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Anniversary on the 21st of October 1814

Anniversary
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100 years anniversary
21 Oct 1925   Joyce Randolph: Detroit, Michigan -- Actress (Trixie-Honeymooners)
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21 Oct 1925   Sidney Howards "Lucky Sam McGarver, " premieres in New York City
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21 Oct 1925   Virginia Zeani, Romanian soprano and educator
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21 Oct 1925   Joyce Randolph Detroit Mich, actress (Trixie-Honeymooners)
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21 Oct 1925   Photoelectric cell
In 1925, the photocell device was given its first U.S. public demonstration. It was shown by the Westinghouse Electric and Mfg Co at the Electrical Show at Grand Central Palace in New York. The photocell was used to count objects by acting as a sensor as each object passed through and interrupted a beam of light. The device was also utilized as a sensor to detect when a person approached a door, which opened as a circuit was activated.
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75 years anniversary
21 Oct 1950   David H G viscount Lascelles: Grandson of English Princess Mary
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21 Oct 1950   Ronald E McNair: Lake City, South Carolina -- Astronaut (STS 41B, 51L-Challenger disaster)
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21 Oct 1950   Chinese forces occupy Tibet
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21 Oct 1950   Death penality abolished in Belgium
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21 Oct 1950   Tom Powers of Duke scores 6 touchdowns
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21 Oct 1950   Ronald McNair, American physicist and astronaut (d. 1986)
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21 Oct 1950   Korean War: Heavy fighting begins between British and Australian forces from the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade and the North Korean 239th Regiment during the Battle of Yongju.
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21 Oct 1950   Ronald E McNair Lake City SC, astr (STS 41B, 51L-Challenger disaster)
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21 Oct 1950   Chinese forces occupy Tibet
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21 Oct 1950   Tom Powers of Duke scores 6 touchdowns
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21 Oct 1950   birth
Ronald E. McNair
Born 21 Oct 1950; died 28 Jan 1986 at age 35.
Ronald E(rwin) McNair was an American physicist and astronaut who was the second African American to fly in space.He had been fascinated by space since childhood, when as early as in elementary school he talked about the Sputnik satellite. McNair was nationally recognized for his work in the field of laser physics, including chemical and high-pressure lasers. In 1978, he was one of 35 applicants selected from a pool of 10,000 for NASA's space shuttle program. He was assigned as a mission specialist on the Feb 1984 flight of the shuttle Challenger, during which he orbited the earth 122 times. Sadly, on his second trip, on the morning of 28 Jan 1986, McNair with six other crew members died in an explosion shortly after launching aboard the Challenger.
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21 Oct 1950 Ronald McNair
Ronald McNair

   birth
Ronald McNair
Ronald McNair (died on mission 1986), African American physicist and astronaut.
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50 years anniversary
21 Oct 1975   "Treemonisha" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 64 performances
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21 Oct 1975   Coast Guard Academy 1st allows women to enroll
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21 Oct 1975   Elton John given a star in Hollywood
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21 Oct 1975   Venera 9, 1st craft to orbit planet Venus launched
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21 Oct 1975   Toby Hall, American baseball player
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21 Oct 1975   Henrique Hilário, Portuguese footballer
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21 Oct 1975   Charles Reidpath, American runner and general (b. 1887)
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21 Oct 1975   Mexico City's 1st major subway accident takes 26 lives
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21 Oct 1975   Red Sox Carlton Fisk's 12th inning HR beats Reds 7-6 in game 6 of WS
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21 Oct 1975   Venera 9, first craft to orbit the planet Venus launched
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20 years anniversary
21 Oct 2005   Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery by the team of Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz.
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15 years anniversary
21 Oct 2010   A. Ayyappan, Indian poet and translator (b. 1949)
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