October 21st (1872) was a Monday. It's the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 71 days left to the end of the year.
October 21st Famous Deaths for 1872
» Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1794)
October 21st Holidays in History
» Apple Day (United Kingdom)
» Christian Feast Day:
» Hilarion
» John of Bridlington
» Saint Leticia e.g Leticia
» Tuda of Lindisfarne e.g Tuda
» Saint Ursula known as Ursula
» Nachos International Day of the Nacho known as International Day of the Nacho (Mexico and USA)
» Holidays in Taiwan named Overseas Chinese Day (Republic of China)