September 21st – On This Day
1984 - Police and miners clashed at a pit in Maltby, South Yorkshire, in one…
1962 – Pauline McLynn (61), Irish actress (Father Ted, Shameless) and author, born in Sligo, Ireland.
1964 – Craig Charles (59), English actor (Red Dwarf), comedian, television (Robot Wars) and radio presenter.
1859 – Big Ben, in the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament, tolled for the first time. In September it cracked under the hammer, two months after it officially went into service.