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Today in History: September 21

46 BC
Julius Caesar celebrates first of four triumphal processions in Rome - over Gaul, Egypt, Pontus and Africa with leader of the Gauls Vercingetorix led in chains

454
In Italy, Aetius, the supreme army commander, is murdered in Ravenna by Valentinian III, the emperor of the West.

1327
Edward II of England is murdered by order of his wife.

1863
Union troops defeated at Chickamauga seek refuge in Chattanooga, Tennessee, which is then besieged by Confederate troops.

1915
Stonehenge is sold by auction for 6,600 pounds sterling ($11,500) to a Mr. Chubb, who buys it as a present for his wife. He presents it to the British nation three years later.

1937
J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Hobbit is published.

1993
The Russian constitutional crisis of 1993 begins when Russian President Boris Yeltsin suspends parliament and invalidates the existing constitution.

1999
Earthquake in Taiwan kills more than 2,400, injures over 11,305, and causes $300 billion New Taiwan dollars ($10 billion in US dollars).

2003
Galileo space mission ends as the probe is sent into Jupiter's atmosphere where it is crushed.

2020
Canadian province of Quebec expands restrictions, declaring it is in a second COVID-19 wave as cases across the country average 1,000 a day

2024
Google signs a 20-year deal to buy power from the Three Mile nuclear power plant, the site of a nuclear accident in 1979

Today in History: Born on September 21
1866
H.G. Wells, science fiction writer whose works include The Time Machine, The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds.

1950
Bill Murray, actor; won Emmy for his work on Saturday Night Live TV series; movies include Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day, Lost in Translation.

1968
Faith Hill, Grammy Award-winning country pop singer ("Breathe").

1987
Ashley and Courtney Paris, twins who played in the Women's National Basketball Association, Ashley for the Los Angeles Sparks, Courtney for the Atlanta Dream.

JOTD
Procrastination is a lot like masturbation..


It feels nice at the time, but ultimately you’re just fricking yourself