Monday October 21, 2013

US date format: 10/21/2013, UK date format: 21/10/2013

It was Monday, under the sign of Libra (see zodiac on October 21, 2013). The US president was Barack Obama (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was David Cameron (Conservative), Pope Francis was leading the Catholic Church. In that special week of October people in US were listening to Royals by Lorde. Out of the Furnace, directed by Scott Cooper, was one of the most viewed movies released in 2013 while Dog Songs by Mary Oliver was one of the best selling books. On TV people were watching Hinterland. If you liked videogames you were probably playing Clumsy Ninja or Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl.
But much more happened that day: find out below..

You can also have a look at the year 2013, at October 21 across the years or at October 2013 calendar.

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Historical Events

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Holidays

R.C. saints - Saint Ursula and her 11 (or 11000) virgins; Saint Hilarion
Republic of China - Overseas Chinese Day
French Republican Calendar - Tonneau (Barrel) Day, thirtieth day in the Month of VendTmiaire
In the comic novel Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, the Earth was born on this day in 4004 BC, within a quarter of an hour of 9 in the morning. This was supposedly because God liked to get things over with early.
Trafalgar Day ? celebrated throughout much of the British Empire in the 19th and early 20th Century.
Also see October 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
International Day of the Nacho ? celebrated in the United States and Mexico since the early 1990s.
Diwali in India (2006)
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Events

A female suicide bomber detonates an explosive vest on a bus in the Russian city of Volgograd, killing at least 6 and injuring at least 28 others, 8 of them critically. (BBC) (Reuters)
War in North-West Pakistan:: An explosion on the Jaffar Express, travelling between the Pakistani cities of Rawalpindi and Quetta, kills 7 people and injures at least another 10. (The Express)
An explosion on the Jaffar Express, travelling between the Pakistani cities of Rawalpindi and Quetta, kills 7 people and injures at least another 10. (The Express)
2013 New South Wales bushfires:: Authorities warn that three fires burning out of control in Australia's Blue Mountains region near the towns of Lithgow, Springwood and Mount Victoria could merge and form a "megafire". (ABC)
Authorities warn that three fires burning out of control in Australia's Blue Mountains region near the towns of Lithgow, Springwood and Mount Victoria could merge and form a "megafire". (ABC)
Heavy smog envelopes the Chinese city of Harbin leading to the closure of schools and highways. (Xinhua)
Laurent Fabius, the Foreign Minister of France, summons the United States ambassador over allegations of US spying on millions of French phone calls reported in Le Monde. (France 24), (BBC)
New Jersey becomes the 14th U.S. state to allow same-sex marriages. (NBC New York)
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