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1921 – The Australian cricket team, led by Warwick Armstrong, became the first team to complete a whitewash in the Ashes, an achievement that would not be repeated for 86 years. 1992 – A Bosnian-Serb wedding procession was attacked in Sarajevo , resulting in what is widely considered the first casualty of the Bosnian War .
October 23: At the end of an 11-year demining process, the Falkland Islands are declared free of land mines, 38 years after the end of the Falklands War. October 29: The International Organization for Migration (IOM) confirms the death of least 140 migrants who drowned off the coast of Senegal on a vessel bound for the Spanish Canary Islands.
1680 – Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from the Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt.; 1689 – The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland. [5]1716 – Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: The arrival of naval reinforcements and the news of the Battle of Petrovaradin force the Ottomans to abandon the Siege of Corfu, thus preserving the Ionian Islands under Venetian rule.
These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history; For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history; For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history
1953 – The Natural History Museum, London announces that the "Piltdown Man" skull, initially believed to be one of the most important fossilized hominid skulls ever found, is a hoax. 1954 – People's Action Party , an eventual dominative political party in Singapore , was established.
1961 – Elliot Hirshman, American psychologist and academic [21] 1962 – Chuck Palahniuk, American novelist and journalist; 1962 – David Foster Wallace, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 2008) [22] 1963 – William Baldwin, American actor [16] 1963 – Ranking Roger, English singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2019) [23]
Twenty-three years since the day that changed everything. Since that impossibly blue sky on a crisp autumn morning. Since the first plane. Then the second plane.
October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in ... 1973 – Fred Dryer of the Los Angeles Rams becomes the first player in NFL history to score two safeties in ...