September 21: What Happened on This Day in History (High_school Level)?

(Page last edited 10/12/2017)

1. 1338 - Hundred Years' War : The Battle of Arnemuiden was the first naval battle in history involving artillery.
2. 1776 - Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces.
3. 1780 - American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.
4. 1937 - J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
5. 1938 - The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500-700 people.
6. 1942 - On the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, Nazis send over 1,000 Jews of Pidhaytsi (west Ukraine) to Belzec extermination camp.
7. 1961 - Maiden flight of the CH-47 Chinook transportation helicopter
8. 1964 - Malta becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
9. 1981 - Sandra Day O'Connor is unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate as the first female Supreme Court justice.
10. 2003 - Galileo mission is terminated by sending the probe into Jupiter's atmosphere, where it is crushed by the pressure at the lower altitudes.
11. Famous Birthdays: H. G. Wells (English writer), John Gofman (American Manhattan Project scientist and advocate), Jerry Bruckheimer (American film and television producer), Stephen King (American author), Bill Murray (American comedian and actor)

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