Today in History: 21st October

Greetings Gentle Readers. Its time once again to let the Cannonballs of time fly as they rip mercilessly through the timbers of history.

1805: The British led by Nelson defeat the French at the Battle of Trafalgar.



1833: Alfred Nobel, inventor of Dynamite and founder of the Nobel prize is born.

1940: Hemmingways 'For whom the bell tolls" is published.

1956: Actress Carrie Fisher is born.

1966: 144 people, most children, are killed when a colliery spill mound buries a school in Aberfan, Wales.

1980: Kim Kardashian is born.

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