October 21st, 1879. Put away the oil lamps and candles.
1879年10月21日，把油灯和蜡烛收起来J]q]EWZ,P(uJ。
Thomas Edison perfects a workable electric light at his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
托马斯·爱迪生在他位于新泽西州门洛帕克的实验室里完善了一种可用的电灯gG_uPY%Tsx~E。
2001. A postal worker in Washington D.C. dies from inhaled anthrax as officials begin testing thousands of postal employees.
2001年，华盛顿特区的一名邮政工人因吸入炭疽死亡，当时官员们开始对数千名邮政员工进行检测^2639Qv#8BAt。
Another worker dies the following day,
第二天另一名工人死亡，
both among the five victims in the America's anthrax scare just weeks after the September 11th attacks.
两人均是美国炭疽恐慌五名受害者之一，此事距911恐怖袭击仅几周fevyvIOmP9&。

1805. Britain gains supremacy over the seas in the Battle of Trafalgar of the coast of Spain,
1805年，英国在西班牙海岸的特拉法尔加战役中获得了海上霸权
that's where a British Fleet led by Admiral Horatio Nelson defeats a joint French and Spanish Fleet.
由海军上将霍雷肖·纳尔逊率领的英国舰队在这里击败了法国和西班牙的联合舰队~NV]h^%lNooYy1d。
Nelson is killed in the battle but the victory foils Napoleon's plans to invade the Britain.
纳尔逊在战斗中阵亡，但胜利挫败了拿破仑入侵英国的计划;(QKV+18Ji*4|hwR[A-。
And 1956. Actress and author Carrie Fisher, princess Leia in the Star Wars movies is born in Los Angeles.
1956年，女演员兼作家凯丽·费雪，《星球大战》电影中莉亚公主的扮演者在洛杉矶出生G&U,e4Dj^4zF(W(qVH。
Today in History, October 21st, Mike Gracia, the Associated Press.
以上是10月21日《历史上的今天》，美联社迈克·格雷西亚为您播报=N-9znVLY5^z6J9uKjbt。