Day Guide for Monday October 21st 2019

This is our day guide for Monday October 21st 2019 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?

Observances on October 21st 2019

Back to the Future Day

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National Clean Your Virtual Desktop Day

Culture
USA

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National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day

Food
USA

National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day is a day to celebrate the delightful combination of creamy cheesecake and pumpkin spice.

National Reptile Awareness Day

Pets
USA

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Apple Day 🍏

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General Information for October 21st 2019

There are 5 observances on this day.
This was 2074 days ago.
Day 294 of 2019
71 days left in 2019
Week 43 of the year

Moon phase

On this Day in History

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.
1966 - Aberfan disaster: A slag heap collapses on the village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144 people, mostly schoolchildren.
1940 – The first edition of the Ernest Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published.
1805 - Admiral Nelson defeats the French and Spanish fleets in the Battle of Trafalgar.
1097 - First Crusade: Crusaders led by Godfrey of Bouillon, Bohemund of Taranto, and Raymond IV of Toulouse, begin the Siege of Antioch.