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October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 71 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 1096 – A ...
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Highlights of this day in history: Thomas Edison perfects workable electric light; Anthrax scare claims first of two U.S. postal workers in Washington, DC; Britain wins Battle of Trafalgar ...
A trial court in Taguig, Philippines, convicts 17 leaders and members of Abu Sayyaf, including two top officials of the Rajah Sulaiman Movement who were on the United Nations Security Council's Sanctions List, of the kidnapping of 21 tourists from Sipadan, Malaysia, in 2000. The convicts are sentenced to reclusión perpetua. (AFP via SCMP)
On this day. October 21 "Galop infernal" from Orpheus in the Underworld, popularly used as can-can music. 1096 – The Seljuk forces of Kilij Arslan destroyed the ...
Ava Gardner was in Los Angeles to leave her hand and footprints outside Hollywood's famous Grauman's Chinese Theatre. (Oct. 21)
During the first three weeks of October 1966 there were 6.5 inches (170 mm) of rainfall, nearly half of which was in the third week. [21] During the night of 20–21 October the peak of Tip 7 subsided by 9–10 feet (2.7–3.0 m) and the rails on which the spoil was transported to the top of the tip fell into the resulting hole.
October 21: Trafalgar Day in various Commonwealth countries Overture, can-can section 1096 – The Seljuk forces of Kilij Arslan destroyed the army of the People's Crusade as it marched toward Nicaea .