On This Day in History for October 21
Events in History
- 310 St Eusebius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
- 335 Roman Emperor Constantine the Great rules that Jews are not allowed to purchase and circumcise Christian slaves
- 686 Conon begins his reign as Catholic Pope
- 1096 Sultan Kilidj Arslan of Nicea defeats The People's Crusade at the Battle of Civetot, only about 3,000 out of 20,000 Crusaders survive
- 1187 Alberto de Morra elected as Pope Gregorius VIII (12/17/1187)
- 1512 Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg.
- 1520 Explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his fleet reach Cape Virgenes and become the first Europeans to sail into the Pacific Ocean
- 1555 Emperor Charles V makes Erard of Pallandt earl of Culemborg
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Alfred Nobel
Benjamin Netanyahu
Horatio Nelson
John T. Scopes
Ben BradleeWeddings in History
- 1917 Irish poet and playwright William Butler Yeats (52) weds Georgie Hyde-Lees (25)
- 1929 Bank robber Willie Sutton (28) weds Louise Leudemann
- 1948 Science fiction pioneering author "Stranger in a Strange Land" Robert A. Heinlein marries 3rd wife Virginia "Ginny" Gerstenfeld
More Weddings in History
October in History
Sculptor’s Brainwave Produces Amazing Memorial
How do you commemorate Thomas Browne, one of the great thinkers of the 17th Century who was born on this day? Well, why not a giant sculpture of his brain?
October 19, 1605
The Tragedy of Aberfan
One hundred and sixteen young children died on this day when an avalanche of coal tip waste and debris thundered down a hillside and engulfed their school.
October 21, 1966
Jumping Jacques Makes First Parachute Descent
Daredevil André-Jacques Garnerin took to the sky in a hydrogen balloon on this day and after cutting himself adrift performed the first ‘parachute’ descent.
October 22, 1797
Test of Time for the Date of Creation
The assertion by a 17th Century bishop that the universe was created on this day in the year 4004 BC was put to the test in a famous trial in the United States.
October 23, 4004 BC