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October 21

3 sourced moments from October 21 in history: Nelson won Trafalgar and lost his life in the same afternoon (1805); Frank Lloyd Wright's spiral museum opened months after his death (1959); and The Aberfan disaster buried a Welsh village school (1966).

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3 things happened on October 21

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1966 Earth & Climate · Natural Disasters

The Aberfan disaster buried a Welsh village school

A mountain of colliery waste slid into a Welsh mining village one rainy morning, swallowing a school in minutes.

1959 Culture & Arts · Art

Frank Lloyd Wright's spiral museum opened months after his death

The Guggenheim's inverted-ziggurat ramp opened on Fifth Avenue in 1959 — half a year after the architect who fought 16 years for it died.

1805 History · War & Conflict

Nelson won Trafalgar and lost his life in the same afternoon

In five hours off Cape Trafalgar, Nelson's outnumbered fleet shattered the Franco-Spanish navy — and a sniper's ball ended his life.