Page 8: Historical Events In September - 21

1988  Mike Tyson threatens a TV reporter in NJ on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history christine Norden, actress (Little Shop of Horroers, Night Beat), dies   

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  On September - 21 poland's Sejm (National Assembly) approves prime minister Mazowiecki   

1989  F Fischer, German war criminal (4, Two of Breda), dies on September - 21.   

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

1991  On this day in history angelo "Little Moe" Rossitto, dwarf actor (Carousel), dies at 83   

1992  Billy Williams, actor (Adv of Kit Carson), dies at 76 of brain tumor on September - 21.   

1993  The first ever meeting between the Pope and the Israeli Chief Rabii takes place on September - 21.   

1993  On September - 21 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 September - 21.   

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

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

1997  Tommy Cecil, ferryman, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1999  A powerful earthquake shakes Taiwan, killing nearly 2500 people on September - 21.   

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  Japanese Prime Minister, Yoshihiko Noda, wins a leadership ballot on this day in history.   

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  Andre Ward, unified light heavyweight champion and world’s top pound-for-pound boxer, announces his retirement on September - 21.   

2018  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  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  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] on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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]   

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  On September - 21 hurricane Helene made landfall in the United States on September 26   

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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 September - 21.   

1372  Frederik I van Hohenzollern, monarch of Brandenburg (1417-40) was born on September - 21.   

1411  On this day in history birth of richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (d. 1460)   

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  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 this day in history death of virgil, Roman poet (b. 70 BC)   

0454  Death of Aëtius, Roman general (bc. 396) on this day in history.   

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

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

1327  On September - 21 death of edward II, king of England (1307-1327), assassinated at 43   

1397  On September - 21 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 September - 21.