On this day in History - September 21

Abolish the monarchy, Mexican professional wrestling, The Hobbit, Holocaust in Ukraine, first female Supreme Court justice, Armenia.

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1792 – French Revolution: The National Convention abolishes the monarchy.
1933 – Salvador Lutteroth establishes Mexican professional wrestling.
1937 – J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published for the first time. (September 22 is celebrated by some fans as Hobbit Day, however.)
1942 – The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Dunaivtsi, Ukraine, Nazis murder 2,588 Jews.
1981 – Sandra Day O'Connor is unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate as the first female Supreme Court justice.
1991 – Armenia gains independence from the Soviet Union.

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