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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[310]] – Sixty-five days after being exiled by the Emperor [[Maxentius]] to [[Sicilia (Roman province)|Sicily]], [[Pope Eusebius]] dies.<ref>{{cite book|last=Walsh|first=Michael J.|title=A New Dictionary of Saints: East and West|___location=Collegeville, Minn.|publisher=Liturgical Press|date=2007|isbn=9780814631867|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8mUJ58SMMhEC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false|page=189|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Reardon|first=Wendy J.|title=The Deaths of the Popes: Comprehensive Accounts, Including Funerals, Burial Places and Epitaphs|___location=Jefferson, N.C.|publisher=McFarland & Co.|date=2010|isbn=9780786461165|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yvXeCQAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false|page=32|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Kirsch|first=Johann P.|chapter=Eusebius, Saint, Pope|editor-last1=Herbermann|editor-first1=Charles G.|editor-last2=Pace|editor-first2=Edward A.|editor-last3=Pallen|editor-first3=Condé Bénoist|editor-last4=Shahan|editor-first4=Thomas J.|editor-last5=Wynne|editor-first5=John J.|editor-last6=MacErlean|editor-first6=Andrew A.|title=The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church. Volume 5|___location=New York|publisher=Robert Appleton Co.|date=1907|oclc=1017058|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wlRWynEpuo8C&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false|pages=615-616|postscript=none}} {{cite book|last=Guiley|first=Rosemary|title=The Encyclopedia of Saints|___location=New York|publisher=Facts on File|date=2001|isbn=9780816041336|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ABkgU0GOBbcC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false|page=103}}</ref>
*[[1096]] – A Seljuk Turkish army successfully fights off the [[People's Crusade]] at the [[Battle of Civetot]].
*[[1097]] – [[First Crusade]]: Crusaders led by [[Godfrey of Bouillon]], [[Bohemond I of Antioch|Bohemund of Taranto]], and [[Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse]], begin the [[Siege of Antioch]].
*[[1392]] – Japanese [[Emperor Go-Kameyama]] abdicates in favor of rival claimant [[Emperor Go-Komatsu|Go-Komatsu]].
*[[1512]] – [[Martin Luther]] joins the theological faculty of the [[Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg|University of Wittenberg]].
* 1520 – [[João Álvares Fagundes]] discovers the islands of [[Saint Pierre and Miquelon]], bestowing them their original name of "Islands of the 11,000 Virgins".
*[[1600]] – [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] defeats the leaders of rival Japanese clans in the [[Battle of Sekigahara]] and becomes shōgun of Japan.
===1601–1900===
*[[
*[[1797]] – In [[Boston Harbor]], the 44-gun [[United States Navy]] frigate {{USS|Constitution}} is launched.
*[[1805]] – [[Napoleonic Wars]]: A British fleet led by [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Lord Nelson]] defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet under [[Pierre-Charles Villeneuve|Admiral Villeneuve]] in the [[Battle of Trafalgar]].
*[[1824]] – [[Portland cement]] is patented.
*[[1854]] – [[Florence Nightingale]] and a staff of 38 nurses are sent to the [[Crimean War]].
*[[1861]] – [[American Civil War]]: Union forces under Colonel [[Edward D. Baker|Edward Baker]] are [[Battle of Ball's Bluff|defeated]] by Confederate troops in the second major battle of the war.
*[[1867]] – The [[Medicine Lodge Treaty]] is signed by southern [[Plains Indians|Great Plains Indian]] leaders. The treaty requires Native American Plains tribes to relocate to a reservation in the western [[Indian Territory]].
*[[1879]] – [[Thomas Edison]] applies for a patent for his design for an [[incandescent light bulb]].
*[[1888]] – The [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|Swiss Social Democratic Party]] is founded.
*[[1892]] – Opening ceremonies for the [[World's Columbian Exposition]] are held in Chicago, though because construction was behind schedule, the exposition did not open until May 1, 1893.
*[[1895]] – The [[capitulation of Tainan]] completes the Japanese conquest of Taiwan.
===1901–present===
*[[1907]] – The [[1907 Qaratog earthquake]] hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.
*[[
*[[1912]] – [[First Balkan War]]: The Greek navy [[Battle of Lemnos (1912)|completes the capture]] of the island of [[Lemnos]] for use as a forward base against the [[Dardanelles]].<ref>{{cite book | title = Επίτομη Ιστορία των Βαλκανικών Πολέμων 1912-1913 | trans-title = Concise History of the Balkan Wars 1912–1913 | publisher = Hellenic Army General Staff, Army History Directorate | ___location = Athens | year = 1987 | pages=119–120}}</ref>
*[[1921]] – President [[Warren G. Harding]] delivers the first speech by a sitting U.S. president against [[Lynching in the United States|lynching]] in the [[Deep South]].
*[[1931]] – A secret society in the [[Imperial Japanese Army]] launches an abortive [[October incident|coup d'état attempt]].
*[[1940]] – The first edition of the [[Ernest Hemingway]] novel ''[[For Whom the Bell Tolls]]'' is published.
*[[1941]] – [[World War II]]: The [[Kragujevac massacre]] against Serbian men and boys takes place.<ref>{{cite book |last=Lampe |first=John R. |author-link=John R. Lampe |year=2000 |orig-year=1996 |edition=2nd |title=Yugoslavia as History: Twice There Was a Country |publisher=Cambridge University Press |___location=Cambridge, England |isbn=978-0-521-77401-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AZ1x7gvwx_8C}}</ref>
*[[1943]] – World War II: The [[Azad Hind|Provisional Government of Free India]] is formally established in [[Japanese occupation of Singapore|Japanese-occupied Singapore]].
*[[1944]] – World War II: The first kamikaze attack damages {{HMAS|Australia|D84|6}} as the [[Battle of Leyte Gulf]] begins.
* 1944 – World War II: The [[Nemmersdorf massacre]] against German civilians takes place.
* 1944 – World War II: The city of [[Battle of Aachen|Aachen falls]] to American forces after three weeks of fighting, the first German city to fall to the Allies.
*[[1945]] – In the [[1945 French legislative election]] French women vote for the first time.
*[[1950]] – Korean War: Heavy fighting begins between British and Australian forces and North Koreans during the [[Battle of Yongju]].
*[[1956]] – The [[Mau Mau rebellion|Mau Mau Uprising]] in Kenya is defeated.
*[[1959]] – In New York City, the [[Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum]] opens to the public.
* 1959 – President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] approves the transfer of all [[United States Army|US Army]] space-related activities to [[NASA]], including most of the [[Army Ballistic Missile Agency]].
*[[1965]] – [[Comet Ikeya–Seki]] approaches perihelion, passing 450,000 kilometers (279,617 miles) from the sun.
*[[1966]] – A colliery spoil tip [[Aberfan disaster|slips onto houses and a school in the village of Aberfan]] in Wales, killing 144 people, 116 of whom were schoolchildren.<ref>{{cite web |title=Aberfan: The mistake that cost a village its children |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-150d11df-c541-44a9-9332-560a19828c47 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref>
*[[1967]] – The [[National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam]] organizes a march of fifty thousand people from the Lincoln Memorial to the Pentagon.
*[[1969]] – The [[1969 Somali coup d'état]] establishes a Marxist–Leninist administration.
*[[1971]] – A [[Clarkston explosion|gas explosion]] kills 22 people at a shopping centre near Glasgow, Scotland.
*[[1973]] – [[Fred Dryer]] of the Los Angeles Rams becomes the first player in NFL history to score two safeties in the same game.
*[[1978]] – Australian civilian pilot [[Disappearance of Frederick Valentich|Frederick Valentich vanishes]] over the [[Bass Strait]] south of [[Melbourne]], after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.<ref name=CSICOP>{{cite web |last=Nickell |first=Joe |title=The Valentich Disappearance: Another UFO Cold Case Solved|url=http://www.csicop.org/si/show/the_valentich_disappearance_another_ufo_cold_case_solved |work=Volume 37.6, November/December 2013 |date=November 2013 |publisher=Committee for Skeptical Inquiry|access-date=14 March 2014}}</ref>
*[[1979]] – [[Moshe Dayan]] resigns from the Israeli government because of strong disagreements with Prime Minister [[Menachem Begin]] over policy towards the Arabs.
*[[1981]] – [[Andreas Papandreou]] becomes Prime Minister of Greece, ending an almost 50-year-long system of power dominated by conservative forces.
*[[1983]] – The [[metre]] is defined as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
*[[1984]] – [[Niki Lauda]] claims his third and final [[Formula One]] [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|Drivers' Championship Title]] by half a point ahead of [[McLaren]] team-mate [[Alain Prost]] at the [[1984 Portuguese Grand Prix|Portuguese Grand Prix]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=1984 Portuguese Grand Prix race report|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/november-1984/76/another-mclaren-double|access-date=2021-05-17|website=Motor Sport Magazine|language=en-GB}}</ref>
*[[1986]] – In Lebanon, pro-Iran kidnappers claim to have [[Lebanon hostage crisis|abducted]] American writer Edward Tracy (he is released in August 1991).
*[[1987]] – The [[Jaffna hospital massacre]] is carried out by Indian peacekeeping forces in Sri Lanka, killing 70 Tamil patients, doctors and nurses.
*[[1989]] – In [[Honduras]], 131 people are killed when a [[Boeing 727]] [[TAN-SAHSA Flight 414|crashes]] on approach to [[Toncontín International Airport]] near the nation's capital [[Tegucigalpa]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 727-224 N88705 Tegucigalpa-Toncontin Airport (TGU)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19891021-0|access-date=2021-10-21|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[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.
* 1994 – In Seoul, South Korea, 32 people are killed when a span of the [[Seongsu Bridge disaster|Seongsu Bridge collapses]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nema.go.kr/eng/m4_seongsu.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060303221333/http://nema.go.kr/eng/m4_seongsu.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=2006-03-03|title=Collapse of Seongsu Bridge|publisher=National Emergency Management Agency|date=2006|access-date=March 3, 2006}}</ref>
*[[2005]] – Images of the dwarf planet [[136199 Eris|Eris]] are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery.
*[[2011]] – [[Iraq War]]: President [[Barack Obama]] announces that the [[Withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq (2007–2011)|withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq]] will be complete by the end of the year.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-10-07|title=Barack Obama - Key Events {{!}} Miller Center|url=https://millercenter.org/president/barack-obama/key-events|access-date=2022-01-11|website=millercenter.org|language=en}}</ref>
*[[2019]] – Thirty people are killed in a fiery bus crash in western [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]].<ref>{{cite web|website=AA, World, Africa|title=30 killed in bus accident in western DR Congo|date=Oct 21, 2019|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/30-killed-in-bus-accident-in-western-dr-congo/1620656}}</ref>
* 2019 – In [[Canada]], the [[2019 Canadian federal election]] ends, resulting in incumbent Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]] remaining in office, albeit with the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]] in a [[minority government]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Connolly|first=Amanda|date=21 October 2019|title=Justin Trudeau's Liberals will form a minority government|work=Global News|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6061385/federal-election-2019-result/|access-date=20 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Brewster|first=Murray|date=22 October 2019|title=The voting is over, now the hard part begins for a minority government|work=CBC News|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/election-minority-government-function-1.5329358|access-date=20 October 2021}}</ref>
*[[2021]] – A [[Rust shooting incident|shooting]] occurs on the set of the film ''[[Rust (2024 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]].<ref>{{Cite news |agency=Associated Press |last1=Franklin |first1=Jonathan |last2=Diaz |first2=Jaclyn |date=2021-10-21 |title=A prop gun discharged by Alec Baldwin killed a film crew member on set, sheriff says |language=en |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/10/21/1048246249/woman-killed-alec-baldwin-film-prop-firearm-new-mexico |access-date=2022-10-01}}</ref>
==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[
*[[1409]] – [[Alessandro Sforza]], Italian condottiero (died 1473)<ref name="dbi">[http://www.treccani.it/Portale/elements/categoriesItems.jsp?pathFile=/sites/default/BancaDati/Dizionario_Biografico_degli_Italiani/Italiani_M_Z/BIOGRAFIE_-_EDICOLA_S_160121.xml 'Sfòrza, Alessandro, signore di Pesaro'], ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani''.</ref>
*[[1449]] – [[George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence]], Irish-English son of [[Cecily Neville, Duchess of York]] (died 1478)
*[[1527]] – [[Louis I, Cardinal of Guise]] (died 1578)
*[[1536]] – [[Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt]] (died 1586)
*[[1581]] – [[Domenichino]], Italian painter (died 1641)
===1601–1900===
*[[1650]] – [[Jean Bart]], French admiral (died 1702)
*[[1658]] – [[Henri de Boulainvilliers]], French nobleman (died 1722)
*[[1675]] – [[Emperor Higashiyama]] of Japan (died 1710)
*[[1687]] – [[Nicolaus I Bernoulli]], Swiss mathematician and theorist (died 1759)
*[[1712]] – [[James Steuart (economist)|James Steuart]], Scottish economist and author (died 1780)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sir James Steuart Denham, 4th Baronet {{!}} Scottish economist {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sir-James-Steuart-Denham-4th-Baronet |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=31 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1725]] – [[Franz Moritz von Lacy]], Austrian field marshal (died 1801)
*[[1757]] – [[Pierre Augereau]], French general (died 1816)
*[[1762]] – [[Herman Willem Daendels]], Dutch general, lawyer, and politician, 36th [[Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies]] (died 1818)
*[[1772]] – [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]], English poet, philosopher, and critic (died 1834)
*[[1775]] – [[Giuseppe Baini]], Italian priest, composer, and critic (died 1844)
*[[1790]] – [[Alphonse de Lamartine]], French poet and politician, [[French Head of State]] (died 1869)
*[[1809]] – [[James Clark (Jesuit)|James Clark]], American Jesuit (died 1885)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mendizàbal|first=Rufo|url=https://jesuitarchives.omeka.net/items/show/826|title=Catalogus defunctorum in renata Societate Iesu ab a. 1814 ad a. 1970|year=1972|___location=Rome|pages=91–122|language=la|trans-title=Catalogue of the dead in a revival of the Society of Jesus from 1814 to 1970|oclc=884102|access-date=February 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019104247/https://jesuitarchives.omeka.net/items/show/826|archive-date=October 19, 2021|url-status=live|via=Jesuit Archives}}</ref>
*[[1811]] – [[Filippo Colini]], Italian operatic baritone (died 1863)
*[[1821]] – [[Sims Reeves]], English tenor and actor (died 1900)
*[[1833]] – [[Alfred Nobel]], Swedish chemist and engineer, invented [[dynamite]] and founded the [[Nobel Prize]] (died 1896)
*[[1845]] – [[Will Carleton]], American poet and journalist (died 1912)
*[[1847]] – [[Giuseppe Giacosa]], Italian poet and playwright (died 1906)
*[[1851]] – [[George Ulyett]], English cricketer and footballer (died 1898)
*[[1868]] – [[Ernest Swinton]], British Army officer (died 1951)
*[[1874]] – [[Tan Kah Kee]], Chinese businessman, community leader, communist and philanthropist (died 1961)
*[[1877]] – [[Oswald Avery]], Canadian-American physician and microbiologist (died 1955)
*[[1884]] – [[Claire Waldoff]], German singer and actress (died 1957)
*[[1886]] – [[Eugene Burton Ely]], American soldier and pilot (died 1911)
*[[1887]] – [[Krishna Singh (politician)|Krishna Singh]], Indian lawyer and politician, 1st [[Chief Minister of Bihar]] (died 1961)
*[[1894]] – [[Edogawa Ranpo]], Japanese author and critic (died 1965)
*[[1895]] – [[Paavo Johansson]], Finnish javelin thrower and decathlete (died 1983)
* 1895 – [[Edna Purviance]], American actress (died 1958)
*[[1896]] – [[Esther Shumiatcher-Hirschbein]], Russian-Canadian poet and screenwriter (died 1985)
*[[1898]] – [[Eduard Pütsep]], Estonian wrestler and actor (died 1960)
*[[1900]] – [[Andrée Boisson]], French Olympic fencer (died 1973)
===1901–present===
*[[1902]] – [[Eddy Hamel]], American footballer (died 1943)<ref>Simon Kuper (2012). [https://books.google.com/books?id=VC1aclsVRDgC&dq=Eddy+Hamel+October+21,+1902&pg=PA54 ''Ajax, the Dutch, the War; The Strange Tale of Soccer During Europe's Darkest Hour'']</ref>
*[[1907]] – [[Nikos Engonopoulos]], Greek painter and poet (died 1985)
*[[1908]] – [[Niyazi Berkes]], Cypriot-English sociologist and academic (died 1988)
*[[1911]] – [[Mary Blair]], American illustrator and animator (died 1978)
*[[1912]] – [[Don Byas]], American saxophonist and educator (died 1972)
* 1912 – [[Alfredo Pián]], Argentinian race car driver (died 1990)
* 1912 – [[Georg Solti]], Hungarian-English conductor and director (died 1997)
*[[1914]] – [[Martin Gardner]], American mathematician and author (died 2010)
*[[1915]] – [[Owen Bradley]], American country music record producer (died 1998)
*[[1917]] – [[Dizzy Gillespie]], American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (died 1993)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Oct. 21: Judge Judy, Andrew Scott |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/10/21/Famous-birthdays-for-Oct-21-Judge-Judy-Andrew-Scott/8661666133716/#:~:text=21%3A%20Judge%20Judy%2C%20Andrew%20Scott,-By%20UPI%20Staff |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=18 October 2023 |date=21 October 2022}}</ref>
*[[1918]] – [[Milton Himmelfarb]], American sociologist and author (died 2006)
* 1918 – [[Albertina Sisulu]], South African anti-apartheid activist (died 2011)
*[[1919]] – [[Jim Wallwork]], English-Canadian sergeant and pilot (died 2013)
*[[1921]] – [[Malcolm Arnold]], English composer (died 2006)
* 1921 – [[Bruce Beeby]], Australian-English actor (died 2013)
* 1921 – [[Robert Clothier]], Canadian actor (died 1999)
* 1921 – [[Jim Shumate]], American fiddler and composer (died 2013)
* 1921 – [[Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld]], Dutch astronomer and academic (died 2015)
*[[1922]] – [[Liliane Bettencourt]], French businesswoman and philanthropist (died 2017)
*[[1923]] – [[Samuel Khachikian]], Iranian director, screenwriter, and author (died 2001)
*[[1924]] – [[Joyce Randolph]], American actress (died 2024)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Saperstein |first1=Pat |title=Joyce Randolph, Trixie on 'The Honeymooners,' Dies at 99|url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/joyce-randolph-dead-trixie-the-honeymooners-1235871316/ |website=Variety |access-date=January 15, 2024 |language=en |date=January 14, 2023}}</ref>
* 1924 – [[Julie Wilson]], American actress and singer (died 2015)
*[[1925]] – [[Celia Cruz]], Cuban-American singer (died 2003)<ref name="UPI" />
* 1925 – [[Virginia Zeani]], Romanian soprano and educator (died 2023)
*[[1926]] – [[Bob Rosburg]], American golfer (died 2009)
* 1926 – [[Leonard Rossiter]], English actor (died 1984)
*[[1927]] – [[Fritz Wintersteller]], Austrian mountaineer (died 2018)
* 1927 – [[Howard Zieff]], American director and photographer (died 2009)
*[[1928]] – [[Whitey Ford]], American baseball player and coach (died 2020)<ref name="UPI" />
* 1928 – [[Eudóxia Maria Froehlich]], Brazilian zoologist (died 2015)
* 1928 – [[Vern Mikkelsen]], American basketball player and coach (died 2013)
*[[1929]] – [[Pierre Bellemare]], French radio and television host (died 2018)
* 1929 – [[Fritz Hollaus]], Austrian footballer (died 1994)
* 1929 – [[Ursula K. Le Guin]], American author and critic (died 2018)<ref name="UPI" />
* 1929 – [[George Stinney Jr.]], wrongfully convicted African-American inmate; second youngest person in the U.S. to be executed (died 1944)<ref name="Stinney1">{{cite news |last=Collins |first=Jeffrey |date=January 18, 2010 |title=SC crusaders look to right Jim Crow justice wrongs |url=http://www.goupstate.com/article/20100118/ARTICLES/100119732 |agency=AP |publisher=[[Spartanburg Herald-Journal]] |archive-date=May 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529172647/http://www.goupstate.com/article/20100118/articles/100119732 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Stinney2">{{Cite news |last = McVeigh |first = Karen |date=March 22, 2014 |title = George Stinney was executed at 14. Can his family now clear his name? |url = https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2014/mar/22/george-stinney-execution-verdict-innocent |newspaper = [[The Observer]] |access-date=June 28, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Stinney3">{{cite news|last=Beaver|first=Lindsey|title=It took 10 minutes to convict 14-year-old George Stinney Jr. It took 70 years after his execution to exonerate him|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=December 18, 2014|access-date=June 16, 2020|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/12/18/the-rush-job-conviction-of-14-year-old-george-stinney-exonerated-70-years-after-execution/}}</ref>
*[[1930]] – [[Ivan Silayev]], Russian engineer and politician, 19th [[Prime Minister of Russia]] (died 2023)
*[[1931]] – [[Shammi Kapoor]], Indian actor and director (died 2011)
* 1931 – [[Jim Parks Jr.]], English cricketer and manager (died 2022)
*[[1932]] – [[Pál Csernai]], Hungarian footballer and manager (died 2013)
*[[1933]] – [[Maureen Duffy]], English author, poet, playwright and activist<ref>{{cite web |title=Maureen Duffy |url=https://www.bl.uk/people/maureen-duffy |website=www.bl.uk |access-date=20 November 2022 |archive-date=14 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614044710/https://www.bl.uk/people/maureen-duffy |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 1933 – [[Francisco Gento]], Spanish footballer and manager (died 2022)
*[[1935]] – [[Derek Bell (musician)|Derek Bell]], Irish harp player, pianist, and songwriter (died 2002)
* 1935 – [[Mel Street]], American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1978)
*[[1937]] – [[Said Afandi al-Chirkawi]], Russian spiritual leader and scholar (died 2012)
* 1937 – [[Hank Nelson]], Australian historian and academic (died 2012)
*[[1938]] – [[Carl Brewer (ice hockey)|Carl Brewer]], Canadian ice hockey player (died 2001)
*[[1940]] – [[Geoffrey Boycott]], English cricketer and sportscaster
* 1940 – [[Frances FitzGerald (journalist)|Frances FitzGerald]], American journalist and author
* 1940 – [[Rhoda Gemignani]], American actress
* 1940 – [[Manfred Mann (musician)|Manfred Mann]], South African-English keyboard player and producer<ref name="AP" />
* 1940 – [[Marita Petersen]], Faroese educator and politician, [[Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands]] (died 2001)
*[[1941]] – [[Steve Cropper]], American guitarist, songwriter, producer, and actor<ref name="AP" />
*[[1942]] – [[Elvin Bishop]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1942 – [[Allan Grice]], Australian race car driver and politician
* 1942 – [[Lou Lamoriello]], American ice hockey player, coach, and manager
* 1942 – [[Judy Sheindlin]], American judge and television host<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for October 21, 2022 includes celebrities Kim Kardashian, Doja Cat |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/10/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-october-21-2022-includes-celebrities-kim-kardashian-doja-cat.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=18 October 2023 |date=21 October 2022}}</ref>
* 1942 – [[Christopher A. Sims]], American economist and statistician, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate
* 1942 – [[John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington]], English police officer and academic
*[[1943]] – [[Tariq Ali]], Pakistani historian and author
* 1943 – [[Ron Elliott (musician)|Ron Elliott]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer
*[[1944]] – [[Mandy Rice-Davies]], English model and actress (died 2014)
* 1944 – [[Michael Tugendhat]], English lawyer and judge
*[[1945]] – [[Everett McGill]], American actor<ref name="AP" />
* 1945 – [[Nikita Mikhalkov]], Russian filmmaker
* 1945 – [[Michael White (journalist)|Michael White]], English journalist
*[[1946]] – [[Jane Heal]], English philosopher and academic
* 1946 – [[Jim Hill (American football)|Jim Hill]], American football player and sportscaster
* 1946 – [[Lux Interior]], American singer-songwriter (died 2009)
* 1946 – [[Lee Loughnane]], American singer-songwriter and trumpet player<ref name="AP" />
*[[1947]] – [[Dominique Braye]], French politician<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.senat.fr/senfic/braye_dominique95013a.html|title=Dominique Braye|publisher=[[Senate (France)|Senate of France]]|lang=fr|access-date=2025-07-06}}</ref>
*[[1948]] – [[Shaye J. D. Cohen]], American historian and academic
* 1948 – [[Allen Henry Vigneron]], American archbishop
*[[1949]] – [[Michel Brière]], Canadian ice hockey player (died 1971)
* 1949 – [[Mike Keenan]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
* 1949 – [[Benjamin Netanyahu]], Israeli captain and politician, 9th [[Prime Minister of Israel]]<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1950]] – [[Ronald McNair]], American physicist and astronaut (died 1986)<ref>{{cite web |title=Space Shuttle Challenger Fast Facts |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/15/us/space-shuttle-challenger-fast-facts/index.html |website=CNN |date=16 September 2013 |access-date=4 December 2021}}</ref>
* 1950 – [[Leela Vernon]], Belizean musician and cultural conservationist (died 2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://amandala.com.bz/news/eulogy-leela-vernon/|title=Eulogy for Leela Vernon|date=2017-03-04|website=Amandala Newspaper|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref>
*[[1952]] – [[Patti Davis]], American actress and author
* 1952 – [[Allen Hoey]], American poet and author (died 2010)
* 1952 – [[Brent Mydland]], German-American keyboard player (died 1990)
*[[1953]] – [[Charlotte Caffey]], American guitarist and songwriter<ref name="AP" />
* 1953 – [[Eric Faulkner]], Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1953 – [[Keith Green]], American singer-songwriter, pianist, and minister (died 1982)
* 1953 – [[Marc Johnson (musician)|Marc Johnson]], American bassist, composer, and bandleader
* 1953 – [[Peter Mandelson]], English journalist and politician, [[Secretary of State for Northern Ireland]]
*[[1954]] – [[Brian Tobin]], Canadian journalist and politician, 6th [[Premier of Newfoundland]]
*[[1955]] – [[Dick DeVos]], American businessman
* 1955 – [[Catherine Hardwicke]], American film director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP" />
* 1955 – [[Fred Hersch]], American pianist and composer
* 1955 – [[Rich Mullins]], American singer-songwriter (died 1997)
*[[1956]] – [[Carrie Fisher]], American actress and screenwriter (died 2016)<ref name="UPI" />
* 1956 – [[Mike Tully]], American pole vaulter
*[[1957]] – [[Julian Cope]], English singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" />
* 1957 – [[Irene Edgar]], Scottish lawn bowler<ref>{{cite web |title=Glasgow 2014 - Irene EDGAR Profile |url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/cycling_road/1026888/irene_edgar.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105030254/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/cycling_road/1026888/irene_edgar.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=November 5, 2020 |website=results.glasgow2014.com |access-date=30 October 2020}}</ref>
* 1957 – [[Wolfgang Ketterle]], German physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate
* 1957 – [[Steve Lukather]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<ref name="AP" />
*[[1958]] – [[Andre Geim]], Russian-English physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*[[1959]] – [[George Bell (outfielder)|George Bell]], Dominican baseball player
* 1959 – [[Rose McDowall]], Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1959 – [[Andy Picheta]], English director, producer, and screenwriter
* 1959 – [[Kevin Sheedy (Irish footballer)|Kevin Sheedy]], Welsh-Irish footballer and manager
* 1959 – [[Ken Watanabe]], Japanese actor and producer<ref name="AP" />
* 1959 – [[Melora Walters]], American actress, director, and writer<ref name="AP" />
*[[1962]] – [[David Campese]], Australian rugby player and coach
*[[1964]] – [[Jon Carin]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
*[[1965]] – [[Ion Andoni Goikoetxea]], Spanish footballer and manager
* 1965 – [[Horace Hogan]], American wrestler
* 1965 – [[Hisashi Imai]], Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[1966]] – [[Phillip Price]], Welsh golfer
* 1966 – [[Igor Prins]], Estonian footballer and manager
* 1966 – [[Arne Sandstø]], Norwegian footballer and manager
*[[1967]] – [[Georgi Dakov]], Bulgarian high jumper (died 1996)
* 1967 – [[Paul Ince]], English footballer and manager
* 1967 – [[Gavin Lovegrove]], New Zealand javelin thrower and graphic designer
* 1967 – [[Krzysztof Sitko]], Polish association football player<ref>{{Cite news |title=Sławy |url=http://gkstychy.info:80/pilka/41,slawy/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501090955/http://gkstychy.info:80/pilka/41,slawy/ |archive-date={{date|2013-05-01|DMY}} |access-date={{date|2025-02-26|DMY}} |work=gkstychy.info |trans-title=Fames |language=pl}}</ref> (died 2018<ref>{{Cite news |title=Krzysztof Sitko, legendarny napastnik GKS Tychy, nie żyje |last1=Peszat |first1=Kamil |date={{date|2018-09-05|DMY}} |url=https://www.tychy.pl/2018/09/05/krzysztof-sitko-nie-zyje/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907110348/https://www.tychy.pl/2018/09/05/krzysztof-sitko-nie-zyje/ |archive-date={{date|2018-09-07|DMY}} |access-date={{date|2025-02-26|DMY}} |work=Tychy.pl |trans-title=Krzysztof Sitko, legendary striker of GKS Tychy, has died |language=pl}}</ref>)
*[[1968]] – [[Alexandros Alexandris]], Greek footballer and manager
* 1968 – [[Kerstin Andreae]], German politician
*[[1969]] – [[Michael Hancock (rugby league)|Michael Hancock]], Australian rugby league player
* 1969 – [[Mo Lewis]], American football player
*[[1970]] – [[Louis Koo]], Hong Kong actor and singer
*[[1971]] – [[Hal Duncan]], Scottish author and poet
* 1971 – [[Damien Martyn]], Australian cricketer
* 1971 – [[Nick Oliveri]], American singer-songwriter and bass player<ref name="AP" />
* 1971 – [[Conor O'Shea]], Irish rugby player and coach
* 1971 – [[Paul Telfer (footballer)|Paul Telfer]], Scottish footballer and coach
* 1971 – [[Thomas Ulsrud]], Norwegian curler
*[[1972]] – [[Ashutosh Agashe]], Indian businessman and cricketer
* 1972 – [[Matthew Friedberger]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1972 – [[Orlando Thomas]], American football player (died 2014)
* 1972 – [[Evhen Tsybulenko]], Ukrainian scholar and academic
*[[1973]] – [[Lera Auerbach]], Russian-American pianist and composer
* 1973 – [[Charlie Lowell]], American pianist and songwriter<ref name="AP" />
*[[1974]] – [[Costel Busuioc]], Romanian tenor
*[[1975]] – [[Toby Hall]], American baseball player
* 1975 – [[Henrique Hilário]], Portuguese footballer
*[[1976]] – [[Henrik Gustavsson]], Swedish footballer
* 1976 – [[Jeremy Miller]], American actor and singer<ref name="AP" />
* 1976 – [[Lavinia Miloșovici]], Romanian gymnast
* 1976 – [[Josh Ritter]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1976 – [[Andrew Scott (actor)|Andrew Scott]], Irish actor<ref name="AP" />
* 1976 – [[Mélanie Turgeon]], Canadian skier
*[[1978]] – [[Will Estes]], American actor<ref name="AP" />
* 1978 – [[Joey Harrington]], American football player and sportscaster
* 1978 – [[Henrik Klingenberg]], Finnish singer and keyboard player
* 1978 – [[Michael McMillian]], American actor<ref name="AP" />
*[[1979]] – [[Khalil Greene]], American baseball player
* 1979 – [[Gabe Gross]], American baseball player
*[[1980]] – [[Kim Kardashian]], American reality television personality, actress, model, businesswoman and socialite<ref name="AP" />
* 1980 – [[Brian Pittman]], American bass player
*[[1981]] – [[Martin Castrogiovanni]], Argentinian-Italian rugby player
*1981 – [[Olivier Pla]], French racing driver<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olivier PLA |url=https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/olivier-pla |access-date=30 January 2025 |website=DriverDatabase}}</ref>
* 1981 – [[Nemanja Vidić]], Serbian footballer
*[[1982]] – [[Matt Dallas]], American actor<ref name="UPI" />
* 1982 – [[Jim Henderson (baseball)|Jim Henderson]], American baseball player
* 1982 – [[Antony Kay]], English footballer
* 1982 – [[Hari Kondabolu]], American comedian, actor, and podcaster
* 1982 – [[Ray Ventrone]], American football player
* 1982 – [[Lee Chong Wei]], Malaysian badminton player
* 1982 – [[James White (basketball)|James White]], American basketball player
*[[1983]] – [[Casey Fien]], American baseball player
* 1983 – [[Zack Greinke]], American baseball player
* 1983 – [[Brent Hayden]], Canadian swimmer<ref>{{cite web|title=Brent Hayden|url=https://www.olympic.org/brent-hayden|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=20 May 2020}}</ref>
* 1983 – [[Gonzalo Klusener]], Argentinian footballer
* 1983 – [[Andy Marte]], Dominican baseball player (died 2017)
* 1983 – [[Amber Rose]], American model<ref name="UPI" />
* 1983 – [[Chris Sherrington]], English-Scottish martial artist
* 1983 – [[Charlotte Sullivan]], Canadian actress<ref name="AP" />
* 1983 – [[Ninet Tayeb]], Israeli singer
* 1983 – [[Shelden Williams]], American basketball player
*[[1984]] – [[Anna Bogdanova]], Russian heptathlete
* 1984 – [[Tom Brandstater]], American football player
* 1984 – [[Kenny Cooper]], American soccer player
* 1984 – [[Anouk Leblanc-Boucher]], Canadian speed skater
* 1984 – [[José Lobatón]], Venezuelan baseball player
* 1984 – [[Marvin Mitchell]], American football player
* 1984 – [[Kieran Richardson]], English footballer
*[[1985]] – [[Simone Bracalello]], Italian footballer
* 1985 – [[Dean Collis]], Australian rugby league player
* 1985 – [[Hadise]], Belgian-Turkish singer-songwriter and dancer<ref name="Hadisebio">{{cite web |title=The biography |url=http://www.hadisemusic.com/biography.php |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090512090624/http://www.hadisemusic.com/biography.php |archive-date=12 May 2009 |access-date=4 September 2009}} hadisemusic.com</ref>
*[[1986]] – [[Almen Abdi]], Swiss footballer
* 1986 – [[Chibuzor Chilaka]], Nigerian footballer
* 1986 – [[Scott Rendell]], English footballer
*[[1987]] – [[Tonje Brenna]], Norwegian politician<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Tonje Brenna |first1=Knut Are |last1=Tvedt |first2=Svein |last2=Askheim |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=12 February 2024 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |___location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Tonje_Brenna |language=no|access-date=27 March 2024}}</ref>
* 1987 – [[Justin De Fratus]], American baseball player
* 1987 – [[Andrey Grechin]], Russian swimmer
*[[1988]] – [[Ricki Olsen]], Danish footballer
* 1988 – [[Glen Powell]], American actor<ref name="AP" />
* 1988 – [[Daniel Schorn]], Austrian cyclist
*[[1989]] – [[Mads Dahm]], Norwegian footballer
* 1989 – [[Festus Ezeli]], Nigerian-American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Festus Ezeli |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203105/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=18 October 2023}}</ref>
* 1989 – [[Luke Murphy (English footballer)|Luke Murphy]], English footballer
* 1989 – [[Jonathan Viera]], Spanish footballer
* 1989 – [[Sam Vokes]], English-Welsh footballer
*[[1990]] – [[Bengali-Fodé Koita]], French footballer
* 1990 – [[Mathieu Peybernes]], French footballer
* 1990 – [[Ricky Rubio]], Spanish basketball player
* 1990 – [[Kristján Þórður Snæbjarnarson]], Icelandic politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Þingmenn: Alþingismannatal - Æviágrip þingmanna frá 1845 - Kristján Þórður Snæbjarnarson |url=https://www.althingi.is/altext/cv/is/?nfaerslunr=1522 |publisher=[[Althing]] |access-date=15 December 2024 |___location=Reykjavík, Iceland |language=is}}</ref>
*[[1991]] – [[Alexander Burmistrov]], Russian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander Burmistrov |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/alexander-burmistrov-8475788 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=18 October 2023}}</ref>
* 1991 – [[Tom Eastman]], English footballer
* 1991 – [[Geoffry Hairemans]], Belgian footballer
* 1991 – [[Rob Keogh]], English cricketer
* 1991 – [[Vadaine Oliver]], English footballer
* 1991 – [[Harry Pell]], English footballer
*[[1992]] – [[Natasha Bassett]], Australian actress<ref name="AP" />
* 1992 – [[Marzia Kjellberg]], Italian businessperson and former YouTuber
* 1992 – [[Damion Lee]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Damion Lee |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1627814/damion-lee |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=18 October 2023}}</ref>
* 1992 – [[Bernard Tomic]], German-Australian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bernard Tomic {{!}} Overview {{!}} ATP Tour {{!}} Tennis |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/bernard-tomic/ta46/overview |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=ATP Tour}}</ref>
*[[1993]] – [[Kane Brown]], American singer and songwriter<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tasteofcountry.com/tags/kane-brown/|title=KANE BROWN|date=2015-11-09|website=TASTE OF COUNTRY|language=en-US|access-date=2015-11-09}}</ref>
*[[1995]] – [[Cameron Burgess]], Scottish-Australian footballer
* 1995 – [[Doja Cat]], American rapper, singer and songwriter<ref>{{Cite web|title=24-year-old Doja Cat is this month's 'One To Watch' Artist!|url=https://www.kissradio.ca/2020/03/02/doja-cat-is-this-months-one-to-watch-artist/|access-date=2020-11-13|website=www.kissradio.ca|archive-date=2020-05-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528131325/https://www.kissradio.ca/2020/03/02/doja-cat-is-this-months-one-to-watch-artist/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 1995 – [[Antoinette Guedia Mouafo]], Cameroonian swimmer
==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[645]] – [[Zhenzhu Khan]], khan of [[Xueyantuo]]
*[[1023]] – [[Gero (archbishop of Magdeburg)|Gero]], Archbishop of Magdeburg
*[[1096]] – [[Walter Sans Avoir]], a leader of the [[First Crusade]]
*[[1125]] – [[Cosmas of Prague]], Bohemian priest and historian (born 1045)
*[[1204]] – [[Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester]], English politician
*[[1221]] – [[Alix, Duchess of Brittany]] (born 1201)
*[[1266]] – [[Birger Jarl]], Swedish politician (born 1210)
*[[1314]] – [[Geoffrey de Geneville, 1st Baron Geneville]]
*[[1422]] – [[Charles VI of France]] (born 1368)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Emmerson |first1=Richard K. |title=Key Figures in Medieval Europe: An Encyclopedia |date=18 October 2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-77519-2 |page=128 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BhyOAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA128 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1500]] – [[Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado]] of Japan (born 1442)
*[[1505]] – [[Paul Scriptoris]], German mathematician and educator (born 1460)
*[[1556]] – [[Pietro Aretino]], Italian author (born 1492)
*[[1558]] – [[Julius Caesar Scaliger]], Italian physician and scholar (born 1484)
*[[1600]] – [[Ōtani Yoshitsugu]], Japanese samurai (born 1558)
===1601–1900===
*[[1623]] – [[William Wade (English politician)|William Wade]], English politician and diplomat, [[Lieutenant of the Tower of London]] (born 1546)
*[[1662]] – [[Henry Lawes]], English composer (born 1595)
*[[1687]] – [[Edmund Waller]], English poet and politician (born 1606)
*[[1765]] – [[Giovanni Paolo Panini]], Italian painter and architect (born 1691)
*[[1775]] – [[Peyton Randolph]], American lawyer and politician, 1st [[President of the Continental Congress]] (born 1721)
*[[1777]] – [[Samuel Foote]], English actor and playwright (born 1720)
*[[1805]] – [[John Cooke (Royal Navy officer)|John Cooke]], English captain (born 1763)<ref>{{Cite book|last1=White|first1=Colin|author1-link=Colin White (historian)|others=The [[1805 Club]]|title=The Trafalgar Captains: Their Lives and Memorials|year=2005|publisher=[[Lionel Leventhal|Chatham Publishing]]|page=48|___location=London|language=en|isbn=978-1-86176-247-4|oclc=469507654}}</ref>
* 1805 – [[George Duff]], Scottish captain (born 1764)
* 1805 – [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson]], English admiral (born 1758)
*[[1821]] – [[Dorothea Ackermann]], German actress (born 1752)
*[[1835]] – [[Muthuswami Dikshitar]], Indian poet and composer (born 1775)
*[[1861]] – [[Edward D. Baker|Edward Dickinson Baker]], American congressman and colonel (born 1811)
*[[1872]] – [[Jacques Babinet]], French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (born 1794)
*[[1873]] – [[Johan Sebastian Welhaven]], Norwegian author, poet, and critic (born 1807)
*[[1896]] – [[James Henry Greathead]], South African-English engineer (born 1844)
===1901–present===
*[[1903]] – [[Jinmaku Kyūgorō]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (born 1829)
*[[1904]] – [[Isabelle Eberhardt]], Swiss explorer and journalist (born 1877)
*[[1907]] – [[Jules Chevalier]], French priest, founded the [[Missionaries of the Sacred Heart]] (born 1824)
*[[1927]] – [[Borisav Stanković]], Serbian author (born 1876)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Notice de Personne: Stanković, Borisav (1875-1927) |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11925425x |access-date=28 February 2025 |website=Bibliothèque nationale de France: Catalog générale |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1931]] – [[Arthur Schnitzler]], Austrian author and playwright (born 1862)
*[[1938]] – [[Dorothy Hale]], American actress (born 1905)
*[[1939]] – [[Hendrik Wortman]], Dutch civil engineer (born [[1859]])<ref>{{cite journal
|title=Hendrik Wortman
|last=Horn-van Nispen
|first=Marie-Louise ten
|journal=Tijdschrift voor Waterstaatsgeschiedenis
|publisher=Vereniging voor Waterstaatsgeschiedenis
|page=60
|url=https://www.waterstaatsgeschiedenis.nl/tijdschrift/2004-2/
|volume=13
|issue=2
|year=2004
}}</ref>
*[[1940]] – [[William G. Conley]], American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 18th [[Governor of West Virginia]] (born 1866)
*[[1941]] – [[Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton]], Australian biologist (born 1852)
*[[1944]] – [[Alois Kayser]], German-French missionary (born 1877)
*[[1952]] – [[Hans Merensky]], South African geologist and philanthropist (born 1871)
*[[1963]] – [[Józef Franczak]], Polish sergeant (born 1918)
*[[1965]] – [[Bill Black]], American bass player and bandleader (born 1926)
*[[1969]] – [[Jack Kerouac]], American novelist and poet (born 1922)
* 1969 – [[Wacław Sierpiński]], Polish mathematician and academic (born 1882)
*[[1970]] – [[Li Linsi]], Chinese educator and diplomat (born 1896)
*[[1971]] – [[Minnie Evans]], American artist (born 1888)
*[[1973]] – [[Nasif Estéfano]], Argentinian race car driver (born 1932)
*[[1975]] – [[Charles Reidpath]], American runner and general (born 1887)
*[[1977]] – [[Ferit Tüzün]], Turkish composer (born 1929)
*[[1978]] – [[Anastas Mikoyan]], Armenian-Russian civil servant and politician (born 1895)
*[[1980]] – [[Hans Asperger]], Austrian physician and psychologist (born 1906)
*[[1982]] – [[Radka Toneff]], Norwegian singer-songwriter (born 1952)
*[[1983]] – [[Joseph P. Lordi]], American government official (born 1919)
*[[1984]] – [[François Truffaut]], French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1932)
*[[1985]] – [[Dan White]], American assassin and politician (born 1946)
*[[1986]] – [[Lionel Murphy]], Australian jurist and politician, 22nd [[Attorney-General of Australia]] (born 1922)
*[[1989]] – [[Jean Image]], Hungarian-French director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1910)
*[[1990]] – [[Dany Chamoun]], Lebanese engineer and politician (born 1934)
* 1990 – [[Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar]], Indian spiritual guru, philosopher and author (born 1921)
*[[1991]] – [[Lorenc Antoni]], Albanian composer, conductor, and musicologist (born 1909)
*[[1992]] – [[Ante Ciliga]], Croatian politician, writer and publisher (born 1898)
* 1992 – [[Jim Garrison]], American lawyer and judge (born 1921)
*[[1993]] – [[Sam Zolotow]], American journalist and critic (born 1899)
*[[1995]] – [[Maxene Andrews]], American singer (born 1916)
* 1995 – [[Jesús Blasco]], Spanish author and illustrator (born 1919)
* 1995 – [[Nancy Graves]], American sculptor and painter (born 1939)
* 1995 – [[Shannon Hoon]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1967)
*[[1996]] – [[Georgios Zoitakis]], Greek general and politician (born 1910)
*[[1998]] – [[Francis W. Sargent]], American soldier and politician, 64th [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (born 1915)
*[[1999]] – [[Lars Bo]], Danish author and illustrator (born 1924)
* 1999 – [[Ahmet Taner Kışlalı]], Turkish political scientist, lawyer, and politician (born 1939)
*[[2002]] – [[Edward J. Mortola]], American academic and president of Pace University (born 1917)<ref name="NYT2002">{{cite news |last1=Saxon|first1=Wolfgang |title=Edward Mortola, 85; Oversaw Expansion at Pace |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/29/nyregion/edward-mortola-85-oversaw-expansion-at-pace.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 29, 2002 |access-date=February 5, 2017 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2003]] – [[Louise Day Hicks]], American politician (born 1916)
* 2003 – [[Luis A. Ferré]], Puerto Rican engineer and politician, 3rd [[Governor of Puerto Rico]] (born 1904)
* 2003 – [[Elliott Smith]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1969)
*[[2006]] – [[Sandy West]], American singer-songwriter and drummer (born 1959)
*[[2007]] – [[Paul Fox (musician)|Paul Fox]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1951)
*[[2010]] – [[A. Ayyappan]], Indian poet and translator (born 1949)
*[[2011]] – [[Hikmet Bilâ]], Turkish journalist and author (born 1954)
* 2011 – [[Tone Pavček]], Slovenian poet and author (born 1928)
*[[2012]] – [[Yash Chopra]], Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1932)
* 2012 – [[Antoni Dobrowolski]], Polish educator (born 1904)
* 2012 – [[Jaroslav Kozlík]], Czech volleyball player and educator (born 1907)
* 2012 – [[Alf Kumalo]], South African photographer and journalist (born 1930)
* 2012 – [[George McGovern]], American historian, lieutenant, and politician (born 1922)
*[[2013]] – [[Bud Adams]], American businessman (born 1923)
* 2013 – [[Gianni Ferrio]], Italian composer and conductor (born 1924)
* 2013 – [[Rune T. Kidde]], Danish author, poet, and illustrator (born 1957)
* 2013 – [[Colonel Robert Morris]], American singer-songwriter and drummer (born 1954)
* 2013 – [[Major Owens]], American librarian and politician (born 1936)
* 2013 – [[Tony Summers]], Welsh swimmer (born 1924)
* 2013 – [[Oscar Yanes]], Venezuelan journalist and author (born 1927)
*[[2014]] – [[Ben Bradlee]], American journalist and author (born 1921)
* 2014 – [[Nelson Bunker Hunt]], American businessman (born 1926)
* 2014 – [[Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani]], Iranian cleric and politician, [[Prime Minister of Iran]] (born 1931)
* 2014 – [[Edith Kawelohea McKinzie]], Hawaiian genealogist, author, and hula expert (born 1925)
* 2014 – [[Gough Whitlam]], Australian lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 21st [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (born 1916)
*[[2015]] – [[France Bučar]], Slovenian lawyer and politician (born 1923)
* 2015 – [[Marty Ingels]], American actor (born 1936)
* 2015 – [[Norman W. Moore]], English conservationist and author (born 1923)
* 2015 – [[Sheldon Wolin]], American philosopher, theorist, and academic (born 1922)
*[[2020]] – [[Frank Bough]], English television presenter (born 1933)<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-10-25|title=Obituary: Frank Bough|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-26063499|access-date=2020-12-13}}</ref>
*[[2021]] – [[Bernard Haitink]], Dutch conductor and violinist (born 1929)<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-59002746 Bernard Haitink: Celebrated classical conductor dies at 92], BBC News, October 22, 2021</ref>
*[[2023]] – [[Bobby Charlton]], English footballer and manager (born 1937)<ref>{{cite news |title=Sir Bobby Charlton, giant of English football, dies at 86 |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/bobby-charlton-dies-world-cup-england-football-bjm9xffqs |access-date=22 October 2023 |work=[[The Times]] |date=21 October 2023}}</ref>
* 2023 – [[Bobi (dog)|Bobi]], Portuguese dog (born 1992)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-12/world-s-oldest-dog-bobi-celebrates-his-31st-birthday/102341280|title=World's oldest dog Bobi the Rafeiro celebrated his 31st birthday with massive party plans|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=12 May 2023|access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref>
* 2023 – [[Bill Hayden]], Australian politician, 21st [[Governor General of Australia]] (born 1933)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-10-21 |title=Former governor general and Labor party leader Bill Hayden dies aged 90 |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/21/former-governor-general-and-labor-party-leader-bill-hayden-dies-at-90 |access-date=2023-10-21 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* [[2024]] – [[Mimi Hines]], Canadian singer and comedian (born 1933)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Alex |date=October 27, 2024 |title=Mimi Hines, a Replacement Star in 'Funny Girl,' Dies at 91 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/27/theater/mimi-hines-dead.html |access-date=November 16, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
==Holidays and observances==
*[[Public holidays in Honduras|Armed Forces Day]] ([[Honduras]])
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Asterius of Ostia]]
**[[Berthold of Parma]]
**Blessed [[Charles I of Austria|Charles of Austria]] ([[Roman Catholic Church]])
**[[Fintán of Taghmon]]
**[[Hilarion]]
**[[John of Bridlington]]
**[[Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena]]
**[[Saint Leticia|Leticia]]
**[[Malchus of Syria]]
**[[Peter Yu Tae-chol]]
**[[Severinus of Bordeaux]]
** [[Tuda of Lindisfarne]]
**[[Saint Ursula|Ursula]]
**[[Viator of Lyons]]
**[[October 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Public holidays in Egypt|Egyptian Naval Day]] ([[Egypt]])
*[[Central Reserve Police Force|Indian Police Commemoration Day]] ([[India]])
*[[National Nurses' Day]] ([[Thailand]])
*[[Ndadaye Day]] ([[Burundi]])
*[[Overseas Chinese Day]] ([[Republic of China]])
*[[Trafalgar Day]] (the [[British Empire]] in the 19th and early 20th century)
*[[Twin Holy Birthdays|Birth of the Báb (2017)]] ([[Baháʼí Faith]])
== References ==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
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* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/21 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=10|day=21}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/october/21 |title=Historical Events on October 21 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}
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