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What are the important events that happened on October 21? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
October 21: Facts & Myths About This Day
October 21 is the 294th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 71 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 8, 2021 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 454,104 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaenneacontatetragon’ day.
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Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 103 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 3,226 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 21 Historical Events
- 1392 –Nanboku-chō: Emperor Go-Kameyama abdicates in favor of rival claimant Go-Komatsu.
- 1520 –Ferdinand Magellan discovers a strait now known as Strait of Magellan.
- 1944 –World War II: Battle of Aachen: The city of Aachen falls to American forces after three weeks of fighting, making it the first German city to fall to the Allies.
- 1959 –President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order transferring Wernher von Braun and other German scientists from the United States Army to NASA.
- 1987 –Jaffna hospital massacre is carried out by Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka killing 70 ethnic Tamil patients, doctors and nurses.
Who were born on October 21?
- 1762 –Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch statesman (d. 1818)
- 1922 –Liliane Bettencourt, heir to L'Oreal
- 1931 –Vivian Pickles, English actress
- 1974 –Costel Busuioc, Romanian tenor
- 1976 –Mélanie Turgeon, Canadian alpine skier
Who died on October 21?
- 1266 –Birger jarl, Swedish statesman (b. 1210)
- 1805 –Horatio Nelson, Royal Navy admiral (b. 1758)
- 1965 –Bill Black, American musician (b. 1926)
- 1984 –François Truffaut, French film director (b. 1932)
- 1993 –Sam Zolotow, American theater reporter (b. 1899)
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