October 21

October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 71 days remaining.

Births:

• 1772 - [Samuel Taylor Coleridge]?, poet.
• 1833 - Alfred Nobel, inventor and benefactor of the Nobel Prize.
• 1914 - Martin Gardner, writer on mathematics and games.
• 1917 - [Dizzy Gillespie]?, trumpeter.
• 1929 - [Usula K. Le Guin]?, science fiction author.
• 1942 - Judge [Judy Sheindlin]?, judge, tv host.

Deaths:

• 1805 - Horatio Nelson, British admiral.
• 1969 - Jack Kerouac, Beat novelist.
• 1984 - François Truffaut, French film director.
• 1994 - Burt Lancaster, an Americano actor (film).

Events:

• 1805 - The [Battle of Trafalgar]? assures British naval dominance during the [Napoleonic Wars]?.
• 1959 - [Museum of Modern Art]? opens in New York.

Holidays:

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See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

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