On this day: October 21

National days on this date

• Uzbek Language DayMarks the 1989 law that made Uzbek the state language.

Events

1. 1096 Battle of Civetot 1096 battle

Births

1. 1896 Evgeny Shvarts Russian writer (1896-1958)
2. 1932 Xəlil Rza Ulutürk Azerbaijani poet (1932-1994)
3. 1986 Tamerlan Tsarnaev Chechen perpetrator of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing (1986–2013)
4. 1991 Alexander Burmistrov Russian ice hockey player
5. 1998 Kerem Aktürkoğlu Turkish association football player (born 1998)
6. 2000 Imanbek Kazakh record producer

Deaths

1. 1964 Andrei Babayev Soviet composer (1923-1964)