On this day: 21 October

Selected events and births on 21 October, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1858 – French composer Jacques Offenbach's operetta Orpheus in the Underworld, featuring the music most associated with the can-can (audio featured), was first performed at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens in Paris. Read more: Jacques Offenbach Operetta Orpheus in the Underworld
• 1867 – The first and second of three treaties were signed near Medicine Lodge, Kansas, between the United States federal government and several Native American tribes in the Great Plains, requiring them to relocate to areas in present-day western Oklahoma. Read more: Medicine Lodge Treaty Medicine Lodge, Kansas Plains Indians
• 1910 – HMS Niobe arrived in Halifax Harbour to become the first large ship of the Royal Canadian Navy. Read more: HMS Niobe (1897) Halifax Harbour Royal Canadian Navy
• 1959 – The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, opened in New York City. Read more: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Frank Lloyd Wright

Born on this day

• 1942 – Christopher A. Sims, American economist and statistician, Nobel Prize laureate Read more: Christopher A. Sims Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
• 1949 – Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli captain and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Israel Read more: Benjamin Netanyahu Prime Minister of Israel
• 1953 – Peter Mandelson, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Read more: Peter Mandelson Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
• 1954 – Brian Tobin, Canadian journalist and politician, 6th Premier of Newfoundland Read more: Brian Tobin Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
• 1958 – Andre Geim, Russian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Read more: Andre Geim Nobel Prize in Physics
• 1993 – Kane Brown, American singer and songwriter Read more: Kane Brown
• 1995 – Cameron Burgess, Scottish-Australian footballer Read more: Cameron Burgess
• 1995 – Doja Cat, American rapper, singer and songwriter Read more: Doja Cat
• 1995 – Antoinette Guedia Mouafo, Cameroonian swimmer Read more: Antoinette Guedia Mouafo
• 1998 – Kerem Aktürkoğlu, Turkish footballer Read more: Kerem Aktürkoğlu
• 1999 – Matteo Gabbia, Italian footballer Read more: Matteo Gabbia
• 2002 – Thierno Barry, French footballer Read more: Thierno Barry (footballer, born 2002)

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