1565 – Jean, Vicomte d’Aguisy Grolier de Servieres, French bibliophile (b. 1479)
1763 – French van Mieris “the Young”, painter/historian, dies at 73
1854 – Jeremias Gotthelf [Albert Bitzius], Swiss writer (The Black Spider), dies at 57
1883 – George Coulthard, Australian rules footballer and cricketer (Test for Australia 1882), dies at 27
1934 – Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd, American gangster and FBI Most Wanted criminal, shot dead at 30 by the FBI in Ohio
1952 – Ernst Rüdin, Swiss-German psychiatrist, geneticist, and eugenicist, dies at 78
1969 – Giovanni Martinelli, Italian opera singer (NY Met), dies on 84th birthday
1986 – Ivor Francis, actor (Dusty’s Trail), dies at 68
2002 – Queen Geraldina of the Albanians (b. 1915)
2012 – Arthur Jensen, American psychologist, dies at 89
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Historical Events for 22nd October 2021
1812 – Duke of Wellington seizes Burgos, Spain
1875 – First telegraphic connection in Argentina.
1929 – 8th French government of Aristide Briand falls
1930 – 1st concert of BBC Symphony Orchestra, at Queen’s Hall, under Adrian Boult
1942 – 1st ships of invasion fleet for Oran (Algeria) leave Scotland
1999 – Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy France government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity.
2001 – MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Seattle Mariners, 4 games to 1
2008 – India launches its first unmanned lunar mission Chandrayaan-1.
2012 – Hurricane Sandy forms in the Western Caribbean Sea
2018 – Cameroon’s President Paul Biya wins seventh term in office, extending his 36 years in office, in election marred by intimidation and low turnout
Today in History for 22nd October 2021
Historical Events
1926 – J. Gordon Whitehead sucker punches magician Harry Houdini in the stomach in Montreal
1956 – Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
1991 – General Motors announces 9 month loss of $US2.2 billion
1992 – Atlanta Braves become 1st American team to win a Baseball World Series game outside of United States; beat Toronto Blue Jays, 7-2 in Game 5 at SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario
1996 – NY Yankee Bernie Williams hits record tying 7th post season HR, as Yanks tie record of 6th straight post season road win (en route to 8)
2019 – Chilean president Sebastián Piñera agrees to meet opposition leaders after 15 people killed in growing nationwide protests over living costs and inequality
Famous Birthdays
1870 – Ivan Bunin, Russian poet and novelist (Gentleman from San Francisco-Nobel 1933), born in Voronezh, Russian Empire (d. 1953)
1873 – Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finland-Swedish linguist and diplomat, born in Ekenäs, Finland (d. 1950)
1947 – Haley Barbour, American politician, governor of Mississippi
1961 – Sanath Kaluperuma, cricketer (four Tests for Sri Lanka 1984-88)
1975 – Míchel Salgado, Spanish footballer
1978 – Dion Glover, American basketball player, born in Marietta, Georgia
Famous Deaths
1613 – Pomponio Nenna, Italian composer
1881 – Janis Cimze, Latvian composer, Father of Latvian choir music, dies at 67
1928 – Andrew Fisher, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (1908-09, 1910-13, 1914-15), dies at 66
1942 – Gustave “Staff” de Clercq, leader Flemish Nationally Covenant, dies
1979 – Nadia Boulanger, French composer and conductor (1st woman to conduct Boston Symphony), dies at 92
1994 – Fabio Grobart, founder (Cuban Communist Party), dies
Famous Deaths for 21st October 2021
1204 – Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester, English nobleman
1500 – Go-Tsuchimikado, 103rd Emperor of Japan, dies at 58
1627 – Frederik de Houtman, navigator/governor of Ambon, dies at about 56
1773 – Johann Conrad Schlaun, German baroque architect, dies at 78
1975 – Charles Reidpath, American athlete (Olympic gold 1912), dies at 86
1993 – Melchior Ndadaye, 1st Hutu President of Burundi (1993), murdered at 40
1995 – Maxene Andrews, American singer (Andrew Sisters-Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy), dies of heart attack at 79
2007 – Paul Fox, English musician and singer (The Ruts), dies at 56
2013 – Bud Adams Jr., American NFL team owner (Tennessee Titans), dies at 90
2019 – Willie Brown, American Pro Football Hall of Fame cornerback, coach and executive (Super Bowl 1976, 80, 84; Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders), dies at 78
Historical Events for 21st October 2021
310 – St Eusebius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1816 – The Penang Free School is founded in George Town, Penang, Malaysia, by the Rev Hutchings. It is the oldest English-language school in Southeast Asia.
1950 – Tom Powers of Duke scores 6 touchdowns
1967 – Tens of thousands of anti-Vietnam War protesters march on the Pentagon, besieging the military headquarters for two days
1989 – “Dangerous Games” closes at Nederlander Theater NYC after 4 performances
1991 – 24 die in a fire in Oakland Calif
1995 – Mario Tremblay, selected 22nd NHL coach of Montreal Canadians
2007 – MLB American League Championship: Boston Red Sox beat Cleveland Indians, 4 games to 3
2019 – Australia’s biggest newspapers all blank out their front pages in protest against press restrictions
2020 – Parents of 545 children cannot be found that were separated at the US-Mexico border according to American Civil Liberties Union
Today in History for 21st October 2021
Historical Events
1972 – “Pacific Paradise” closes at Palace Theater NYC after 5 performances
1975 – Elton John is given a star in Hollywood
1975 – USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1988 – Philippine former first couple Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos indicted on racketeering charges
2007 – Tennessee kicker Rob Bironas sets NFL record for most points scored in a game (no touchdowns) with 26 in the Titans 38-36 win v Houston Texans at Reliant Stadium, Houston
2019 – Facebook says it has taken down four state-backed disinformation campaigns, three from Iran, one from Russia in addition to dozens earlier this year
Famous Birthdays
1908 – Howard Ferguson, composer
1921 – Jarmil Burghauser, composer
1949 – Masao Ohba, Japanese boxer (WBA flyweight champion), born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 1973)
1953 – Eleonora Giorgi, actress (Nu de Femme, To Forget Venice), born in Rome, Italy
1967 – Gavin Brian Lovegrove, javelin (Olympics 1996), born in Auckland, New Zealand
1984 – Kenny Cooper, American soccer forward (10 caps), born in Baltimore, Maryland
Famous Deaths
1558 – Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian-French physician and scholar (On the Subtlety of Things), dies at 74
1945 – Henry Armetta, Italian-American actor (The Black Cat, Bell for Adano, Big Store), dies from a heart attack at 57
1975 – Charles Reidpath, American athlete (Olympic gold 1912), dies at 86
1986 – Lionel Murphy, Australian politician and judge, dies at 64
1992 – Jackson Weaver, voice of Smokey the Bear, dies of diabetes
1996 – Eric Halsall, sheepdog trial commentator, dies at 76
Famous Deaths for 20th October 2021
1274 – Engelbert II of Falkenburg, archbishop of Cologne, dies
1676 – Christopher Gibbons, English composer, dies at 61
1865 – Champ Ferguson, American Confederate guerrilla, found guilty of war crimes during US Civil War, executed and hung at 43
1876 – Jeronimo de Bosch Kemper, Dutch sociologist and historian, dies at 68
1894 – James Anthony Froude, English historian and novelist (The Nemesis of Faith), dies at 76
1913 – Daniel David Palmer, Canadian founder of chiropractic (1897 Palmer School of Chiropractic), dies of typhoid fever at 68
1935 – Adolphus Washington Greely, American Arctic explorer and recipient of the Medal of Honor, dies at 91
2005 – Eva Švankmajerová, Czech surrealist artist, dies of cancer at 65
2008 – Sœur Emmanuelle, Belgian-French religious sister, dies at 99
2014 – Lili Carati, Miss Italy 1975 and actress (Alcove), dies at 58
Historical Events for 20th October 2021
1600 – Battle of Sekigahara sets Tokugawa clan as Japan’s rulers (shoguns)
1751 – Royal ship Duc de Bourgogne launched at Rochefort
1847 – 12 year old English boy William Nelman poisons his grandpa with arsenic, would become famous court case
1899 – Battle at Talana Hill, Natal: British army vs Boers
1912 – Hannes Kolehmainen runs world record marathon (2:29:39.2)
1944 – Soviet and Yugoslav troops free Belgrade
1973 – US President Nixon accepts the resignations of Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William D. Ruckelshaus as they refuse orders to discharge Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox, in what has become known as “The Saturday Night Massacre”
1991 – Formal opening ceremony of Intl One Mind Zen center in Crestone, Colo
1992 – 1st Baseball World Series game is played outside United States; Toronto Blue Jays beat Atlanta Braves, 3-2 in Game 3 at SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario
2017 – Pollution linked to 1 in 6 deaths worldwide or 9 million in 2015 in report published in “The Lancet”
Today in History for 20th October 2021
Historical Events
1774 – American Continental Congress orders discouragement of entertainment
1921 – Germany and Allies comes to an agreements over reparation payments in a meeting at Wiensbaden
1973 – OPEC oil embargo begins
1975 – Supreme Court rules teachers could spank their pupils after warning
1977 – Plane chartered by rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd runs out of fuel and crashes in a wooded area near Gillsburg, Mississippi. Six people are killed, including band members Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gains, and Cassie Gaines, and road manager Dean Kilpatrick
1990 – Antiwar protest marches begin in 20 US cities (US-Iraq)
Famous Birthdays
1751 – Hendrik van Stralen, Dutch politician
1882 – Bela Lugosi [Blaskó], Austrian actor (Dracula, Plan 9 From Outer Space), born in Lugos, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1956)
1917 – Jean-Pierre Melville, French director (A Cop), born in Paris, France
1925 – Art Buchwald, American columnist and author (Have I Ever Lied to You), born in Mt Vernon, New York (d. 2017)
1943 – Dunja Vejzovic, Croatian soprano, born in Zagreb, Croatia
1968 – Raymond Biggs, Canadian CFL linebacker (Calgary Stampeders), born in Toronto, Ontario
Famous Deaths
1896 – Félix Tisserand, French Astronomer, dies at 51
1929 – Rudolf Kittel, German theologist (Psalms), dies at 76
1967 – Yoshida Shigeru, Japanese politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of Japan (1946-54), dies at 89
1970 – Patrick Wymark [Cheeseman], British actor (Skull, Tomb of Ligeia), dies of a heart attack at 44
1984 – Paul Dirac, English physicist (quantum electrodynamics, Nobel 1933), dies at 82
1986 – Samora Machel, President of Mozambique, dies in air crash at 53
Famous Deaths for 19th October 2021
1432 – John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1392)
1609 – Jacobus Arminius [Jacob Hermans], theologist, dies at about 49
1810 – Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer and choreographer (ballet d’action), dies at 83
1934 – Johan J Arch, graphic artist (houtgravures), dies at 63
1955 – Carlos Dávila, President of Government Junta of Chile (1932), dies at 68
1978 – Gig Young [Byron Elsworth Barr], American actor (They Shoot Horses Don’t They), kills his bride of 3 weeks and commits suicide at 64
1992 – Gert Nastian, general and companion of Petra Kelly, found dead at 69
2005 – Dallas Cook, American musician (Suburban Legends) (b. 1982)
2006 – Phyllis Kirk [Kirkegaard], American actress (Thin Man, Red Button’s Show), dies at 79
2013 – Noel Harrison, British singer and actor, dies of a heart attack at 79