Birthday October 21, 1772 Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in England, poet
Birthday October 21, 1772 Samuel Taylor Coleridge is born
Birthday October 21, 1833 Alfred Bernhard Nobel, Stockholm, created dynamite & Peace Prizes
Birthday October 21, 1912 Sir Georg Solti, conductor
Birthday October 21, 1914 Martin Gardner, Scientific American math & puzzles columnist
Birthday October 21, 1917 Dizzy Gillespie is born
Birthday October 21, 1917 Dizzy Gillespie, trumpeter, a creator of modern jazz
Birthday October 21, 1928 Whitey Ford, NY Yankee pitcher
Birthday October 21, 1933 Georgia Brown
Birthday October 21, 1940 Manfred Mann, rocker
Birthday October 21, 1945 Kathy Young
Birthday October 21, 1953 Charlotte Caffey, (GoGos)
Birthday October 21, 1956 Carrie Fisher, in Beverly Hills - Star Wars' Princess Lelia
Birthday October 21, 1971 Jade Jagger, daughter of Mick Jagger
History October 21, 1779 Henry Laurens named minister to Holland
History October 21, 1797 USS Constitution launched
History October 21, 1797 US Navy frigate Constitution Old Ironsides launched in Boston
History October 21, 1805 Battle of Trafalgar Adm Nelson defeats French & Spanish fleet
History October 21, 1805 Battle of Trafalgar
History October 21, 1861 Battle of Ball's Bluff
History October 21, 1867 Plains Indians sign key provisions of the Medicine Lodge Treaty in Kansas
History October 21, 1868 Severe earthquake at 7:53 a.m. centered in Hayward Calif.
History October 21, 1869 1st shipment of fresh oysters comes overland from Baltimore
History October 21, 1879 Thomas Edison perfects the light bulb.
History October 21, 1897 Yerkes Observatory of the University of Chicago is dedicated.
History October 21, 1910 A bomb explodes in the Los Angeles Times building
History October 21, 1918 Margaret Owen sets world typing speed record of 170 wpm for 1 min.
History October 21, 1918 Germany ceases unrestricted submarine warfare
History October 21, 1921 Harding publicly condemns lynching
History October 21, 1923 Deutsches Museum Munich 1st Walther Bauersfeld's Zeiss Planetarium.
History October 21, 1929 Henry Ford dedicates the Thomas Edison Institute
History October 21, 1941 Germans massacre men, women, and children in Yugoslavia
History October 21, 1944 During WWII US troops captured Aachen 1st large German city to fall
History October 21, 1945 Women in France allowed to vote for the 1st time
History October 21, 1948 Facsimile high-speed radio transmission demonstrated Washington DC
History October 21, 1959 Von Braun moves to NASA
History October 21, 1959 Guggenheim Museum designed by Frank Lloyd Wright opens in NY
History October 21, 1960 JFK & Nixon clashed in 4th & final pres debate
History October 21, 1966 Mudslide buries school in Wales
History October 21, 1967 Thousands protest the war in Vietnam
History October 21, 1967 Thousands opposing Vietnam War tried to storm the Pentagon
History October 21, 1967 100,000 people march on the Pentagon
History October 21, 1967 Ejnar Hertzsprung Danish astrophysicist dies at 94.
History October 21, 1971 Nixon nominates Lewis F. Powell & William H. Rehnquist to US Supreme Court following resignations of Justices Hugo Black & John Harlan
History October 21, 1974 1st Islander shut-out opponent - Billy Smith 5-0 vs Caps
History October 21, 1975 Fisk homers off foul pole
History October 21, 1975 Venera 9 1st craft to orbit the planet Venus launched
History October 21, 1976 Saul Bellow wins Nobel Prize for Literature
History October 21, 1977 US recalls William Bowdler ambassador to South Africa
History October 21, 1984 Steve Jones runs Chicago Marathon in world record 2 h 8 m 5 s.
History October 21, 1988 Mystic Pizza, with Julia Roberts, opens
History October 21, 2014 Olympian Oscar Pistorius gets 5 years in prison for girlfriend's death
October 21, 1772 Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in England, poet
October 21, 1772 Samuel Taylor Coleridge is born
October 21, 1833 Alfred Bernhard Nobel, Stockholm, created dynamite & Peace Prizes
October 21, 1912 Sir Georg Solti, conductor
October 21, 1914 Martin Gardner, Scientific American math & puzzles columnist
October 21, 1917 Dizzy Gillespie is born
October 21, 1917 Dizzy Gillespie, trumpeter, a creator of modern jazz
October 21, 1928 Whitey Ford, NY Yankee pitcher
October 21, 1933 Georgia Brown
October 21, 1940 Manfred Mann, rocker
October 21, 1945 Kathy Young
October 21, 1953 Charlotte Caffey, (GoGos)
October 21, 1956 Carrie Fisher, in Beverly Hills - Star Wars' Princess Lelia
October 21, 1971 Jade Jagger, daughter of Mick Jagger
October 21, 1779 Henry Laurens named minister to Holland
October 21, 1797 USS Constitution launched
October 21, 1797 US Navy frigate Constitution Old Ironsides launched in Boston
October 21, 1805 Battle of Trafalgar Adm Nelson defeats French & Spanish fleet
October 21, 1805 Battle of Trafalgar
October 21, 1861 Battle of Ball's Bluff
October 21, 1867 Plains Indians sign key provisions of the Medicine Lodge Treaty in Kansas
October 21, 1868 Severe earthquake at 7:53 a.m. centered in Hayward Calif.
October 21, 1869 1st shipment of fresh oysters comes overland from Baltimore
October 21, 1879 Thomas Edison perfects the light bulb.
October 21, 1897 Yerkes Observatory of the University of Chicago is dedicated.
October 21, 1910 A bomb explodes in the Los Angeles Times building
October 21, 1918 Margaret Owen sets world typing speed record of 170 wpm for 1 min.
October 21, 1918 Germany ceases unrestricted submarine warfare
October 21, 1921 Harding publicly condemns lynching
October 21, 1923 Deutsches Museum Munich 1st Walther Bauersfeld's Zeiss Planetarium.
October 21, 1929 Henry Ford dedicates the Thomas Edison Institute
October 21, 1941 Germans massacre men, women, and children in Yugoslavia
October 21, 1944 During WWII US troops captured Aachen 1st large German city to fall
October 21, 1945 Women in France allowed to vote for the 1st time
October 21, 1948 Facsimile high-speed radio transmission demonstrated Washington DC
October 21, 1959 Von Braun moves to NASA
October 21, 1959 Guggenheim Museum designed by Frank Lloyd Wright opens in NY
October 21, 1960 JFK & Nixon clashed in 4th & final pres debate
October 21, 1966 Mudslide buries school in Wales
October 21, 1967 Thousands protest the war in Vietnam
October 21, 1967 Thousands opposing Vietnam War tried to storm the Pentagon
October 21, 1967 100,000 people march on the Pentagon
October 21, 1967 Ejnar Hertzsprung Danish astrophysicist dies at 94.
October 21, 1971 Nixon nominates Lewis F. Powell & William H. Rehnquist to US Supreme Court following resignations of Justices Hugo Black & John Harlan
October 21, 1974 1st Islander shut-out opponent - Billy Smith 5-0 vs Caps
October 21, 1975 Fisk homers off foul pole
October 21, 1975 Venera 9 1st craft to orbit the planet Venus launched
October 21, 1976 Saul Bellow wins Nobel Prize for Literature
October 21, 1977 US recalls William Bowdler ambassador to South Africa
October 21, 1984 Steve Jones runs Chicago Marathon in world record 2 h 8 m 5 s.
October 21, 1988 Mystic Pizza, with Julia Roberts, opens
October 21, 2014 Olympian Oscar Pistorius gets 5 years in prison for girlfriend's death