Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: October 21
October 21, 2024 is the 295th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 71 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Monday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Libra is your zodiac sign. Opal is your modern birthstone. Jasper is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: October 21
- 1209 –Otto IV is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Innocent III.
- 1600 –Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the leaders of rival Japanese clans in the Battle of Sekigahara, which marks the beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate that in effect rules Japan until the mid-nineteenth century.
- 1867 –Manifest Destiny: Medicine Lodge Treaty – Near Medicine Lodge, Kansas a landmark treaty is signed by southern Great Plains Indian leaders. The treaty requires Native American Plains tribes to relocate a reservation in western Oklahoma.
- 1895 –The Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade.
- 1945 –Women’s suffrage: Women are allowed to vote in France for the first time.
- 1959 –In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opens to the public.
- 1966 –Aberfan disaster: A slag heap collapses on the village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144 people, mostly schoolchildren.
- 1973 –Fred Dryer of the then Los Angeles Rams becomes the first player in NFL history to score two safeties in the same game.
- 1977 –The European Patent Institute is founded.
- 1983 –The metre is defined at the seventeenth General Conference on Weights and Measures as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
Who were born on October 21?
- 1912 –Alfredo Pián, Argentine racing driver (d. 1990)
- 1948 –Shaye Cohen, Historian and Professor at Harvard University
- 1949 –Michel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1971)
- 1953 –Peter Mandelson, British politician
- 1971 –Hal Duncan, Scottish writer
- 1971 –Nick Oliveri, American musician
- 1978 –Joey Harrington, American football player
- 1984 –Anouk Leblanc-Boucher, Canadian speed skater
- 1984 –Kenny Cooper, American soccer player
- 1984 –Marvin Mitchell, American football player
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