{"id":29196,"date":"2016-10-21T08:55:02","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T13:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=29196"},"modified":"2016-10-21T08:37:06","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T13:37:06","slug":"today-in-history-276","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=29196","title":{"rendered":"Today in History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Today in History: Friday, October\u00a0 21, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn Oct. 21, 1879, Thomas Edison invented a workable electric light at his laboratory in Menlo Park, N.J.
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1797<\/td>\nThe U.S. Navy frigate Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, was launched in Boston Harbor.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1805<\/td>\nA British fleet commanded by Adm. Horatio Nelson defeated a French and Spanish fleet in the Battle of Trafalgar; Nelson was killed in the battle.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1917<\/td>\nAmerican soldiers first saw action in World War I on the front lines in France.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1967<\/td>\nTens of thousands of Vietnam War protesters marched in Washington, D.C.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1971<\/td>\nPresident Richard M. Nixon nominated Lewis F. Powell and William H. Rehnquist to the U.S. Supreme Court.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1975<\/td>\nBoston Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk hit a ball that struck the left field foul pole in Boston’s Fenway Park for a home run, giving the Red Sox a 7-6 victory in 12 innings over the Cincinnati Reds in Game 6 of the World Series.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1988<\/td>\nFormer Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and his wife, Imelda, were indicted in New York on charges of fraud and racketeering.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nA car packed with explosives blew up next to a bus in northern Israel during rush hour; 14 people were killed in addition to two suicide attackers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/td>\nInvoking a hastily-passed law, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush ordered a feeding tube reinserted into Terry Schiavo, a brain-damaged woman at the center of a bitter right-to-die battle.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu turns 67 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Joyce Randolph<\/td>\nActress (“The Honeymooners”)<\/td>\n92<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Whitey Ford<\/td>\nBaseball Hall of Famer<\/td>\n88<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manfred Mann<\/td>\nRock musician<\/td>\n76<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Steve Cropper<\/td>\nRock musician (Booker T. & the MG’s)<\/td>\n75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elvin Bishop<\/td>\nSinger<\/td>\n74<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Judy Sheindlin<\/td>\nTV personality (“Judge Judy”)<\/td>\n74<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Catherine Hardwicke<\/td>\nDirector (“Twilight”)<\/td>\n61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carrie Fisher<\/td>\nActress, author<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ken Watanabe<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Melora Walters<\/td>\nActress (“Big Love”)<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jeremy Miller<\/td>\nActor (“Growing Pains”)<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michael McMillian<\/td>\nActor (“True Blood”)<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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TV personality Kim Kardashian turns 36 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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