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A bit of October 21st history…
1520 - Explorer Magellan and his fleet reach Cape Virgenes and become the 1st Europeans to sail into the Pacific Ocean
1805 - Battle of Trafalgar: British Admiral Horatio Nelson defeats combined French and Spanish fleet; Nelson shot and killed during battle
1854 - Florence Nightingale with a staff of 38 nurses is sent to the Crimean War (pictured)
1948 - UN rejects Russian proposal to destroy atomic weapons
1967 - Tens of thousands of anti-Vietnam War protestors march on the Pentagon, lasts 2 days
2001 - “United We Stand” benefit concert for 9/11 terrorist attack victims held in Washington DC; organized and headlined by Michael Jackson and featuring Aerosmith, Mariah Carey, and The Backstreet Boys
A bit of October 21st history… 1520 - Explorer Magellan and his...