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30 September 2021

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Broken Circle/Spiral Hill in 2021

29 September 2021

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James McDivitt

28 September 2021

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Monika Salzer

27 September 2021

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Canadian Police and Peace Officers' Memorial

26 September 2021

  • 12:00, 26 September 2021 (UTC)
 
Schlosspark Biebrich
  • 00:00, 26 September 2021 (UTC)
 
Remains of the Musalla complex

25 September 2021

  • 12:00, 25 September 2021 (UTC)
 
HMS Caroline, painted by Thomas Buttersworth
  • 00:00, 25 September 2021 (UTC)
[[File:|140px|Elizabeth II presenting the Air Force Cross to Andy Carswell ]]
Elizabeth II presenting the Air Force Cross to Andy Carswell

24 September 2021

  • 12:00, 24 September 2021 (UTC)
 
Rocket on the cover of Other Worlds, September 1951
  • 00:00, 24 September 2021 (UTC)
 
Foster-Daimler tractor

23 September 2021

  • 12:00, 23 September 2021 (UTC)
 
CitySpire
  • 00:00, 23 September 2021 (UTC)
 
Imperial Airways route map (1935)

22 September 2021

  • 12:00, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
 
Mack AC
  • 00:00, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
 
Dahomean statue in the Musée du Quai Branly, Paris

21 September 2021

  • 12:00, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
 
Azayamankawin
  • 00:00, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
"Daisy"
  • ... that Monique Corzilius did not realize that she was the girl featured in the famous "Daisy" advertisement (pictured) until the 2000s, when she searched for the commercial on the Internet?
  • ... that Victorian post office official William Rundell also collected stamps in his spare time, acquiring 48 copies of the "Sydney view" stamps of New South Wales?
  • ... that the butterfly rare skipper was only known from five rivers in the United States until sometime in the 1980s?
  • ... that John Henry Dunn resigned from the Executive Council of Upper Canada only three weeks after his appointment, throwing away a post he had sought for 16 years, on a matter of political principle?
  • ... that the Lithuanian town of Lyduvėnai had one of the world's largest wooden bridges?
  • ... that the construction of the Erawan Hotel was delayed by so many mishaps that a shrine to Brahma was built to ward off ill fortune?
  • ... that Hakan Akkaya became Turkey's first wheelchair fencer in 2013?
  • ... that the Green Guerillas threw "seed grenades" into abandoned lots in New York City?

20 September 2021

  • 12:00, 20 September 2021 (UTC)
 
Temple of Jupiter Apenninus depicted on the Tabula Peutingeriana
  • 00:00, 20 September 2021 (UTC)
 
Isatou Nyang

19 September 2021

  • 12:00, 19 September 2021 (UTC)
 
Southern greater glider
  • 00:00, 19 September 2021 (UTC)
 
Cambus O' May bridge

18 September 2021

  • 12:00, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
 
Picture from the Sally Fox collection
  • 00:00, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
 
TD-2 tower in the Mojave National Preserve, California

17 September 2021

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Naga Thein Hlaing

16 September 2021

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Klassische Philharmonie Bonn

15 September 2021

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Portrait of Maungwudaus

14 September 2021

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Illustration of shackled captives on the Marie Séraphique

13 September 2021

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Bessie Anstice Baker

12 September 2021

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Flight 175 explodes after hitting the South Tower.

11 September 2021

  • 00:00, 11 September 2021 (UTC)
 
Portrait of Waters by Thomas Lord Busby

10 September 2021

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Nele Hertling

9 September 2021

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Method of moments simulations

8 September 2021

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Hanneke Kappen, 1983

7 September 2021

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Woodblock print by Suzuki Harunobu

6 September 2021

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Miguelina Acosta Cárdenas

5 September 2021

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Malan Bridge

4 September 2021

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Solow Building

3 September 2021

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Columbia Eneutseak
  • 00:00, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
 
Carnegie Hall Tower

2 September 2021

  • 12:00, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
 
British Club building in Bangkok, 1912
  • 00:00, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
 
Megan Phelps-Roper

1 September 2021

  • 12:00, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
 
Gleninsheen gorget
  • 00:00, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
 
Julie Hayden