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What the New York Times reported on October 21 throughout history — spanning 1969 to 2021.

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A shooting occurs on the set of the film Rust, in which actor Alec Baldwin discharged a prop weapon which had been loaded, killing the director of photography, Halyna Hutchins, and injuring director Joel Souza.

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2010s

Thirty people are killed in a fiery bus crash in western Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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In Canada, the 2019 Canadian federal election ends, resulting in incumbent Prime Minister Justin Trudeau remaining in office, albeit with the Liberal Party in a minority government.

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A passenger train derails in Yilan County, Taiwan, killing 18 people and injuring 187.

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Iraq War: President Barack Obama announces that the withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq will be complete by the end of the year.

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2000s

Finnish driver Kimi Räikkönen of Scuderia Ferrari won the Brazilian Grand Prix in Formula One. With this result, Räikkönen became world champion, surpassing McLaren drivers Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso by one point in the drivers' standings.

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Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery.

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1990s

North Korea and the United States sign an Agreed Framework that requires North Korea to stop its nuclear weapons program and agree to inspections.

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In Seoul, South Korea, 32 people are killed when a span of the Seongsu Bridge collapses.

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1980s

In Honduras, 131 people are killed when a Boeing 727 crashes on approach to Toncontín International Airport near the nation's capital Tegucigalpa.

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The Jaffna hospital massacre is carried out by Indian peacekeeping forces in Sri Lanka, killing 70 Tamil patients, doctors and nurses.

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In Lebanon, pro-Iran kidnappers claim to have abducted American writer Edward Tracy (he is released in August 1991).

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Niki Lauda claims his third and final Formula One Drivers' Championship Title by half a point ahead of McLaren team-mate Alain Prost at the Portuguese Grand Prix.

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The metre is defined as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.

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Andreas Papandreou becomes Prime Minister of Greece, ending an almost 50-year-long system of power dominated by conservative forces.

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1970s

Moshe Dayan resigns from the Israeli government because of strong disagreements with Prime Minister Menachem Begin over policy towards the Arabs.

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Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.

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Fred Dryer of the Los Angeles Rams becomes the first player in NFL history to score two safeties in the same game.

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A gas explosion kills 22 people at a shopping centre near Glasgow, Scotland.

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1960s

The 1969 Somali coup d'état establishes a Marxist–Leninist administration.

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