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September 21st in History

Benedict Arnold gives the British plans for West Point, The Hobbit is published, and the first lucha libre match is held! H.G. Wells, Max Immelmann, Chuck Jones, Leonard Cohen, Fannie Flagg, Stephen King, and Bill Murray are born; Virgil, Sir Walter Scott, Walter Brennan, and Jacqueline Susann die. Happy Victory Over the Golden Horde in the Battle of Kulikovo Day!

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Quote of the Day

H. G. Wells, writer, born September 21, 1866

"Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe."

H. G. Wells, writer born September 21, 1866