Also on This Day in History September 21
Discover what happened on September 21 with HISTORY's summaries of major events, anniversaries,
famous births and notable deaths.
Births on This Day, September 21
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1866
H.G. Wells
English novelist, and historian, called the father of science fiction (The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds
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1957
Kevin Rudd
Australian politician, 26th Prime Minister of Australia
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1895
Juan de la Cierva
Spanish aeronautical engineer who invented the autogiro (1923)
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1866
Charles-Jules-Henri Nicolle
French bacteriologist (Nobel Prize in Medicine 1928)
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1917
Phyllis Nicolson
British mathematician (Crank-Nicolson method)
Deaths on This Day, September 21
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1998
Florence Griffith Joyner
American athlete (Olympic gold 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay 1988; WR 100m: 10.49; 200m: 21.34 1988)
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1950
Arthur Milne
English astrophysicist (kinematic relativity)
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1954
Kōkichi Mikimoto
Japanese inventor and entrepreneur (cultured pearls)
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2020
Arthur Ashkin
American scientist (Nobel Prize for Physics 2018 Optical Tweezers)
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1743
Sawai Jai Singh II
Kachwaha Rajput ruler of the Kingdom of Amber (1699-1743), founded Jaipur