On This Day for October 21 - Magellan's discovery of gateway to circumnavigating the globe, Dizzy Gillespie is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. October 21 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Dizzy Gillespie READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 1520 Magellan's discovery of gateway to circumnavigating the globe READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2018: American actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who starred in such sitcoms as Seinfeld and Veep, was officially awarded the Kennedy Center 's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the highest award in comedy. [How much do you know about Seinfeld?] 2012: American politician and liberal activist George McGovern, who ran unsuccessfully as a reformist Democratic challenger in the 1972 presidential race against incumbent Republican President Richard Nixon, died in South Dakota. [ Take our quiz about U.S. presidential elections.] 1964: The American musical film My Fair Lady, starring Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn, had its world premiere, and it later won eight Academy Awards, including that for best picture. [Test your knowledge of the Academy Awards.] 1940: American novelist Ernest Hemingway published his classic novel For Whom the Bell Tolls; it was later adapted into an acclaimed film. [ Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about famous books.] 1960: John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon debated for the fourth and final time before the 1960 U.S. presidential election. [ Take our U.S. presidents quiz.] 1959: The Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opened in New York City. [Take our quiz about museums of the Western world.] SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1980 Kim Kardashian American television personality and entrepreneur 1949 Benjamin Netanyahu prime minister of Israel 1833 Alfred Nobel Swedish inventor 1942 Judy Sheindlin American jurist and television personality 1922 Liliane Bettencourt French business executive 1929 Ursula K. Le Guin American author SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2020 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help