October 21
Day of the year
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October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 71 days remain until the end of the year.
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Events
Pre-1600
- 310 â Sixty-five days after being exiled by the Emperor Maxentius to Sicily, Pope Eusebius dies.[1]
- 685 â Election of Pope Conon following the death of Pope John V.[2]
- 1094 â El Cid and his forces defeat a larger army of the Almoravids in the battle of Cuarte.[3]
- 1096 â A Seljuk Turkish army successfully ambushes the People's Crusade at the Battle of Civetot.[4]
- 1097 â First Crusade: Crusaders led by Godfrey of Bouillon, Bohemund of Taranto, and Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, begin the Siege of Antioch.[5]
- 1139 â Zengi, atabeg of Aleppo, takes Baalbek from the Burid dynasty.[6]
- 1187 â Election of Gregory VIII following the death of Pope Urban III.[7]
- 1392 â Japanese Emperor Go-Kameyama abdicates in favor of rival claimant Go-Komatsu.
- 1512 â Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg.
- 1520 â João Ãlvares Fagundes discovers the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, bestowing them their original name of "Islands of the 11,000 Virgins".
- 1600 â Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the leaders of rival Japanese clans in the Battle of Sekigahara and becomes shÅgun of Japan.
1601â1900
- 1774 â The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".
- 1797 â In Boston Harbor, the 44-gun United States Navy frigate USS Constitution is launched.
- 1805 â Napoleonic Wars: A British fleet led by Lord Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral Villeneuve in the Battle of Trafalgar.
- 1824 â Portland cement is patented.
- 1854 â Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses are sent to the Crimean War.
- 1861 â American Civil War: Union forces under Colonel Edward Baker are defeated by Confederate troops in the second major battle of the war.
- 1867 â The Medicine Lodge Treaty is signed by southern Great Plains Indian leaders. The treaty requires Native American Plains tribes to relocate to a reservation in the western Indian Territory.
- 1879 â Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.
- 1888 â The Swiss Social Democratic Party is founded.
- 1892 â 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.
- 1895 â The capitulation of Tainan completes the Japanese conquest of Taiwan.
1901âpresent
- 1907 â The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.
- 1910 â HMS Niobe arrives in Halifax Harbour to become the first ship of the Royal Canadian Navy.
- 1912 â First Balkan War: The Greek navy completes the capture of the island of Lemnos for use as a forward base against the Dardanelles.[8]
- 1921 â President Warren G. Harding delivers the first speech by a sitting U.S. president against lynching in the Deep South.
- 1931 â A secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army launches an abortive coup d'état attempt.
- 1940 â The first edition of the Ernest Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published.
- 1941 â World War II: The Kragujevac massacre against Serbian men and boys takes place.[9]
- 1943 â World War II: The Provisional Government of Free India is formally established in Japanese-occupied Singapore.
- 1944 â World War II: The first kamikaze attack damages HMAS Australia as the Battle of Leyte Gulf begins.
- 1944 â World War II: The Nemmersdorf massacre against German civilians takes place.
- 1944 â 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 â In the 1945 French legislative election French women vote for the first time.
- 1950 â Korean War: Heavy fighting begins between British and Australian forces and North Koreans during the Battle of Yongju.
- 1956 â The Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya is defeated.
- 1959 â In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opens to the public.
- 1959 â 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 â Comet IkeyaâSeki approaches perihelion, passing 450,000 kilometers (279,617 miles) from the sun.
- 1966 â 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.[10]
- 1967 â 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 â The 1969 Somali coup d'état establishes a MarxistâLeninist administration.
- 1971 â A gas explosion kills 22 people at a shopping centre near Glasgow, Scotland.
- 1973 â Fred Dryer of the Los Angeles Rams becomes the first player in NFL history to score two safeties in the same game.
- 1978 â Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.[11]
- 1979 â Moshe Dayan resigns from the Israeli government because of strong disagreements with Prime Minister Menachem Begin over policy towards the Arabs.
- 1981 â Andreas Papandreou becomes Prime Minister of Greece, ending an almost 50-year-long system of power dominated by conservative forces.
- 1983 â The metre is defined as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
- 1984 â 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.[12]
- 1986 â In Lebanon, pro-Iran kidnappers claim to have abducted American writer Edward Tracy (he is released in August 1991).
- 1987 â The Jaffna hospital massacre is carried out by Indian peacekeeping forces in Sri Lanka, killing 70 Tamil patients, doctors and nurses.
- 1989 â In Honduras, 131 people are killed when a Boeing 727 crashes on approach to ToncontÃn International Airport near the nation's capital Tegucigalpa.[13]
- 1994 â 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 â In Seoul, South Korea, 32 people are killed when a span of the Seongsu Bridge collapses.[14]
- 2003 â Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery.[15]
- 2011 â Iraq War: President Barack Obama announces that the withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq will be complete by the end of the year.[16]
- 2018 â A passenger train derails in Yilan County, Taiwan, killing 18 people and injuring 187.[17]
- 2019 â Thirty people are killed in a fiery bus crash in western Democratic Republic of the Congo.[18]
- 2019 â 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.[19][20]
- 2021 â 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.[21]
Births
Pre-1600
- 1328 â Hongwu Emperor of China (died 1398)
- 1409 â Alessandro Sforza, Italian condottiero (died 1473)[22]
- 1449 â George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, Irish-English son of Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (died 1478)
- 1527 â Louis I, Cardinal of Guise (died 1578)
- 1536 â Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt (died 1586)
- 1581 â Domenichino, Italian painter (died 1641)
1601â1900
- 1650 â Jean Bart, French admiral (died 1702)
- 1658 â Henri de Boulainvilliers, French nobleman (died 1722)
- 1675 â Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (died 1710)
- 1687 â Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (died 1759)
- 1712 â James Steuart, Scottish economist and author (died 1780)[23]
- 1725 â Franz Moritz von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (died 1801)
- 1757 â Pierre Augereau, French general (died 1816)
- 1762 â Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch general, lawyer, and politician, 36th Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (died 1818)
- 1772 â Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet, philosopher, and critic (died 1834)
- 1775 â Giuseppe Baini, Italian priest, composer, and critic (died 1844)
- 1790 â Alphonse de Lamartine, French poet and politician, French Head of State (died 1869)
- 1809 â James Clark, American Jesuit (died 1885)[24]
- 1811 â Filippo Colini, Italian operatic baritone (died 1863)
- 1821 â Sims Reeves, English tenor and actor (died 1900)
- 1833 â Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and engineer, invented dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize (died 1896)
- 1845 â Will Carleton, American poet and journalist (died 1912)
- 1847 â Giuseppe Giacosa, Italian poet and playwright (died 1906)
- 1851 â George Ulyett, English cricketer and footballer (died 1898)
- 1868 â Ernest Swinton, British Army officer (died 1951)
- 1874 â Tan Kah Kee, Chinese businessman, community leader, communist and philanthropist (died 1961)
- 1877 â Oswald Avery, Canadian-American physician and microbiologist (died 1955)
- 1884 â Claire Waldoff, German singer and actress (died 1957)
- 1886 â Eugene Burton Ely, American soldier and pilot (died 1911)
- 1887 â Krishna Singh, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Bihar (died 1961)
- 1894 â Edogawa Ranpo, Japanese author and critic (died 1965)
- 1895 â Paavo Johansson, Finnish javelin thrower and decathlete (died 1983)
- 1895 â Edna Purviance, American actress (died 1958)
- 1896 â Esther Shumiatcher-Hirschbein, Russian-Canadian poet and screenwriter (died 1985)
- 1898 â Eduard Pütsep, Estonian wrestler and actor (died 1960)
- 1900 â Andrée Boisson, French Olympic fencer (died 1973)
1901âpresent
- 1902 â Eddy Hamel, American footballer (died 1943)[25]
- 1907 â Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet (died 1985)
- 1908 â Niyazi Berkes, Cypriot-English sociologist and academic (died 1988)
- 1911 â Mary Blair, American illustrator and animator (died 1978)
- 1912 â Don Byas, American saxophonist and educator (died 1972)
- 1912 â Alfredo Pián, Argentinian race car driver (died 1990)
- 1912 â Georg Solti, Hungarian-English conductor and director (died 1997)
- 1914 â Martin Gardner, American mathematician and author (died 2010)
- 1915 â Owen Bradley, American country music record producer (died 1998)
- 1917 â Dizzy Gillespie, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (died 1993)[26]
- 1918 â Milton Himmelfarb, American sociologist and author (died 2006)
- 1918 â Albertina Sisulu, South African anti-apartheid activist (died 2011)
- 1919 â Jim Wallwork, English-Canadian sergeant and pilot (died 2013)
- 1921 â Malcolm Arnold, English composer (died 2006)
- 1921 â Bruce Beeby, Australian-English actor (died 2013)
- 1921 â Robert Clothier, Canadian actor (died 1999)
- 1921 â Jim Shumate, American fiddler and composer (died 2013)
- 1921 â Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Dutch astronomer and academic (died 2015)
- 1922 â Liliane Bettencourt, French businesswoman and philanthropist (died 2017)
- 1923 â Samuel Khachikian, Iranian director, screenwriter, and author (died 2001)
- 1924 â Joyce Randolph, American actress (died 2024)[27]
- 1924 â Julie Wilson, American actress and singer (died 2015)
- 1925 â Celia Cruz, Cuban-American singer (died 2003)[26]
- 1925 â Virginia Zeani, Romanian soprano and educator (died 2023)
- 1926 â Bob Rosburg, American golfer (died 2009)
- 1926 â Leonard Rossiter, English actor (died 1984)
- 1927 â Fritz Wintersteller, Austrian mountaineer (died 2018)
- 1927 â Howard Zieff, American director and photographer (died 2009)
- 1928 â Whitey Ford, American baseball player and coach (died 2020)[26]
- 1928 â Eudóxia Maria Froehlich, Brazilian zoologist (died 2015)
- 1928 â Vern Mikkelsen, American basketball player and coach (died 2013)
- 1929 â Pierre Bellemare, French radio and television host (died 2018)
- 1929 â Fritz Hollaus, Austrian footballer (died 1994)
- 1929 â Ursula K. Le Guin, American author and critic (died 2018)[26]
- 1929 â George Stinney Jr., wrongfully convicted African-American inmate; second youngest person in the U.S. to be executed (died 1944)[28][29][30]
- 1930 â Ivan Silayev, Russian engineer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Russia (died 2023)
- 1931 â Shammi Kapoor, Indian actor and director (died 2011)
- 1931 â Jim Parks Jr., English cricketer and manager (died 2022)
- 1932 â Pál Csernai, Hungarian footballer and manager (died 2013)
- 1933 â Maureen Duffy, English author, poet, playwright and activist[31]
- 1933 â Francisco Gento, Spanish footballer and manager (died 2022)
- 1935 â Derek Bell, Irish harp player, pianist, and songwriter (died 2002)
- 1935 â Mel Street, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1978)
- 1937 â Said Afandi al-Chirkawi, Russian spiritual leader and scholar (died 2012)
- 1937 â Hank Nelson, Australian historian and academic (died 2012)
- 1938 â Carl Brewer, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2001)
- 1940 â Geoffrey Boycott, English cricketer and sportscaster
- 1940 â Frances FitzGerald, American journalist and author
- 1940 â Rhoda Gemignani, American actress
- 1940 â Manfred Mann, South African-English keyboard player and producer[32]
- 1940 â Marita Petersen, Faroese educator and politician, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (died 2001)
- 1941 â Steve Cropper, American guitarist, songwriter, producer, and actor (died 2025)[32]
- 1942 â Elvin Bishop, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1942 â Allan Grice, Australian race car driver and politician
- 1942 â Lou Lamoriello, American ice hockey player, coach, and manager
- 1942 â Judy Sheindlin, American judge and television host[32]
- 1942 â Christopher A. Sims, American economist and statistician, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1942 â John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, English police officer and academic
- 1943 â Tariq Ali, Pakistani historian and author
- 1943 â Ron Elliott, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer
- 1944 â Mandy Rice-Davies, English model and actress (died 2014)
- 1944 â Michael Tugendhat, English lawyer and judge
- 1945 â Everett McGill, American actor[32]
- 1945 â Nikita Mikhalkov, Russian filmmaker
- 1945 â Michael White, English journalist
- 1946 â Jane Heal, English philosopher and academic
- 1946 â Jim Hill, American football player and sportscaster
- 1946 â Lux Interior, American singer-songwriter (died 2009)
- 1946 â Lee Loughnane, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player[32]
- 1947 â Dominique Braye, French politician[33]
- 1948 â Shaye J. D. Cohen, American historian and academic
- 1948 â Allen Henry Vigneron, American archbishop
- 1949 â Michel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1971)
- 1949 â Mike Keenan, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1949 â Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli captain and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Israel[26]
- 1950 â Ronald McNair, American physicist and astronaut (died 1986)[34]
- 1950 â Leela Vernon, Belizean musician and cultural conservationist (died 2017)[35]
- 1952 â Patti Davis, American actress and author
- 1952 â Allen Hoey, American poet and author (died 2010)
- 1952 â Brent Mydland, German-American keyboard player (died 1990)
- 1953 â Charlotte Caffey, American guitarist and songwriter[32]
- 1953 â Eric Faulkner, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1953 â Keith Green, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and minister (died 1982)
- 1953 â Marc Johnson, American bassist, composer, and bandleader
- 1953 â Peter Mandelson, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
- 1954 â Brian Tobin, Canadian journalist and politician, 6th Premier of Newfoundland
- 1955 â Dick DeVos, American businessman
- 1955 â Catherine Hardwicke, American film director, producer, and screenwriter[32]
- 1955 â Fred Hersch, American pianist and composer
- 1955 â Rich Mullins, American singer-songwriter (died 1997)
- 1956 â Carrie Fisher, American actress and screenwriter (died 2016)[26]
- 1956 â Mike Tully, American pole vaulter
- 1957 â Julian Cope, English singer-songwriter[32]
- 1957 â Irene Edgar, Scottish lawn bowler[36]
- 1957 â Wolfgang Ketterle, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1957 â Steve Lukather, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[32]
- 1958 â Andre Geim, Russian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1959 â George Bell, Dominican baseball player
- 1959 â Rose McDowall, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1959 â Andy Picheta, English director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1959 â Kevin Sheedy, Welsh-Irish footballer and manager
- 1959 â Ken Watanabe, Japanese actor and producer[32]
- 1959 â Melora Walters, American actress, director, and writer[32]
- 1962 â David Campese, Australian rugby player and coach
- 1964 â Jon Carin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1965 â Ion Andoni Goikoetxea, Spanish footballer and manager
- 1965 â Horace Hogan, American wrestler
- 1965 â Hisashi Imai, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1966 â Phillip Price, Welsh golfer
- 1966 â Igor Prins, Estonian footballer and manager
- 1966 â Arne Sandstø, Norwegian footballer and manager
- 1967 â Georgi Dakov, Bulgarian high jumper (died 1996)
- 1967 â Paul Ince, English footballer and manager
- 1967 â Gavin Lovegrove, New Zealand javelin thrower and graphic designer
- 1967 â Krzysztof Sitko, Polish association football player[37] (died 2018[38])
- 1968 â Alexandros Alexandris, Greek footballer and manager
- 1968 â Kerstin Andreae, German politician
- 1969 â Michael Hancock, Australian rugby league player
- 1969 â Mo Lewis, American football player
- 1970 â Louis Koo, Hong Kong actor and singer
- 1971 â Hal Duncan, Scottish author and poet
- 1971 â Damien Martyn, Australian cricketer
- 1971 â Nick Oliveri, American singer-songwriter and bass player[32]
- 1971 â Conor O'Shea, Irish rugby player and coach
- 1971 â Paul Telfer, Scottish footballer and coach
- 1971 â Thomas Ulsrud, Norwegian curler
- 1972 â Ashutosh Agashe, Indian businessman and cricketer
- 1972 â Matthew Friedberger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1972 â Orlando Thomas, American football player (died 2014)
- 1972 â Evhen Tsybulenko, Ukrainian scholar and academic
- 1973 â Lera Auerbach, Russian-American pianist and composer
- 1973 â Charlie Lowell, American pianist and songwriter[32]
- 1974 â Costel Busuioc, Romanian tenor
- 1975 â Toby Hall, American baseball player
- 1975 â Henrique Hilário, Portuguese footballer
- 1976 â Henrik Gustavsson, Swedish footballer
- 1976 â Jeremy Miller, American actor and singer[32]
- 1976 â Lavinia MiloÈovici, Romanian gymnast
- 1976 â Josh Ritter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1976 â Andrew Scott, Irish actor[32]
- 1976 â Mélanie Turgeon, Canadian skier
- 1978 â Will Estes, American actor[32]
- 1978 â Joey Harrington, American football player and sportscaster
- 1978 â Henrik Klingenberg, Finnish singer and keyboard player
- 1978 â Michael McMillian, American actor[32]
- 1979 â Khalil Greene, American baseball player
- 1979 â Gabe Gross, American baseball player
- 1980 â Kim Kardashian, American reality television personality, actress, model, businesswoman and socialite[32]
- 1980 â Brian Pittman, American bass player
- 1981 â Martin Castrogiovanni, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
- 1981 â Olivier Pla, French racing driver[39]
- 1981 â Nemanja VidiÄ, Serbian footballer
- 1982 â Matt Dallas, American actor[26]
- 1982 â Jim Henderson, American baseball player
- 1982 â Antony Kay, English footballer
- 1982 â Hari Kondabolu, American comedian, actor, and podcaster
- 1982 â Ray Ventrone, American football player
- 1982 â Lee Chong Wei, Malaysian badminton player
- 1982 â James White, American basketball player
- 1983 â Casey Fien, American baseball player
- 1983 â Zack Greinke, American baseball player
- 1983 â Brent Hayden, Canadian swimmer[40]
- 1983 â Gonzalo Klusener, Argentinian footballer
- 1983 â Andy Marte, Dominican baseball player (died 2017)
- 1983 â Amber Rose, American model[26]
- 1983 â Chris Sherrington, English-Scottish martial artist
- 1983 â Charlotte Sullivan, Canadian actress[32]
- 1983 â Ninet Tayeb, Israeli singer
- 1983 â Shelden Williams, American basketball player
- 1984 â Anna Bogdanova, Russian heptathlete
- 1984 â Tom Brandstater, American football player
- 1984 â Kenny Cooper, American soccer player
- 1984 â Anouk Leblanc-Boucher, Canadian speed skater
- 1984 â José Lobatón, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1984 â Marvin Mitchell, American football player
- 1984 â Kieran Richardson, English footballer
- 1985 â Simone Bracalello, Italian footballer
- 1985 â Dean Collis, Australian rugby league player
- 1985 â Hadise, Belgian-Turkish singer-songwriter and dancer[41]
- 1986 â Almen Abdi, Swiss footballer
- 1986 â Chibuzor Chilaka, Nigerian footballer
- 1986 â Scott Rendell, English footballer
- 1987 â Tonje Brenna, Norwegian politician[42]
- 1987 â Justin De Fratus, American baseball player
- 1987 â Andrey Grechin, Russian swimmer
- 1988 â Ricki Olsen, Danish footballer
- 1988 â Glen Powell, American actor[32]
- 1988 â Daniel Schorn, Austrian cyclist
- 1989 â Mads Dahm, Norwegian footballer
- 1989 â Festus Ezeli, Nigerian-American basketball player[43]
- 1989 â Luke Murphy, English footballer
- 1989 â Jonathan Viera, Spanish footballer
- 1989 â Sam Vokes, English-Welsh footballer
- 1990 â Bengali-Fodé Koita, French footballer
- 1990 â Mathieu Peybernes, French footballer
- 1990 â Ricky Rubio, Spanish basketball player
- 1990 â Kristján Ãórður Snæbjarnarson, Icelandic politician[44]
- 1991 â Alexander Burmistrov, Russian ice hockey player[45]
- 1991 â Tom Eastman, English footballer
- 1991 â Geoffry Hairemans, Belgian footballer
- 1991 â Rob Keogh, English cricketer
- 1991 â Vadaine Oliver, English footballer
- 1991 â Harry Pell, English footballer
- 1992 â Natasha Bassett, Australian actress[32]
- 1992 â Marzia Kjellberg, Italian businessperson and former YouTuber
- 1992 â Damion Lee, American basketball player[46]
- 1992 â Bernard Tomic, German-Australian tennis player[47]
- 1993 â Kane Brown, American singer and songwriter[48]
- 1995 â Cameron Burgess, Scottish-Australian footballer
- 1995 â Doja Cat, American rapper, singer and songwriter[49]
- 1995 â Antoinette Guedia Mouafo, Cameroonian swimmer
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 645 â Zhenzhu Khan, khan of Xueyantuo
- 1023 â Gero, Archbishop of Magdeburg
- 1096 â Walter Sans Avoir, a leader of the First Crusade
- 1125 â Cosmas of Prague, Bohemian priest and historian (born 1045)
- 1204 â Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester, English politician
- 1221 â Alix, Duchess of Brittany (born 1201)
- 1266 â Birger Jarl, Swedish politician (born 1210)
- 1314 â Geoffrey de Geneville, 1st Baron Geneville
- 1422 â Charles VI of France (born 1368)[50]
- 1500 â Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (born 1442)
- 1505 â Paul Scriptoris, German mathematician and educator (born 1460)
- 1556 â Pietro Aretino, Italian author (born 1492)
- 1558 â Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian physician and scholar (born 1484)
- 1600 â Åtani Yoshitsugu, Japanese samurai (born 1558)
1601â1900
- 1623 â William Wade, English politician and diplomat, Lieutenant of the Tower of London (born 1546)
- 1662 â Henry Lawes, English composer (born 1595)
- 1687 â Edmund Waller, English poet and politician (born 1606)
- 1765 â Giovanni Paolo Panini, Italian painter and architect (born 1691)
- 1775 â Peyton Randolph, American lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Continental Congress (born 1721)
- 1777 â Samuel Foote, English actor and playwright (born 1720)
- 1805 â John Cooke, English captain (born 1763)[51]
- 1805 â George Duff, Scottish captain (born 1764)
- 1805 â Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, English admiral (born 1758)
- 1821 â Dorothea Ackermann, German actress (born 1752)
- 1835 â Muthuswami Dikshitar, Indian poet and composer (born 1775)
- 1861 â Edward Dickinson Baker, American congressman and colonel (born 1811)
- 1872 â Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (born 1794)
- 1873 â Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian author, poet, and critic (born 1807)
- 1896 â James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer (born 1844)
1901âpresent
- 1903 â Jinmaku KyÅ«gorÅ, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (born 1829)
- 1904 â Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and journalist (born 1877)
- 1907 â Jules Chevalier, French priest, founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (born 1824)
- 1927 â Borisav StankoviÄ, Serbian author (born 1876)[52]
- 1931 â Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright (born 1862)
- 1938 â Dorothy Hale, American actress (born 1905)
- 1939 â Hendrik Wortman, Dutch civil engineer (born 1859)[53]
- 1940 â William G. Conley, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia (born 1866)
- 1941 â Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton, Australian biologist (born 1852)
- 1944 â Alois Kayser, German-French missionary (born 1877)
- 1952 â Hans Merensky, South African geologist and philanthropist (born 1871)
- 1963 â Józef Franczak, Polish sergeant (born 1918)
- 1965 â Bill Black, American bass player and bandleader (born 1926)
- 1969 â Jack Kerouac, American novelist and poet (born 1922)
- 1969 â WacÅaw SierpiÅski, Polish mathematician and academic (born 1882)
- 1970 â Li Linsi, Chinese educator and diplomat (born 1896)
- 1971 â Minnie Evans, American artist (born 1888)
- 1973 â Nasif Estéfano, Argentinian race car driver (born 1932)
- 1975 â Charles Reidpath, American runner and general (born 1887)
- 1977 â Ferit Tüzün, Turkish composer (born 1929)
- 1978 â Anastas Mikoyan, Armenian-Russian civil servant and politician (born 1895)
- 1980 â Hans Asperger, Austrian physician and psychologist (born 1906)
- 1982 â Radka Toneff, Norwegian singer-songwriter (born 1952)
- 1983 â Joseph P. Lordi, American government official (born 1919)
- 1984 â François Truffaut, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1932)
- 1985 â Dan White, American assassin and politician (born 1946)
- 1986 â Lionel Murphy, Australian jurist and politician, 22nd Attorney-General of Australia (born 1922)
- 1989 â Jean Image, Hungarian-French director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1910)
- 1990 â Dany Chamoun, Lebanese engineer and politician (born 1934)
- 1990 â Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, Indian spiritual guru, philosopher and author (born 1921)
- 1991 â Lorenc Antoni, Albanian composer, conductor, and musicologist (born 1909)
- 1992 â Ante Ciliga, Croatian politician, writer and publisher (born 1898)
- 1992 â Jim Garrison, American lawyer and judge (born 1921)
- 1993 â Sam Zolotow, American journalist and critic (born 1899)
- 1995 â Maxene Andrews, American singer (born 1916)
- 1995 â Jesús Blasco, Spanish author and illustrator (born 1919)
- 1995 â Nancy Graves, American sculptor and painter (born 1939)
- 1995 â Shannon Hoon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1967)
- 1996 â Georgios Zoitakis, Greek general and politician (born 1910)
- 1998 â Francis W. Sargent, American soldier and politician, 64th Governor of Massachusetts (born 1915)
- 1999 â Lars Bo, Danish author and illustrator (born 1924)
- 1999 â Ahmet Taner KıÅlalı, Turkish political scientist, lawyer, and politician (born 1939)
- 2002 â Edward J. Mortola, American academic and president of Pace University (born 1917)[54]
- 2003 â Louise Day Hicks, American politician (born 1916)
- 2003 â Luis A. Ferré, Puerto Rican engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of Puerto Rico (born 1904)
- 2003 â Elliott Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1969)
- 2006 â Sandy West, American singer-songwriter and drummer (born 1959)
- 2007 â Paul Fox, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1951)
- 2010 â A. Ayyappan, Indian poet and translator (born 1949)
- 2011 â Hikmet Bilâ, Turkish journalist and author (born 1954)
- 2011 â Tone PavÄek, Slovenian poet and author (born 1928)
- 2012 â Yash Chopra, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1932)
- 2012 â Antoni Dobrowolski, Polish educator (born 1904)
- 2012 â Jaroslav KozlÃk, Czech volleyball player and educator (born 1907)
- 2012 â Alf Kumalo, South African photographer and journalist (born 1930)
- 2012 â George McGovern, American historian, lieutenant, and politician (born 1922)
- 2013 â Bud Adams, American businessman (born 1923)
- 2013 â Gianni Ferrio, Italian composer and conductor (born 1924)
- 2013 â Rune T. Kidde, Danish author, poet, and illustrator (born 1957)
- 2013 â Colonel Robert Morris, American singer-songwriter and drummer (born 1954)
- 2013 â Major Owens, American librarian and politician (born 1936)
- 2013 â Tony Summers, Welsh swimmer (born 1924)
- 2013 â Oscar Yanes, Venezuelan journalist and author (born 1927)
- 2014 â Ben Bradlee, American journalist and author (born 1921)
- 2014 â Nelson Bunker Hunt, American businessman (born 1926)
- 2014 â Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani, Iranian cleric and politician, Prime Minister of Iran (born 1931)
- 2014 â Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Hawaiian genealogist, author, and hula expert (born 1925)
- 2014 â Gough Whitlam, Australian lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Australia (born 1916)
- 2015 â France BuÄar, Slovenian lawyer and politician (born 1923)
- 2015 â Marty Ingels, American actor (born 1936)
- 2015 â Norman W. Moore, English conservationist and author (born 1923)
- 2015 â Sheldon Wolin, American philosopher, theorist, and academic (born 1922)
- 2020 â Frank Bough, English television presenter (born 1933)[55]
- 2021 â Bernard Haitink, Dutch conductor and violinist (born 1929)[56]
- 2023 â Bobby Charlton, English footballer and manager (born 1937)[57]
- 2023 â Bobi, Portuguese dog (born 1992)[58]
- 2023 â Bill Hayden, Australian politician, 21st Governor General of Australia (born 1933)[59]
- 2024 â Mimi Hines, Canadian singer and comedian (born 1933)[60]
- 2025 â Francisco Pinto Balsemão, Portuguese politician, former Prime Minister of Portugal (born 1937)[61]
Holidays and observances
- Armed Forces Day (Honduras)
- Christian feast day:
- Céline of Laon[62]
- Blessed Charles of Austria (Roman Catholic Church)
- Fintán of Taghmon
- Hilarion[62]
- John of Bridlington
- Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena
- Malchus of Syria[62]
- Pedro Calungsod[63]
- Peter Yu Tae-chol
- Severinus of Bordeaux[62]
- Tuda of Lindisfarne
- Ursula[62]
- Viator of Lyons[62]
- October 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Egyptian Naval Day (Egypt)
- Indian Police Commemoration Day (India)
- National Nurses' Day (Thailand)
- Ndadaye Day (Burundi)
- Overseas Chinese Day (Republic of China)
- Trafalgar Day (the British Empire in the 19th and early 20th century)
- Birth of the Báb (2017) (Baháʼà Faith)
