Uncyclopedia:Anniversaries/October 21

October 21: William Shatner Appreciation Day

• 1017 BCE - Plato invents a wicked new toy, but squirrels it away for centuries. Not until the New King James translation of his world famous book The Republic is it rediscovered.
• 686 - Conan of Cimmeria becomes Pope, is contracted to star in Conan the Destroyer.
• 1020 - Some Germans once enjoyed a very nice section of the Black Forest until some Romans sacked their village. Today is payback day with interest.
• 1609 - Ninja Turtle Raphael starts beautifying some buildings in Rome. He will one day paint the perfect pizza.
• 1805 - Battle of Trafalgar. French/Spanish/Dutch PWND by Nelson.
• 1921 - Future screenwriter/producer Gene Roddenberry is born. He would later be nominated for Hugo Awards for Genesis II and The Questor Tapes.
• 1953 - Chaka Khaaaaan is born.
• 1966 - Sci-fi gains popularity in the US with TV shows The Time Tunnel, The Invaders and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
• 1969 - Obscure singer/actor Leonard Nimoy gains fame by starring in the Mission: Impossible TV series.
• 1989 - The gateway to Hell opens up for the eleventh time since Britney Spears got out, but it was only to let Mr. Flufferkins go tinkle. Mr. Rogers' neighborhood never recovers.
• 1992 - Rachael Ray's chicken gains sentience.
• 1997 - Neurotic Egomaniac Day is renamed.
• 2007 - Buster Keaton is slowly forgotten once again.
• 2008 - The artificial language Klingon is found to be just a variant pronunciation of English by Scots and will be forgotten in a few years.
• 2009 - The Star Wars franchise is celebrated worldwide as the most popular sci-fi series ever. George Lucas continues to hanged in effigy worldwide.
• 2015 - Marty McFly and Dr. Emmett Brown arrive in Hill Valley from the year 1985.