Saturday, October 21, 2023 is a Saturday. It is day 294 of 2023 (80.5% through the year), ISO week 42, in Q4.
Calendar Specifications
Saturday, October 21, 2023 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 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.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to October 21.
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Historical Milestones
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.
Agreed Framework →In Seoul, South Korea, 32 people were killed and 17 others injured when a span of the Seongsu Bridge collapsed (pictured).
Seoul →At the height of the Japanese university protests, protesters occupied Shinjuku Station in Tokyo and clashed violently with police.
1968–1969 Japanese university protests →A coal tip fell on the village of Aberfan, Wales, killing 144 people, mostly schoolchildren.
Spoil tip →The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, opened in New York City.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum →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.
World War II →World War II: German soldiers massacred nearly 2,800 Serbs in Kragujevac in reprisal for insurgent attacks in the district of Gornji Milanovac.
World War II →HMS Niobe arrived in Halifax Harbour to become the first large ship of the Royal Canadian Navy.
HMS Niobe (1897) →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-d...
Medicine Lodge Treaty →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.
Jacques Offenbach →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.
Florence Nightingale →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.
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Questions & Answers
Saturday, October 21, 2023 falls on a Saturday.
1,058 days ago (2 years, 10 months, 23 days ago). It is day 294 of 2023 with 71 days remaining in the year.
In Roman numerals, Saturday, October 21, 2023 is written as XXI.X.MMXXIII (Day.Month.Year format).
The moon phase for this date is First Quarter (approx. 43% illuminated). The astrological sun sign is Libra.