How Many Days Until October 21?

This day in history: October 21

1. 1941

   World War II: German soldiers massacred nearly 2,800 Serbs in Kragujevac in reprisal for insurgent attacks in the district of Gornji Milanovac.

2. 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.

3. 1959

   The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, opened in New York City.

4. 1966

   A coal tip fell on the village of Aberfan, Wales, killing 144 people, mostly schoolchildren.

5. 1968

   At the height of the Japanese university protests, protesters occupied Shinjuku Station in Tokyo and clashed violently with police.

6. 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.

7. 1994

   In Seoul, South Korea, 32 people were killed and 17 others injured when a span of the Seongsu Bridge collapsed.

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