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October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in Leap Year s) in the Gregorian Calendar , with 71 days remaining.
Events
- 686 - Conon becomes Pope .
- 1492 - Christopher Columbus lands on the San Salvador Islands.
- 1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg
- 1600 - Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the leaders of rival Japan ese clans in the Battle Of Sekigahara , which marks the beginning of the Tokugawa Shogunate , who in effect rule Japan until the mid-Nineteenth century.
- 1774 - First display of the word "Liberty" on a flag, raised by colonists in Taunton, Massachusetts and which was in defiance of British rule in Colonial America .
- 1797 - In Boston Harbor , the 44-gun United States Navy frigate USS ''Constitution'' is launched.
- - a British fleet led by Admiral Lord Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet off the coast of Spain under Admiral Villeneuve . It signalled the virtual end of French maritime power and left Britain navally unchallenged until the twentieth century.
- 1805 - surrenders his army to the Grand Army of Napoleon at Ulm , reaping Napoleon over 30,000 prisoners and inflicting 10,000 casualties on the losers. Ulm was considered to be one of Napoleon's finest hours.
- 1824 - Joseph Aspdin Patent s Portland Cement .
- 1854 - Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 Nurse s were sent to the Crimean War .
- - Union forces under Colonel Edward Baker are defeated by Confederate troops in the second major battle of the war. Baker, a close friend of Abraham Lincoln , is killed in the fighting.
- - Near Medicine Lodge, Kansas a landmark treaty is signed by southern Great Plains Indian leaders. The treaty requires Native American Plains tribes to relocate a reservation in western Oklahoma .
- 1879 - Using a filament of Carbon ized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric Incandescent Light Bulb (it lasted 13 1/2 hours before burning out).
- 1895 - The Republic Of Formosa collapses as Japan ese forces invade.
- 1902 - In the United States , a five month Strike by United Mine Workers ends.
- 1921 - President Warren G. Harding delivers the first speech by a sitting President against lynching in the deep south.
- , Yugoslavia . Thousands of civilians are killed in retaliation for an attack on German soldiers.
- was hit by a Japan ese plane carrying a 200 kg (441 pound) Bomb off Leyte Island , as the Battle Of Leyte Gulf began.
- for the first time.
- 1945 - Argentine Military Officer and Politician Juan Perón married Actress Evita .
- 1947 - 21 die as a fire destroys an Asylum in Hoff , Germany .
- 1954 - The first part of JRR Tolkien 's The Lord Of The Rings , the The Fellowship Of The Ring is published in the U.S.A.
- 1957 - The movie Jailhouse Rock , starring Elvis Presley , opens.
- 1959 - In New York City , the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opens to the public. It was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright .
- 1959 - US President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an Executive Order transferring Wernher Von Braun and other German scientists from the United States Army to NASA .
- in Wales , killing 144 people, mostly schoolchildren
- ers gather in Washington, DC . A peaceful rally at the Lincoln Memorial is followed by a march to The Pentagon and clashes with soldiers and United States Marshal s protecting the facility (event lasts until October 23 ; 683 people were arrested). Similar demonstrations occurred simultaneously in Japan and Western Europe .
- 1969 - A coup d'état in Somalia brings Siad Barre to power.
- 1973 - John Paul Getty III 's ear is cut off by his kidnappers and sent to a newspaper in Rome ; it doesn't arrive until November 8 .
- 1977 - The European Patent Institute is founded
- 1978 - Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes in a Cessna 182 over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne , after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.
- 1986 - In Lebanon , pro- Iran ian kidnappers claim to have abducted American writer Edward Tracy (he was released in August 1991 ).
- 1987 - Former Miss America Bess Myerson is arrested on charges of bribery, conspiracy, and mail fraud, all involving an alimony-fixing scandal. She is later found not guilty.
- and the United States sign an agreement that requires North Korea to stop its Nuclear Weapon s program and agree to inspections.
Births
- 1328 - Hongwu Emperor Of China (d. 1398 )
- 1449 - George, Duke Of Clarence , brother of Edward IV Of England and Richard III Of England (d. 1478 )
- 1527 - Louis I, Cardinal Of Guise , French cardinal (d. 1578 )
- 1581 - Domenico Zampieri , Italian painter (d. 1641 )
- 1650 - Jean Bart , French admiral (d. 1702 )
- 1660 - Georg Ernst Stahl , German scientist (d. 1734 )
- 1675 - Emperor Higashiyama Of Japan (d. 1710 )
- 1687 - Nicolaus I Bernoulli , Swiss mathematician (d. 1759 )
- 1712 - Sir James Denham Steuart, 4th Baronet , British economist (d. 1780 )
- 1725 - Franz Moritz Graf Von Lacy , Austrian field marshal (d. 1801 )
- 1757 - Pierre François Charles Augereau, Duc De Castiglione , French marshal (d. 1816 )
- 1762 - Herman Willem Daendels , Dutch statesman (d. 1818 )
- 1772 - Samuel Taylor Coleridge , British poet (d. 1834 )
- 1775 - Giuseppe Baini , Italian composer (d. 1844 )
- 1790 - Alphonse De Lamartine , French writer (d. 1869 )
- 1833 - Alfred Nobel , Swedish inventor and founder of the Nobel Prize (d. 1896 )
- 1847 - Giuseppe Giacosa , Italian writer (d. 1906 )
- 1851 - George Ulyett , British cricketer (d. 1898 )
- 1895 - Edna Purviance , American actress (d. 1958 )
- 1904 - Patrick Kavanagh , Irish poet (d. 1967 )
- 1912 - Sir Georg Solti , Hungarian conductor (d. 1997 )
- 1914 - Martin Gardner , American mathematician and writer
- 1917 - Dizzy Gillespie , American musician (d. 1993 )
- 1921 - Malcolm Arnold , British composer
- 1924 - Celia Cruz , Cuban singer (d. 2003 )
- 1928 - Whitey Ford , baseball player
- 1929 - Ursula K. Le Guin , American author
- 1940 - Geoff Boycott , British cricketer
- 1940 - Manfred Mann , British musician
- 1941 - Steve Cropper , American musician
- 1942 - Elvin Bishop , American musician
- 1942 - Judy Sheindlin , American judge and television host
- 1943 - Brian Piccolo , American football player (d. 1970 )
- 1949 - Benjamin Netanyahu , 9th Prime Minister Of Israel
- 1949 - Mike Keenan , Canadian Hockey coach/GM
- 1952 - Trevor Chappell , Australian Cricketer
- 1953 - Peter Mandelson , British politician
- 1953 - Keith Green , American musician (d. 1982 )
- 1955 - Rich Mullins , American musician (d. 1997 )
- 1956 - Carrie Fisher , American actress and writer
- 1957 - Wolfgang Ketterle , German physicist, Nobel Prize laueate
- 1957 - Steve Lukather , American musician
- 1959 - Ken Watanabe , Japanese actor
- 1962 - David Campese , Australian rugby player
- 1964 - Jon Carin , American musician ( Pink Floyd , The Who )
- 1971 - Nick Oliveri , American musician
- 1972 - Felicity Andersen , Australian actress
- 1973 - Lera Auerbach , Russian composer
- 1978 - Joey Harrington , American football player
- 1984 - Kieran Richardson , British footballer
- 1992 - Ben Ashun , American football player
Deaths
- 310 - Pope Eusebius
- 1125 - Cosmas Of Prague , Bohemian writer
- 1221 - Alix Of Thouars , Duchess of Brittany (b. 1201 )
- 1266 - Birger Jarl , Swedish statesman and founder of Stockholm (b. 1210 )
- 1422 - King Charles VI Of France (b. 1368 )
- 1500 - Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado Of Japan (b. 1442 )
- 1558 - Julius Caesar Scaliger , Italian humanist scholar (b. 1484 )
- 1600 - Toda Katsushige , Japanese warlord (b. 1557 )
- 1623 - William Wade , English statesman and diplomat (b. 1546 )
- 1662 - Henry Lawes , English composer (b. 1595 )
- 1687 - Sir Edmund Waller , English poet (b. 1606 )
- 1765 - Giovanni Paolo Pannini , Italian painter and architect (b. 1691 )
- 1775 - Peyton Randolph , American president of the Continental Congress (b. 1721 )
- 1777 - Samuel Foote , English dramatist and actor (b. 1720 )
- 1805 - Horatio Nelson , British admiral (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1758 )
- 1872 - Jacques Babinet , French physicist (b. 1794 )
- 1873 - Johann Sebastian Welhaven , Norwegian poet (b. 1807 )
- 1896 - James Henry Greathead , British engineer (b. 1844 )
- 1904 - Isabelle Eberhardt , explorer and writer who spent a lot of time in North Africa (b. 1877 )
- 1931 - Arthur Schnitzler , Austrian writer (b. 1862 )
- 1944 - Alois Kayser , German missionary to Nauru (b. 1877 )
- 1969 - Jack Kerouac , American novelist (b. 1922 )
- 1969 - Waclaw Sierpinski , Polish mathematician (b. 1882 )
- 1975 - Charles Reidpath , American athlete (b. 1887 )
- 1980 - Hans Asperger , Austrian psychologist (b. 1906 )
- 1984 - François Truffaut , French film director (b. 1932 )
- 1986 - Lionel Murphy , Australian politician and judge (b. 1922 )
- 1995 - Shannon Hoon , American singer ( Blind Melon ) (b. 1967 )
Holidays and observances
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External links
October 20 - October 22 - November 21 - September 21 – more Historical Anniversaries
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