September 21st, 2003. The day I was born. Yes a momentous occasion to, me. Maybe my family. But thats besides the point. Being the history nerd that I am, learning about the many, significantly more momentous occasions that occurred on that day, 9/21, was always an interesting topic. What actors were born that day? What happened? Who else was born? Who may have died? All these questions burned within me, begging for an answer. So one day, about 16.5 years after 9/21/2003, I decided to google it. I’ll just list out some of the more interesting facts that I learned.
1170. The Kingdom of Dublin falls to Norman Invaders
1745. The Hanoverian Army is defeated, in 10 minutes, by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart
1780. During the American Revolution, Benedict Arnold gave the British the plans to West Point
1792. During the French Revolution, the National Convention abolished the Monarchy
1860. During the Second Opium War, and Anglo-French force defeated Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao
1896. During the Anglo-Egyptian Conquest of Sudan, British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongala.
1937. J.R.R Tolkien published The Hobbit.
1942. The Holocaust in Ukraine: On the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, Nazis send over 1,000 Jews of Pidhaitsi to Bełżec extermination camp. The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Dunaivtsi, Ukraine, Nazis murder 2,588 Jews. The Holocaust in Poland: At the end of Yom Kippur, Germans order Jews to permanently move from Konstantynów to Biała Podlaska The Boeing B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight.
1947. Stephen King, American author and screenwriter, is born
1949. The People’s Republic of China is proclaimed
1954 – Shinzō Abe, Japanese lawyer and politician, 90th Prime Minister of Japan, is born
1964. Malta gains independence from the United Kingdom, but remains in the Commonwealth.
1972. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos begins authoritarian rule by declaring martial law.
1981. Sandra Day O’Connor is unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate as the first female Supreme Court justice. UN made Sept 21st, International Peace Day.
1993. Russian President Boris Yeltsin triggers a constitutional crisis when he suspends parliament and scraps the constitution.
2001. America: A Tribute to Heroes is broadcast by over 35 network and cable channels, raising over $200 million for the victims of the September 11 attacks.
2003. Adiv Kuray was born and the Galileo spacecraft is terminated by sending it into Jupiter’s atmosphere.
Now. What does any of this mean. A list of just, history. It doesn’t tell you much to be honest. I really have no clue why I made this. I really just found the idea interesting. To look back, and see that on the day you were born, a momentous occasion occurred. The day empires toppled, or when peace was achieved between enemies. Something incredible. Then making one yourself could add to that long list.
I basically copy pasted from wikipedia for this so I am trusting those random people who made that article.