Born:
Shulamit Ran, born in Tel Aviv, Israel, composer, second woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Music, for Symphony, 1990
More Notable Birthdays on October 21:
1956 - Carrie Fisher, born in Beverly Hills, California, actress, Princess Lelia-Star Wars
1949 - Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli prime minister
1929 - Ursula K. Le Guin, U.S., sci-fi author, Tombs of Atuan
1917 - Dizzy Gillespie, jazz trumpeter, a creator of modern jazz
1833 - Alfred Nobel, Swedish Scientist
