October 21, 2013 Reptile Awareness Day National Day on Writing. 5th annual. See ncte.org/dayonwriting Jamaica: National Heroes Day Taiwan: Overseas Chinese Day Virgin Islands: Hurricane Thanksgiving Day National Nuclear Science Week (Oct 21-25). See NuclearScienceWeek.org National School Bus Safety Week (Oct 21-25). See napt.org Battle of Trafalgar took place in 1805. In 1879, Thomas A. Edison demonstrated the first incandescent lamp that could be used economically for domestic purposes. 200th birth anniversary of Caroline Fillmore (1813-81), second wife of US president Millard Fillmore. Birth anniversary of poet and critic Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834). Birth anniversaries of Celia Cruz (1924-2003), Dizzy Gillespie (1917-93), Alfred Nobel (1833-96) and Sir Georg Solti (1912-97). Happy Birthday! Elvin Bishop, Carrie Fisher, Whitey Ford, Kim Kardashian, Ursula K. Le Guin, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ken Watanabe
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