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Died on October 21st
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| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Maxene Andrews |
Singer |
3-Jan-1916 |
21-Oct-1995 |
The Andrews Sisters |
| Pietro Aretino |
Author |
20-Apr-1492 |
21-Oct-1556 |
Sonetti lussuriosi |
| Henry Armetta |
Actor |
4-Jul-1888 |
21-Oct-1945 |
A Bell For Adano |
| Hans Asperger |
Doctor |
18-Feb-1906 |
21-Oct-1980 |
Asperger's Syndrome |
| Robert E. Badham |
Politician |
9-Jun-1929 |
21-Oct-2005 |
Congressman from California, 1977-89 |
| John Ball |
Naturalist |
20-Aug-1818 |
21-Oct-1889 |
Irish Alpinist |
| Fred Berry |
Actor |
13-Mar-1951 |
21-Oct-2003 |
Rerun on What's Happening!! |
| Dolph Camilli |
Baseball |
23-Apr-1907 |
21-Oct-1997 |
National League MVP, 1941 |
| Tom Carvel |
Business |
14-Jul-1906 |
21-Oct-1990 |
Fudgie The Whale, Cookie Puss |
| Charles VI |
Royalty |
3-Dec-1368 |
21-Oct-1422 |
King of France, 1380-1422 |
| Isabelle Eberhardt |
Author |
17-Feb-1877 |
21-Oct-1904 |
Transvestite Muslim author |
| Samuel Foote |
Actor |
1720 |
21-Oct-1777 |
Diversions |
| John Forsyth |
Politician |
22-Oct-1780 |
21-Oct-1841 |
US Secretary of State, 1834-41 |
| Jim Garrison |
Attorney |
20-Nov-1921 |
21-Oct-1992 |
New Orleans DA investigated JFK's assassination |
| Jesse L. Greenstein |
Astronomer |
15-Oct-1909 |
21-Oct-2002 |
Co-Discoverer of quasars |
| Ejnar Hertzsprung |
Astronomer |
8-Oct-1873 |
21-Oct-1967 |
Hertzsprung-Russell diagram |
| Shannon Hoon |
Musician |
26-Sep-1967 |
21-Oct-1995 |
Frontman for Blind Melon |
| Nicholas Kemmer |
Physicist |
7-Dec-1911 |
21-Oct-1998 |
Nuclear weapons and reactors |
| Jack Kerouac |
Novelist |
12-Mar-1922 |
21-Oct-1969 |
On The Road |
| Elissa Landi |
Actor |
6-Dec-1904 |
21-Oct-1948 |
The Count of Monte Cristo |
| Anastas Mikoyan |
Politician |
25-Nov-1895 |
21-Oct-1978 |
Knew where the shrimps stay in winter |
| Jack Nelson |
Journalist |
11-Oct-1929 |
21-Oct-2009 |
The Los Angeles Times |
| Lord Nelson |
Military |
29-Sep-1758 |
21-Oct-1805 |
Most celebrated British admiral |
| Charles Eliot Norton |
Scholar |
16-Nov-1827 |
21-Oct-1908 |
American man of letters |
| J. H. Plumb |
Historian |
20-Aug-1911 |
21-Oct-2001 |
England in the Eighteenth Century |
| Francis W. Sargent |
Politician |
29-Jul-1915 |
21-Oct-1998 |
Governor of Massachusetts, 1969-75 |
| Arthur Schnitzler |
Playwright |
15-May-1862 |
21-Oct-1931 |
Reigen |
| John T. Scopes |
Educator |
3-Aug-1900 |
21-Oct-1970 |
Defendant in the Scopes Monkey Trial |
| Waclaw Sierpinski |
Mathematician |
14-Mar-1882 |
21-Oct-1969 |
Sierpinski's gasket |
| Elliott Smith |
Guitarist |
6-Aug-1969 |
21-Oct-2003 |
Indie guitarist stabbed himself to death |
| François Truffaut |
Film Director |
6-Feb-1932 |
21-Oct-1984 |
Last Metro |
| Edmund Waller |
Poet |
3-Mar-1606 |
21-Oct-1687 |
Go, Lovely Rose |
| Dan White |
Assassin |
2-Sep-1946 |
21-Oct-1985 |
Assassinated George Moscone and Harvey Milk |
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