October 21st, 1532

Born on October 21st, 1532

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 179,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 485 days, exactly on August 17th, 2025, people who were born on October 21st, 1532 will be 180,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on October 21st?

October 21st, 1994

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

October 21st, 1978

After reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft, Australian pilot Frederick Valentich disappeared while piloting a Cessna 182L across the Bass Strait to King Island.

October 21st, 1968

At the height of the Japanese university protests, protestors occupied Tokyo's Shinjuku Station and clashed violently with police.

October 21st, 1966

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

October 21st, 1959

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

October 21st, 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.

October 21st, 1941

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

October 21st, 1910

HMS Niobe arrived in Halifax Harbour to become the first large ship of the Royal Canadian Navy.

October 21st, 1867

The first and second of three treaties were signed near Medicine Lodge, Kansas, between the United States federal government and several Native American tribes in the Great Plains, requiring them to relocate to areas in present-day western Oklahoma.

October 21st, 1858

French composer Jacques Offenbach's operetta Orpheus in the Underworld, featuring the music most associated with the can-can (audio featured), was first performed at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens in Paris.

October 21st, 1854

Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses and 15 nuns were sent to the Ottoman Empire to help treat wounded British soldiers fighting in the Crimean War.

October 21st, 1345

Hundred Years' War: The English victory at the Battle of Auberoche marked a change in the military balance of power in Aquitaine, with the subsequent collapse of the French position.

October 21st, 1096

First Crusade: At the Battle of Civetot, the Seljuk forces of Kilij Arslan destroyed the army of the People's Crusade as it marched toward Nicaea.

October 21st, 2019

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.

October 21st, 2011

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

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 21st

Same Day
Who's birthday is on October 21st?

41

Lee Chong Wei

Malaysian badminton player

*October 21st, 1982, Bagan Serai

28

Doja Cat

American rapper, singer-songwriter, and record producer (born 1995)

*October 21st, 1995, Tarzana

66

Julian Cope

Welsh musician, author, antiquarian, musicologist, poet and cultural commentator

*October 21st, 1957, Deri

30

Käärijä

Finnish rapper

*October 21st, 1993, Helsinki

63

Alfred Nobel

Swedish chemist and inventor (1833–1896)

*October 21st, 1833, Stockholm †December 10th, 1896, Sanremo

60

Carrie Fisher

American actress, writer and screenwriter (1956–2016)

*October 21st, 1956, Burbank †December 27th, 2016, UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center

62

Lux Interior

American punk rock musician and a founding member of the band The Cramps

*October 21st, 1946, Akron †February 4th, 2009, Glendale

64

Michael Hansen

German cabaret artist (1946-2011)

*October 21st, 1946, Aalborg †March 15th, 2011, Berlin

74

Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999, 2009–2021, 2022–present)

*October 21st, 1949, Tel Aviv

64

Ken Watanabe

Japanese actor

*October 21st, 1959, Uonuma

51

Jean Bart

French admiral and privateer

*October 21st, 1650, Dunkirk †April 27th, 1702, Dunkirk

43

Kim Kardashian

American television and social media personality

*October 21st, 1980, Los Angeles

47

Andrew Scott

Irish actor

*October 21st, 1976, Dublin

89

Ursula K. Le Guin

American fantasy and science fiction author (1929-2018)

*October 21st, 1928, Berkeley †January 22nd, 2018, Portland

61

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

English poet, literary critic and philosopher

*October 21st, 1772, Ottery St Mary †July 25th, 1834, London

78

Nikita Mikhalkov

Soviet and Russian film director, writer, producer and actor

*October 21st, 1945, Moscow

60

Lev Yashin

Association football player from the USSR

*October 21st, 1929, Moscow †March 20th, 1990, Moscow

90

Julie Wilson

American actor (1924-2015)

*October 21st, 1924, Omaha †April 5th, 2015, Manhattan

88

Pierre Bellemare

French writer and entertainer (1929-2018)

*October 21st, 1929, Boulogne-Billancourt †May 26th, 2018, Suresnes

70

Charlotte Caffey

American guitarist

*October 21st, 1953, Santa Monica

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Born in 1532

57

Jean-Antoine de Baïf

French writer (1532-1589)

*February 19th, 1532, Venice †September 19th, 1589, Paris

56

Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester

English nobleman and the favourite and close friend of Queen Elizabeth I (1532-1588)

*June 24th, 1532, Kenilworth †September 4th, 1588, Oxfordshire

73

Marino Grimani

Doge of Venice (1532-1605)

*July 1st, 1532, Venice †December 25th, 1605, Venice

63

John Hawkins

English navigator, admiral, privateer and slave trader (1532-1595)

*January 1st, 1532, Plymouth †November 12th, 1595, Puerto Rico

66

Edzard II, Count of East Frisia

Count of East Frisia (1532–1599)

*June 24th, 1532, Greetsiel †March 1st, 1599, Aurich

35

Anna Marie of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Duchess of Prussia

*April 23rd, 1532, Hann. Münden †March 20th, 1568, Guryevsk

64

Georg Lysthenius

German theologian

*January 1st, 1532, Naumburg †January 1st, 1596, Dresden

76

Martin Schalling the Younger

German theologian (1532-1608)

*April 21st, 1532, Strasbourg †December 29th, 1608, Nuremberg

85

Alphonsus Rodriguez

(1532-1617) lay brother and saint

*July 25th, 1532, Segovia †October 31st, 1617, Palma de Mallorca

53

John Günther I, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

Count of Schwarzburg, then Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1532-1586)

*December 20th, 1532, Sondershausen †October 28th, 1586, Arnstadt

43

Wilhelm Xylander

German humanist and classical scholar (1532–1576)

*December 26th, 1532, Augsburg †February 10th, 1576, Heidelberg

52

Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony

Electress consort of Saxony

*November 22nd, 1532, Haderslev †October 1st, 1585, Dresden

83

Owen Günther

German physicist and philosopher

*January 25th, 1532, Eiderstedt †July 8th, 1615, Helmstedt

62

Lorenz Dürnhofer

German deacon and theologian

*January 29th, 1532, Nuremberg †July 18th, 1594, Nuremberg

63

Clara of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Abbess of Gandersheim, later Duchess of Brunswick-Grubenhagen

*November 16th, 1532, Wolfenbüttel †November 23rd, 1595, Herzberg Castle

69

Giulio Antonio Santorio

Catholic cardinal

*June 6th, 1532, Caserta †May 9th, 1602, Rome

60

William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

Astronomer, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1532-1592)

*June 24th, 1532, Kassel †August 25th, 1592, Kassel

40

Joachim Curaeus

German historian (1532-1573)

*October 23rd, 1532, Kożuchów †January 21st, 1573, Głogów

52

Friedrich Widebrand

German theologian

*July 4th, 1532, Pößneck †May 2nd, 1585, Heidelberg

78

Juan de Ribera

Roman Catholic archbishop and saint (1532-1611)

*March 20th, 1532, Seville †January 6th, 1611, Valencia

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Leap year

Yes: 1532 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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