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"Rich Girl" is a song by American recording artist Gwen Stefani (pictured) from her 2004 debut solo album, Love. Angel. Music. Baby. Produced by Dr. Dre, the track features rapper Eve, who had previously collaborated with Stefani on the 2001 single "Let Me Blow Ya Mind". "Rich Girl" is a remake of Louchie Lou & Michie One's 1993 song of the same name, which was in turn an adaptation of the Fiddler on the Roof song "If I Were a Rich Man". In the song, Stefani discusses dreams of wealth and luxury. She has said that the song is from the perspective of "when she was just an Orange County girl". The last song to be included on the album, "Rich Girl" was released in late 2004 to mixed reviews from music critics. Some found it ironic that Stefani, who had already sold 26 million records as a member of the rock group No Doubt, discussed having money in the counterfactual conditional. It was a commercial success, reaching the top ten on the majority of the charts it entered. In the United States, the song was certified gold, and it received a nomination for Best Rap/Sung collaboration at the 48th Grammy Awards. The music video was directed by David LaChapelle and features a pirate theme. (Full article...)

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• JPMorgan Chase is fined US$920 million for illegal practices related to trading losses in 2012.
• The world's most expensive marine salvage operation rights the Costa Concordia shipwreck (pictured).
• Hurricane Ingrid and Hurricane Manuel kill at least 40 people in Mexico.
• Flooding in the U.S. state of Colorado kills at least eight people and leaves hundreds more unaccounted for.
• A gunman kills twelve people at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.
• Japan's Epsilon rocket makes its maiden flight, carrying the Hisaki satellite from the Uchinoura Space Centre.

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September 21: International Day of Peace and Peace One Day; Independence Day in Armenia (1991), Belize (1981) and Malta (1964)

• 1745 – Jacobite Risings: Jacobite troops led by Charles Edward Stuart defeated the Hanoverians in Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland.
• 1860 – Second Opium War: Anglo-French forces earned a decisive victory against Qing Dynasty troops in the Battle of Palikao, allowing them to capture Beijing.
• 1921 – A tower silo storing 4,500 tonnes of a mixture of ammonium sulfate and ammonium nitrate fertilizer exploded at a BASF plant in Oppau, Germany, killing at least 500 people.
• 1938 – The Great New England Hurricane made landfall on Long Island, New York, killing at least 500 people and injuring about 700 others.
• 1953 – North Korean No Kum-Sok (pictured) defected with his MiG-15, inadvertently making Operation Moolah, an American effort to bribe Communist pilots, a success.

More anniversaries: September 20 – September 21 – September 22