Human Saga

On September 21

No pivotal events are recorded on exactly September 21 in the Human Saga — here is the surrounding week in history.

This week in history (Sep 18 – Sep 24)

On 19 September 1893 the Governor of New Zealand, Lord Glasgow, signed a new Electoral Act into law, making the colony the first self-governing nation in the world to grant all adult women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.

18 September 1931 (Manchukuo declared 1932)Japanese Invasion of Manchuria and the Mukden IncidentMilitary & conflict

On 18 September 1931, officers of Japan's Kwantung Army detonated explosives on a Japanese-owned railway near Mukden (Shenyang) and blamed Chinese forces, staging the false-flag Mukden Incident as a pretext for invasion.

20-27 September 2019The global climate strikesSocial & demographic

From 20 to 27 September 2019 the world saw the largest coordinated climate protests in history, a 'Global Week for Future' that drew an estimated 6 to 7.6 million participants across roughly 4,500 locations in more than 150 countries.

24 September 2025Gene therapy slows Huntington's disease in landmark trialScience, technology & invention

On 24 September 2025, the biotechnology firm uniQure reported pivotal trial results showing that its gene therapy AMT-130 slowed the progression of Huntington's disease by roughly 75 percent over three years, the first treatment ever to…

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