Historical Events -  September 21

1792– Louis XVIII overthrew the Empire and the French Republic was born.

1942– World War II: Nazis killed 2,800 Jews in Ukraine.

1964– Malta became independent from the United Kingdom.

1965– Gambia, Maldives, and Singapore joined the United Nations.

1968– Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) was formed.

1971– Bahrain, Bhutan, and Qatar joined the United Nations.

1991– Armenia became independent from the Soviet Union.

 

Famous Birthdays day – September 21

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.

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

1902 – Allen Lane, founder of Penguin Books.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

Death Anniversaries – September 21

1743 – Sawai Jaisingh, King of Jaipur Sansthan.

1860 – Arthur Schopenhauer, a German philosopher.

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

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

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

1959 – Abraham Flexner, American educator.

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

1998 – Florence Griffith Joyner, American sprinter.

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

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