Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: October 21
October 21, 2025 is the 294th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 71 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Libra is your zodiac sign. Opal is your modern birthstone. Jasper is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: October 21
- 1096 –People’s Crusade: The Turkish army annihilates the People’s Army of the West.
- 1392 –Nanboku-chō: Emperor Go-Kameyama abdicates in favor of rival claimant Go-Komatsu.
- 1520 –Ferdinand Magellan discovers a strait now known as Strait of Magellan.
- 1892 –Opening ceremonies for the World’s Columbian Exposition are held in Chicago, though because construction was behind schedule, the exposition did not open until May 1, 1893.
- 1895 –The Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade.
- 1956 –Kenyan rebel leader Dedan Kimathi is captured by the British Army, signalling the ultimate defeat of the Mau Mau Uprising, and essentially ending the British military campaign.
- 1959 –In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opens to the public.
- 1971 –A gas explosion kills 22 people at a shopping centre in Clarkston, East Renfrewshire, near Glasgow, Scotland.
- 1983 –The metre is defined at the seventeenth General Conference on Weights and Measures as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
- 1994 –In Seoul, 32 people are killed when the Seongsu Bridge collapses.
Who were born on October 21?
- 1449 –George, Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV and Richard III (d. 1478)
- 1527 –Louis I, Cardinal of Guise, French cardinal (d. 1578)
- 1675 –Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (d. 1710)
- 1949 –Benjamin Netanyahu, 9th Prime Minister of Israel
- 1950 –Ronald McNair, American astronaut (d. 1986)
- 1952 –Trevor Chappell, Australian cricketer
- 1955 –Fred Hersch, American jazz pianist
- 1966 –Arne Sandstø, Norwegian footballer
- 1969 –Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, crown prince of Bahrain
- 1981 –Martin Castrogiovanni, Argentine-born Italian rugby player
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