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, 2025 is the 294th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 71 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Tuesday.
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
- 1520 –João Álvares Fagundes discovers the islands of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, bestowing them their original name of “Islands of the 11,000 Virgins”.
- 1774 –First display of the word “Liberty” on a flag, raised by colonists in Taunton, Massachusetts in defiance of British rule in Colonial America.
- 1895 –The Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade.
- 1902 –In the United States, a five month strike by United Mine Workers ends.
- 1944 –World War II: Battle of Aachen: The city of Aachen falls to American forces after three weeks of fighting, making it the first German city to fall to the Allies.
- 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 –President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order transferring Wernher von Braun and other German scientists from the United States Army to NASA.
- 1966 –Aberfan disaster: A slag heap collapses on the village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144 people, mostly schoolchildren.
- 1969 –A coup d'état in Somalia brings Siad Barre to power.
- 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?
- 1660 –Georg Ernst Stahl, German scientist (d. 1734)
- 1775 –Giuseppe Baini, Italian composer (d. 1844)
- 1942 –Elvin Bishop, American musician
- 1945 –Everett McGill, American actor
- 1948 –Allen Vigneron, American Catholic Archbishop of Detroit
- 1948 –Shaye Cohen, Historian and Professor at Harvard University
- 1957 –Julian Cope, English musician and writer
- 1959 –Tony Ganios, American Actor
- 1965 –Hisashi Imai, Japanese musician (BUCK-TICK, Lucy)
- 1990 –Ricky Rubio, Spanish basketball player
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