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This day in history
October 21
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1994
North Korea and the United States signed the Agreed Framework to limit the former's nuclear weapons program and to normalize relations between the two countries. Agreed Framework →
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1994
In Seoul, South Korea, 32 people were killed and 17 others injured when a span of the Seongsu Bridge collapsed (pictured). Seoul →
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1968
At the height of the Japanese university protests, protesters occupied Shinjuku Station in Tokyo and clashed violently with police. 1968–1969 Japanese university protests →
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1966
A coal tip fell on the village of Aberfan, Wales, killing 144 people, mostly schoolchildren. Spoil tip →
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1959
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, opened in New York City. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum →
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1944
World War II: The three-week-long Battle of Aachen concluded, making the city the first on German soil to be captured by the Allies. World War II →
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1941
World War II: German soldiers massacred nearly 2,800 Serbs in Kragujevac in reprisal for insurgent attacks in the district of Gornji Milanovac. World War II →
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1910
HMS Niobe arrived in Halifax Harbour to become the first large ship of the Royal Canadian Navy. HMS Niobe (1897) →
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1867
The first and second of three treaties were signed near Medicine Lodge, Kansas, between the United States federal government and several Native American tribes in the Great Plains, requiring them to relocate to areas in present-day western Oklahoma. Medicine Lodge Treaty →
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1858
French composer Jacques Offenbach's operetta Orpheus in the Underworld, featuring the music most associated with the can-can (audio featured), was first performed at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens in Paris. Jacques Offenbach →
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1854
Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses and 15 nuns were sent to the Ottoman Empire to help treat wounded British soldiers fighting in the Crimean War. Florence Nightingale →
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1345
Hundred Years' War: The English victory at the Battle of Auberoche marked a change in the military balance of power in Aquitaine, with the subsequent collapse of the French position. Hundred Years' War →