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Oct 21 1574

Nicol Rubini Italian composer and cornettist born in Crevalcore (d. 1625)

Oct 21 1790

Alphonse-Marie Louis de Lamartine Macon France writer (Ren)

Oct 21 1807

Napolon Henri Reber French composer born in Mulhouse Alsace (d. 1880)

Oct 21 1851

George Ulyett English cricket all-rounder (25 Tests 949 runs 50 wickets) born in Pitsmoor Yorkshire (d. 1898)

Oct 21 1879

Willie Anderson Scottish golfer (US Open 1901 1903-05) born in North Berwick Scotland (d. 1910)

Oct 21 1880

Reggie Spooner English cricket batsman (10 Tests dual cricketrugby union international) born in St Helens Lancashire (d. 1961)

Oct 21 1898

Eduard Ptsep Estonian wresler and Olympic medalist (d. 1960)

Oct 21 1911

Vladimir Ussachevsky ManchurianAmerican composer (Creation) [NSNov 3]

Oct 21 1922

Liliane de Bettencourt French heir to LOreal and richest woman in the world from 2016 born in Paris France (d. 2017)

Oct 21 1928

Y Gungzhng [Yu Kwang-chung] Taiwanese poet essayist and translator (Nostalgia) born in Nanjing Republic of China (d. 2017)

Oct 21 1933

Francisco Gento Spanish soccer winger (Spain 43 caps Real Madrid) born in El Astillero Spain

Oct 21 1949

Michel Brire Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1971)

Oct 21 1949

Masao Ohba Japanese boxer (WBA flyweight champion) born in Tokyo Japan (d. 1973)

Oct 21 1962

David Campese Australian rugby union winger (101 Tests record 64 tries) born in Queanbeyan NSW

Oct 21 1966

Tommy Tolles American golfer (PGA Cship 1996 3rd Masters 1997 3rd) born in Ft Myers Florida

Oct 21 1976

Mlanie Turgeon French Canadian alpine skier

Oct 21 1984

Kenny Cooper American soccer forward (10 caps) born in Baltimore Maryland

Oct 21 1986

Natalee Holloway U.S teen disappeared in Aruba

Oct 21 1986

Christopher Uckermann Actor and singer in the Latin pop group RBD

Oct 21 1988

Hope Hicks American political operative White House Communications Director (2017-) born in Greenwich Connecticut

Oct 21 1880

Viking Eggeling Swedish artistfilmmaker (Symphonie Diagonale) born in Lund Sweden (d. 1925)

Oct 21 1917

[John Birks] Dizzy Gillespie American jazz trumpeter a creator of bebop & modern jazz (A Night In Tunisia) born in Cheraw South Carolina (d. 1993)

Oct 21 1925

Charles Doctor Ross American blues singer and guitarist (Doctor Ross the Harmonica Boss) born in Tunica Mississippi (d. 1993)

Oct 21 1927

Nadine Judd [Nadia MooreNerina] South AfricanBritish ballerina

Oct 21 1928

Ardico Magnini Italian soccer defender (20 caps Fiorentina 225 games) born in Pistoia Italy (d. 2020)

Oct 21 1933

Georgia Brown [Lillian Getel] actress (Study in Terror Fixer)

Oct 21 1935

(George) Derek Bell Northern Irish harpist pianist oboist musicologist and composer (The Chieftans Three Images of Ireland in Druid Times) born in Belfast Northern Ireland (d. 2002)

Oct 21 1940

Manfred Mann [Michael Lubowitz] British rocker (Mighty Quinn Blinded By The Light) born in Johannesburg Transvaal Union of South Africa

Oct 21 1946

Goyo Rubio Spanish soccer defender (22 caps Real Madrid 317 games) born in Puente del Arzobispo Spain (d. 2020)

Oct 21 1949

Michel Brire Canadian ice hockey player born in Malartic Quebec (d. 1971)

Oct 21 1952

Brent Mydland American rock keyboardist and vocalist (Grateful Dead) born in Munich Germany

Oct 21 1957

Julian Cope [Kevin Stapleton] Welsh pop musician (Eves Volcano)

Oct 21 1967

John Flaherty American baseball catcher (Tampa Bay Devil Rays New York Yankees) and broadcaster (YES Network NY Yankees) born in NYC New York

Oct 21 1858 Jacques Offenbachs operetta Orpheus in the Underworld (Orphe aux Enfers) premieres in Paris includes Infernal Galop (can-can tune)

Oct 21 1964 Polish 4100m womens relay team runs a world record 43.6 to beat the US by 0.3s and win the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics Teresa Ciepy Irena Kirszenstein Halina Grecka & Ewa Kobukowska

Oct 21 1964 American mens 4400m relay team beats Great Britain by 0.9s to set world record 300.7 and win the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics Ollan Cassell Mike Larrabee Ulis Williams & Henry Carr

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