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Notable anniversaries in history for today: September 21
- 150th: 1874 - Birth of Gustav Holst in Cheltenham, England; composer (Planets).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Leonard Cohen in Montréal, Quebec, Canada; singer/songwriter ("Death of Ladies Man").
- 90th: 1934 - Saint Louis Cardinals' pitcher Paul Dean no-hits Brooklyn Dodgers, 3-0.
- 90th: 1934 - Typhoon strikes Honshu Island, Japan, kills 4,000.
- 80th: 1944 - German forces begin a second V-2 rocket offensive, on European targets, mainly Antwerp, Belgium, plus ten others.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Fannie Flagg in Birmingham, Alabama, USA; actress/comediene (Candid Camera).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Hamilton Jordan; political advisor (Crisis, Last Year of Carter Pres).
- 60th: 1964 - Constellation (US) beats Sovereign (England) in 20th America's Cup.
- 60th: 1964 - Malta gains independence from Britain.
- 60th: 1964 - Cincinnati Reds' Chico Ruiz steals home, beats Philadelphia Phillies 1-0. Philadelphia Phillies start a ten-game losing streak that gives the Saint Louis Cardinals the pennant.
- 60th: 1964 - The North American XB-70 Valkyrie, the world's first Mach 3 bomber, takes its maiden flight from Palmdale, California, USA.
- 50th: 1974 - Jacqueline Susann, author (Valley of the Dolls), dies at age 53 of cancer.
- 50th: 1974 - US Mariner 10 makes second fly-by of Mercury.
- 50th: 1974 - Death of Walter Brennan at age 80 of emphysema; character actor (three supporting actor Oscars, The Real McCoys, The Tycoon, The Guns of Will Sonnett, "Old Rivers", "Dutchman's Gold").
- 40th: 1984 - NASA launches Galaxy-C.
- 25th: 1999 - A large earthquake registering 7.6 on the Richter scale shakes Taiwan. About 2,400 people killed, 8,700 injured, 600,000 people left homeless and about 82,000 housing units damaged. Damage estimated at US$14 billion, leading to a two-week halt to manufacturing of many components of personal computers.
- 15th: 2009 - A 6.1-magnitude earthquake strikes Bhutan and neighboring Himalayan regions, killing ten people and damaging houses, monasteries, and roads.
- 5th: 2019 - 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.
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