September 21

Facts & Historical Events On This Day

2022

The Netflix limited series about the life of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was released.

2019

Widespread forest fires in Indonesia caused the skies to turn red.

2018

A report published claimed that the fossils of Dickinsonia were the oldest animals to roam the planet.

2017

A Jellyfish was discovered and became the first-known animal that sleeps and doesn’t have a brain.

2016

Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan gave $3 billion to fight and end all diseases.

2007

The survival movie 'Into the Wild,' starring Emile Hirsch, premiered at the Rome Film Festival.

2007

Actor George Clooney crashed on a motorcycle.

2004

Rockband Green Day released their seventh album, 'American Idiot.'

2003

After 14 years in space, NASA’s Galileo spacecraft was intentionally destroyed in Jupiter’s atmosphere.

1964

Malta gained independence from the United Kingdom.

1937

English author J. R. R. Tolkien released his critically acclaimed book 'The Hobbit.'

1915

Sir Cecil Herbert Edward Chubb became the last private owner of Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England.

1860

In the Second Opium War, an Anglo-French force defeated Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao.

1776

The Great Fire of New York ended.

1676

Benedetto Odescalchi was elected as Pope Innocent XI.