Today in “Hidden” History is a daily listing of important but little-known events illustrating the range of innovators, contributors, or incidents excluded from formal history lessons or common knowledge. Hidden history is intended not as an exhaustive review, but merely as an illustration of how popular narratives "hide" many matters of fundamental importance. Bookmark this page and check daily to quickly expand your knowledge. Suggest entries for Today in “Hidden” History by clicking the Contact Us link. Entries for September 21:
| Date | Type | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1925 |  WWII Navy gunner and hero Alonzo Alexander Swann Jr. is born. Swann's heroic, selfless actions in the 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Philippines saved his ship and crew-mates. However, owing to an "error of intentional racial injustice", Swann was denied the Navy's highest honor, the Navy Cross, for nearly fifty years. Following court intervention, Swann was finally awarded the Navy Cross on board the USS Intrepid in 1993. After his service in the war Swann earned a degree in political science at Pennsylvania State University and worked as General Director of the Gary (Indiana) Sanitary District and also co-owned a nightclub. Learn more. | |
| 1989 |  Four Star General Colin Powell is confirmed unanimously by the Senate Armed Forces Committee as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. A month earlier on August 10, 1989, he was nominated as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by President H.W. Bush. He was the first African American and the youngest person at age 52 to hold the highest military position in the Department of Defense. He later served as the first African American Secretary of State under President George W. Bush from January 20, 2001 until January 26, 2005. Powell was born on April 5, 1937 in Harlem, New York City. Learn more. |
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