This is our day guide for Wednesday October 21st 2020 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?
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| General Information for October 21st 2020 | |
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| There are 2 public holidays today. | |
| Day 295 of 2020 | |
| 71 days left in 2020 | |
| Week 43 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1983 – The metre is defined at the seventeenth General Conference on Weights and Measures as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second. | |
| 1945 - Women's suffrage: Women are allowed to vote in France for the first time. | |
| 1940 – The first edition of the Ernest Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published. | |
| 1805 - Admiral Nelson defeats the French and Spanish fleets in the Battle of Trafalgar. |