History for October 21

History for October 21 - On-This-Day.com:
Alfred Nobel 1833 - Chemist, inventor of dynamite, his will created the Nobel Prizes, Dizzy (John Birks) Gillespie 1917 - Musician, trumpet, Joyce Randolph 1924 - Actress ("The Honeymooners") 


Judy Sheindlin 1942 - TV personality ("Judge Judy"), Benjamin Netanyahu 1949 - Prime Minister of Israel, Carrie Fisher 1956 - Actress ("Star Wars" movies) 


1797 - "Old Ironsides," the U.S. Navy frigate Constitution, was launched in Boston's harbor. 


1805 - The Battle of Trafalgar occurred off the coast of Spain. The British defeated the French and Spanish fleet. 


1858 - The Can-Can was performed for the first time in Paris. 


1879 - Thomas Edison invented the electric incandescent lamp. It would last 13 1/2 hours before it would burn out. 


1917 - The first U.S. soldiers entered combat during World War I near Nancy, France. 


1927 - In New York City, construction began on the George Washington Bridge. 


1950 - Chinese forces invaded Tibet. 


1994 - North Korea and the U.S. signed an agreement requiring North Korea to halt its nuclear program and agree to inspections.
 

2003 - The U.S. Senate voted to ban what was known as partial birth abortions. 


2003 - North Korea rejected U.S. President George W. Bush's offer of a written pledge not to attack in exchange for the communist nation agreeing to end its nuclear weapons program.