October 21 Explained
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
- 1907 - The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.
- 1910 - arrives in Halifax Harbour to become the first ship of the Royal Canadian Navy.
- 1912 - First Balkan War: The Greek navy completes the capture of the island of Lemnos for use as a forward base against the Dardanelles.[1]
- 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.
- 1941 - World War II: The Kragujevac massacre against Serbian men and boys takes place.[2]
- 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 as the Battle of Leyte Gulf begins.
- 1944 - World War II: The Nemmersdorf massacre against German civilians takes place.
- 1944 - World War II: The city of Aachen falls to American forces after three weeks of fighting, the first German city to fall to the Allies.
- 1945 - In the 1945 French legislative election French women vote for the first time.
- 1950 - Korean War: Heavy fighting begins between British and Australian forces and 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 Dwight D. 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 slips onto houses and a school in the village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144 people, 116 of whom were schoolchildren.[3]
- 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.[4]
- 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.
- 1984 - Niki Lauda claims his third and final Formula One Drivers' Championship Title by half a point ahead of McLaren team-mate Alain Prost at the Portuguese Grand Prix.[5]
- 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 peacekeeping forces in Sri Lanka, killing 70 Tamil patients, doctors and nurses.
- 1989 - In Honduras, 131 people are killed when a Boeing 727 crashes on approach to Toncontín International Airport near the nation's capital Tegucigalpa.[6]
- 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.[7]
- 2005 - Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery.
- 2011 - Iraq War: President Barack Obama announces that the withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq will be complete by the end of the year.[8]
- 2019 - Thirty people are killed in a fiery bus crash in western Democratic Republic of the Congo.[9]
- 2019 - In Canada, the 2019 Canadian federal election ends, resulting in incumbent Prime Minister Justin Trudeau remaining in office, albeit with the Liberal Party in a minority government.[10] [11]
- 2021 - A shooting occurs on the set of the film Rust, in which actor Alec Baldwin discharged a prop weapon which had been loaded, killing the director of photography, Halyna Hutchins, and injuring director Joel Souza.[12]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
- 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)[14]
- 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)
- 1809 - James Clark, American Jesuit (d. 1885)[15]
- 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)
1901–present
- 1902 - Eddy Hamel, American footballer (d. 1943)[16]
- 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)[17]
- 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 (d. 2024)[18]
- 1924 - Julie Wilson, American actress and singer (d. 2015)
- 1925 - Celia Cruz, Cuban-American singer (d. 2003)
- 1925 - Virginia Zeani, Romanian soprano and educator (d. 2023)
- 1926 - Bob Rosburg, American golfer (d. 2009)
- 1926 - Leonard Rossiter, English actor (d. 1984)
- 1927 - Fritz Wintersteller, Austrian mountaineer (d. 2018)
- 1927 - Howard Zieff, American director and photographer (d. 2009)
- 1928 - Whitey Ford, American baseball player and coach (d. 2020)
- 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)
- 1929 - George Stinney Jr., wrongfully convicted African-American inmate; second youngest person in the U.S. to be executed (d. 1944)[19] [20] [21]
- 1930 - Ivan Silayev, Russian engineer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Russia (d. 2023)
- 1931 - Shammi Kapoor, Indian actor and director (d. 2011)
- 1931 - Jim Parks Jr., English cricketer and manager (d. 2022)
- 1932 - Pál Csernai, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2013)
- 1933 - Maureen Duffy, English author, poet, playwright and activist[22]
- 1933 - Francisco Gento, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 2022)
- 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[23]
- 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 - Everett McGill, American actor
- 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 Brière, 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)[24]
- 1950 - Leela Vernon, Belizean musician and cultural conservationist (d. 2017)[25]
- 1952 - Patti Davis, American actress and author
- 1952 - Allen Hoey, American poet and author (d. 2010)
- 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 - Catherine Hardwicke, American film director, producer, and screenwriter
- 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 - Irene Edgar, Scottish lawn bowler[26]
- 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
- 1960 - Melora Walters, American actress, director, and writer
- 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 Sandstø, 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 - Ashutosh Agashe, Indian businessman and cricketer
- 1972 - Matthew Friedberger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1972 - Orlando Thomas, American football player (d. 2014)
- 1972 - Evhen Tsybulenko, Ukrainian scholar and academic
- 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 - Andrew Scott, Irish actor
- 1976 - Mélanie Turgeon, Canadian skier
- 1978 - Will Estes, American actor
- 1978 - Joey Harrington, American football player and sportscaster
- 1978 - Henrik Klingenberg, Finnish singer and keyboard player
- 1978 - Michael McMillian, American actor
- 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[27]
- 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 - Charlotte Sullivan, Canadian actress
- 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 - Tonje Brenna, Norwegian politician[28]
- 1987 - Justin De Fratus, American baseball player
- 1987 - Andrey Grechin, Russian swimmer
- 1988 - Ricki Olsen, Danish footballer
- 1988 - Glen Powell, American actor
- 1988 - Daniel Schorn, Austrian cyclist
- 1989 - Mads Dahm, Norwegian footballer
- 1989 - Festus Ezeli, Nigerian-American basketball player[29]
- 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 - Alexander Burmistrov, Russian ice hockey player[30]
- 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 - Natasha Bassett, Australian actress
- 1992 - Marzia Kjellberg, Italian businessperson and former YouTuber
- 1992 - Damion Lee, American basketball player[31]
- 1992 - Bernard Tomic, German-Australian tennis player[32]
- 1993 - Kane Brown, American singer and songwriter[33]
- 1995 - Cameron Burgess, Scottish-Australian footballer
- 1995 - Doja Cat, American rapper, singer and songwriter[34]
- 1995 - Antoinette Guedia Mouafo, Cameroonian swimmer
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 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)[35]
- 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)
1601–1900
- 1623 - William Wade, English politician and diplomat, Lieutenant of the Tower of London (b. 1546)
- 1662 - Henry Lawes, English 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)[36]
- 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)
1901–present
- 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)
- 1939 – Hendrik Wortman, Dutch civil engineer (b. 1859)[37]
- 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, American artist (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 spiritual guru, 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)[38]
- 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)
- 2020 - Frank Bough, English television presenter (b. 1933)[39]
- 2021 - Bernard Haitink, Dutch conductor and violinist (b. 1929)[40]
- 2023 - Bobby Charlton, English footballer and manager (b. 1937)[41]
- 2023 - Bobi, Portuguese dog (b. 1992)[42]
- 2023 - Bill Hayden, Australian politician, 21st Governor General of Australia (b. 1933)[43]
- 2024 - Mimi Hines, Canadian singer and comedian (b. 1933)[44]
Holidays and observances
External links
Notes and References
- Book: Επίτομη Ιστορία των Βαλκανικών Πολέμων 1912-1913 . Concise History of the Balkan Wars 1912–1913 . Hellenic Army General Staff, Army History Directorate . Athens . 1987 . 119–120.
- Book: Lampe, John R. . John R. Lampe . 2000 . 1996 . 2nd . Yugoslavia as History: Twice There Was a Country . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge, England . 978-0-521-77401-7 .
- Web site: Aberfan: The mistake that cost a village its children . www.bbc.co.uk . 12 November 2020.
- Web site: Nickell . Joe . The Valentich Disappearance: Another UFO Cold Case Solved. Volume 37.6, November/December 2013 . November 2013 . Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. 14 March 2014.
- News: 1984 Portuguese Grand Prix race report. 2021-05-17. Motor Sport Magazine. en-GB.
- Web site: Ranter. Harro. ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 727-224 N88705 Tegucigalpa-Toncontin Airport (TGU). 2021-10-21. aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network.
- Web site: Collapse of Seongsu Bridge. https://web.archive.org/web/20060303221333/http://nema.go.kr/eng/m4_seongsu.jsp. dead. 2006-03-03. National Emergency Management Agency. 2006. March 3, 2006.
- Web site: 2016-10-07. Barack Obama - Key Events Miller Center. 2022-01-11. millercenter.org. en.
- Web site: AA, World, Africa. 30 killed in bus accident in western DR Congo. Oct 21, 2019.
- News: Connolly. Amanda. 21 October 2019. Justin Trudeau's Liberals will form a minority government. Global News. 20 October 2021.
- News: Brewster. Murray. 22 October 2019. The voting is over, now the hard part begins for a minority government. CBC News. 20 October 2021.
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