October 21 Holidays

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 2005 — Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery by the team of Michael E. Brown, Chad... ↗
• 1994 — North Korea nuclear weapons program: North Korea and the United States sign an Agreed Framework that requires North Korea to stop its... ↗
• 1994 — In Seoul, 32 people are killed when the Seongsu Bridge collapses. ↗
• 1987 — Jaffna hospital massacre is carried out by Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka killing 70 ethnic Tamil patients, doctors and nurses. ↗
• 1986 — In Lebanon, pro-Iran kidnappers claim to have abducted American writer Edward Tracy (he is released in August 1991). ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 1995 — Cameron Burgess, Scottish-Australian footballer
• 1995 — Antoinette Guedia Mouafo, Cameroonian swimmer
• 1992 — Bernard Tomic, German-Australian tennis player
• 1991 — Tom Eastman, English footballer
• 1991 — Geoffry Hairemans, Belgian footballer

🏀 Sports on this Date

• NHL: Winnipeg Jets @ St. Louis Blues — 00:00 Scheduled
• NHL: Boston Bruins @ Dallas Stars — 00:00 Scheduled
• MLB: Cleveland Guardians @ Tampa Bay Rays — 00:00 Scheduled
• NHL: Minnesota Wild @ Edmonton Oilers — 01:00 Scheduled
• NBA: Oklahoma City Thunder @ San Antonio Spurs — 01:30 Scheduled
• NHL: Detroit Red Wings @ Seattle Kraken — 01:40 Scheduled