At A Glance

21 September 2019 at a glance

Day of the week
21 September 2019 was a Saturday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Truth Hurts” by Lizzo.
Top Film of 2019
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2019 was Avengers: Endgame.
Star sign
The star sign for 21 September is Virgo.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 21 September 2019 fell in the Year of the Pig.
Birthstone
The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 21 September 2019 was Last Quarter.

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)

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Events of 2019 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '2019 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • March 8 – Captain Marvel, directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, is released by Marvel Studios as the 21st film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). It becomes the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2019 during its run, earning $1.128 billion worldwide.
  • March 13 – Boeing grounds its entire global fleet of 737 Max aircraft in response to evidence gathered following the crashes of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 and Lion Air Flight 610.
  • April 5 – Shazam!, directed by David F. Sandberg, is released as the seventh film in the DC Extended Universe.

Life in the US in 2019

President

Donald Trump

Gas (per gallon)

$2.60

Loaf of Bread

$2.30

Average House

$363,300

Weekly Wage

$932

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