Today in History: October 21

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On this day in 1945, women voted for the first time in France, almost 100 years after all men were given the right to vote in 1848.

After World War II ended in 1944, suffrage for all women in France was granted on this day in 1945.

In 1940, the American musical film My Fair Lady, starring Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn, had its world premiere.

The film became the second highest-grossing film of 1964 and won eight Academy Awards, including best picture, best actor, and best director.

In 1833, Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist Alfred Nobel, who invented dynamite and other more powerful explosives and who also founded the Nobel prizes, was born in Stockholm.

Nobel had acquired 355 patents worldwide when he died in 1896.

In 2000, the New York Yankees’ batter Jose Vizcaino drives home the winning run marking the longest duration for a world series game in baseball history.

Vizcaino is seen yelling after driving in the game-winning run in the 12th inning at Yankee Stadium during game 1 of the World Series in New York.

Then in 2005, Shirley Horn, the American Grammy-winning jazz vocalist and pianist known for her intimate, whispery vocals and virtuoso piano playing, died aged 71.

In a 1999 photo from the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, Horn poses with her grammy for best jazz vocal performance for “I Remember Miles” at the Shrine Auditorium.

The Grammys have attracted musicians from all around the world as they gather to honor the best in their industry.