On this day in history - Today, October, 21

Today in History

• 2014 Oscar Pistorius Convicted for 5 Years

  The South African Paralympic Champion was on trial for the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp

• 1983 The 17th General Conference on Weights and Measures Ends

  The conference passed a resolution defining a meter as the distance traveled by light in vacuum duri

• 1969 Coup in Somalia

  Siad Barre staged a military coup against the government the day after the death of Abdirashid Ali

• 1959 The Guggenheim Opens its Doors

  The Guggenheim Museum displays works from some of the world’s most celebrated and sought-after conte

• 1943 Provisional Government of Free India Declared by Subhas Chandra Bose

  Bose, an exiled Indian nationalist and a key figure in the Indian Independence Movement declared the