The Gambia , Maldives and Singapore are admitted as members of the United Nations .1971 – Bahrain , Bhutan and Qatar join the United Nations.1972 – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos begins authoritarian rule by declaring martial law .1976 – Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. He had been a member of the former Chilean Marxist government.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. 1984 – Brunei joins the United Nations.1991 – Armenia gains independence from the Soviet Union.1993 – Russian President Boris Yeltsin triggers a constitutional crisis when he suspends parliament and scraps the constitution .1996 – The Defense of Marriage Act is passed by the United States Congress.1997 – St. Olaf's Church , a stone church from the 16th century in Tyrvää , Finland , was burnt down by a burglar.[3] 1999 – The Chi-Chi earthquake occurs in central Taiwan, leaving about 2,400 people dead.2001 – America: A Tribute to Heroes 2001 – Ross Parker is murdered in Peterborough, England , by a gang of ten British Pakistani youths. 2003 – The Galileo spacecraft is terminated by sending it into Jupiter's atmosphere.2012 – Three Egyptian militants open fire on a group of Israeli soldiers in a southern Israel cross-border attack .[4] 2013 – Al-Shabaab Islamic militants attack the Westgate shopping mall in Kenya , killing at least 67 people.2018 — Killing of Zak Kostopoulos , LGBT rights activist beaten to death on a busy street in Athens[5] 2019 – A 5.6 Mw earthquake shakes the Albanian port of Durrës . Forty-nine people are injured in the capital, Tirana .[6] Births Pre-1600 580 – Pope Vitalian (d. 672)953 – Abu Ishaq Ibrahim , Buyid prince1051 – Bertha of Savoy (d. 1087)1371 – Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1440)1407 – Leonello d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara , Italian noble (d. 1450)1411 – Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York , English politician, Lord Protector of England (d. 1460)1415 – Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1493)1428 – Jingtai Emperor of China (d. 1457)1433 – Guillaume Fichet , French scholar and academic (d. 1480)1452 – Girolamo Savonarola , Italian priest and philosopher (d. 1498)1457 – Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of Bavaria , Polish princess (d. 1502)1552 – Barbara Longhi , Italian painter (d. 1638)1559 – Cigoli , Italian painter and architect (d. 1613)1601–1900 1629 – Philip Howard , English cardinal (d. 1694)1640 – Philippe I, Duke of Orléans , younger son of Louis XIII of France and his wife (d. 1701)1645 – Louis Jolliet , Canadian explorer (d. 1700)1706 – Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg (d. 1735)1758 – Christopher Gore , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 8th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1827)1760 – Ivan Dmitriev , Russian poet and politician, Minister of Justice for Imperial Russia (d. 1837)1776 – John Fitchett , English poet (d. 1838)1819 – Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois (d. 1864)1840 – Murad V , Ottoman sultan (d. 1904)1842 – Abdul Hamid II , 34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1918)1846 – Mihály Kolossa , Hungarian-Slovene author and poet (d. 1906)1849 – Maurice Barrymore , American actor (d. 1905)1851 – Fanny Searls , American biologist (d. 1939)[7] 1853 – Heike Kamerlingh Onnes , Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1926)1859 – Francesc Macià , Catalan colonel and politician, 122nd President of Catalonia (d. 1933)1862 – James E. Talmage , English-American religious leader and author (d. 1933)1863 – John Bunny , American actor (d. 1915)1866 – Charles Nicolle , French-Tunisian microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)1866 – H. G. Wells , English novelist, historian, and critic (d. 1946) 1867 – Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe , English politician, 4th Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1958)1867 – Henry L. Stimson , American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 46th United States Secretary of State (d. 1950) 1872 – Henry Tingle Wilde , English chief officer on the RMS Titanic (d. 1912)1873 – Papa Jack Laine , American drummer and bandleader (d. 1966)1874 – Gustav Holst , English composer and educator (d. 1934)1878 – Peter McWilliam , Scottish-English footballer and manager (d. 1951)1882 – Geevarghese Ivanios , Indian metropolitan (d. 1953)1884 – Dénes Kőnig , Hungarian mathematician and theorist (d. 1944)1890 – Max Immelmann , German lieutenant and pilot (d. 1916)1890 – Charles William Train , English sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1965) 1894 – Anton Piëch , Austrian lawyer and businessman (d. 1952)1898 – Frances Mary Albrier , American civil rights activist (d. 1987)[8] 1899 – Frederick Coutts , Scottish 8th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1986)1901–present 1902 – Luis Cernuda , Spanish poet and critic (d. 1963)1902 – Allen Lane , English publisher, founded Penguin Books (d. 1970) 1902 – Howie Morenz , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1937) 1903 – Preston Tucker , American engineer and businessman, designed the Tucker Sedan (d. 1956)1904 – Hans Hartung , German-French painter (d. 1989)1905 – Robert Lebel , Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1999)1906 – Henry Beachell , American biologist and botanist (d. 2006)1909 – Kwame Nkrumah , Ghanaian educator and politician, 1st President of Ghana (d. 1972)1910 – Meinrad Schütter , Swiss composer (d. 2006)1912 – Chuck Jones , American animator, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)1912 – György Sándor , Hungarian pianist and composer (d. 2005) 1916 – Françoise Giroud , Swiss-French journalist and politician, French Minister of Culture (d. 2003)1917 – Phyllis Nicolson , English mathematician and academic (d. 1968)1918 – John Gofman , American physicist, chemist, and biologist (d. 2007)1918 – Karl Slover , American actor (d. 2011) 1918 – Juan José Arreola , Mexican writer and academic (d. 2001) 1919 – Mario Bunge , Argentinian-Canadian physicist and philosopher (d. 2020)1919 – Herman Fowlkes, Jr. , American trumpet player and educator (d. 1993) 1919 – Fazlur Rahman Malik , Pakistani philosopher and scholar (d. 1988) 1920 – Kenneth McAlpine , British race car driver1921 – John McHale , American baseball player and manager (d. 2008)1923 – Fred Hunt , British jazz pianist (d. 1986)[9] 1924 – Hermann Buhl , Austrian mountaineer (d. 1957)1926 – Don Dunstan , Fijian-Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Premier of South Australia (d. 1999)1926 – Donald A. Glaser , American physicist and neurobiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) 1926 – Fereydoon Moshiri , Iranian poet and critic (d. 2000) 1929 – Sándor Kocsis , Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 1979)1929 – Edgar Valter , Estonian author and illustrator (d. 2006) 1929 – Bernard Williams , English-Italian philosopher and academic (d. 2003) 1930 – John Morgan , Welsh-Canadian actor and screenwriter (d. 2004)1930 – Bob Stokoe , English footballer and manager (d. 2004) 1931 – Larry Hagman , American actor, director, and producer (d. 2012)1932 – Shirley Conran , English journalist and author1932 – Marjorie Fletcher , English Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service (d. 2008) 1932 – Don Preston , American keyboard player and composer 1933 – Allan Jeans , Australian footballer and coach (d. 2011)1933 – Dick Simon , American race car driver 1934 – Leonard Cohen , Canadian singer-songwriter and poet (d. 2016)1934 – María Rubio , Mexican actress (d. 2018) 1935 – Jimmy Armfield , English footballer and manager (d. 2018)1935 – Henry Gibson , American actor (d. 2009) 1936 – Ian Albery , English manager and producer1936 – Dickey Lee , American pop-country singer-songwriter and guitarist 1936 – Yury Luzhkov , Russian soldier and politician, 2nd Mayor of Moscow (d. 2019) 1936 – Diane Rehm , American journalist and radio host 1937 – John D'Amico , Canadian ice hockey player and referee (d. 2005)1938 – Doug Moe , American basketball player and coach1938 – Olu Falae , Nigerian politician and government official 1939 – Agnivesh , Indian philosopher, academic, and politician1940 – Ron Fenton , English footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2013)1940 – Hermann Knoflacher , Austrian engineer and academic 1940 – Bill Kurtis , American journalist and producer 1941 – Jack Brisco , American wrestler and manager (d. 2010)1941 – R. James Woolsey, Jr. , American scholar and diplomat, 16th Director of Central Intelligence 1942 – Sam McDowell , American baseball player1943 – David Hood , American session bassist and trombone player1943 – Jerry Bruckheimer , American film and television producer 1944 – Steve Beshear , American lawyer and politician, 61st Governor of Kentucky 1944 – Marcus Binney , English historian and author 1944 – Fannie Flagg , American actress, comedian, and author 1944 – Hamilton Jordan , American politician, 8th White House Chief of Staff (d. 2008) 1944 – Bobby Tench , English singer-songwriter and guitarist 1945 – Richard Childress , American race car driver and businessman1945 – Shaw Clifton , Northern Irish 18th General of The Salvation Army 1945 – Kay Ryan , American poet and educator 1946 – Rose Garrard , English sculptor and author1946 – Moritz Leuenberger , Swiss lawyer and politician, 87th President of the Swiss Confederation 1946 – Mart Siimann , Estonian psychologist and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Estonia 1947 – Don Felder , American musician and songwriter1947 – Keith Harris , English ventriloquist and singer (d. 2015) 1947 – Rupert Hine , English musician, songwriter, and record producer 1947 – Stephen King , American author and screenwriter 1947 – Ed Nimmervoll , Austrian-Australian journalist, historian, and author (d. 2014) 1947 – Marsha Norman , American playwright and author 1948 – Jack Dromey , English union leader and politician1948 – Mitsuo Momota , Japanese wrestler 1949 – Henry Butler , American pianist and photographer (d. 2018)1949 – Artis Gilmore , American basketball player and radio host 1949 – Odilo Scherer , Brazilian cardinal 1950 – Charles Clarke , English economist and politician, Secretary of State for Education 1950 – Bill Murray , American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter 1951 – Bruce Arena , American soccer player and manager1951 – Aslan Maskhadov , Chechen general and politician, 3rd President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (d. 2005) 1952 – Dave Gregory , English guitarist and keyboard player1952 – John Taylor, Baron Taylor of Warwick , English lawyer and politician 1953 – Arie Luyendyk , Dutch race car driver and sportscaster1953 – Reinhard Marx , German cardinal 1954 – Shinzō Abe , Japanese lawyer and politician, 90th Prime Minister of Japan 1954 – Thomas S. Ray , American ecologist and academic 1954 – Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor , English rock drummer (d. 2015) 1955 – Richard Hieb , American engineer and astronaut1955 – Israel Katz , Israeli politician[10] 1955 – Mika Kaurismäki , Finnish director, producer, and screenwriter 1956 – Jack Givens , American basketball player and sportscaster1956 – Marta Kauffman , American screenwriter and producer 1956 – Ricky Morton , American wrestler 1957 – Ethan Coen , American director, producer, and screenwriter1957 – Mark Levin , American lawyer, radio host, and author 1957 – Sidney Moncrief , American basketball player and coach 1957 – Kevin Rudd , Australian politician and diplomat, 26th Prime Minister of Australia 1958 – Rick Mahorn , American basketball player and coach1958 – Simon Mayo , English radio host 1959 – Crin Antonescu , Romanian educator and politician, former Interim President of Romania 1959 – Andrzej Buncol , Polish footballer 1959 – Dave Coulier , American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter 1959 – Danny Cox , English-American baseball player and coach 1959 – Corinne Drewery , English singer-songwriter and fashion designer 1960 – David James Elliott , Canadian-American actor and director1960 – Masoumeh Ebtekar , Iranian journalist, politician and scientist, first woman Vice President of Iran 1960 – Kelley Eskridge , American author and screenwriter 1960 – Musalia Mudavadi , Kenyan politician and Former Deputy Prime Minister 1960 – Graham Southern , English art dealer and gallery owner 1960 – Maurizio Cattelan , Italian sculptor 1961 – Billy Collins, Jr. , American boxer (d. 1984)1961 – Dan Borislow , American businessman and inventor (d. 2014) 1961 – Nancy Travis , American actress and producer 1962 – Rob Morrow , American actor1963 – Curtly Ambrose , Antiguan cricketer and bass player1963 – Cecil Fielder , American baseball player and manager 1963 – Angus Macfadyen , Scottish actor and screenwriter 1963 – Mamoru Samuragochi , Japanese composer 1963 – Trevor Steven , English footballer 1963 – David J. Wales , British academic and educator 1964 – Jorge Drexler , Uruguayan singer-songwriter1964 – Lester Quitzau , Canadian guitarist 1965 – Frédéric Beigbeder , French author and critic1965 – Cheryl Hines , American actress 1965 – Johanna Vuoksenmaa , Finnish director and screenwriter 1966 – Kerrin Lee-Gartner , Canadian skier and journalist1967 – Faith Hill , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress1967 – Suman Pokhrel , Nepali poet, lyricist and playwright 1967 – Tyler Stewart , Canadian drummer 1968 – Kevin Buzzard , British mathematician1968 – David Jude Jolicoeur , American rapper, songwriter, and producer 1968 – Ricki Lake , American actress, producer, and talk show host 1969 – Anne Burrell , American chef and television host1969 – Jason Christiansen , American baseball player 1969 – Curtis Leschyshyn , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster 1970 – Melissa Ferrick , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1970 – Samantha Power , Irish-American journalist, academic, and diplomat, 28th United States Ambassador to the United Nations 1971 – John Crawley , English cricketer and academic1971 – Alfonso Ribeiro , American actor, director, and comedian 1971 – Luke Wilson , American actor, director, and screenwriter 1972 – Olivia Bonamy , French actress1972 – Liam Gallagher , English singer-songwriter 1972 – Jon Kitna , American football player and coach 1973 – Vanessa Grigoriadis , American journalist and author1973 – Virginia Ruano Pascual , Spanish tennis player 1973 – Oswaldo Sánchez , Mexican footballer 1974 – Bryce Drew , American basketball player and coach1974 – Andy Todd , English footballer and manager 1975 – Doug Davis , American baseball player1976 – Jonas Bjerre , Danish singer-songwriter and guitarist1976 – Poul Hübertz , Danish footballer and manager 1977 – Kārlis Lācis , Latvian pianist and composer1977 – Andre Pärn , Estonian basketball player 1977 – Kohei Sato , Japanese wrestler 1977 – Brian Tallet , American baseball player 1978 – Paulo Costanzo , Canadian actor, director, and producer1978 – Luke Godden , Australian footballer 1978 – Doug Howlett , New Zealand rugby player 1979 – James Allan , Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist1979 – Richard Dunne , Irish footballer 1979 – Chris Gayle , Jamaican cricketer 1979 – Julian Gray , English footballer 1979 – Monika Merl , German runner 1980 – Nyree Kindred , Welsh swimmer1980 – Tomas Scheckter , South African race car driver 1980 – Autumn Reeser , American actress 1980 – Kareena Kapoor , Indian actress 1981 – Nicole Richie , American actress, fashion designer, and author1981 – Sarah Whatmore , English singer-songwriter[11] 1982 – Eduardo Azevedo , Brazilian race car driver1982 – Dominic Perrottet , Australian politician, 46th Premier of New South Wales [12] 1982 – Christos Tapoutos , Greek basketball player 1982 – Rowan Vine , English footballer 1983 – Ndiss Kaba Badji , Senegalese athlete1983 – Alex Bailey , British footballer 1983 – Dwayne Barker , English rugby league player 1983 – Sarah Rees Brennan , Irish writer 1983 – Stipe Buljan , Croatian footballer 1983 – John Castillo , Colombian footballer 1983 – Fernando Cavenaghi , Argentine footballer 1983 – Wagner Diniz , Brazilian footballer 1983 – Moustapha Djallit , Algerian footballer 1983 – Francesco Dracone , Italian race car driver 1983 – Scott Evans , American actor 1983 – Anna Favella , Italian actress 1983 – Éder Monteiro Fernandes , Brazilian footballer 1983 – Kristian Gidlund , Swedish drummer and journalist (d. 2013) 1983 – Maggie Grace , American actress 1983 – Bryan Willis Hamilton , American musician 1983 – Liam Harrison , British rugby league player 1983 – Cristian Hidalgo , Spanish footballer 1983 – Greg Jennings , American football player 1983 – Dorothea Kalpakidou , Greek discus thrower 1983 – Derek Landri , American footballer 1983 – C. S. Magaoay , American researcher and activist 1983 – Joseph Mazzello , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1983 – Anna Meares , Australian track cyclist 1983 – Reggie Nelson , American footballer 1983 – Dênis Oliveira de Souza , Brazilian footballer 1983 – Rasmus Persson , Swedish radio personality 1983 – Marcin Piekarski , Polish luger 1983 – Rafael Marques Pinto , Brazilian footballer 1983 – Tori Polk , American athlete 1983 – Miguel Potes Mina , Colombian footballer 1983 – Javier Alejandro Rabbia , Argentine footballer 1983 – Wakakirin Shinichi , Japanese sumo wrestler and mixed martial artist 1983 – Joana Solnado , Portuguese actress 1983 – Ben Richardson , British cinematographer 1983 – Asa Taccone , American musician 1983 – Ronny Toma , Italian footballer 1983 – Sanka Wijegunaratne , Sri Lankan cricketer 1983 – Ycare , French singer songwriter 1984 – Ben Wildman-Tobriner , American swimmer1984 – Wale , American rapper 1985 – Justin Durant , American football player1986 – Faris Badwan , English singer-songwriter1986 – Lindsey Stirling , American violinist and composer 1987 – Jimmy Clausen , American football player1987 – Anthony Don , Australian rugby league player 1987 – Marcelo Estigarribia , Paraguayan footballer 1987 – Murilo Maccari , Brazilian footballer 1987 – Ashley Paris , American basketball player 1987 – Courtney Paris , American basketball player 1987 – Michał Pazdan , Polish footballer 1987 – Ivelisse Vélez , Puerto Rican wrestler 1988 – Doug Baldwin , American football player1988 – Bilawal Bhutto Zardari , Pakistani politician 1989 – Jason Derulo , American singer-songwriter1989 – Sandor Earl , Australian rugby league player 1989 – Emma Watkins , Australian singer and actress 1990 – Al-Farouq Aminu , American basketball player1990 – Danny Batth , English footballer 1990 – Rob Cross , English darts player 1990 – Ivan Dorschner , American-Filipino model and actor 1990 – Sam Kasiano , New Zealand rugby league player 1991 – Anastassia Kovalenko , Estonian motorcycle racer1992 – Kim Jong-dae , South Korean singer-songwriter1992 – Rodrigo Godínez , Mexican footballer 1993 – Kirsty Gilmour , Scottish badminton player[13] 1993 – Kwon Mina , South Korean singer and actress 1993 – Ante Rebić , Croatian footballer 1998 – Máscara de Bronce , Mexican wrestler1999 – Wang Junkai , Chinese singer1999 – Alexander Isak , Eritrean-Swedish professional footballer Deaths Pre-1600 19 BC – Virgil , Roman poet (b. 70 BC)454 – Flavius Aetius , Roman general and politician (b. 396)687 – Pope Conon (b. 630)1026 – Otto-William, Count of Burgundy 1217 – Lembitu , Estonian king and military leader1217 – Caupo of Turaida 1235 – Andrew II of Hungary (b. 1175)1256 – William of Kilkenny , Lord Chancellor of England1327 – Edward II of England (b. 1284)[14] 1397 – Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel , English admiral (b. 1346)1558 – Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1500)[15] 1576 – Gerolamo Cardano , Italian mathematician, physician, and astrologer (b. 1501)1586 – Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle , French cardinal and diplomat (b. 1517)1601–1900 1629 – Jan Pieterszoon Coen , Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1587)1637 – William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (b. 1602)1643 – Emperor Hong Taiji of China (b. 1592)1709 – Ivan Mazepa , Ukrainian statesman, Hetman of Zaporizhian Host (b. 1639)1719 – Johann Heinrich Acker , German historian and academic (b. 1647)1743 – Jai Singh II , Indian king (b. 1688)1748 – John Balguy , English philosopher and author (b. 1686)1796 – François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers , French general (b. 1769)1798 – George Read , American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Delaware (b. 1733)1812 – Emanuel Schikaneder , German actor and playwright (b. 1751)1832 – Walter Scott , Scottish novelist, playwright, and poet (b. 1771)1860 – Arthur Schopenhauer , German philosopher and author (b. 1788)1874 – Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont , French geologist and engineer (b. 1798)1880 – Manuel Montt , Chilean scholar and politician, 6th President of Chile (b. 1809)1901–present 1904 – Chief Joseph , American tribal leader (b. 1840)1905 – Nikolay Benardos , Ukrainian inventor (b. 1842)1906 – Samuel Arnold , American conspirator (b. 1838)1926 – Léon Charles Thévenin , French engineer (b. 1857)1933 – Kenji Miyazawa , Japanese author and poet (b. 1896)1937 – Osgood Perkins , American actor (b. 1892)1938 – Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić , Croatian author and poet (b. 1874)1939 – Armand Călinescu , Romanian economist and politician, 39th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1893)1942 – John Symes , English cricketer (b. 1879)1944 – Alexander Koshetz , Ukrainian choral conductor, arranger, composer (b. 1875)1944 – Artur Phleps , Romanian general (b. 1881) 1947 – Harry Carey , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1878)1953 – Necmettin Sadak , Turkish publisher and politician, 10th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1890)1954 – Mikimoto Kōkichi , Japanese businessman (b. 1858)1956 – Bill Struth , Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1875)1957 – Haakon VII of Norway (b. 1872)1958 – Peter Whitehead , English race car driver (b. 1914)1961 – Ed Oliver , American golfer (b. 1915)1962 – Bo Carter , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1892)1963 – Paulino Masip , Spanish author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1899)1964 – Josef Müller , Croatian entomologist (b. 1880)1966 – Paul Reynaud , French lawyer and politician, 118th Prime Minister of France (b. 1878)1971 – Bernardo Houssay , Argentinian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)1972 – Henry de Montherlant , French essayist, novelist, and dramatist (b. 1896)1974 – Walter Brennan , American actor (b. 1894)1974 – Jacqueline Susann , American author and actress (b. 1918) 1975 – Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu , Turkish painter and poet (b. 1911)1976 – Benjamin Graham , British-American economist, professor, and investor (b. 1894)[16] 1976 – Orlando Letelier , Chilean economist and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Chile (b. 1932) 1982 – Ivan Bagramyan , Russian general (b. 1897)1983 – Andrew Brewin , Canadian politician (b. 1907)1983 – Bob Donham , American basketball player (b. 1926) 1983 – Bada Rajan , Indian mobster (b. unknown) 1983 – Birgit Tengroth , Swedish actor (b. 1915) 1983 – Willy Trenk-Trebitsch , Austrian actor (b. 1902) 1983 – Xavier Zubiri , Basque philosopher (b. 1898) 1985 – Gu Long , Chinese author and screenwriter (b. 1937)1987 – Jaco Pastorius , American bass player, composer, and producer (b. 1951)1988 – Glenn Robert Davis , American lieutenant and politician (b. 1914)1989 – Rajini Thiranagama , Sri Lankan physician and academic (b. 1954)1990 – Takis Kanellopoulos , Greek director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1933)1991 – Gordon Bashford , English engineer (b. 1916)1992 – Tarachand Barjatya , Indian film producer, founded Rajshri Productions (b. 1914)1995 – Rudy Perpich , American dentist and politician, 34th Governor of Minnesota (b. 1928)1998 – Florence Griffith Joyner , American sprinter (b. 1959)2000 – Jacques Flynn , Canadian lawyer and politician, 35th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1915)2000 – Leonid Rogozov , Russian physician and surgeon (b. 1934) 2002 – Robert L. Forward , American physicist and science fiction author (b. 1932)[17] 2004 – Bob Mason , English actor and screenwriter (b. 1952)2006 – Tasos Athanasiadis , Greek author (b. 1913)2007 – Hallgeir Brenden , Norwegian skier (b. 1929)2007 – Alice Ghostley , American actress (b. 1923) 2007 – Rex Humbard , American evangelist and television host (b. 1919) 2009 – Robert Ginty , American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1948)2011 – John Du Cann , English guitarist (b. 1946)2011 – Jun Henmi , Japanese author and poet (b. 1939) 2011 – Pamela Ann Rymer , American lawyer and judge (b. 1941) 2012 – José Curbelo , Cuban-American pianist and manager (b. 1917)2012 – Yehuda Elkana , Israeli historian and philosopher (b. 1934) 2012 – Sven Hassel , Danish-German soldier and author (b. 1917) 2012 – Bill King , English commander, sailor, and author (b. 1910) 2012 – Tom Umphlett , American baseball player and manager (b. 1930) 2013 – Kofi Awoonor , Ghanaian author, poet, and diplomat (b. 1935)2013 – Michel Brault , Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928) 2013 – Harl H. Haas, Jr. , American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1932) 2013 – Walter Wallmann , German lawyer and politician, Minister-President of Hesse (b. 1932) 2013 – Ko Wierenga , Dutch lawyer and politician (b. 1933) 2014 – Michael Harari , Israeli intelligence officer (b. 1927)2014 – Caldwell Jones , American basketball player and coach (b. 1950) 2014 – Sheldon Patinkin , American director and playwright (b. 1935) 2015 – Yoram Gross , Polish-Australian director and producer (b. 1926)2015 – Ray Warleigh , Australian-English saxophonist and flute player (b. 1938) 2015 – Richard Williamson , American footballer and coach (b. 1941) 2018 – Trần Đại Quang , President of Vietnam (b. 1956)2018 – Vitaliy Masol , Ukrainian Former Prime Minister (b.1928)[18] 2020 – Arthur Ashkin , American scientist and Nobel laureate (b. 1922)[19] 2021 – Willie Garson , American actor (b. 1964)[20] Holidays and observances Autumnal equinox observances in the Northern Hemisphere, vernal equinox observances in the Southern Hemisphere (see September 22 ):Other In the popular 1978 song "September " by Earth, Wind & Fire , the date is mentioned in the lyric "Do you remember the 21st night of September?" Reference to this date has gained popularity due to the song's spread as an internet meme .[22] References ^ Hunt, Giles. The Duel: Castlereagh, Canning and Deadly Cabinet Rivalry . Bloomsbury Academic, 2008. p.137 ^ Hauke Goos. "Die Seelenverkäufer" (in German) - Der Spiegel ^ Church of St Olaf Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine ^ "Jihadists say launched border attack as 'revenge over film' . Ynetnews . 2012-09-23. Retrieved 2018-10-30 .^ "The Killing of Zak Kostopoulos" . Forensic Architecture . Retrieved 7 October 2021 .^ "5.6 magnitude earthquake strikes Albanian capital city" , Global News , Sep 21, 2019, retrieved Sep 21, 2019 ^ Tiehm, Arnold (1985). "Fanny Searls (1851-1939)". Brittonia . 37 (1): 41. doi :10.1007/BF02809668 . ^ "Harvard Mirador Viewer" . iiif.lib.harvard.edu . Retrieved 2019-12-02 .^ "Fred Hunt Biography" .^ "Israel Katz" . Knesset. 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