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October 21 in History
— 2000s · 2 stories
2007
19y ago
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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2003
23y ago
2000s
Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery.
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