October 21
People born on this day are Libra.
- 1984
Niki Lauda claims his third and final Formula One Drivers' Championship Title by half a point ahead of McLaren team-mate Alain Prost at the Portuguese Grand Prix.
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In Lebanon, pro-Iran kidnappers claim to have abducted American writer Edward Tracy (he is released in August 1991).
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The Jaffna hospital massacre is carried out by Indian peacekeeping forces in Sri Lanka, killing 70 Tamil patients, doctors and nurses.
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In Honduras, 131 people are killed when a Boeing 727 crashes on approach to Toncontín International Airport near the nation's capital Tegucigalpa.
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North Korea and the United States sign an Agreed Framework that requires North Korea to stop its nuclear weapons program and agree to inspections.
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In Seoul, South Korea, 32 people are killed when a span of the Seongsu Bridge collapses.
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Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery.
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Finnish driver Kimi Räikkönen of Scuderia Ferrari won the Brazilian Grand Prix in Formula One. With this result, Räikkönen became world champion, surpassing McLaren drivers Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso by one point in the drivers' standings.
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Iraq War: President Barack Obama announces that the withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq will be complete by the end of the year.
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A passenger train derails in Yilan County, Taiwan, killing 18 people and injuring 187.
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Thirty people are killed in a fiery bus crash in western Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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In Canada, the 2019 Canadian federal election ends, resulting in incumbent Prime Minister Justin Trudeau remaining in office, albeit with the Liberal Party in a minority government.
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1998Kerem Aktürkoğlu, Turkish footballer
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1995Cameron Burgess, Scottish-Australian footballer
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1995Doja Cat, American rapper, singer and songwriter
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1993Kane Brown, American singer and songwriter
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1992Natasha Bassett, Australian actress
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1992Marzia Kjellberg, Italian businessperson and former YouTuber
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1992Damion Lee, American basketball player
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1992Bernard Tomic, German-Australian tennis player
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1991Alexander Burmistrov, Russian ice hockey player
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1991Tom Eastman, English footballer
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1991Geoffry Hairemans, Belgian footballer
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1991Rob Keogh, English cricketer
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