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21 September 2014 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 21 September 2014 was a Sunday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “All About That Bass” by Meghan Trainor.
- Top Film of 2014
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2014 was Transformers: Age of Extinction.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “Sunday Night Football” (NBC) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2014–15 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 21 September is Virgo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 21 September 2014 fell in the Year of the Horse.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 21 September 2014 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 21 September
- 1996 The Defense of Marriage Act is passed by the United States Congress.
- 1997 St. Olaf's Church, a stone church from the 16th century in Tyrvää, Finland, is burnt down by a burglar.
- 2003 The Galileo spacecraft is terminated by sending it into Jupiter's atmosphere.
- 2015 Adventist Health System agreed to pay $118.7 million to settle allegations of fraud. It was the largest a hospital network has ever paid.
- 2019 A 5.6 Mw earthquake shakes the Albanian port of Durrës. Forty-nine people are injured in the capital, Tirana.
Famous people born on September 21
- Stephen King, American author and screenwriter (born 1947)
- Liam Gallagher, English singer-songwriter (born 1972)
- Bill Murray, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter (born 1950)
- Alexander Isak, Eritrean-Swedish professional footballer (born 1999)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2014 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2014 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- February 7 – The Lego Movie is released in theaters.
- July 26 – Henry Danger debuts on Nickelodeon.
- August 1 – Guardians of the Galaxy, directed by James Gunn, is released by Marvel Studios as the tenth film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
Life in the US in 2014
President
Barack Obama
Gas (per gallon)
$3.37
Loaf of Bread
$1.98
Average House
$285,900
Weekly Wage
$796
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