September 21

People born on this day are Virgo.

On this day in history01

1995
MIAT Flight 557 crashes near Mörön, Mongolia, killing 41 people.
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1996
The Defense of Marriage Act is passed by the United States Congress.
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1997
St. Olaf's Church, a stone church from the 16th century in Tyrvää, Finland, is burnt down by a burglar.
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1999
The 7.7-magnitude Chi-Chi earthquake strikes central Taiwan, killing 2,400 people.
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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.
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2001
Ross Parker is murdered in Peterborough, England, by a gang of ten British Pakistani youths.
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2003
The Galileo spacecraft is terminated by sending it into Jupiter's atmosphere.
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2012
Three Egyptian militants open fire on a group of Israeli soldiers in a southern Israel cross-border attack.
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2013
Al-Shabaab Islamic militants attack the Westgate shopping mall in Kenya, killing at least 67 people.
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2015
Adventist Health System agreed to pay $118.7 million to settle allegations of fraud. It was the largest a hospital network has ever paid.
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2018
LGBT rights activist Zak Kostopoulos is beaten to death on a busy street in Athens.
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2019
A 5.6 Mw earthquake shakes the Albanian port of Durrës. Forty-nine people are injured in the capital, Tirana.
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