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What happened in history on this day: October 21?
On October 21 in ...
- 1975 - Elton John receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- 2001 - What More Can I Give benefit concert held in Washington D.C., featuring performances by Michael Jackson, Aerosmith, Mariah Carey, James Brown, Al Green, Carole King, the Backstreet Boys, 'N Sync, P!nk, and others.
Births on October 21
- 1908 - Birth of Alexander Schneider in Vilna (Lithuania) Russia; violinist (Budapest String Quartet).
- 1912 - Birth of Georg Solti in Budapest, Hungary; conductor (Fidelio) (dies 1997).
- 1917 - Birth of Dizzy Gillespie in South Carolina, USA; jazz and bebop trumpeter.
- 1940 - Birth of Manfred Mann; rocker ("The Mighty Quinn").
- 1941 - Birth of Steve Cropper; guitarist (Booker T. and the M-G's).
- 1942 - Birth of Elvin Bishop in Oklahoma, USA; rocker ("Fooled Around and Fell in Love").
- 1945 - Birth of Kathy Young; rocker ("Thousand Stars in the Sky").
- 1946 - Birth of Lee Loughnane; trumpeter (Chicago).
- 1953 - Birth of Charlotte Caffey; singer, guitarist (The Go-Gos - "Our Lips are Sealed").
- 1957 - Birth of Julian Cope; rocker (My Nation Underground).
- 1957 - Birth of Steve Lukather; guitarist (Toto).
- 1971 - Birth of Nick Oliveri; singer-bassist (Queens Of The Stone Age).
- 1973 - Birth of Charlie Lowell; keyboardist (Jars of Clay).
Deaths on October 21
- 1995 - Death of Maxene (Angelyn) Andrews at age 79 of a heart attack; American singer (The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schön", "Rum and Coca Cola", "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree", "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy").
- 1995 - Death of Shannon Hoon, found dead on his tour bus from an accidental drug overdose at age 28; singer (Blind Melon - "No Rain" (1993)).
- 2006 - Death of Sandy West, drummer for The Runaways (born 1959).
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