Historical Events on September 21.

1. International Day of Peace & World Alzheimer’s Day

2. 1792, 21st September – Louis XVIII overthrew the Empire and the French Republic was born.

3. 1942, 21st September – World War II: Nazis killed 2,800 Jews in Ukraine.

4. 1964, 21st September – Malta became independent from the United Kingdom.

5. 1965, 21st September – Gambia, Maldives, and Singapore joined the United Nations.

6. 1968, 21st September – Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) was formed.

7. 1971, 21st September – Bahrain, Bhutan, and Qatar joined the United Nations.

8. 1991, 21st September – Armenia became independent from the Soviet Union.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on September 21.

1. 1874 – Gustav Holst, British composer, and teacher whose best-known work, The Planets, is also one of the most popular orchestral suits with the audience.

2. 1888 – H. G. Wells, an English author who pioneered science fiction when he wrote The Time Machine, his first work.

3. 1902 – Allen Lane, founder of Penguin Books.

4. 1926 – Noor Jehan, Pakistani singer, and actress. She also worked in Indian film in British India.

5. 1931 – Larry Hugman, American actor and director best known for his role as mean oil tycoon JR Ewing in the TV serial Dallas.

6. 1934 – Leonard Cohen, Canadian poet, and singer whose gloomy songs, which include “Suzanne” and “That’s no way to say Goodbye”, and growling delivery won him a cult following in the 1960s and 70s.

7. 1947 – Stephen Edwin King, an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels.

8. 1950 – Bill Murray, an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, and writer.

9. 1954 – Shinzo Abe, a Japanese politician who is the prime minister of Japan since 2012.

10. 1955 – Gulshan Grover, an Indian actor who has appeared in over 400 films.

11. 1979 – Chris Gayle, a Jamaican cricketer who plays international cricket for the West Indies.

12. 1980 – Kareena Kapoor, an Indian actress who appears in Hindi films.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on September 21.

1. 1743 – Sawai Jaisingh, King of Jaipur Sansthan.

2. 1860 – Arthur Schopenhauer, a German philosopher.

3. 1887 – Wajid Ali Shah, the eleventh and last King of Awadh.

4. 1936 – Frank Hornby, an English inventor, businessman, and politician.

5. 1950 – Edward Arthur Milne, a British astrophysicist, and mathematician.

6. 1959 – Abraham Flexner, American educator.

7. 1976 – Benjamin Graham, a British-born American economist, professor, and investor. He is widely known as the “father of value investing”, 

8. 1998 – Florence Griffith Joyner, American sprinter.

9. 2000 – Leonid Ivanovich Rogozov, a Soviet general practitioner who took part in the sixth Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1960–1961. 

10. 2012 – Gopalan Kasturi, Journalist, editor of The Hindu newspaper.

21-September-1746

French expeditionary army occupies Labourdonnais & Dupleix Madras.

21-September-1857

Bahadurshah Jafar - II surrendered against the British troops.

21-September-1862

Venkat Apparao Gurjad, famous Telegu poet, playwright, story writer, critic and social reformer, was born.

21-September-1895

Annapurnanand, great writer, was born.

21-September-1898

Tushar Kanti Ghosh, famous journalist, was born.

21-September-1912

Firoz Gandhi, great politician, was born.

21-September-1933

Annie Besant, great social worker and founder of Home Rule Movement, passed away.

21-September-1938

Prof. Raghuveer Singh Rathore, Cricket Test umpire for one test in 1990-91, was born in Rajasthan.

21-September-1945

British promise India independence.

21-September-1948

Formation of Press Trust of India (PTI) announced under an agreement signed between Reuters and Indian and Eastern Newspapers Society.

21-September-1954

Last Indian troops withdraw from Tibet.

21-September-1962

Major General I. J. Rikhye completed the task in accordance with the memorandum to UNSF, thus fulfilling the mandate of cessation of hostilities without any incident.

21-September-1966

Mihir Sen swam the Bay of Persia.

21-September-1984

National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources and National Institute of Animal Genetics were set up. These institutes were initially located in the campus of southern regional station of National Dairy Research Institute, Bangalore. They were then shifted to Karnal in July 1985.

21-September-1990

Supreme Court refuses to stay implementation of Mandal Commission Report.

21-September-1992

The Officers Training School (OTS) women were inducted into the Army as Officers, and the onerous task of training the Lady Cadets of WSES (O) courses commenced at the OTS.

21-September-1992

Tarachand Barjatya, film producer, passed away.

21-September-1994

Outbreak of pneumonic plague in Surat, Gujarat.

21-September-1994

Ramkrishna Bajaj, freedom fighter and veteran industrialist, passed away.

21-September-1995

Rumors that statues of the Hindu god Ganesh were drinking milk spread in New Delhi.

21-September-1996

Apang (Legislative Party leader of Arunachal Congress) sworn in as Arunachal Pradesh chief minister again.

21-September-1996

Rao resigns Congress Party President post.

21-September-1997

Mahesh Bhupathi wins a cliff-hanger as India clinches Davis Cup World Group play-off tie against Chile 3-2 in Delhi.

21-September-1997

I. K. Gujral and Nawaz Sharif discussed in New York the recent flare-up on Line of Control and firing across the border.The two agreed that such sources of tension should not be allowed.

21-September-1999

Mr. A. C. Muthiah was elected president and Kapil Dev the senior coach at the Board of Control of Cricket in India AGM in Jaipur.

21-September-2000

J.W. Singh, suspended Mumbai High Court judge facing charges of extortion in nexus with the underworld, dismissed from judicial service.