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| October 21st, 2007 (October 21 2007) | Event | San Diego County has its worst wildfire disaster in San Diegan history as the Harris and Witch Fires blazed across the county. Together, they have burned at least 200,000 acres (810 km?) of landied in Only one casualty has been reported. | |
| October 21st, 2007 (October 21 2007) | Death | Paul Fox, English musician and singer (The Ruts) (born in 1951) | |
| October 21st, 1987 (October 21 1987) | Event | Former Miss America Bess Myerson is arrested on charges of bribery, conspiracy, and mail fraud, all involving an alimony-fixing scandal. She is later found not guilty. | |
| October 21st, 1977 (October 21 1977) | Event | The European Patent Institute is founded. | |
| October 21st, 1967 (October 21 1967) | Event | Vietnam War: More than 100,000 war protesters gather in Washington, DC. A peaceful rally at the Lincoln Memorial is followed by a march to The Pentagon and clashes with soldiers and United States Marshals protecting the facility (event lasts until October 23; 683 people were arrested). Similar demonstrations occurred simultaneously in Japan and Western Europe. | |
| October 21st, 1967 (October 21 1967) | Birth | Paul Ince, English footballer | |
| October 21st, 1957 (October 21 1957) | Birth | Julian Cope, English musician and writer | Julian Quotes |
| October 21st, 1957 (October 21 1957) | Birth | Wolfgang Ketterle, German physicist, Nobel laureate | |
| October 21st, 1957 (October 21 1957) | Birth | Steve Lukather, American musician | |
| October 21st, 1917 (October 21 1917) | Birth | Dizzy Gillespie, American musician (died in 1993) | Eric Gill Quotes |
| October 21st, 1907 (October 21 1907) | Birth | Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet (died in 1985) | |
| October 21st, 1907 (October 21 1907) | Birth | Jules Chevalier, French priest (born in 1824) | |
| October 21st, 1867 (October 21 1867) | Event | Manifest Destiny: Medicine Lodge TreatyNear 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. | |
| October 21st, 1847 (October 21 1847) | Birth | Giuseppe Giacosa, Italian writer (died in 1906) | |
| October 21st, 1797 (October 21 1797) | Event | In Boston Harbor, the 44-gun United States Navy frigate USS Constitution is launched. | |
| October 21st, 1777 (October 21 1777) | Death | Samuel Foote, English dramatist and actor (born in 1720) | Samuel Foote Quotes |
| October 21st, 1757 (October 21 1757) | Birth | Pierre Augereau, Marshal of France and duc de Castiglione (died in 1816) | |
| October 21st, 1687 (October 21 1687) | Birth | Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (died in 1759) | |
| October 21st, 1687 (October 21 1687) | Death | Sir Edmund Waller, English poet (born in 1606) | Edmund Waller Quotes |
| October 21st, 1527 (October 21 1527) | Birth | Louis I, Cardinal of Guise, French cardinal (died in 1578) | |
