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
- 1097 –First Crusade: Crusaders led by Godfrey of Bouillon, Bohemund of Taranto, and Raymond IV of Toulouse, begin the Siege of Antioch.
- 1209 –Otto IV is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Innocent III.
- 1902 –In the United States, a five month strike by United Mine Workers ends.
- 1912 –During the First Balkan War, Kardzhali is liberated by Bulgarian forces
- 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.
- 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.
- 1979 –Moshe Dayan resigns from the Israeli government because of strong disagreements with Prime Minister Menachem Begin over policy towards the Arabs.
- 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?
- 1527 –Louis I, Cardinal of Guise, French cardinal (d. 1578)
- 1942 –Lou Lamoriello, New Jersey Devils General Manager
- 1948 –Allen Vigneron, American Catholic Archbishop of Detroit
- 1959 –George Bell, Dominican baseball player
- 1964 –Jon Carin, American musician (Pink Floyd, The Who)
- 1971 –Conor O'Shea, Irish rugby player
- 1973 –Lera Auerbach, Russian composer
- 1976 –Mélanie Turgeon, Canadian alpine skier
- 1979 –Khalil Greene, American baseball player
- 1986 –Chibuzor Chilaka, Nigerian footballer
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