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
Author: gil7
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
Historical Events for 19th October 2021
1492 – Christopher Columbus sights “Isabela”, now Fortune Island/Long Cay, Bahamas
1856 – James Kelly and Jack Smith fight bareknuckle for 6h15m in Melbourne
1879 – Afghan’s emir Mohammed Yakub forced to resign
1944 – John Van Druten’s “I Remember Mama” premieres in NYC
1966 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1968 – The West German crew beats Australia by just 0.9s to win the men’s eights rowing gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics
1973 – Ringo Starr releases music single “Photograph” in the UK
1993 – UN authorizes arms, military and police supply embargo against Haiti
2019 – UK parliament votes for the Letwin amendment in a special Saturday sitting, which forces Boris Johnson to ask the EU for an extension and delays vote on his Brexit deal
2020 – US charges six Russian military officers with massive cyber-attack meant to disrupt 2020 Tokyo Olympics, 2017 French presidential election, and Ukraine’s power grid
Today in History for 19th October 2021
Historical Events
615 – Pope Deusdedit [Adeodatus I] elected to succeed Boniface IV as Catholic Pope
1864 – Approx 25 Confederates make surprise attack on St Albans, Vermont
1946 – Yanks trade Joe Gordon to Cleveland for Allie Reynolds
1988 – 3 Americans win Nobel in physics; 3 W Germans win chemistry Nobel
1999 – “Believe” single released by Cher (Billboard Song of the Year, 1999; Grammy Award Best Dance Recording, 2000)
2006 – MLB National League Championship: St. Louis Cardinals beat New York Mets, 4 games to 3
Famous Birthdays
1911 – Hilde Spiel, Austrian writer, born in Vienna (d. 1990)
1936 – Johnetta Betsch Cole, educator/president (Spellman College)/(Sen-D-KY)
1940 – Jerzy Kulej, Polish light welterweight boxer (Olympic gold 1964, 68), (d. 2012)
1955 – Nino DeFranco, Canadian musician (The DeFranco Family)
1979 – José Luis “Parejita” López, Mexican footballer
1982 – Louis Oosthuizen, South African golfer (British Open 2010; runner-up in all 4 major events), born in Mossel Bay, South Africa
Famous Deaths
1216 – King John of England (1199-1216), agreed to the Magna Carta, dies at 49
1897 – George Pullman, American inventor and industrialist (b. 1831)
1937 – Betty Carver, wife of English WWII Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, dies
1955 – John Hodiak, American actor (Battleground, A Bell for Adamo, Lifeboat), dies from coronary thrombosis at 41
1964 – Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and essayist (Henry Handel Richardson: A Study), dies at 79
2013 – Ronald Shannon Jackson, American avant-garde jazz and funk drummer, and composer (Cecil Taylor; Last Exit; Decoding Society), dies of leukemia at 73
Famous Deaths for 18th October 2021
1382 – James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde, dies at 51
1604 – Igram van Achelen, Dutch statesman (b. 1528)
1938 – Karl J Kautsky, Austrian Marxist/socialist, dies at 83
1941 – Manuel Teixeira Gomes, 7th President of Portugal, dies at 81
1943 – Benedictus H. Danser, Dutch taxonomist and botanist, dies at 52
1972 – Esma Cannon, Australian-born actress (Sailor Beware!), dies at 66
1973 – Frank Knight, TV announcer (Chronoscope), dies at 79
1977 – Andreas Baader, German left-wing militant and leader of the Red Army Faction, commits suicide along with other RAF leaders at 34
2009 – Nancy Spero, American feminist artist, dies at 83
2013 – Mary Carver [Carvellas], American actress (Simon and Simon, Star Trek: Enterprise), dies at 89
Historical Events for 18th October 2021
1863 – Battle of Charlestown, WV
1929 – Women are considered “Persons” under Canadian law
1952 – Vinoo Mankad takes 13 Pakistan wkts to win 1st India-Pak clash
1966 – “Apple Tree” opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 463 performances
1977 – NY Yankees win their 21st World Championship, 4 games
1979 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1980 – Brooke Alexander, 18, of Hawaii, crowned Miss World USA
1991 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1991 – “My Own Private Idaho” directed and written by Gus van Sant starring River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves is released
1997 – The groundbreaking Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Gehry, is inaugurated by King Juan Carlos I in Bilbao, Spain