History for October 21

History for October 21 - On-This-Day.com
Alfred Nobel 1833 - Chemist, inventor of dynamite, his will created the Nobel Prizes, Dizzy (John Birks) Gillespie 1917 - Musician, trumpet, Judy Sheindlin 1942 - TV personality ("Judge Judy")


Benjamin Netanyahu 1949 - Prime Minister of Israel, Carrie Fisher 1956 - Actress ("Star Wars" movies), Kim Kardashian 1980 - TV personality

1797 - "Old Ironsides," the U.S. Navy frigate Constitution, was launched in Boston's harbor.


1805 - The Battle of Trafalgar occurred off the coast of Spain. The British defeated the French and Spanish fleet.


1879 - Thomas Edison invented the electric incandescent lamp. It would last 13 1/2 hours before it would burn out.


1918 - Margaret Owen set a typing speed record of 170 words per minute on a manual typewriter.


1945 - Women in France were allowed to vote for the first time.


1950 - Chinese forces invaded Tibet.


1994 - North Korea and the U.S. signed an agreement requiring North Korea to halt its nuclear program and agree to inspections.


2003 - North Korea rejected U.S. President George W. Bush's offer of a written pledge not to attack in exchange for the communist nation agreeing to end its nuclear weapons program.