A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on October 21 throughout history.
94
Events
12
Births
1
Deaths
Battle of Trafalgar: British Admiral Horatio Nelson defeats the combined French and Spanish fleet. Nelson is shot and killed during the battle.
Florence Nightingale (12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was an English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing.
The Battle of Aachen was a battle of World War II, fought by American and German forces in and around Aachen, Germany, between 12 September and 21 October 1944.
Israel is widely believed to possess nuclear weapons. Estimates of Israel's stockpile range from 90 to 400 warheads, and the country is believed to possess a nuclear triad of delivery options: by...
The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and the forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
The Aberfan disaster (Welsh: Trychineb Aberfan) was the catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip on 21 October 1966.
A failed military coup in Burundi led by ex-President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, causes 525,000 Hutus to flee and the assassination of President Melchior Ndadaye
The film version of "My Fair Lady," directed by George Cukor and starring Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn, premieres in New York (Academy Award for Best Picture 1965)
Jacques Offenbach's operetta "Orpheus in the Underworld" (Orphée aux Enfers) premieres in Paris and includes "Infernal Galop" (can-can tune)
The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia.
Irish poet and playwright William Butler Yeats (52) weds Georgie Hyde-Lees (25)
American bank robber Willie Sutton (28) weds Louise Leudemann
Science fiction pioneering author "Stranger in a Strange Land" Robert A. Heinlein marries 3rd wife Virginia "Ginny" Gerstenfeld
St. Eusebius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
Visigoth King Erwig of Hispania updates the law code "Liber Iudiciorum," inserting a number concerning Jews
Conon begins his reign as Catholic pope
Sultan Kilij Arslan of Nicaea defeats the People's Crusade at the Battle of Civetot; only about 3,000 out of 20,000 Crusaders survive
Alberto de Morra is elected as Pope Gregorius VIII (12/17/1187)
Philip II (21 May 1527 – 13 September 1598), sometimes known in Spain as Philip the Prudent (Spanish: Felipe el Prudente), was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from 1580, and King of Naples...
Second Altenburg sermon: Philippists/Gnesio-Lutherans
Maurice of Orange (Dutch: Maurits van Oranje; 14 November 1567 – 23 April 1625) was stadtholder of all the provinces of the Dutch Republic—except Friesland—from 1585 until his death.
Memorial service for Daitokuji's Shinju is held for Ikkyu Sojun in Kyoto
King Louis XIV returns to Paris
Lille is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the...
Russian and Chinese agree to correct boundaries
First display of the word "Liberty" on a flag raised by colonists in Taunton, Massachusetts, in defiance of British rule in Colonial America
In the history of France, the period from 1789 to 1914, dubbed the "long 19th century" by the historian Eric Hobsbawm, extends from the French Revolution to the brink of World War I.
USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a three-masted wooden-hulled heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She is the world's oldest commissioned warship still afloat.
Oldest English-language school in Southeast Asia, Penang Free School is founded in George Town, Penang, Malaysia, by English clergyman Rev. Hutchings
Joseph Aspdin (25 December 1778 – 20 March 1855) was an English bricklayer, businessman, inventor, and stonemason who obtained the patent for Portland cement on 21 October 1824.
The Battle of Ball's Bluff (also known as the Battle of Leesburg or Battle of Harrison's Island) was an early battle of the American Civil War fought in Loudoun County, Virginia, on October 21, 1861,...
Westport is a historic neighborhood and a main entertainment district in Kansas City, Missouri. In the early 19th century, West Port was settled by a group led by American pioneer and tribal...
The 1868 Hayward earthquake occurred in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States on October 21.
First shipment of fresh oysters comes overland from Baltimore
First US Amateur Outdoor Athletic Games in New York
The 1887 Detroit Wolverines season was a season in American baseball. The team won the 1887 National League pennant, then defeated the St. Louis Browns in the 1887 World Series.
The Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade
The Yerkes Observatory is located Williams Bay, Wisconsin, United States. It was operated by the University of Chicago Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics from its founding in 1897 until 2018.
Battle of Elandslaagte, Natal (Boers vs. British Army)
The Coal strike of 1902 was a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coalfields of eastern Pennsylvania.
In early promotion of soccer in America, England Pilgrim Association XI beats All New York XI 7-1 at the Polo Grounds, New York
The Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union was a Canadian football league created on September 22, 1910 and disbanded after the 1936 season.
Transvaal women satyagrahis begin defiance activities by hawking without licenses in Vereeniging and cross the Natal border to encourage the miners in Newcastle to strike
The Battle of Tannenberg, also known as the Second Battle of Tannenberg, was fought between Russia and Germany between 26 and 30 August 1914, the first month of World War I.
NAA was a major radio facility located at 701 Courthouse Road in Arlington, Virginia. It was operated by the U.S. Navy from 1913 until 1941.
First Americans to see action on front lines of WWI: US troops enter front lines at Sommervillier under French command
Margaret Owen sets a world typing speed record of 170 wpm for one minute
Former Hungarian King Karl stages a second attempted coup and is arrested
Sidney Howard's "Lucky Sam McGarver" premieres in New York City
Japanese troops occupy Canton
RAF drops first anti-Nazi pamphlets on Netherlands
Nazi occupiers murder over 2,000 inhabitants of Kragujevac, Serbia in second day of retribution campaign for uprising in which 10 German soldiers were killed; total Serbian deaths estimated at over 2,700
German occupiers liquidate the ghetto of Minsk, Belarus, transporting the last remaining 4,000 Jews to their deaths at the Nazi extermination camp Maly Trostinets
Canadian troops occupy Breskens
Walter Piston's "Fugue on a Victory Tune" premieres in New York City [1]
In France, the three-party alliance of PCF (French Communist Party, 26.08%), SFIO (French Section of the Workers' International, 23.77%), and MRP (Popular Republican Movement, 24.91%) win parliamentary election
Dutch Dakota explodes near Copenhagen, killing 16 people
The history of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict traces back to the late 19th century when Zionists sought to establish a homeland for the Jewish people in Ottoman-controlled Palestine, a region...
The West New Guinea dispute (1950–1962), also known as the West Irian dispute, was a diplomatic and political conflict between the Netherlands and Indonesia over the territory of Dutch New Guinea.
The West New Guinea dispute (1950–1962), also known as the West Irian dispute, was a diplomatic and political conflict between the Netherlands and Indonesia over the territory of Dutch New Guinea.
The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area.
The first women in the House of Lords took their seats in 1958, forty years after women were granted the right to stand as MPs in the House of Commons.
Contra revolutionaries bomb Havana
The seventh Royal Navy ship to be named HMS Dreadnought was the United Kingdom's first nuclear-powered submarine, built by Vickers Armstrongs at Barrow-in-Furness.
Barbra Streisand opens Off-Broadway musical-comedy revue "Another Evening With Harry Stoones"
Comet Ikeya-Seki approaches perihelion, passing 450,000 kilometers from the Sun and becoming one of the brightest comets seen in a millennium
A torpedo is an underwater ranged weapon launched above or below the water surface, self-propelled towards a target, with an explosive warhead designed to detonate either on contact with or in...
The 1969 Somali coup d'état was a bloodless military takeover of the Somali Republic on 21 October 1969, led by Somali National Army officers of the Supreme Revolutionary Council under General Siad...
The Unification Church, officially the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU; 세계평화통일가정연합) is an Abrahamic monotheistic new religious movement, whose members are called...
The Los Angeles Rams are a professional American football team based in the Greater Los Angeles area.
The New York Islanders (colloquially known as the Isles) are a professional ice hockey team based in Elmont, New York.
The 1976 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Canadian-American novelist Saul Bellow (1915–2005) "for the human understanding and subtle analysis of contemporary culture that are combined in his...
The Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office, also known as European Patent Institute (epi), is a professional association of European patent attorneys and an...
Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes in a Cessna 182 over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft
Pope John Paul II was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death in 2005.
Qasim Omar (206) and Javed Miandad (203*) make a 397-run stand against Sri Lanka
American writer Edward Tracy is kidnapped in Beirut
On July 1, 1987, President Ronald Reagan nominated Judge Robert Bork for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, to succeed Lewis F.
Bat*21, an American war film, is released
Bertram Lee and Peter Bynoe purchase the Denver Nuggets for $65 million, becoming the first African American owners of a major sports team
The Oakland firestorm of 1991, also known as the Tunnel Fire, was a large suburban wildland–urban interface conflagration that occurred on the hillsides of northern Oakland, California, and...
Sex is a 1992 coffee table book written by American singer Madonna, with photography by Steven Meisel Studio and Fabien Baron.
Garry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, political activist and writer, who was the World Chess Champion from 1985 to 2000.
Hana Bridge in Seoul, Korea, collapses, killing over 32 people
Addison Vance, 18, of Hickory, North Carolina, is crowned the 7th Ms. Venus Swimwear
Images of Eris are taken by the team of Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz, leading to the discovery of the dwarf planet
The trial of Oscar Pistorius for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp and several gun-related charges (The State vs Oscar Pistorius) in the High Court of South Africa in Pretoria opened on 3 March 2014.
Alex Puccio ascends Free Range in Boulder Canyon, Colorado, climbing V13 (8B) after recovering from a knee injury
German Chancellor Angela Merkel states that Germany's view of the Holocaust will not change after Benjamin Netanyahu claims the idea came from the Mufti of Jerusalem
Australia's biggest newspapers all blank out their front pages in protest against press restrictions
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 5, 2024. The Republican Party's ticket—Donald Trump, who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021, and JD...
Actor Alec Baldwin shoots cinematographer Halyna Hutchins dead and injures director Joel Souza with a prop gun during a rehearsal on a film set at Bonanza Creek Ranch, New Mexico
Australian independent indigenous senator Lidia Thorpe shouts at King Charles, "You are not our king" and "This is not your land" during the king's visit to the Australian Parliament in Canberra [1]
Demolition crews remove the entire East Wing of the White House for construction of a new ballroom, without public notice or planning commission approval
Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and inventor, known for swedish chemist and inventor, was born on 1833-10-21. Alfred Bernhard Nobel was a Swedish chemist, inventor, engineer, and businessman.
Ronald McNair, American astronaut and physicist, known for american astronaut and physicist, was born on 1950-10-21.
Benjamin Netanyahu is born
Hope Hicks, American public relations executive, known for american public relations executive, was born on 1989-10-21.
Carrie Fisher, American actress and writer, known for american actress and writer, was born on 1956-10-21.
Judith Sheindlin, American court-show arbitrator, known for american court-show arbitrator, was born on 1943-10-21.
Andrew Scott, Irish actor, known for irish actor, was born on 1977-10-21. Andrew Scott is an Irish actor.
Kim Kardashian, American media personality, known for american media personality, was born on 1981-10-21. Kimberly Noel Kardashian is an American media personality, socialite, and businesswoman.
Kane Brown, American musician, known for american country pop singer, was born on 1994-10-21. Kane Allen Brown is an American country music singer and songwriter.
Doja Cat, American musician, known for american rapper, was born on 1996-10-21. Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini, known professionally as Doja Cat ( DOH-jə), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and…
David Campese is born
Ursula K. Le Guin, American author, known for american author, was born on 1929-10-21.
St. Eusebius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
Visigoth King Erwig of Hispania updates the law code "Liber Iudiciorum," inserting a number concerning Jews
Conon begins his reign as Catholic pope
Sultan Kilij Arslan of Nicaea defeats the People's Crusade at the Battle of Civetot; only about 3,000 out of 20,000 Crusaders survive
Alberto de Morra is elected as Pope Gregorius VIII (12/17/1187)
Charles VI of France dies
Philip II (21 May 1527 – 13 September 1598), sometimes known in Spain as Philip the Prudent (Spanish: Felipe el Prudente), was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from 1580, and King of Naples...
Second Altenburg sermon: Philippists/Gnesio-Lutherans
Maurice of Orange (Dutch: Maurits van Oranje; 14 November 1567 – 23 April 1625) was stadtholder of all the provinces of the Dutch Republic—except Friesland—from 1585 until his death.
Memorial service for Daitokuji's Shinju is held for Ikkyu Sojun in Kyoto
King Louis XIV returns to Paris
Lille is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the...
Russian and Chinese agree to correct boundaries
First display of the word "Liberty" on a flag raised by colonists in Taunton, Massachusetts, in defiance of British rule in Colonial America
In the history of France, the period from 1789 to 1914, dubbed the "long 19th century" by the historian Eric Hobsbawm, extends from the French Revolution to the brink of World War I.
USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a three-masted wooden-hulled heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She is the world's oldest commissioned warship still afloat.
Battle of Trafalgar: British Admiral Horatio Nelson defeats the combined French and Spanish fleet. Nelson is shot and killed during the battle.
Oldest English-language school in Southeast Asia, Penang Free School is founded in George Town, Penang, Malaysia, by English clergyman Rev. Hutchings
Joseph Aspdin (25 December 1778 – 20 March 1855) was an English bricklayer, businessman, inventor, and stonemason who obtained the patent for Portland cement on 21 October 1824.
Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and inventor, known for swedish chemist and inventor, was born on 1833-10-21. Alfred Bernhard Nobel was a Swedish chemist, inventor, engineer, and businessman.
Florence Nightingale (12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was an English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing.
Jacques Offenbach's operetta "Orpheus in the Underworld" (Orphée aux Enfers) premieres in Paris and includes "Infernal Galop" (can-can tune)
The Battle of Ball's Bluff (also known as the Battle of Leesburg or Battle of Harrison's Island) was an early battle of the American Civil War fought in Loudoun County, Virginia, on October 21, 1861,...
Westport is a historic neighborhood and a main entertainment district in Kansas City, Missouri. In the early 19th century, West Port was settled by a group led by American pioneer and tribal...
The 1868 Hayward earthquake occurred in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States on October 21.
First shipment of fresh oysters comes overland from Baltimore
First US Amateur Outdoor Athletic Games in New York
The 1887 Detroit Wolverines season was a season in American baseball. The team won the 1887 National League pennant, then defeated the St. Louis Browns in the 1887 World Series.
The Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade
The Yerkes Observatory is located Williams Bay, Wisconsin, United States. It was operated by the University of Chicago Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics from its founding in 1897 until 2018.
Battle of Elandslaagte, Natal (Boers vs. British Army)
The Coal strike of 1902 was a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coalfields of eastern Pennsylvania.
In early promotion of soccer in America, England Pilgrim Association XI beats All New York XI 7-1 at the Polo Grounds, New York
The Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union was a Canadian football league created on September 22, 1910 and disbanded after the 1936 season.
Transvaal women satyagrahis begin defiance activities by hawking without licenses in Vereeniging and cross the Natal border to encourage the miners in Newcastle to strike
The Battle of Tannenberg, also known as the Second Battle of Tannenberg, was fought between Russia and Germany between 26 and 30 August 1914, the first month of World War I.
NAA was a major radio facility located at 701 Courthouse Road in Arlington, Virginia. It was operated by the U.S. Navy from 1913 until 1941.
Irish poet and playwright William Butler Yeats (52) weds Georgie Hyde-Lees (25)
First Americans to see action on front lines of WWI: US troops enter front lines at Sommervillier under French command
Margaret Owen sets a world typing speed record of 170 wpm for one minute
Former Hungarian King Karl stages a second attempted coup and is arrested
Sidney Howard's "Lucky Sam McGarver" premieres in New York City
American bank robber Willie Sutton (28) weds Louise Leudemann
Ursula K. Le Guin, American author, known for american author, was born on 1929-10-21.
Japanese troops occupy Canton
RAF drops first anti-Nazi pamphlets on Netherlands
Nazi occupiers murder over 2,000 inhabitants of Kragujevac, Serbia in second day of retribution campaign for uprising in which 10 German soldiers were killed; total Serbian deaths estimated at over 2,700
German occupiers liquidate the ghetto of Minsk, Belarus, transporting the last remaining 4,000 Jews to their deaths at the Nazi extermination camp Maly Trostinets
Judith Sheindlin, American court-show arbitrator, known for american court-show arbitrator, was born on 1943-10-21.
The Battle of Aachen was a battle of World War II, fought by American and German forces in and around Aachen, Germany, between 12 September and 21 October 1944.
Canadian troops occupy Breskens
Walter Piston's "Fugue on a Victory Tune" premieres in New York City [1]
In France, the three-party alliance of PCF (French Communist Party, 26.08%), SFIO (French Section of the Workers' International, 23.77%), and MRP (Popular Republican Movement, 24.91%) win parliamentary election
Dutch Dakota explodes near Copenhagen, killing 16 people
Israel is widely believed to possess nuclear weapons. Estimates of Israel's stockpile range from 90 to 400 warheads, and the country is believed to possess a nuclear triad of delivery options: by...
Science fiction pioneering author "Stranger in a Strange Land" Robert A. Heinlein marries 3rd wife Virginia "Ginny" Gerstenfeld
The history of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict traces back to the late 19th century when Zionists sought to establish a homeland for the Jewish people in Ottoman-controlled Palestine, a region...
The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and the forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Ronald McNair, American astronaut and physicist, known for american astronaut and physicist, was born on 1950-10-21.
Benjamin Netanyahu is born
The West New Guinea dispute (1950–1962), also known as the West Irian dispute, was a diplomatic and political conflict between the Netherlands and Indonesia over the territory of Dutch New Guinea.
The West New Guinea dispute (1950–1962), also known as the West Irian dispute, was a diplomatic and political conflict between the Netherlands and Indonesia over the territory of Dutch New Guinea.
Carrie Fisher, American actress and writer, known for american actress and writer, was born on 1956-10-21.
The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area.
The first women in the House of Lords took their seats in 1958, forty years after women were granted the right to stand as MPs in the House of Commons.
Contra revolutionaries bomb Havana
The seventh Royal Navy ship to be named HMS Dreadnought was the United Kingdom's first nuclear-powered submarine, built by Vickers Armstrongs at Barrow-in-Furness.
Barbra Streisand opens Off-Broadway musical-comedy revue "Another Evening With Harry Stoones"
David Campese is born
The film version of "My Fair Lady," directed by George Cukor and starring Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn, premieres in New York (Academy Award for Best Picture 1965)
Comet Ikeya-Seki approaches perihelion, passing 450,000 kilometers from the Sun and becoming one of the brightest comets seen in a millennium
The Aberfan disaster (Welsh: Trychineb Aberfan) was the catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip on 21 October 1966.
A torpedo is an underwater ranged weapon launched above or below the water surface, self-propelled towards a target, with an explosive warhead designed to detonate either on contact with or in...
The 1969 Somali coup d'état was a bloodless military takeover of the Somali Republic on 21 October 1969, led by Somali National Army officers of the Supreme Revolutionary Council under General Siad...
The Unification Church, officially the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU; 세계평화통일가정연합) is an Abrahamic monotheistic new religious movement, whose members are called...
The Los Angeles Rams are a professional American football team based in the Greater Los Angeles area.
The New York Islanders (colloquially known as the Isles) are a professional ice hockey team based in Elmont, New York.
The 1976 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Canadian-American novelist Saul Bellow (1915–2005) "for the human understanding and subtle analysis of contemporary culture that are combined in his...
The Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office, also known as European Patent Institute (epi), is a professional association of European patent attorneys and an...
Andrew Scott, Irish actor, known for irish actor, was born on 1977-10-21. Andrew Scott is an Irish actor.
Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes in a Cessna 182 over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft
The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia.
Kim Kardashian, American media personality, known for american media personality, was born on 1981-10-21. Kimberly Noel Kardashian is an American media personality, socialite, and businesswoman.
Pope John Paul II was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death in 2005.
Qasim Omar (206) and Javed Miandad (203*) make a 397-run stand against Sri Lanka
American writer Edward Tracy is kidnapped in Beirut
On July 1, 1987, President Ronald Reagan nominated Judge Robert Bork for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, to succeed Lewis F.
Bat*21, an American war film, is released
Bertram Lee and Peter Bynoe purchase the Denver Nuggets for $65 million, becoming the first African American owners of a major sports team
Hope Hicks, American public relations executive, known for american public relations executive, was born on 1989-10-21.
The Oakland firestorm of 1991, also known as the Tunnel Fire, was a large suburban wildland–urban interface conflagration that occurred on the hillsides of northern Oakland, California, and...
Sex is a 1992 coffee table book written by American singer Madonna, with photography by Steven Meisel Studio and Fabien Baron.
A failed military coup in Burundi led by ex-President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, causes 525,000 Hutus to flee and the assassination of President Melchior Ndadaye
Garry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, political activist and writer, who was the World Chess Champion from 1985 to 2000.
Hana Bridge in Seoul, Korea, collapses, killing over 32 people
Kane Brown, American musician, known for american country pop singer, was born on 1994-10-21. Kane Allen Brown is an American country music singer and songwriter.
Addison Vance, 18, of Hickory, North Carolina, is crowned the 7th Ms. Venus Swimwear
Doja Cat, American musician, known for american rapper, was born on 1996-10-21. Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini, known professionally as Doja Cat ( DOH-jə), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and…
Images of Eris are taken by the team of Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz, leading to the discovery of the dwarf planet
The trial of Oscar Pistorius for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp and several gun-related charges (The State vs Oscar Pistorius) in the High Court of South Africa in Pretoria opened on 3 March 2014.
Alex Puccio ascends Free Range in Boulder Canyon, Colorado, climbing V13 (8B) after recovering from a knee injury
German Chancellor Angela Merkel states that Germany's view of the Holocaust will not change after Benjamin Netanyahu claims the idea came from the Mufti of Jerusalem
Australia's biggest newspapers all blank out their front pages in protest against press restrictions
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 5, 2024. The Republican Party's ticket—Donald Trump, who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021, and JD...
Actor Alec Baldwin shoots cinematographer Halyna Hutchins dead and injures director Joel Souza with a prop gun during a rehearsal on a film set at Bonanza Creek Ranch, New Mexico
Australian independent indigenous senator Lidia Thorpe shouts at King Charles, "You are not our king" and "This is not your land" during the king's visit to the Australian Parliament in Canberra [1]
Demolition crews remove the entire East Wing of the White House for construction of a new ballroom, without public notice or planning commission approval