Top Historical Events That Happened on October 21
Monday, 20 July 2026
1899 Battle at Elandslaagte Natal: (Boers vs British army). 

1901 Gerhard von Rad, German old testament scholar (Deuteronomium). 

1902 In the United States, a five month strike by United Mine Workers ends. 

1902 Hilarion Rubio, composer 

1904 Edmond [Moore] Hamilton, US, sci-fi author (Danger Planet) 

1905 England Pilgrim Assn beats All NY 11, 7-1 in soccer at Polo Grounds 

1905 Jose Teodor Vilar, composer, dies at 69 

1906 [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, actress (Small Lord), dies at 55. 

1908 Alexander Schneider, Vilna Lith, violinist (Budapest String Quartet) 

1911 RS Hichens and M Hudsons "Garden of Allah," premieres in NYC 

1911 Peter Graves, London England, actor (Mission Impossible, Stalag 17) 

1912 Carlos Don Byas, US jazz saxophonist. 

1914 Battle of Warsaw ends with German defeat. 

1914 Martin Gardner, Scientific American math and puzzles columnist 

1915 inaugural transatlantic radiotelephone message, Arlington, Va to Paris 

1915 Vera Deakin, daughter of former Prime Minister Alfred Deakin, establishes the Australian Red Cross Missing and Wounded Enquiry Bureau in Cairo, Egypt During the remainder of the war the bureau handled thousands of enquiries from Australian families seeking information about wounded and missing soldiers. 

1915 1st transatlantic radiotelephone message, Arlington, Va to Paris 

1916 US Army forms Reserve Officers Training Corps. 

1916 Andrea Checchi, Firenze Italy, actress (Attack and Retreat). 

1916 Karl von Storgkh, premier Austria, assassinated. 

1917 inaugural Americans to see action on the front lines of WW I. 

1917 1st Americans to see action on front lines of WW I. 

1917 Dizzy Gillespie, [John B], jazz trumpeter, a creator of modern jazz 

1918 Margaret Owen sets world typing speed record of 170 wpm for 1 min. 

1918 The Mount Royal Tunnel, Montreal, is opened for regular traffic by the Canadian Northern Railway. 

1919 Claire Sterling, journalist. 

1919 Sven August Korling, composer, dies at 77. 

1921 Tuschinski Theater opens in Amsterdam. 

1921 Jarmil Burghauser, composer 

1922 Liliane de Bettencourt, heir to L'Oreal. 

1923 1st planetarium opens at Deutsche Museum in Munich. 

1924 KLM Fokker's F7 H-NACC departs to Dutch East Indies 

1924 Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick, composer, dies at 76. 

1925 Sidney Howards "Lucky Sam McGarver," premieres in NYC 

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