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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_21" title="October 21">October 21</a></b>: First day of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diwali" title="Diwali">Diwali</a></b> in India (2022)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1345" title="1345">1345</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Years%27_War" title="Hundred Years' War">Hundred Years' War</a>: The English victory at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Auberoche" title="Battle of Auberoche">Battle of Auberoche</a></b> marked a change in the military balance of power in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquitaine" title="Aquitaine">Aquitaine</a>, with the subsequent collapse of the French position.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1854" title="1854">1854</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Nightingale" title="Florence Nightingale">Florence Nightingale</a></b> and a staff of 38 nurses and 15 nuns were sent to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> to help treat wounded British soldiers fighting in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_War" title="Crimean War">Crimean War</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944" title="1944">1944</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>: The three-week-long <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Aachen" title="Battle of Aachen">Battle of Aachen</a></b> concluded, making <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen">the city</a> the first on German soil to be captured by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allies</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959" title="1959">1959</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_R._Guggenheim_Museum" title="Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum">Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum</a></b>, designed by American architect <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lloyd_Wright" title="Frank Lloyd Wright">Frank Lloyd Wright</a>, opened in New York City.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966" title="1966">1966</a> – A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoil_tip" title="Spoil tip">coal tip</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberfan_disaster" title="Aberfan disaster">fell</a></b> on the village of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberfan" title="Aberfan">Aberfan</a>, Wales, killing 144 people, mostly schoolchildren.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cooke_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="John Cooke (Royal Navy officer)">John Cooke</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1805); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelle_Eberhardt" title="Isabelle Eberhardt">Isabelle Eberhardt</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1904); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ein%C3%A1r" title="Einár">Einár</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2021)</p>
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