Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/October 21

October 21: Diwali in Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism, and Buddhism (2006); Overseas Chinese Day in Taiwan.

Florence Nightingale

• 1805 - Napoleonic Wars: Lord Nelson led the British fleet to victory in the Battle of Trafalgar, defeating Pierre-Charles Villeneuve and his combined French and Spanish navy.

• 1824 - English stonemason, bricklayer and inventor Joseph Aspdin patented Portland cement.

• 1854 - Florence Nightingale (pictured) and a staff of 38 nurses were sent to the Crimean War.

• 1944 - World War II: HMAS Australia was hit in the first kamikaze attack; 30 crewmen, including the commanding officer, were killed.

• 1969 - Siad Barre became President after a military coup in Somalia.

Recent days: October 20 – October 19 – October 18

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• September 30
• October 1
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