Today in History
21 October
247 births · 108 deaths · 60 events recorded
Featured Birthday · Born 1887
Shri Krishna Sinha
Indian politician
Notable Births
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Cameron Burgess
b. 1995
Australian soccer player (born 1995)
Doja Cat
b. 1995
American rapper (born 1995)
Kane Brown
b. 1993
American country pop singer (born 1993)
Natasha Bassett
b. 1992
Australian actress
Marzia Kjellberg
b. 1992
Italian businesswoman (born 1992)
Damion Lee
b. 1992
American basketball player (born 1992)
Bernard Tomic
b. 1992
Australian tennis player (born 1992)
Shri Krishna Sinha
b. 1887
Indian politician
Notable Deaths
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Francisco Pinto Balsemão
d. 2025
Prime Minister of Portugal from 1981 to 1983
Mimi Hines
d. 2024
Canadian singer and comedian (1933–2024)
Bobby Charlton
d. 2023
English footballer and manager (1937–2023)
Bobi (dog)
d. 2023
Revoked Guinness World Record holder for oldest dog ever
Bill Hayden
d. 2023
Australian politician (1933–2023)
Bernard Haitink
d. 2021
Dutch conductor (1929–2021)
Frank Bough
d. 2020
English television presenter (1933–2020)
Hendrik Wortman
d. 1939
Dutch civil engineer (1859–1939)
On This Day in History
All 60 ›2021
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.
Rust shooting incident
2019
Thirty people are killed in a fiery bus crash in western Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2019
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.
Canada
2018
A passenger train derails in Yilan County, Taiwan, killing 18 people and injuring 187.
2018 Yilan train derailment
2011
Iraq War: President Barack Obama announces that the withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq will be complete by the end of the year.
Iraq War
2003
Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery.
Eris (dwarf planet)
1994
North Korea and the United States sign an Agreed Framework that requires North Korea to stop its nuclear weapons program and agree to inspections.
Agreed Framework
1994
In Seoul, South Korea, 32 people are killed when a span of the Seongsu Bridge collapses.
Seongsu Bridge disaster