October 21st (1983) was a Friday. 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.
Historical Events for 21st October, 1983
» The metre is defined at the seventeenth General Conference on Weights and Measures as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
Famous Birthdays on October 21 in 1983
» Casey Fien, American baseball player
» Zack Greinke, American baseball player
» Gonzalo Klusener, Argentinian footballer
» Andy Marte, Dominican baseball player
» Christopher Sherrington, English martial artist
» Charlotte Sullivan, Canadian actress
» Ninet Tayeb, Israeli singer and actress
» Aaron Tveit, American actor and singer
» Shelden Williams, American basketball player
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)