Historical Events for 21st October 2023

310 – St Eusebius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1708 – Dutch and English troops occupy Lille (Rijsel)
1917 – Petrograds garrison accepts Revolutionary Military Committee
1948 – UN rejects Russian proposal to destroy atomic weapons
1959 – Contra revolutionaries bomb Havana
1975 – Red Sox Carlton Fisk’s 12th inning HR beats Reds 7-6 in game 6 of WS
1977 – The European Patent Institute is founded.
1984 – Austrian Ferrari driver Niki Lauda becomes a 3-time Formula 1 World Drivers champion when he finishes 2nd in the season ending Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril; wins title by just 0.5 from Alain Prost
1991 – 24 die in a fire in Oakland Calif
2020 – Parents of 545 children cannot be found that were separated at the US-Mexico border according to American Civil Liberties Union

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