Notable Birthdays for October 21
Solon Robinson (1803-1880 - Journalist for the New York Tribune and author of Hot Corn: Life Scenes in New York.
Eugene Burton Ely (1886-1911) - Aviator to fly the first shipboard aircraft to takeoff and land on a ship.
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Edna Purviance (1895-1958) - Silent film actress and leading lady in most of Charlie Chaplin's films.
Eddy Hamel (1902-1943) - American soccer player who played for the Dutch club AFC Ajax and was later killed by Nazi's in Auschwitz in 1943.
Edmond Hamilton (1904-1977) - Science fiction author of City at World's End and The Star Kings.
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Lillian Asplund (1906-2006) - The last American Titanic survivor at the time of her death.
Mary Blair (1911-1978) - One of the female animators that worked for Disney.
Martin Gardner (1914-2010) - Mathematician and author for the Scientific American as a math and puzzles columnist.
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Owen Bradley (1915-1998) - Country music record producer in Nashville who helped shape country music and rockabilly music in the 1950s and 60s.
Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993) - Acclaimed trumpet player and bandleader.
Milton Himmelfarb (1918-2006) - Sociologist, author and Director of the American Jewish Committee.
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Joyce Randolph (1924-2024) - Actress actress known for her character Trixie Norton on The Jackie Gleason Show.
Julie Wilson (1924-2015 ) - Actress and singer referred to as the "Queen of Cabaret."
Whitey Ford (1928-2020) - A 10-time All-Star and 6-time World Series champion pitcher for the NY Yankees.
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Vern Mikkelsen (1928-2013) - Forward basketball player known as one of the first defensive powerhouses in basketball.
George Stinney Jr. (1929-1944) - Black inmate who was wrongfully convicted was executed.
Frances FitzGerald (1940-Still Living) - Author of Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam.
Rhoda Gemignani (1940-Still Living) - Actress known for her character Mrs. Carmela Rossini in Who's the Boss?
Judy Sheindlin (1942-Still Living) - Judge and television host of Judge Judy.
Ron Elliott (1943-Still Living) - Singer-songwriter and guitarist for The Beau Brummels.
Lux Interior (1946-2009) - Founding member of the rock band Cramps.
Lee Loughnane (1946-Still Living) - Founding member of the rock band Chicago.
Ronald McNair (1950-1986) - Physicist and astronaut who died on the Space Shuttle Challenger.
Patti Davis (1952-Still Living) - Actress and daughter of former President Ronald Reagan.
Charlotte Caffey (1953-Still Living) - Musician and member of the band the Go-Go's.
Keith Green (1953-1982) - Musician and pioneer of the Christian music genre.
Catherine Hardwicke (1955-Still Living) - Film director and producer of Thirteen, Twilight, and Miss You Already.
Fred Hersch (1955-Still Living) - The first musician to play as a solo pianist for weeklong engagements at the Village Vanguard in New York City.
Carrie Fisher (1956-2016) - Actress known as Princess Leia in the original Star Wars saga.
Mike Tully (1956-Still Living) - Olympic pole vaulter.
Steve Lukather (1957-Still Living) - Founding member of the rock band Toto.
Melora Walters (1960-Still Living) - Known for her character Wanda Henrickson on the HBO series Big Love.
Michael Allan Bollea (1965-Still Living) - Professional wrestler known as Horace Hogan in the ring.
Jeremy Miller (1976-Still Living) - Child actor known for his character Ben Seaver on Growing Pains.
Will Estes (1978-Still Living) - Actor known as Jameson on Blue Bloods.
Michael McMillian (1978-Still Living) - Actor known for his roles as Henry in What I Like About You and Steve in True Blood.
Kim Kardashian (1980-Still Living) - Reality T.V. and socialite.
Matt Dallas (1982-Still Living) -Actor who plays Kyle in XY.
Hari Kondabolu (1982-Still Living) - Comedian.
Memorable Events for October 21
1774 - The first flag to include the word "Liberty" is flown in Massachusett.
1867 - The Medicine Lodge Treaty is signed Great Plains Indian leaders, relocating the tribes to a reservation in Indian Territory.
1869 - The first shipment of fresh oysters is delivered from Baltimore.
1871 - The first amateur outdoor athletic games begin in NY.
1879 - Thomas Edison applies for a patent for an incandescent light bulb.
1915 - The first radiotelephone message overseas is made from Arlington, VA to Paris, France.
1917 - The first U.S. troops see action on the front lines in WWI.
1921 - President Harding delivers the first speech by a sitting U.S. president in opposition of lynching in the South.
1940 - Ernest Hemingway's first novel, For Whom the Bell Tolls, is published.
1944 - American forces take the city of Aachen, Germany, after three weeks.
1959 - The Guggenheim Museum opens to the public in NY.
1959 - President Eisenhower approves the transfer of all US Army space-related activities to NASA.
1964 - My Fair Lady, starring Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn, premieres in NY.
1967 - Fifty thousand people march from the Lincoln Memorial to the Pentagon in protest of the Vietnam War.
1975 - Women are allowed to enroll in the Coast Guard Academy for the first time.
1986 - Journalist Edward Tracy is kidnapped in Beirut.
1989 - Bertram Lee and Peter Bynoe become the first major sports team owners after they purchase the Denver Nuggets for $65 million.
1991 - Hostage Jesse Turner is released from captivity in Beirut after 5 years.
2019 - Facebook takes down disinformation campaigns from Iran and Russia.
2020 - Over 545 children are left without parents after being separated at the U.S./Mexican border.
