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T Calendar Gears Gregorian Calendar
Full Year 2020 October
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. Contents · 1Events · 2Births · 3Deaths Events[edit] ·
1096 –
A Seljuk Turkish army successfully fight off the People's Crusade. ·
1097 –
Crusaders led by Godfrey of Bouillon, Bohemund of Taranto, and Raymond IV,
Count of Toulouse, begin the Siege of Antioch. ·
1209 – Otto IV is
crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Innocent III. ·
1392 –
Japanese Emperor Go-Kameyama abdicates
in favor of rival claimant Go-Komatsu. ·
1512 – Martin Luther joins the theological
faculty of the University of Wittenberg. ·
1520 – Ferdinand Magellan discovers
a strait now known as the Strait of Magellan. ·
1520
– Joăo Álvares
Fagundes discovers the islands of Saint Pierre
and Miquelon, bestowing them their original name of "Islands
of the 11,000 Virgins". ·
1600 – Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the leaders of
rival Japanese clans in the Battle of Sekigahara and
becomes shōgun of Japan. ·
1774 –
The flag of
Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word
"Liberty". ·
1797 –
In Boston Harbor, the 44-gun United States Navy frigate USS Constitution is
launched. ·
1805 –
Napoleonic Wars: A British fleet led by Lord
Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet
under Admiral
Villeneuve in the Battle of Trafalgar. ·
1824 – Portland cement is patented. ·
1854 – Florence Nightingale and
a staff of 38 nurses are sent to the Crimean War. ·
1861 –
American Civil War: Union forces under Colonel Edward Baker are defeated by
Confederate troops in the second major battle of the war. ·
1867 –
The Medicine Lodge
Treaty is signed by southern Great Plains Indian leaders. The
treaty requires Native American Plains tribes to relocate to a reservation in
western Oklahoma. ·
1879 – Thomas Edison applies for a patent for
his design for an incandescent light bulb. ·
1888 –
Foundation of the Swiss
Social Democratic Party. ·
1892 –
Opening ceremonies for the World's
Columbian Exposition are held in Chicago, though because
construction was behind schedule, the exposition did not open until May 1,
1893. ·
1895 –
The Republic of Formosa collapses
as Japanese forces invade. ·
1907 –
The 1907 Qaratog
earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan,
killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people. ·
1910 – HMS Niobe arrives in
Halifax Harbour to become the first ship of the Royal Canadian Navy. ·
1921 –
President Warren G. Harding delivers
the first speech by a sitting U.S. President against lynching in the deep
South. ·
1931 –
A secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army launches an abortive coup d'état attempt. ·
1940 –
The first edition of the Ernest Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell
Tolls is published. ·
1943 – World War II: The Provisional Government of Free India is
formally established in Japanese-occupied Singapore. ·
1944 –
World War II: The first kamikaze attack damages HMAS Australia as
the Battle of Leyte Gulf begins. ·
1944
– World War II: The Nemmersdorf massacre against
the German civilians takes place. ·
1944
– World War II: The city of Aachen falls to American forces after
three weeks of fighting, making it the first German city to fall to the
Allies. ·
1945 –
French women vote for the first time during the 1945
French legislative election. ·
1950 –
Korean War: Heavy fighting begins between British and Australian forces
against the North Koreans during the Battle of Yongju. ·
1956 –
The Mau Mau Uprising in
Kenya is defeated. ·
1959 –
In New York City, the Solomon R.
Guggenheim Museum opens to the public. ·
1959
– President Eisenhower approves the transfer of all US Army space-related
activities to NASA, including most of the Army
Ballistic Missile Agency. ·
1965 – Comet Ikeya–Seki approaches
perihelion, passing 450,000 kilometers (279,617 miles) from the sun. ·
1966 –
A colliery spoil tip collapses on the village of Aberfan in
Wales, killing 144 people, mostly schoolchildren. ·
1967 –
The National Mobilization Committee to End the War in
Vietnam organizes a march of fifty thousand people from the
Lincoln Memorial to the Pentagon. ·
1969 –
The 1969 Somali coup
d'état establishes a Marxist–Leninist administration. ·
1971 –
A gas explosion kills
22 people at a shopping centre near Glasgow, Scotland. ·
1973 – Fred Dryer of the Los Angeles Rams
becomes the first player in NFL history to score two safeties in the same
game. ·
1978 –
Australian civilian pilot Frederick
Valentich vanishes over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne,
after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft. ·
1979 – Moshe Dayan resigns from the Israeli
government because of strong disagreements with Prime Minister Menachem Begin
over policy towards the Arabs. ·
1981 – Andreas Papandreou becomes
Prime Minister of Greece, ending an almost 50-year-long system of power
dominated by conservative forces. ·
1983 –
The metre is defined as the distance light
travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second. ·
1986 –
In Lebanon, pro-Iran kidnappers claim to have abducted American
writer Edward Tracy (he is released in August 1991). ·
1987 –
The Jaffna hospital
massacre is carried out by Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri
Lanka, killing 70 ethnic Tamil patients, doctors and nurses. ·
1994 –
North Korea and the United States sign an Agreed Framework that requires North
Korea to stop its nuclear weapons program and agree to inspections. ·
1994
– In Seoul, South Korea, 32 people are killed when a span of the Seongsu Bridge collapses.[1] ·
2005 –
Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in
documenting its discovery. ·
2019 –
Thirty people are killed in a fiery bus crash in western Democratic
Republic of the Congo.[2] ·
2019
– In Canada, the 2019
Canadian Federal Election ends, resulting in incumbent Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau remaining
in office, albeit in a minority government. (Global) (CBC) Births[edit] ·
1328 – Hongwu Emperor of China (d. 1398) ·
1409 – Alessandro Sforza,
Italian condottiero (d. 1473)[3] ·
1449 – George
Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, Irish-English son of Cecily
Neville, Duchess of York (d. 1478) ·
1527 – Louis I,
Cardinal of Guise (d. 1578) ·
1536 – Joachim
Ernest, Prince of Anhalt (d. 1586) ·
1581 – Domenichino, Italian painter (d. 1641) ·
1650 – Jean Bart, French admiral (d. 1702) ·
1658 – Henri de
Boulainvilliers, French nobleman (d. 1722) ·
1675 – Emperor Higashiyama of
Japan (d. 1710) ·
1687 – Nicolaus I Bernoulli,
Swiss mathematician and theorist (d. 1759) ·
1712 – James Steuart,
Scottish economist and author (d. 1780) ·
1725 – Franz Moritz von
Lacy, Austrian field marshal (d. 1801) ·
1757 – Pierre Augereau, French general (d. 1816) ·
1762 – Herman Willem
Daendels, Dutch general, lawyer, and politician, 36th Governor-General
of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1818) ·
1772 – Samuel Taylor
Coleridge, English poet, philosopher, and critic (d. 1834) ·
1775 – Giuseppe Baini, Italian priest, composer,
and critic (d. 1844) ·
1790 – Alphonse de
Lamartine, French poet and politician, French Head of State (d.
1869) ·
1811 – Filippo Colini, Italian operatic baritone
(d. 1863) ·
1821 – Sims Reeves, English tenor and actor (d.
1900) ·
1833 – Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and engineer,
invented dynamite and
founded the Nobel Prize (d.
1896) ·
1845 – Will Carleton, American poet and journalist
(d. 1912) ·
1847 – Giuseppe Giacosa, Italian poet and
playwright (d. 1906) ·
1851 – George Ulyett, English cricketer and
footballer (d. 1898) ·
1868 – Ernest Swinton, British Army officer (d.
1951) ·
1874 – Tan Kah Kee, Chinese businessman, community
leader, communist and philanthropist (d.1961) ·
1877 – Oswald Avery, Canadian-American physician
and microbiologist (d. 1955) ·
1884 – Claire Waldoff, German singer and actress
(d. 1957) ·
1886 – Eugene Burton Ely,
American soldier and pilot (d. 1911) ·
1887 – Krishna Singh,
Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of
Bihar (d. 1961) ·
1894 – Edogawa Ranpo, Japanese author and critic
(d. 1965) ·
1895 – Paavo Johansson, Finnish javelin thrower and
decathlete (d. 1983) ·
1895
– Edna Purviance,
American actress (d. 1958) ·
1896 – Esther
Shumiatcher-Hirschbein, Russian-Canadian poet and screenwriter
(d.1985) ·
1898 – Eduard Pütsep, Estonian wrestler and actor
(d. 1960) ·
1900 – Andrée Boisson,
French Olympic fencer (d. 1973) ·
1902 – Eddy Hamel, American footballer (d. 1943 in
Auschwitz)[4] ·
1907 – Nikos Engonopoulos,
Greek painter and poet (d. 1985) ·
1908 – Niyazi Berkes, Cypriot-English sociologist
and academic (d. 1988) ·
1911 – Mary Blair, American illustrator and
animator (d. 1978) ·
1912 – Don Byas, American saxophonist and educator
(d. 1972) ·
1912
– Alfredo Pián,
Argentinian race car driver (d. 1990) ·
1912
– Georg Solti, Hungarian-English conductor and
director (d. 1997) ·
1914 – Martin Gardner, American mathematician and
author (d. 2010) ·
1915 – Owen Bradley, American country music record
producer (d. 1998) ·
1917 – Dizzy Gillespie, American trumpet player,
composer, and bandleader (d. 1993) ·
1918 – Milton Himmelfarb,
American sociologist and author (d. 2006) ·
1918
– Albertina Sisulu,
South African anti-apartheid activist (d. 2011) ·
1919 – Jim Wallwork, English-Canadian sergeant and
pilot (d. 2013) ·
1921 – Malcolm Arnold, English composer (d. 2006) ·
1921
– Bruce Beeby, Australian-English actor (d.
2013) ·
1921
– Robert Clothier,
Canadian actor (d. 1999) ·
1921
– Jim Shumate, American fiddler and composer
(d. 2013) ·
1921
– Ingrid van
Houten-Groeneveld, Dutch astronomer and academic (d. 2015) ·
1922 – Liliane Bettencourt,
French businesswoman and philanthropist (d. 2017) ·
1923 – Samuel Khachikian,
Iranian director, screenwriter, and author (d. 2001) ·
1924 – Joyce Randolph, American actress ·
1924
– Julie Wilson,
American actress and singer (d. 2015) ·
1925 – Celia Cruz, Cuban-American singer (d. 2003) ·
1925
– Virginia Zeani,
Romanian soprano and educator ·
1926 – Bob Rosburg, American golfer (d. 2009) ·
1926
– Leonard Rossiter,
English actor (d. 1984) ·
1927 – Fritz Wintersteller,
Austrian mountaineer ·
1927
– Howard Zieff,
American director and photographer (d. 2009) ·
1928 – Whitey Ford, American baseball player and
coach ·
1928
– Eudóxia Maria
Froehlich, Brazilian zoologist (d. 2015) ·
1928
– Vern Mikkelsen,
American basketball player and coach (d. 2013) ·
1929 – Pierre Bellemare, French radio and
television host (d. 2018) ·
1929
– Fritz Hollaus,
Austrian footballer (d. 1994) ·
1929
– Ursula K. Le Guin,
American author and critic (d. 2018) ·
1930 – Ivan Silayev, Russian engineer and
politician, 19th Prime Minister
of Russia ·
1931 – Shammi Kapoor, Indian actor and director (d.
2011) ·
1931
– Jim Parks junior,
English cricketer and manager ·
1932 – Pál Csernai, Hungarian footballer and
manager (d. 2013) ·
1933 – Maureen Duffy, English author, poet, and
playwright ·
1933
– Francisco Gento,
Spanish footballer and manager ·
1935 – Derek Bell,
Irish harp player, pianist, and songwriter (d. 2002) ·
1935
– Mel Street, American country music singer-songwriter
and guitarist (d. 1978) ·
1937 – Said Afandi
al-Chirkawi, Russian spiritual leader and scholar (d. 2012) ·
1937
– Hank Nelson, Australian historian and
academic (d. 2012) ·
1938 – Carl Brewer,
Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2001) ·
1940 – Geoffrey Boycott, English cricketer and
sportscaster ·
1940
– Frances
FitzGerald, American journalist and author ·
1940
– Rhoda Gemignani,
American actress ·
1940
– Manfred Mann,
South African-English keyboard player and producer ·
1940
– Marita Petersen,
Faroese educator and politician, Prime
Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 2001) ·
1941 – Steve Cropper, American guitarist,
songwriter, producer, and actor ·
1942 – Elvin Bishop, American singer-songwriter and
guitarist ·
1942
– Allan Grice, Australian race car driver and
politician ·
1942
– Lou Lamoriello,
American ice hockey player, coach, and manager ·
1942
– Judy Sheindlin,
American judge and television host ·
1942
– Christopher A. Sims,
American economist and statistician, Nobel
Prize laureate ·
1942
– John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington,
English police officer and academic ·
1943 – Tariq Ali, Pakistani historian and author ·
1943
– Ron Elliott,
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer ·
1944 – Mandy Rice-Davies,
English model and actress (d. 2014) ·
1944
– Michael Tugendhat,
English lawyer and judge ·
1945 – Nikita Mikhalkov, Russian filmmaker ·
1945
– Michael White,
English journalist ·
1946 – Jane Heal, English philosopher and academic ·
1946
– Jim Hill,
American football player and sportscaster ·
1946
– Lux Interior,
American singer-songwriter (d. 2009) ·
1946
– Lee Loughnane,
American singer-songwriter and trumpet player ·
1948 – Shaye J. D. Cohen,
American historian and academic ·
1948
– Allen Henry Vigneron,
American archbishop ·
1949 – Michel Bričre, Canadian ice hockey player
(d. 1971) ·
1949
– Mike Keenan, Canadian ice hockey player and
coach ·
1949
– Benjamin Netanyahu,
Israeli captain and politician, 9th Prime Minister
of Israel ·
1950 – Ronald McNair, American physicist and
astronaut (d. 1986) ·
1950
– Leela Vernon,
Belizean musician and cultural conservationist (d. 2017)[5] ·
1952 – Patti Davis, American actress and author ·
1952
– Allen Hoey, American poet and author ·
1952
– Brent Mydland,
German-American keyboard player (d. 1990) ·
1953 – Charlotte Caffey, American guitarist and
songwriter ·
1953
– Eric Faulkner,
Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist ·
1953
– Keith Green, American singer-songwriter,
pianist, and minister (d. 1982) ·
1953
– Marc Johnson,
American bassist, composer, and bandleader ·
1953
– Peter Mandelson,
English journalist and politician, Secretary
of State for Northern Ireland ·
1954 – Brian Tobin, Canadian journalist and politician,
6th Premier of
Newfoundland ·
1955 – Dick DeVos, American businessman ·
1955
– Fred Hersch, American pianist and composer ·
1955
– Rich Mullins,
American singer-songwriter (d. 1997) ·
1956 – Carrie Fisher, American actress and
screenwriter (d. 2016) ·
1956
– Mike Tully, American pole vaulter ·
1957 – Julian Cope, English singer-songwriter ·
1957
– Wolfgang Ketterle,
German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate ·
1957
– Steve Lukather,
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ·
1958 – Andre Geim, Russian-English physicist and
academic, Nobel Prize laureate ·
1959 – George Bell,
Dominican baseball player ·
1959
– Rose McDowall,
Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist ·
1959
– Andy Picheta,
English director, producer, and screenwriter ·
1959
– Kevin
Sheedy, Welsh-Irish footballer and manager ·
1959
– Ken Watanabe,
Japanese actor and producer ·
1962 – David Campese, Australian rugby player and
coach ·
1964 – Jon Carin, American singer-songwriter,
guitarist, and producer ·
1965 – Ion Andoni
Goikoetxea, Spanish footballer and manager ·
1965
– Horace Hogan,
American wrestler ·
1965
– Hisashi Imai,
Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist ·
1966 – Phillip Price, Welsh golfer ·
1966
– Igor Prins, Estonian footballer and manager ·
1966
– Arne Sandstř,
Norwegian footballer and manager ·
1967 – Georgi Dakov, Bulgarian high jumper (d.
1996) ·
1967
– Paul Ince, English footballer and manager ·
1967
– Gavin Lovegrove,
New Zealand javelin thrower and graphic designer ·
1968 – Alexandros
Alexandris, Greek footballer and manager ·
1968
– Kerstin Andreae,
German politician ·
1969 – Michael
Hancock, Australian rugby league player ·
1969
– Mo Lewis, American football player ·
1970 – Louis Koo, Hong Kong actor and singer ·
1971 – Hal Duncan, Scottish author and poet ·
1971
– Damien Martyn,
Australian cricketer ·
1971
– Nick Oliveri,
American singer-songwriter and bass player ·
1971
– Conor O'Shea,
Irish rugby player and coach ·
1971
– Paul Telfer,
Scottish footballer and coach ·
1971
– Thomas Ulsrud,
Norwegian curler ·
1972 – Matthew Friedberger,
American singer-songwriter and guitarist ·
1972
– Orlando Thomas,
American football player (d. 2014) ·
1972
– Evhen Tsybulenko,
Ukrainian scholar and academic ·
1972
– Ashutosh Agashe,
Indian businessman and cricketer ·
1973 – Lera Auerbach, Russian-American pianist and
composer ·
1973
– Charlie Lowell,
American pianist and songwriter ·
1974 – Costel Busuioc, Romanian tenor ·
1975 – Toby Hall, American baseball player ·
1975
– Henrique Hilário,
Portuguese footballer ·
1976 – Henrik Gustavsson,
Swedish footballer ·
1976
– Jeremy Miller,
American actor and singer ·
1976
– Lavinia Miloșovici,
Romanian gymnast ·
1976
– Josh Ritter, American singer-songwriter and
guitarist ·
1976
– Mélanie Turgeon,
Canadian skier ·
1978 – Joey Harrington, American football player
and sportscaster ·
1978
– Henrik Klingenberg,
Finnish singer and keyboard player ·
1979 – Khalil Greene, American baseball player ·
1979
– Gabe Gross, American baseball player ·
1980 – Kim Kardashian, American reality television
personality, actress, model, businesswoman and socialite ·
1980
– Brian Pittman,
American bass player ·
1981 – Martin
Castrogiovanni, Argentinian-Italian rugby player ·
1981
– Nemanja Vidić,
Serbian footballer ·
1982 – Matt Dallas, American actor ·
1982
– Jim Henderson,
American baseball player ·
1982
– Antony Kay, English footballer ·
1982
– Hari Kondabolu,
American comedian, actor, and podcaster ·
1982
– Ray Ventrone,
American football player ·
1982
– Lee Chong Wei,
Malaysian badminton player ·
1982
– James White,
American basketball player ·
1983 – Casey Fien, American baseball player ·
1983
– Zack Greinke,
American baseball player ·
1983
– Brent Hayden,
Canadian swimmer[6] ·
1983
– Gonzalo Klusener,
Argentinian footballer ·
1983
– Andy Marte, Dominican baseball player (d.
2017) ·
1983
– Amber Rose, American model ·
1983
– Chris Sherrington,
English-Scottish martial artist ·
1983
– Ninet Tayeb, Israeli singer ·
1983
– Shelden Williams,
American basketball player ·
1984 – Anna Bogdanova, Russian heptathlete ·
1984
– Tom Brandstater,
American football player ·
1984
– Kenny Cooper,
American soccer player ·
1984
– Anouk
Leblanc-Boucher, Canadian speed skater ·
1984
– José Lobatón,
Venezuelan baseball player ·
1984
– Marvin Mitchell,
American football player ·
1984
– Kieran Richardson,
English footballer ·
1985 – Simone Bracalello,
Italian footballer ·
1985
– Dean Collis, Australian rugby league player ·
1986 – Almen Abdi, Swiss footballer ·
1986
– Chibuzor Chilaka,
Nigerian footballer ·
1986
– Scott Rendell,
English footballer ·
1987 – Justin De Fratus, American baseball player ·
1987
– Andrey Grechin,
Russian swimmer ·
1988 – Ricki Olsen, Danish footballer ·
1988
– Daniel Schorn,
Austrian cyclist ·
1988
– Natalie Wynn, creator of YouTube channel ContraPoints ·
1989 – Mads Dahm, Norwegian footballer ·
1989
– Luke Murphy, English footballer ·
1989
– Jonathan Viera,
Spanish footballer ·
1989
– Sam Vokes, English-Welsh footballer ·
1990 – Bengali-Fodé Koita,
French footballer ·
1990
– Mathieu Peybernes,
French footballer ·
1990
– Ricky Rubio, Spanish basketball player ·
1991 – Tom Eastman, English footballer ·
1991
– Geoffry Hairemans,
Belgian footballer ·
1991
– Rob Keogh, English cricketer ·
1991
– Vadaine Oliver,
English footballer ·
1991
– Harry Pell, English footballer ·
1992 – Marzia Bisognin, Italian businessperson and
former YouTuber ·
1992
– Bernard Tomic,
German-Australian tennis player ·
1995 – Cameron Burgess, Scottish-Australian
footballer ·
1995
– Antoinette
Guedia Mouafo, Cameroonian swimmer Deaths[edit] ·
645 – Zhenzhu Khan, khan of Xueyantuo ·
1023 – Gero,
Archbishop of Magdeburg ·
1096 – Walter Sans Avoir,
a leader of the First Crusade ·
1125 – Cosmas of Prague, Bohemian priest and
historian (b. 1045) ·
1204 – Robert
de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester, English politician ·
1221 – Alix, Duchess
of Brittany (b. 1201) ·
1266 – Birger Jarl, Swedish politician (b. 1210) ·
1314 – Geoffrey
de Geneville, 1st Baron Geneville ·
1422 – Charles VI of France (b.
1368) ·
1500 – Emperor
Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (b. 1442) ·
1505 – Paul Scriptoris, German mathematician and
educator (b. 1460) ·
1556 – Pietro Aretino, Italian author (b. 1492) ·
1558 – Julius Caesar
Scaliger, Italian physician and scholar (b. 1484) ·
1600
– Ōtani
Yoshitsugu, Japanese samurai (b. 1558) ·
1623 – William
Wade, English politician and diplomat, Lieutenant
of the Tower of London (b. 1546) ·
1662 – Henry Lawes, English pianist and composer
(b. 1595) ·
1687 – Edmund Waller, English poet and politician
(b. 1606) ·
1765 – Giovanni Paolo
Panini, Italian painter and architect (b. 1691) ·
1775 – Peyton Randolph, American lawyer and
politician, 1st President
of the Continental Congress (b. 1721) ·
1777 – Samuel Foote, English actor and playwright
(b. 1720) ·
1805 – John
Cooke, English captain (b. 1763) ·
1805
– George Duff, Scottish captain (b. 1764) ·
1805
– Horatio
Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, English admiral (b. 1758) ·
1821 – Dorothea Ackermann,
German actress (b. 1752) ·
1835 – Muthuswami Dikshitar,
Indian poet and composer (b. 1775) ·
1861 – Edward Dickinson
Baker, American congressman and colonel (b. 1811) ·
1872 – Jacques Babinet, French physicist,
mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1794) ·
1873 – Johan Sebastian
Welhaven, Norwegian author, poet, and critic (b. 1807) ·
1896 – James Henry
Greathead, South African-English engineer (b. 1844) ·
1903 – Jinmaku
Kyūgorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (b. 1829) ·
1904 – Isabelle Eberhardt,
Swiss explorer and journalist (b. 1877) ·
1907 – Jules Chevalier, French priest, founded
the Missionaries
of the Sacred Heart (b. 1824) ·
1931 – Arthur Schnitzler,
Austrian author and playwright (b. 1862) ·
1938 – Dorothy Hale, American actress (b. 1905) ·
1940 – William G. Conley,
American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 18th Governor of
West Virginia (b. 1866) ·
1941 – Alexander
Greenlaw Hamilton, Australian biologist (b. 1852) ·
1944 – Alois Kayser, German-French missionary (b.
1877) ·
1952 – Hans Merensky, South African geologist and
philanthropist (b. 1871) ·
1963 – Józef Franczak,
Polish sergeant (b. 1918) ·
1965 – Bill Black, American bass player and
bandleader (b. 1926) ·
1969 – Jack Kerouac, American novelist and poet (b.
1922) ·
1969
– Wacław
Sierpiński, Polish mathematician and academic (b. 1882) ·
1970 – Li Linsi, Chinese educator and diplomat (b.
1896) ·
1971 – Minnie Evans, Potawatomi leader (b. 1888) ·
1973 – Nasif Estéfano,
Argentinian race car driver (b. 1932) ·
1975 – Charles Reidpath, American runner and
general (b. 1887) ·
1977 – Ferit Tüzün, Turkish composer (b. 1929) ·
1978 – Anastas Mikoyan, Armenian-Russian civil
servant and politician (b. 1895) ·
1980 – Hans Asperger, Austrian physician and
psychologist (b. 1906) ·
1982 – Radka Toneff, Norwegian singer-songwriter
(b. 1952) ·
1983 – Joseph P. Lordi, American government
official (b. 1919) ·
1984 – François Truffaut,
French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1932) ·
1985 – Dan White, American assassin and politician
(b. 1946) ·
1986 – Lionel Murphy, Australian jurist and
politician, 22nd Attorney-General
of Australia (b. 1922) ·
1989 – Jean Image, Hungarian-French director,
producer, and screenwriter (b. 1910) ·
1990 – Dany Chamoun, Lebanese engineer and
politician (b. 1934) ·
1990
– Prabhat Ranjan
Sarkar, Indian philosopher and author (b. 1921) ·
1991 – Lorenc Antoni, Albanian composer, conductor,
and musicologist (b. 1909) ·
1992 – Ante Ciliga, Croatian politician, writer and
publisher (b. 1898) ·
1992
– Jim Garrison,
American lawyer and judge (b. 1921) ·
1993 – Sam Zolotow, American journalist and critic
(b. 1899) ·
1995 – Maxene Andrews, American singer (b. 1916) ·
1995
– Jesús Blasco,
Spanish author and illustrator (b. 1919) ·
1995
– Nancy Graves,
American sculptor and painter (b. 1939) ·
1995
– Shannon Hoon,
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1967) ·
1996 – Georgios Zoitakis,
Greek general and politician (b. 1910) ·
1998 – Francis W. Sargent,
American soldier and politician, 64th Governor of
Massachusetts (b. 1915) ·
1999 – Lars Bo, Danish author and illustrator (b.
1924) ·
1999
– Ahmet
Taner Kışlalı, Turkish political scientist, lawyer,
and politician (b. 1939) ·
2002 – Edward J. Mortola,
American academic and president of Pace University (b. 1917)[7] ·
2003 – Louise Day Hicks, American politician (b.
1916) ·
2003
– Luis A. Ferré,
Puerto Rican engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of
Puerto Rico (b. 1904) ·
2003
– Elliott Smith,
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1969) ·
2006 – Sandy West, American singer-songwriter and
drummer (b. 1959) ·
2007 – Paul Fox,
English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1951) ·
2010 – A. Ayyappan, Indian poet and translator (b.
1949) ·
2011 – Hikmet Bilâ, Turkish journalist and author
(b. 1954) ·
2011
– Tone Pavček,
Slovenian poet and author (b. 1928) ·
2012 – Yash Chopra, Indian director, producer, and
screenwriter (b. 1932) ·
2012
– Antoni Dobrowolski,
Polish educator (b. 1904) ·
2012
– Jaroslav Kozlík,
Czech volleyball player and educator (b. 1907) ·
2012
– Alf Kumalo, South African photographer and
journalist (b. 1930) ·
2012
– George McGovern,
American historian, lieutenant, and politician (b. 1922) ·
2013 – Bud Adams, American businessman (b. 1923) ·
2013
– Gianni Ferrio,
Italian composer and conductor (b. 1924) ·
2013
– Rune T. Kidde,
Danish author, poet, and illustrator (b. 1957) ·
2013
– Colonel Robert
Morris, American singer-songwriter and drummer (b. 1954) ·
2013
– Major Owens, American librarian and
politician (b. 1936) ·
2013
– Tony Summers,
Welsh swimmer (b. 1924) ·
2013
– Oscar Yanes, Venezuelan journalist and
author (b. 1927) ·
2014 – Ben Bradlee, American journalist and author
(b. 1921) ·
2014
– Nelson Bunker Hunt,
American businessman (b. 1926) ·
2014
– Mohammad-Reza
Mahdavi Kani, Iranian cleric and politician, Prime Minister of
Iran (b. 1931) ·
2014
– Edith Kawelohea
McKinzie, Hawaiian genealogist, author, and hula expert (b. 1925) ·
2014
– Gough Whitlam,
Australian lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 21st Prime
Minister of Australia (b. 1916) ·
2015 – France Bučar, Slovenian lawyer and
politician (b. 1923) ·
2015
– Marty Ingels,
American actor (b. 1936) ·
2015
– Norman W. Moore,
English conservationist and author (b. 1923) ·
2015
– Sheldon Wolin,
American philosopher, theorist, and academic (b. 1922) Holidays and observances[edit] ·
Christian feast day: o Blessed Charles of Austria (Roman Catholic
Church) o Hilarion o Laura
of Saint Catherine of Siena o Leticia (one of The Korean Martyrs) o Ursula o October
21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) ·
Indian
Police Commemoration Day (India) ·
National Nurses' Day (Thailand) ·
Ndadaye Day (Burundi) ·
Overseas Chinese Day (Republic of China) ·
Trafalgar Day (the British Empire in the 19th and early
20th century) ·
Birth of the Báb
(2017) (Bahá’í) |
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