October 21 2022 is Friday. Here you can get Major Past events and historical events on 21st October. List of Significant News Events and what happened this day in history. Let us Find Out
- 1520-Ferdinand Magellan and three Spanish ships sailed through the strait that was later named for him. They went between the tip of South America and the island of Tierra del Fuego to get to the Pacific Ocean. The strait was later named after Magellan.
- 1879-Thomas Edison made an incandescent light that could be sold at his industrial research lab in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
- 1947-Forest fires in Maine continue to burn millions of acres of land and destroy homes.
- 1958-In Macon County, Alabama, it is hard for the Civil Rights Commission to get access to voter records from the county.
- 1967-100,000 people march on the Pentagon, but violence breaks out during the march.
- 1973 – Nixon wants to give Israel a package of military aid worth $2.2 billion.
- 1986 – Scientists have been looking at a huge hole in the earth’s ozone layer over Antarctica through a satellite link from Antarctica.
- 1998 – The Nevada Athletic Commission has given Mike Tyson back his licence to box.
- 2001 – Anthrax has been found in a ninth person. This person is a postal worker in Washington.
