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Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 falls on a Tuesday. It is day 294 of the year, ISO week 43, in Q4.
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Tuesday, October 21
October 21, 2025 is day 294 of 365, ISO week 43, in Q4. The moon is New Moon and the zodiac sign is Libra.
Day of year294
ISO week43
QuarterQ4
Days left71
Sun and Moon Cycles
- Moon phase
- New Moon
- Lunar age
- 29 days
- Illumination
- 0%
- Season
- Autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, spring in the Southern Hemisphere
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- Zodiac
- Libra
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- No major fixed observance in the built-in calendar
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- /date/2025-10-21
Today's Celebrations
October 21
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Armed Forces Day (Honduras)
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Céline of Laon
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Blessed Charles of Austria (Roman Catholic Church)
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Fintán of Taghmon
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Hilarion
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John of Bridlington
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Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena
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Malchus of Syria
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Local briefTuesday, October 21, 2025 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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History for October 21
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.
In Seoul, South Korea, 32 people were killed and 17 others injured when a span of the Seongsu Bridge collapsed (pictured).
At the height of the Japanese university protests, protesters occupied Shinjuku Station in Tokyo and clashed violently with police.
A coal tip fell on the village of Aberfan, Wales, killing 144 people, mostly schoolchildren.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, opened in New York City.
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: German soldiers massacred nearly 2,800 Serbs in Kragujevac in reprisal for insurgent attacks in the district of Gornji Milanovac.
HMS Niobe arrived in Halifax Harbour to become the first large ship of the Royal Canadian Navy.
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1995
Cameron Burgess, Scottish-Australian footballer
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Kane Brown, American singer and songwriter
1992
Natasha Bassett, Australian actress
1992
Marzia Kjellberg, Italian businessperson and former YouTuber
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Francisco Pinto Balsemão, Portuguese politician, former Prime Minister of Portugal (born 1937)
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Mimi Hines, Canadian singer and comedian (born 1933)
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Bobby Charlton, English footballer and manager (born 1937)
2023
Bobi, Portuguese dog (born 1992)
2023
Bill Hayden, Australian politician, 21st Governor General of Australia (born 1933)
2021
Bernard Haitink, Dutch conductor and violinist (born 1929)
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