Event:
Fast food giant McDonald's announces that its third-quarter profit fell by 30 percent from the third quarter of last year; analysts attribute the trouble to greater competition and customer dissatisfaction with price increases
More Notable Events on October 21:
1994 North Korea signs pact to end their nuclear projects
1959 Guggenheim Museum, by Frank Lloyd Wright, opens in N.Y.C.
1945 Women in France allowed to vote for 1st time
1917 1st Americans to see action on front lines of WW I
1916 U.S. Army forms Reserve Officers Training Corps
