SEPTEMBER
21
What Happened Today in History
Historical Events
- 1621 King James I of England gives Sir William Alexander a royal charter for colonisation of Nova Scotia
1792 French Revolution: The National Convention passes a proclamation announcing the formal abolition of the French monarchy.
- 1898 Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China, imprisoning the Guangxu Emperor
- 1915 Cecil Chubb buys English prehistoric monument Stonehenge for £6,600
- 1922 US President Warren G. Harding signs a joint resolution of approval to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine
- 1936 Spanish fascist junta names Francisco Franco to Generalissimo and Supreme Commander
- 1949 Chinese Communist leaders proclaim the People's Republic of China
- Historical Events Today
Today in Film & TV
- 1937 J. R. R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit' is published by George Allen and Unwin in London
Today in Music
- 2004 Green Day release their album "American Idiot" in the US
Today in Sport
- 1982 NFL players begin a 57 day strike
Did You Know?
Three genetic studies published in "Nature" conclude all non-Africans descended from one migration out of Africa 50-80,000 years ago
Today in History in 2016