September 21

Events

1780 - American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.
1792 - The French National Convention votes to abolish the monarchy.
1860 - In the Second Opium War, an British and French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Baliqiao.
1937 - J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
1938 – The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500-700 people.
1939 - Romanian Prime Minister Armand Calinescu is assassinated by members of the Iron Guard.
1964 - Malta becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
1965 - Singapore admitted as a part of the United Nations.
1981 - Belize is granted full independence from the United Kingdom.
1991 - Armenia is granted independence from Soviet Union.