An attack by armed militants in the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya left 67 people dead and hundreds injured.
Today is Sunday, Sept. 21, the 264th day of 2025. There are 101 days left in the year.Today in history:
On Sept. 21, 2013, an attack by armed militants in the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya left 67 people dead and hundreds injured.Also on this date:
In 1792, the National Convention of France issued a proclamation announcing the abolition of the French monarchy.
In 1898, in response to a letter from 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon, the New York Sun newspaper wrote an editorial containing the famous line “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.”
In 1915, Cecil Chubb purchased Stonehenge for £6,600; the last private owner of the site, Chubb donated it to the British people three years later.
In 1922, President Warren Harding signed the Lodge-Fish Resolution, a Congressional resolution endorsing the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine.
In 1937, “The Hobbit,” by J.
