On This Day in History October 21, 2018

Historical Events 1805  Battle of Trafalgar: British Admiral Horatio Nelson defeats combined French and Spanish fleet. Nelson shot and killed during battle. 1854  Florence Nightingale with a staff of 38 nurses is sent to the Crimean War 1944  World War II: US troops capture Aachen, 1st large German city to fall 1948  UN rejects Russian proposal to destroy atomic weapons 1950  Chinese forces occupy Tibet 1993  Military coup by Burundi President Ndadaye; 525,000 Hutus flee More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Alfred Nobel (1833 - 1896) Carrie Fisher (1956 - 2016) Kim Kardashian 37th Birthday Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 - 1834)