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Born on Friday October 21, 1910
Died on Friday October 21, 1910

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 21, 1910 at Delpher


Born on October 21
  • 1907 » Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet († 1985)
  • 1908 » Niyazi Berkes, Cypriot-English sociologist and academic († 1988)
  • 1911 » Mary Blair, American illustrator and animator († 1978)
  • 1912 » Alfredo Pián, Argentinian race car driver († 1990)
  • 1912 » Don Byas, American saxophonist and educator († 1972)
  • 1912 » Georg Solti, Hungarian-English conductor and director († 1997)
  • 1914 » Martin Gardner, American mathematician and author († 2010)
  • 1915 » Owen Bradley, American country music record producer († 1998)
  • 1917 » Dizzy Gillespie, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader († 1993)
  • 1918 » Milton Himmelfarb, American sociologist and author († 2006)

Died on October 21

Names that were popular for boys in 1910
  1. Johannes
  2. Jan
  3. Cornelis
  4. Hendrik
  5. Willem
  6. Pieter
  7. Gerrit
  8. Petrus
  9. Adrianus
  10. Jacob
  11. Jacobus
  12. Wilhelmus
  13. Arie
  14. Gerardus
  15. Dirk
  16. Hendrikus
Names that were popular for girls in 1910
  1. Maria
  2. Johanna
  3. Anna
  4. Cornelia
  5. Wilhelmina
  6. Elisabeth
  7. Adriana
  8. Catharina
  9. Hendrika
  10. Jacoba
  11. Petronella
  12. Grietje
  13. Geertruida
  14. Helena
  15. Aaltje
  16. Neeltje

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1910
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
  • March 28 » Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
  • July 24 » The Ottoman Empire captures the city of Shkodër, putting down the Albanian Revolt of 1910.
  • August 22 » Korea is annexed by Japan with the signing of the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, beginning a period of Japanese rule of Korea that lasted until the end of World War II.
  • October 1 » A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.
  • October 15 » Airship America is launched from New Jersey in the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by a powered aircraft.
  • November 21 » Sailors on board Brazil's warships including the Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and Bahia, violently rebel in what is now known as the Revolta da Chibata (Revolt of the Lash).
Weather October 21, 1910

The temperature on October 21, 1910 was between 4.2 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.

Source: KNMI