This day in history

September 21

1939 - In Romania, Prime Minister Armand Calinescu was murdered by the fascist Iron Guard.

1964 - Malta became independent after 164 years of British rule.

1999 - An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck Taiwan, killing at least 2,321 people and injuring 8,712.

2003 - Nasa's Galileo space probe made a controlled, fiery crash into Jupiter, ending a 14-year mission that yielded dramatic discoveries about Solar System's largest planet and its moons.