World News: Today In World History

A lot can happen in a day, these are the events that occurred on October 21st throughout history:

1790: The Tricolor is chosen as the official flag of France. The color white represents the King, because the House of Bourbon ruled France from the 16th century until the French Revolution. The Red and Blue represent the cities in France.

1837: Under a flag of truce during peace talks, U.S. troops siege the Indian Seminole Chief Osceola in Florida. Occurred during the Seminole Wars in Florida from 1821to 1855

1872: The U.S. Naval Academy admits John H. Conyers, the first African American to be accepted.

1961: Bob Dylan records his first album in a single day at a cost of $400.

1994: North Korea and the US sign an agreement requiring North Korea to halts its nuclear weapons program and agree to international inspections.