Holidays and Observances
Famous Birthdays
- 1980: Kim Kardashian - The Kardashians
- 1956: Carrie Fisher - Original Princess Leia
- 1949: Mike Keenan - Calgary Flames Coach
- 1917: Dizzy Gillespie - Jazz Musician
- 1833: Alfred Nobel - Nobel Prize
Famous Deaths
Music Chart Toppers
Top Box Office Movies
Top Sports Teams
- 2008: NHL - New York Rangers: (6 - 2 - 1)
- 2008: NFL - Tennessee Titans: (6 - 0)
NHL Leaders on this Day
- 2008: Evgeni Malkin, PIT - 11 PTS
- 2008: Thomas Vanek, BUF - 7 Goals
- 2008: Henrik Lundqvist, NYR - 4 WinsNHL.com: NHL Stat Leaders
NFL Leaders on this Day
- 2008: Drew Brees, NO - 2224 Pass YDS
- 2008: Clinton Portis, WSH - 818 Rush YDS
- 2008: Cortland Finnegan, TNE - 4 InterceptionsNFL: Player Stat Leaders
More Days
The 2000s
- 2001: A Washington DC Postal worker becomes the 3rd victim of an Anthrax Attack.
October 21 1967
1967: Over 100,000 protesters marched toward The Pentagon in a rally against the Vietnam War. Over 600 people were arrested including novelist Norman Mailer.
October 21 1966
The 1950s
- 1959: The Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright opens in New York City. Home of the world's top collections of contemporary art.
The 1800s
- 1879: Thomas Edison invents the first workable electric light at his laboratory in New Jersey.
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October 21 Moment of Zen
The Daily Show: A magician makes a woman float above a New York sidewalk (1999)
The Daily Show: Macaroni Penguin Reading (2003)
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