October 21, Thomas Edison displays the first electric light bulb

1879 – Thomas Edison displays the first electric light bulb.

1918- Germany stops submarine warfare in World War I.

1952 – 1^st meeting of the Information Ministers of the Organization of the Islamic Conference convenes in Jeddah.

1967 – The Egyptian navy sinks the Israeli destroyer Eilat off Sinai.

1833 – Swedish inventor and scientist Alfred Nobel was born.

1904 – Swiss-Algerian explorer Isabelle Eberhardt passes away.

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