WHAT HAPPENED ON 21. SEPTEMBER
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In Poland, at the end of Yom Kippur, Germans order Jews to permanently evacuate Konstantynów and move to the Ghetto in Biała Podlaska, established to assemble Jews from seven nearby towns, including Janów Podlaski, Rossosz and Terespol. (21. September 1942)

In Dunaivtsi, Ukraine, Nazis murder 2,588 Jews. (21. September 1942)

The B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight. (21. September 1942)

LT No Kum-Sok a North Korean pilot defected to South Korea and is associated with Operation Moolah. (21. September 1953)

Maiden flight of the CH-47 Chinook transportation helicopter. (21. September 1961)

Malta becomes independent from the United Kingdom. (21. September 1964)

The North American XB-70 Valkyrie, the world's first Mach 3 bomber, makes its maiden flight from Palmdale, California. (21. September 1964)

Gambia, Maldives and Singapore are admitted as members of the United Nations. (21. September 1965)

Bahrain, Bhutan and Qatar join the United Nations. (21. September 1971)

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos signs Proclamation № 1081, placing the entire country under martial law and marking the beginning of his authoritarian rule. (21. September 1972)

Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the Chilean socialist government of Salvador Allende, overthrown in 1973 by Augusto Pinochet. (21. September 1976)

Seychelles joins the United Nations. (21. September 1976)

A nuclear non-proliferation pact is signed by 15 countries, including the United States and the Soviet Union. (21. September 1977)

Belize is granted full independence from the United Kingdom. (21. September 1981)

Sandra Day O'Connor is unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate as the first female Supreme Court justice. (21. September 1981)

Brunei joins the United Nations. (21. September 1984)

Armenia is granted independence from Soviet Union. (21. September 1991)

Russian President Boris Yeltsin suspends parliament and scraps the then-functioning constitution, thus triggering the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993. (21. September 1993)

Chi-Chi earthquake occurs in central Taiwan, leaving about 2,400 people dead. (21. September 1999)

Deep Space 1 flies within 2,200 km of Comet Borrelly. (21. September 2001)

   
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