This Day In History

October 21st

1805  During the Battle of Trafalgar, The Royal Navy under British Admiral Horatio Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet.
1879  Thomas Alva Edison successfully tests the first electric incandescent lamp
1917  US enters World War I
1959  The Guggenheim Museum opens in Manhattan, New York.
1967  Antiwar protestors march on Washington against the Vietnam War.
1998  New York Yankees win another World Series, winning the first 4 games in a row against the San Diego Padres.

1833  Inventor of TNT & The Nobel Peace Prize Alfred Nobel
1917  Jazz Great Dizzy Gillespie (born as John Birks)  
1928  New York Yankess Great Whitey (Edward) Ford
1940  Musician Manfred Mann (born as Michael Lubowitz)
1956  Actress Carrie Fisher
1976  Actor Jeremy Miller

1962

• Monster Mash - Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt Kickers

• Do You Love Me - The Contours

• He's a Rebel - The Crystals

• I've Been Everywhere - Hank Snow

1970

• I'll be There - The Jackson 5

• Green-Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf

• All Right Now - Free

• Sunday Morning Coming Down - Johnny Cash

1978

• Kiss You All Over - Exile

• Reminiscing - Little River Band

• Whenever I Call You "Friend" - Kenny Loggins

• Tear Time - Dave & Sugar

1986

• When I Think of You - Janet Jackson

• Typical Male - Tina Turner

• True Colors - Cyndi Lauper

• Just Another Love - Tanya Tucker

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