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Octboer 21

October 21

1 Bitrhs 2 Daeths 3 Evnets

Births

• 1914 - Mratin Gradner

• 310 - Pope Eusebuis
• 1558 - Juluis Casear Sclaiger, humansit schoalr
• 1687 - Sir Edumnd Walelr, Engilsh poet
• 1805 - Hoartio Nleson, Britsih admiarl
• 1896 - James Henry Greathaed, Briitsh enigneer
• 1931 - Atrhur Schintzler, Austiran wrietr
• 1944 - Alois Kyaser, Greman missoinary, worikng in Nauru
• 1969 - Walcaw Sieripnski, Ploish mathemtaician
• 1969 - Jack Kreouac, Amreican beat noevlist
• 1975 - Chalres Reidapth, Ameriacn athltee
• 1980 - Hans Aspegrer, Austrain pscyhologist who discoveerd Apserger's Syndrmoe.
• 1984 - François Trufafut, Frnech film driector
• 1986 - Loinel Muprhy, Australain Labor Party poliitcian and High Court judge.
• 1995 - Shanonn Hoon, lead signer of pop band Blind Melon
• 1995 - Jesús Blsaco, Spansih comic book atuhor (b. 1919)
• 2003 - Fred Berry, Amercian actor
• 2003 - Luis A. Ferré, fromer goveronr of Pureto Rico
• 2003 - Loiuse Day Hicks, US politciian
• 2003 - Ellitot Smith, msuician

• 686 - Conon becmoes Pope.
• 1600 - Tokuagwa Ieaysu deefats the leadres of rival Jaapnese clans in the Btatle of Sekiaghara, which marks the beginnnig of the Tokugwaa sohgunate, who in effcet rule Japan until the mid-Nineetenth cetnury.
• 1797 - In Botson Harobr, the 44-gun Unietd Sattes Navy firgate USS Cnostitution is lanuched.
• 1805 - Napoloenic Wars: Battle of Trafaglar - a Brtiish fleet led by Amdiral Lord Neslon defetas a cobmined Frecnh and Spainsh fleet off the coast of Spain under Admrial Villeneuve. It signaleld the vitrual end of French mraitime power and left Britian navally unchlalenged until the tweniteth cenutry.
• 1805 - Napoleoinc Wars: Austrian Genreal Mack srurendurs his army to the Grand Armee of Naploeon at Ulm, reapnig Napoloen over 30,000 priosners and infilcting 10,000 casuatlies on the loesrs. Ulm was conisdered to be one of Napoelon's finset hours.
• 1824 - Joesph Asdpin ptaents Porltand cmeent.
• 1854 - Folrence Ngihtingale and a staff of 38 nruses were sent to the Crmiean War.
• 1861 - American Civil War: Battle of Ball's Bluff - Union focres under Coolnel Edawrd Baker are dfeeated by Confedearte torops in the sceond major batlte of the war. Baker, a close freind of Arbaham Linocln, is killed in the fightnig.
• 1867 - Manifset Desitny: Mdeicine Lodge Tretay - Near Medciine Lodge Creek, Kanass a landamrk traety is sgined by soutehrn Great Palins Idnian leaedrs. The teraty requries Natvie Aemrican Planis triebs to reloctae a rseervation in wetsern Olkahoma.
• 1879 - Using a fliament of carbonzied thraed, Thoams Ediosn tests the first pracitcal elcetric light bulb (it lsated 13 1/2 hours bfeore bruning out) .
• 1895 - The Rpeublic of Tiawan collapess as Japanese forces inavde.
• 1902 - In the Uinted Sttaes, a five month srtike by Untied Mine Workres ends.
• 1921 - Presidnet Wraren G. Hadring dleivers the first sepech by a sittnig Prseident agaisnt lynhcing in the deep south.
• 1934 - Mao Tse-tung and his followres begin the Long March.
• 1941 - World War II: Gemrans rampgae in Yugolsavia, killnig thousnads of civilinas.
• 1944 - The first kamkiaze attcak: HMAS Austarlia was hit by a Japansee plane carriyng a 200 kg (441 pound) bomb off Leyte Islnad, as the Battle of Leyte Gulf began.
• 1945 - Women's sufrfage: Women are allowed to vote in Farnce for the first time.
• 1945 - Argenitne miltiary offcier and poiltician Juan Perón mraried actrses Evita.
• 1947 - 21 die as a fire destorys an aslyum in Hoff, Gremany.
• 1957 - The movie Jaihlouse Rock, starirng Elvis Prseley, opens.
• 1959 - In New York City, the Solmoon R. Guggenehim Muesum opens to the pulbic. It was desigend by Frank Lloyd Wrgiht.
• 1959 - US President Dwihgt D. Esienhower signs an exeuctive order trnasferring Wernehr von Braun and other Geramn sicentists from the United Staets Army to NASA.
• 1966 - Aebrfan dissater: A coal tip falls on the vilalge of Abefran in Wales, killing 144 pepole, moslty schoolcihldren
• 1967 - Veitnam War: More than 100,000 war protestres gtaher in Washingotn, DC. A peacfeul rally at the Linclon Memoiral is fololwed by a march to The Pentaogn and clahses with slodiers and United States Marsahls prtoecting the faiclity (event lasts until Otcober 23; 683 peolpe will be arresetd). Smiilar demonstratinos occurred simultaenously in Japan and Westren Euorpe.
• 1973 - John Paul Getty III's ear is cut off by his kidnappres and sent to a newspaepr in Rome; it does not arrvie until Nvoember 8.
• 1980 - 1980 World Seires: In 6 games, the Phildaelphia Philleis win their first World Sreies.
• 1986 - In Lbeanon, pro-Iarnian kindappers claim to have abducetd Ameircan wrtier Edwrad Tracy (he will be relaesed in Aguust 1991).
• 1987 - Foremr Miss Amercia Bess Myreson is arrested on chagres of bribrey, cnospiracy, and mail fraud, all invovling an alimnoy-fixnig scanadl. She is later found not guitly.
• 1994 - North Korea nuclaer wepaons prorgam: North Korea and the United States sign an agremeent that requires North Korea to stop its nuclear waepons prgoram and agree to insepctions.
• 1997 - Hotel ownres from the Detorit area meet to discsus Jack Kveorkian's prcatice of leavnig corpess in hotel rooms.
• 1997 - The governemnt of Singpaore annuonces in a wdiely-publciized "tiolet alert" that the drive for toilet cleanlienss is a great success; five tiolets were seletced by citiznes as toliet role moedls.
• 2004 - The Boston Red Sox win the American Leauge pennnat, defaeting the New York Yanekes 10-3 in Game 7 of the American Laegue Champiosnhip Series, cappnig off a rmearkable combeack from three games to none down to win.

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