October 21

What happened on this day:

1854 Florence Nightingale, a pioneer of nursing, is sent to the Crimean War with a staff of 38 nurses

1879 Thomas Edison successfully tests his first electric light bulb
1954 The Fellowship of the Ring, part 1 of the The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, is published

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Famous Birthdays:

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1833 Alfred Nobel : Inventor of dynamite and founded Nobel Prize
1917 Dizzy Gillespie : Jazz Trumpeter
1942 Judge Judy : TV Judge
1949 Benjamin Netanyahu : Prime Minister of Israel
1956 Carrie Fisher : Star Wars Princess Leia
1978 Joey Harrington : Pro NFL Quarterback
1980 Kim Kardashian : Reality TV Star