So you want to have a drink but you aren't sure why? Here are some GREAT reasons to call your friends over and have a party.

September 21st


- Arbor Day (Brazil)
- Christian Feast Day:
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Armenia from the Soviet Union in 1991.
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Belize from the United Kingdom in 1981.
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Malta from the United Kingdom in 1964.
- International Day of Peace (International)
- Nativity of the Theotokos (Orthodox Church)
- The first day of Mabon (Neopaganism)

September 21st


- 2003 - Galileo mission is terminated by sending the probe into Jupiter's atmosphere, where it is crushed by the pressure at the lower altitudes.
- 2001 - Deep Space 1 flies within 2,200 km of Comet Borrelly.
- 2001 - AZF chemical plant explodes in Toulouse, France, killing 31 people
- 2001 - America: A Tribute to Heroes is broadcast by over 35 network and cable channels, raising over $200 million for the September 11 attack victims.
- 1999 - Chi-Chi earthquake occurs in central Taiwan, leaving about 2,400 people dead.
- 1993 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin suspends parliament and scraps the then-functioning constitution, thus triggering the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993.
- 1991 - Armenia is granted independence from Soviet Union.
- 1989 - Hurricane Hugo makes landfall in the U.S. state of South Carolina.
- 1984 - Brunei joins the United Nations.
- 1981 - Belize is granted full independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1981 - Sandra Day O'Connor is unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate as the first female Supreme Court justice.
- 1976 - Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the Chilean socialist government of Salvador Allende, overthrown in 1973 by Augusto Pinochet.
- 1976 - Seychelles joins the United Nations.
- 1972 - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos signs Proclamation No. 1081 placing the entire country under martial law.
- 1971 - Bahrain, Bhutan and Qatar join the United Nations.
- 1965 - Gambia, Maldives and Singapore are admitted as members of the United Nations.
- 1964 - Malta becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
- 1964 - The North American XB-70 Valkyrie, the world's first Mach 3 bomber, makes its maiden flight from Palmdale, California.
- 1961 - Maiden flight of the CH-47 Chinook transportation helicopter.
- 1942 - On the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, Nazis send over 1,000 Jews of Pidhaytsi (west Ukraine) to Belzec extermination camp.
- 1942 - In Poland, at the end of Yom Kippur, Germans order Jews to permanently evacuate Konstantynów and move to the Ghetto in Bia?a Podlaska, established to assemble Jews from seven nearby towns, including Janów Podlaski, Rossosz and Terespol.
- 1942 - In Dunaivtsi, Ukraine, Nazis murder 2,588 Jews.
- 1942 - The B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight.
- 1939 - Romanian Prime Minister Armand Calinescu is assassinated by ultranationalist members of the Iron Guard.
- 1938 - The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500-700 people.
- 1937 - J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
- 1934 - A large typhoon hits western Honsh?, Japan, killing 3,036 people.
- 1921 - A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500-600 people.
- 1898 - Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.
- 1897 - The "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" editorial is published in the New York Sun.
- 1896 - British force under Horatio Kitchener takes Dongola in the Sudan.
- 1860 - In the Second Opium War, an Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Baliqiao.
- 1827 - Joseph Smith, Jr. is reportedly visited by the angel Moroni, who gave him a record of gold plates, one-third of which Smith has translated into The Book of Mormon.
- 1792 - The National Convention declares France a republic and abolishes the monarchy.
- 1780 - American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.
- 1745 - Battle of Prestonpans: A Hanoverian army under the command of Sir John Cope is defeated, in ten minutes, by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart
- 1435 - An agreement between Charles VII of France and Philip the Good ends the partnership between the English and Burgundy in Hundred Years' War.
- 1217 - Livonian Crusade: The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu and Livonian leader Kaupo are killed in Battle of St. Matthew's Day.

September 21st


- 1990 - Christian Serratos, American actress, model and singer
- 1990 - Allison Scagliotti, American actress,
- 1989 - Jason Derulo, American Pop singer
- 1988 - Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Pakistani politician
- 1987 - Jimmy Clausen, American football player
- 1987 - Ashley Paris, American basketball player
- 1987 - Courtney Paris, American basketball player
- 1986 - Faris Badwan, British singer
- 1985 - Maryam Hassouni, Dutch actor
- 1984 - Benjamin Wildman-Tobriner, American swimmer
- 1983 - Fernando Cavenaghi, Argentinian footballer
- 1983 - Maggie Grace, American actress
- 1983 - Joseph Mazzello, American actor
- 1983 - Anna Meares, Australian cyclist
- 1982 - Eduardo Azevedo, Brazilian racing driver
- 1982 - Danny Kass, American snowboarder
- 1982 - Marat Izmailov, Russian footballer
- 1982 - Parvati Shallow, American reality show contestant
- 1982 - Christos Tapoutos, Greek footballer
- 1982 - Rowan Vine, English footballer
- 1981 - Nicole Richie, American socialite
- 1981 - Rimi Sen, Indian actress
- 1981 - Meilinda Soerjoko, Indonesian-Australian actress
- 1980 - Robert Hoffman, American actor
- 1980 - Kareena Kapoor, Indian actress
- 1980 - Nyree Lewis, British Paralympic swimmer
- 1980 - Aleksa Palladino, American actress
- 1980 - Autumn Reeser, American actress
- 1980 - Tomas Scheckter, South African racing driver
- 1979 - Richard Dunne, Irish footballer
- 1979 - Chris Gayle, Jamaican West Indies cricketer
- 1979 - Julian Gray, English footballer
- 1979 - Jaymee Ong, Chinese-Australian model
- 1979 - James Allan, Scottish singer (Glasvegas)
- 1978 - Doug Howlett, New Zealand rugby union footballer
- 1978 - Luke Godden, Australian rules footballer
- 1977 - Brian Tallet, American baseball player
- 1976 - Jonas Bjerre, Danish singer and guitarist (Mew)
- 1976 - Poul Hübertz, Danish footballer
- 1975 - Doug Davis, American baseball player
- 1974 - Bryce Drew, American basketball player
- 1974 - Taral Hicks, American musician
- 1974 - Jana Kandarr, German tennis player
- 1974 - Andy Todd, English footballer
- 1973 - Vanessa Grigoriadis, American journalist
- 1973 - Oswaldo Sanchez, Mexican footballer
- 1973 - Heather Brewer, American writer of young adult fiction.
- 1972 - Olivia Bonamy, French actress
- 1972 - Liam Gallagher, English singer (Oasis)
- 1972 - Jon Kitna, American football player
- 1972 - David Silveria, American drummer (Ko?n)
- 1972 - Scott Spiezio, American baseball player
- 1971 - John Crawley, English cricketer
- 1971 - Alfonso Ribeiro, American actor
- 1971 - Luke Wilson, American actor
- 1970 - John Cudia, American actor
- 1969 - Jason Christiansen, American baseball player
- 1969 - Curtis Leschyshyn, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1968 - Ricki Lake, American actress and talk show hostess
- 1967 - Glen Benton, American musician (Deicide)
- 1967 - Faith Hill, American singer
- 1967 - Tyler Stewart, Canadian drummer (Barenaked Ladies)
- 1965 - Frédéric Beigbeder, French writer and critic
- 1965 - Cheryl Hines, American actress
- 1965 - David Wenham, Australian actor
- 1965 - Johanna Vuoksenmaa, Finnish film director
- 1964 - Jorge Drexler, Uruguayan singer and composer
- 1963 - Curtly Ambrose, Antiguan West Indies cricketer
- 1963 - Cecil Fielder, American baseball player
- 1963 - Angus Macfadyen, Scottish actor
- 1962 - Rob Morrow, American actor
- 1961 - Nancy Travis, American actress
- 1960 - David James Elliott, Canadian actor
- 1959 - Dave Coulier, American actor
- 1959 - Danny Cox, American baseball player
- 1959 - Corinne Drewery, British singer (Swing Out Sister)
- 1958 - Bruno Fitoussi, French poker player
- 1958 - Rick Mahorn, American basketball player
- 1957 - Ethan Coen, American film director
- 1957 - Mark Levin, American attorney, radio talk show host and author
- 1957 - Sidney Moncrief, American basketball player
- 1957 - Kevin Rudd, 26th Prime Minister of Australia
- 1957 - Penny Smith, English television presenter
- 1956 - Jack Givens, American basketball player
- 1956 - Marta Kauffman, American television producer
- 1956 - Ricky Morton, American professional wrestler
- 1955 - François Cluzet, French actor
- 1955 - Richard Hieb, American astronaut
- 1955 - Mika Kaurismäki, Finnish director
- 1954 - Shinzo Abe, Japanese politician
- 1954 - Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor, British musician (Motörhead)
- 1953 - Arie Luyendyk, Dutch race car driver
- 1952 - Dave Gregory, English guitar and keyboard player (XTC)
- 1952 - Anneliese Michel, German exorcism victim (d. 1976)
- 1951 - Bruce Arena, American soccer coach
- 1951 - Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen rebel leader (d. 2005)
- 1950 - Charles Clarke, British politician
- 1950 - Bill Murray, American comedian and actor
- 1949 - Artis Gilmore, American basketball player
- 1947 - Stephen King, American author
- 1947 - Marsha Norman, American playwright
- 1947 - Don Felder, American guitarist (Eagles)
- 1946 - Moritz Leuenberger, Swiss Federal Councilor
- 1945 - Jerry Bruckheimer, American film and television producer
- 1945 - Richard Childress, NASCAR team owner
- 1945 - Shaw Clifton, the 18th General of The Salvation Army
- 1944 - Fannie Flagg, American actress and novelist
- 1944 - Hamilton Jordan, U.S. President Jimmy Carter's original chief of staff (d. 2008)
- 1944 - Steve Beshear, Democratic Governor of Kentucky.
- 1941 - R. James Woolsey, Jr., Central Intelligence Agency director
- 1941 - Jack Brisco, American professional wrestler
- 1940 - Hermann Knoflacher, Austrian civil engineer
- 1940 - Bill Kurtis, American television journalist
- 1938 - Doug Moe, American basketball player and coach
- 1937 - John D'Amico, Canadian NHL official (d. 2005)
- 1936 - Dickey Lee, American singer and songwriter
- 1936 - Yuriy Luzhkov, Russian politician, mayor of Moscow
- 1936 - Diane Rehm, American radio talk show host for National Public Radio
- 1935 - Jimmy Armfield, English footballer and manager
- 1935 - Henry Gibson, American actor (d. 2009)
- 1934 - Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer and songwriter
- 1933 - Dick Simon, American racing driver
- 1931 - Larry Hagman, American actor
- 1929 - Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer (d. 1979)
- 1929 - Bernard Williams, English philosopher (d. 2003)
- 1926 - Donald A. Glaser, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1926 - Noor Jehan, Pakistani singer and actress (d. 2000)
- 1924 - Hermann Buhl, Austrian mountaineer (d. 1957)
- 1921 - John McHale, American baseball player and executive (d. 2008)
- 1919 - Mario Bunge, Argentine philosopher and physicist
- 1919 - Fazlur Rahman, Pakistani scholar (d. 1988)
- 1918 - John Gofman, American Manhattan Project scientist and advocate (d. 2007)
- 1918 - Karl Slover, German-born American actor
- 1917 - Phyllis Nicolson, British mathematician (d. 1968)
- 1916 - Françoise Giroud, French journalist and politician (d. 2003)
- 1912 - Chuck Jones, American animator (d. 2002)
- 1912 - György Sándor, Hungarian pianist (d. 2005)
- 1909 - Kwame Nkrumah, 1st President of Ghana (d. 1972)
- 1906 - Henry Beachell, American plant breeder (d. 2006)
- 1905 - Robert Lebel, French Canadian ice hockey executive (d. 1999)
- 1903 - Preston Tucker, American automobile designer (d. 1956)
- 1902 - Sir Allen Lane, British founder of Penguin Books (d. 1970)
- 1902 - Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet (d. 1963)
- 1899 - Frederick Coutts, the 8th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1986)
- 1896 - Walter Breuning, American supercentenarian
- 1895 - Sergei Yesenin, Russian poet (d. 1925)
- 1890 - Max Immelmann, German WWI fighter pilot (d. 1916)
- 1890 - Charles William Train, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1965)
- 1874 - Gustav Holst, English composer (d. 1934)
- 1873 - Papa Jack Laine, American musician (d. 1966)
- 1866 - H. G. Wells, English writer (d. 1946)
- 1866 - Charles Nicolle, French bacteriologist, received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1936)
- 1863 - John Bunny, American film comedian (d. 1915)
- 1862 - James E. Talmage, LDS apostle and author (d. 1933)
- 1859 - Francesc Macià i Llussà, Catalan politician (d. 1933)
- 1853 - Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1926)
- 1849 - Maurice Barrymore, Indian-born patriarch of the Barrymore family (d. 1905)
- 1842 - Abd-ul-Hamid II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1918)
- 1840 - Murad V, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1904)
- 1819 - Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France (d. 1864)
- 1760 - Ivan Dmitriev, Russian statesman (d. 1837)
- 1758 - Christopher Gore, 8th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1827)
- 1756 - John MacAdam, Scottish engineer and road-builder (d. 1836)
- 1706 - Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg, queen of Sardinia (d. 1735)
- 1645 - Louis Joliet, Canadian explorer (d. 1700)
- 1629 - Philip Howard, English Catholic cardinal (d. 1694)
- 1559 - Cigoli, Florentine painter, architect, and sculptor (d. 1613)
- 1452 - Girolamo Savonarola, Dominican priest and ruler of Florence (d. 1498)
- 1428 - Jingtai Emperor of China (d. 1457)
- 1415 - Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1493)
- 1411 - Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (d. 1460)
- 1328 - Hongwu Emperor of China (d. 1398)
- 1051 - Bertha of Savoy, German queen and Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1087)