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On this day: September 21st

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455 Emperor Avitus enters Rome with a Gallic army and consolidates his power.

1170 The Kingdom of Dublin falls to Norman invaders.

1217 Livonian Crusade: The Estonian leader Lembitu and Livonian leader Kaupo the Accursed are killed in the Battle of St. Matthew's Day.

1435 The Congress of Arras causes Burgundian State to switch sides in the Hundred Years' War.

1745 A Hanoverian army is Battle of Prestonpans, in ten minutes, by the Jacobitism forces of Charles Edward Stuart.

1776 Part of New York City is Great Fire of New York (1776) shortly after being occupied by British forces.

1780 American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.

1792 French Revolution: The National Convention Proclamation of the abolition of the monarchy.

1809 British Secretary of State for War and the Colonies Lord Castlereagh and Foreign Secretary George Canning meet in a Castlereagh-Canning duel on Putney Heath, with Castlereagh wounding Canning in the thigh.

1843 The crew of Chilean schooner Ancud (1843), led by John Williams Wilson, Chilean colonization of the Strait of Magellan of the Strait of Magellan on behalf of the Chilean government.

1860 Second Opium War: An Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao.

1862 Taiping Rebellion: The Ever Victorious Army defeats Taiping forces at the Battle of Cixi.

1896 Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener take Dongola.

1898 Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in Qing dynasty.

1921 A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, Oppau explosion, killing 500–600 people.

1933 Salvador Lutteroth establishes Mexican professional wrestling.

1934 A large 1934 Muroto typhoon hits western Honshu, Japan, killing more than 3,000 people.

1938 The 1938 New England hurricane makes landfall on Long Island in New York (state). 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 Belzec 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 Korea Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force, defects to South Korea with his jet fighter.

1957 ''Pamir (ship)'', a four-masted barque, was shipwrecked and sank off the Azores during Hurricane Carrie.

1964 Malta gains independence from the United Kingdom, but remains in the Commonwealth of Nations.

1964 The North American XB-70 Valkyrie, the world's fastest bomber, makes its maiden flight from Palmdale, California, California.

1965 The Gambia, Maldives and Singapore are admitted as members of the United Nations.

1969 Mexicana de Aviación Flight 801, a Boeing 727–100 passenger plane, crashes during a landing attempt in Mexico City, killing 27 of the 118 occupants.

1971 Bahrain, Bhutan and Qatar join the United Nations.

1972 Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos begins authoritarian rule by Proclamation № 1081.

1976 Orlando Letelier is Assassination of Orlando Letelier in Washington, D.C., at the order of 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 United States 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 Russian constitutional crisis of 1993 when he suspends Duma and scraps Russian Constitution of 1978.

1993 A 1993 Sukhumi airliner attacks by a missile in the Black Sea near Sukhumi, Georgia.

1996 The Defense of Marriage Act is passed by the United States Congress.

1997 St. Olaf's Church, Tyrvää, a stone church from the 16th century in Tyrvää, Finland, is burnt down by a burglar.

1999 The Chi-Chi earthquake occurs in central Taiwan, leaving about 2,400 people dead.

2001 ''America: A Tribute to Heroes'' is broadcast by over 35 network and cable channels, raising over $200 million for the victims of the September 11 attacks.

2001 murder of Ross Parker in Peterborough, by a gang of ten British Pakistani youths.

2003 The Galileo (spacecraft) is terminated by sending it into Jupiter's atmosphere.

2012 Three Egyptians militants open fire on a group of Israel Defense Forces in a September 2012 southern Israel cross-border attack.

2013 Al-Shabaab (militant group) Islamic militants Westgate shopping mall attack in Kenya, killing at least 67 people.

2015 AdventHealth # Lawsuits agreed to pay $118.7 million to settle allegations of fraud. It was the largest a hospital network has ever paid.

2018 Killing of Zak Kostopoulos, LGBT rights activist beaten to death on a busy street in Athens

2019 A 5.6 M<sub>w</sub> 2019 Albania earthquake shakes the Albania port of Durrës. Forty-nine people are injured in the capital, Tirana.

580 Pope Vitalian (d. 672)

953 Abu Ishaq Ibrahim (Buyid), Buyid prince

1051 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)

1629 Philip Howard (cardinal), 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, List of Ministers of Justice of Imperial Russia (d. 1837)

1776 John Fitchett (poet), 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)

1853 Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (d. 1926)

1859 Francesc Macià, Catalan colonel and politician, 122nd List of Presidents of the Generalitat de Catalunya (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 in Physiology or Medicine 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)

1893 Erna Scheffler, German lawyer and List of justices of the Federal Constitutional Court (d. 1983)

1894 Anton Piëch, Austrian lawyer and businessman (d. 1952)

1898 Frances Mary Albrier, American civil rights activist (d. 1987)

1899 Frederick Coutts, Scottish 8th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1986)

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 1948 Tucker Sedan (d. 1956)

1904 Hans Hartung, German-French painter (d. 1989)

1905 Robert Lebel (ice hockey), 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, Minister of Culture (France) (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 driver (d. 2023)

1921 John McHale (baseball), American baseball player and manager (d. 2008)

1923 Fred Hunt (musician), British jazz pianist (d. 1986)

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 in Physics 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 (comedian), 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 author (d. 2024)

1932 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 producer

1936 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 (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player and referee (d. 2005)

1938 Doug Moe, American basketball player and coach

1938 Olu Falae, Nigerian politician and government official

1939 Agnivesh, Indian philosopher, academic, and politician (d. 2020)

1940 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 player

1943 David Hood, American session bassist and trombone player

1943 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 (d. 2024)

1945 Richard Childress, American race car driver and businessman

1945 Shaw Clifton, Northern Irish 18th General of The Salvation Army (d. 2023)

1945 Kay Ryan, American poet and educator

1946 Rose Garrard, English sculptor and author

1946 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 songwriter

1947 Keith Harris (ventriloquist), English ventriloquist and singer (d. 2015)

1947 Rupert Hine, English musician, songwriter, and record producer (d. 2020)

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 politician (d. 2022)

1948 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 manager

1951 Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen general and politician, 3rd President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (d. 2005)

1952 Dave Gregory (musician), English guitarist and keyboard player

1952 John Taylor, Baron Taylor of Warwick, English lawyer and politician

1953 Arie Luyendyk, Dutch race car driver and sportscaster

1953 Reinhard Marx, German cardinal

1954 Shinzo Abe, Japanese lawyer and politician, 90th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2022)

1954 Thomas S. Ray, American ecologist and academic

1954 Phil Taylor (musician), English rock drummer (d. 2015)

1955 Richard Hieb, American engineer and astronaut

1955 Israel Katz, Israeli politician

1955 Mika Kaurismäki, Finnish director, producer, and screenwriter

1956 Jack Givens, American basketball player and sportscaster

1956 Marta Kauffman, American screenwriter and producer

1956 Ricky Morton, American wrestler

1957 Ethan Coen, American director, producer, and screenwriter

1957 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 coach

1958 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 (baseball), English-American baseball player and coach

1959 Corinne Drewery, English singer-songwriter and fashion designer

1960 David James Elliott, Canadian-American actor and director

1960 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 Serena Scott Thomas, English actress and producer

1961 Nancy Travis, American actress and producer

1962 Rob Morrow, American actor

1963 Curtly Ambrose, Antiguan cricketer and bass player

1963 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-songwriter

1964 Lester Quitzau, Canadian guitarist

1965 Frédéric Beigbeder, French author and critic

1965 Cheryl Hines, American actress

1965 Johanna Vuoksenmaa, Finnish director and screenwriter

1966 Kerrin Lee-Gartner, Canadian skier and journalist

1967 Faith Hill, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

1967 Suman Pokhrel, Nepali poet, lyricist and playwright

1967 Tyler Stewart, Canadian drummer

1968 Kevin Buzzard, British mathematician

1968 David Jude Jolicoeur, American rapper, songwriter, and producer (d. 2023)

1968 Ricki Lake, American actress, producer, and talk show host

1969 Anne Burrell, American chef and television host

1969 Jason Christiansen, American baseball player

1969 Curtis Leschyshyn, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

1969 Billy Porter (actor), American actor and singer

1970 Rob Benedict, American actor, screenwriter, and musician

1970 Melissa Ferrick, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1970 Samantha Power, Irish-American journalist, academic, and diplomat, 28th United States Ambassador to the United Nations

1971 John Crawley, English cricketer and academic

1971 James Lesure, Americana actor

1971 Alfonso Ribeiro, American actor, director, and comedian

1971 Luke Wilson, American actor, director, and screenwriter

1972 Olivia Bonamy, French actress

1972 Liam Gallagher, English singer-songwriter

1972 Jon Kitna, American football player and coach

1973 Vanessa Grigoriadis, American journalist and author

1973 Virginia Ruano Pascual, Spanish tennis player

1973 Oswaldo Sánchez, Mexican footballer

1974 Bryce Drew, American basketball player and coach

1974 Andy Todd (footballer born 1974), English footballer and manager

1975 Doug Davis (pitcher), American baseball player

1976 Jonas Bjerre, Danish singer-songwriter and guitarist

1976 Poul Hübertz, Danish footballer and manager

1977 Kārlis Lācis, Latvian pianist and composer

1977 Andre Pärn, Estonian basketball player

1977 Kohei Sato, Japanese wrestler

1977 Brian Tallet, American baseball player

1978 Paulo Costanzo, Canadian actor, director, and producer

1978 Luke Godden, Australian footballer

1978 Doug Howlett, New Zealand rugby player

1979 James Allan (musician), Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist

1979 Richard Dunne, Irish footballer

1979 Chris Gayle, Jamaican cricketer

1979 Julian Gray, English footballer

1979 Monika Merl, German runner

1980 Nyree Kindred, Welsh swimmer

1980 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 author

1981 Sarah Whatmore, English singer-songwriter

1982 Eduardo Azevedo, Brazilian race car driver

1982 Dominic Perrottet, Australian politician, 46th Premier of New South Wales

1982 Christos Tapoutos, Greek basketball player

1982 Rowan Vine, English footballer

1983 Ndiss Kaba Badji, Senegalese athlete

1983 Fernando Cavenaghi, Argentine footballer

1983 Francesco Dracone, Italian race car driver

1983 Scott Evans (actor), American actor

1983 Anna Favella, Italian actress

1983 Maggie Grace, American actress

1983 Cristian Hidalgo, Spanish footballer

1983 Greg Jennings, American football player

1983 Joseph Mazzello, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

1983 Anna Meares, Australian track cyclist

1983 Reggie Nelson, American football player

1983 Rafael Marques Pinto, Brazilian footballer

1984 Dwayne Bowe, American football player

1984 Ahna O'Reilly, American actress

1984 Ben Wildman-Tobriner, American swimmer

1984 Wale (rapper), American rapper

1985 Justin Durant, American football player

1986 Faris Badwan, English singer-songwriter

1986 Lindsey Stirling, American violinist and composer

1987 Jimmy Clausen, American football player

1987 Anthony Don, Australian rugby league player

1987 Marcelo Estigarribia, Paraguayan footballer

1987 Ryan Guzman, American actor and model

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 player

1988 Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Pakistani politician

1989 Jason Derulo, American singer-songwriter

1989 Sandor Earl, Australian rugby league player

1989 Manny Harris, American basketball player

1989 Emma Watkins, Australian singer and actress

1990 Al-Farouq Aminu, American basketball player

1990 Danny Batth, English footballer

1990 Rob Cross (darts player), English darts player

1990 Ivan Dorschner, American-Filipino model and actor

1990 Sam Kasiano, New Zealand rugby league player

1990 Allison Scagliotti, American actress and musician

1990 Christian Serratos, American actress

1991 Anastassia Kovalenko, Estonian motorcycle racer

1991 Carlos Martínez (pitcher, born 1991), Dominican baseball player

1992 Chen (singer), South Korean singer-songwriter

1992 Rodrigo Godínez, Mexican footballer

1992 Devyn Marble, American basketball player

1993 Kirsty Gilmour, Scottish badminton player

1993 Kwon Mina, South Korean singer and actress

1993 Ante Rebić, Croatian footballer

1994 Devin Williams (baseball), American baseball player

1995 Bruno Caboclo, Brazilian basketball player

1998 Máscara de Bronce, Mexican wrestler

1998 Yainer Díaz, Dominican baseball player

1999 Wang Junkai, Chinese singer

1999 Alexander Isak, Eritrean-Swedish professional footballer

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 leader

1217 Caupo of Turaida

1235 Andrew II of Hungary (b. 1175)

1256 William of Kilkenny, Lord Chancellor of England

1327 Edward II of England (b. 1284)

1397 Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel, English admiral (b. 1346)

1558 Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1500)

1576 Gerolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician, physician, and astrologer (b. 1501)

1586 Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, French cardinal and diplomat (b. 1517)

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 (U.S. statesman), 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)

1904 Chief Joseph, American tribal leader (b. 1840)

1905 Nikolay Benardos, Ukrainian inventor (b. 1842)

1906 Samuel Arnold (conspirator), 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 (actor), American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1878)

1953 Necmettin Sadak, Turkish publisher and politician, 10th List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Turkey) (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 (racing driver), English race car driver (b. 1914)

1961 Ed Oliver (golfer), 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 (entomologist), 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 in Physiology or Medicine 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)

1976 Orlando Letelier, Chilean economist and politician, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (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 Gangster (b. unknown)

1983 Birgit Tengroth, Swedish actor (b. 1915)

1983 Willy Trenk-Trebitsch, Austrian actor (b. 1902)

1983 Xavier Zubiri, Basque Country (autonomous community) 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 Minister of Justice (Canada) (b. 1915)

2000 Leonid Rogozov, Russian physician and surgeon (b. 1934)

2002 Robert L. Forward, American physicist and science fiction author (b. 1932)

2004 Bob Mason (actor), 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 (Royal Navy officer), 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, List of Ministers-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 football), American footballer and coach (b. 1941)

2018 Trần Đại Quang, President of Vietnam (b. 1956)

2018 Vitaliy Masol, Ukrainian Former Prime Minister (b. 1928)

2020 Arthur Ashkin, American scientist and Nobel laureate (b. 1922)

2021 Willie Garson, American actor (b. 1964)

2022 Raju Srivastav, Indian comedian, actor and politician (b. 1963)

2023 Walewska Oliveira, Brazilian volleyball player and Olympic champion (b. 1979)

Autumn equinox (Northern Hemisphere) observances in the Northern Hemisphere, September equinox observances in the Southern Hemisphere (see September 22):

- Spring Day (Argentina)

Christian Calendar of saints:

- Ephigenia of Ethiopia

- Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert (one of the Korean Martyrs)

- Matthew the Evangelist (Western Church)

- Nativity of the Theotokos (Eastern Orthodox Church, Julian calendar)

- September 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Arbor Day (Brazil)

Proclamation No. 1081 (Philippines)

Customs Service Day (Poland)

Founder's Day (Ghana) and National Volunteer Day (Ghana)

Independence Day (Armenia), celebrates the independence of Armenia from the Soviet Union in 1991.

Independence Day (Belize), celebrates the independence of Belize from the United Kingdom in 1981.

Independence Day (Malta), celebrates the independence of Malta from the United Kingdom in 1964.

International Day of Peace (International observance)

Student's Day (Bolivia)

Victory over the Golden Horde in the Battle of Kulikovo (Russia)

In the popular 1978 song "September (Earth, Wind & Fire song)" 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.