What are the important events that happened on October 21, 2003? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
October 21, 2003: Facts & Myths About This Day
October 21, 2003 is the 294th day of the year 2003 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 71 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 8, 2003 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,066,694,400 seconds 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.
If a person born on this day saved a Half dollar every day starting at age 4, then by now that person has accumulated $3,015.50. (Assuming this person is still alive today.)
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.
Sheep is the mythical animal and Water is the element for this person if we consider the very old art of Chinese astrology.
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October 21, 2003 Historical Events
- 2003 –Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery by the team of Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz.
Who died on October 21, 2003?
- 2003 –Elliott Smith, American musician (b. 1969)
- 2003 –Fred Berry, American actor (b. 1951)
- 2003 –Louise Day Hicks, American politician (b. 1916)
- 2003 –Luis A. Ferré, Governor of Puerto Rico (b. 1904)
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