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October 21: Day of the Week
October 21, 2024 is the 295th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 71 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Monday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is lunes.
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Here’s the October calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
October 21 Historical Event(s)
1097
First Crusade: Crusaders led by Godfrey of Bouillon, Bohemund of Taranto, and Raymond IV of Toulouse, begin the Siege of Antioch.
1520
João Álvares Fagundes discovers the islands of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, bestowing them their original name of “Islands of the 11,000 Virgins”.
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.
1921
George Melford’s silent film, The Sheik, starring Rudolph Valentino, premiers.
1944
World War II: The first kamikaze attack: A Japanese plane carrying a 200 kg bomb attacks HMAS Australia off Leyte Island, as the Battle of Leyte Gulf began.
1959
In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opens to the public.
1965
Comet Ikeya-Seki approaches perihelion, passing 450,000 kilometers from the sun.
1969
A coup d'état in Somalia brings Siad Barre to power.
1973
John Paul Getty III’s ear is cut off by his kidnappers and sent to a newspaper in Rome; it doesn't arrive until November 8.
1978
Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes in a Cessna 182 over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.
Who were born on October 21?
1912
Don Byas, American jazz tenor saxophonist (d. 1972)
1917
Dizzy Gillespie, American jazz musician (d. 1993)
1941
Steve Cropper, American musician
1952
Allen Hoey, American poet and novelist
1957
Wolfgang Ketterle, German physicist, Nobel laureate
1959
Tony Ganios, American Actor
1971
Hal Duncan, Scottish writer
1979
Khalil Greene, American baseball player
1982
Tim Wildsmith, American musician
1983
Ninet Tayeb, Israeli singer
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