[[pl:21 pa%BCdziernika]] October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 71 days remaining.
Events:
- 1805 - The Battle of Trafalgar assures British naval dominance during the Napoleonic Wars.
- 1959 - Guggenheim Museum opens in New York.
Births:
- 1772 - Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet
- 1833 - Alfred Nobel, inventor and benefactor of the Nobel Prize
- 1908 - Louis L'Amour, novelist
- 1912 - Sir George Solti, conductor
- 1914 - Martin Gardner, writer on mathematics and games
- 1917 - Dizzy Gillespie, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer
- 1928 - Whitey Ford, baseball player
- 1929 - Usula K. Le Guin, science fiction author
- 1942 - Judge Judy Sheindlin, judge, TV host
- 1956 - Carrie Fisher, actress, writer
Deaths:
- 1805 - Horatio Nelson, British admiral
- 1969 - Jack Kerouac, Beat novelist
- 1984 - François Truffaut, film director
- 1994 - Burt Lancaster, actor
Holidays:
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
October 20 - October 22 - November 21 - September 21 - more historical anniversaries