At A Glance

21 September 2024 at a glance

Day of the week
21 September 2024 was a Saturday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” by Shaboozey.
Top Film of 2024
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2024 was Inside Out 2.
Star sign
The star sign for 21 September is Virgo.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 21 September 2024 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
Birthstone
The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 21 September 2024 was Waning Gibbous.

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 2024 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '2024 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • March 10 – The 96th Academy Awards are held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer is nominated for 13 awards and wins seven, including Best Picture.
  • April 8 – A total solar eclipse is viewable in the central and northeastern US, with the path of total eclipse over parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.
  • April 19 – Taylor Swift releases her new double album The Tortured Poets Department. It breaks the record for most-streamed album in a single day and she becomes the most-streamed artist in a single day.

Life in the US in 2024

President

Joe Biden

Gas (per gallon)

$3.31

Loaf of Bread

$3.04

Average House

$420,000

Weekly Wage

$1,145

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