On this day: September 21

September 21: International Day of Peace; Islamic New Year (2017, 1439 AH); first day of Rosh Hashanah (Judaism, 2017, AM 5778)

Virginia O'Hanlon

• 1170 – Combined English and Irish forces seized Dublin, forcing Ascall mac Ragnaill, King of Dublin, into exile.
• 1897 – In response to a letter written by eight-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon (pictured), The New York Sun published an editorial by Francis Pharcellus Church stating, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
• 1937 – J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy children's novel The Hobbit, which later served as a prequel to The Lord of the Rings, was first published.
• 1993 – Nirvana released their third and final studio album, In Utero, which went on to sell 15 million copies.
• 2001 – With racial tensions high after the September 11 attacks, a gang of British Muslim youths in Peterborough, England, murdered 17-year-old Ross Parker.

Barbara Longhi (b. 1552) · H. G. Wells (b. 1866) · Leonard Cohen (b. 1934)

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