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On This Day Oct 21 Through History Highlights
Highlights of events that occurred on October 21 across years include the 1962 Seattle World's Fair closure canceled by Kennedy for a head cold amid the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Old Ironsides launch in 1797, Trafalgar's 1805 battle, Edison’s 1879 light, Solti’s 1912 birth, Aachen’s 1944 capture, Guggenheim opening in 1959, Nixon Lincoln debates, Eilat sinking, Powell and Rehnquist SCOTUS 1971, and hostage developments through 1991 and 2001.
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John F. Kennedy
Boston
Adm
Horatio Nelson
Trafalgar
Nelson
Thomas Edison
Menlo Park
N.J
Georg Solti
John Shol’-Tee
Gyo
New York
Richard M. Nixon
Port Said
Richard Nixon
Lewis F. Powell
William H. Rehnquist
U.S. Supreme Court