Births on October 21

Mike Keenan

Born on October 21, 1949

Mike Keenan, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Michael Edward Keenan (born October 21, 1949) is a Canadian professional hockey coach who most recently coached the Kunlun Red Star of the Kontinental Hockey League. Previously, he served as head coach and/or general manager with several NHL teams between 1984 and 2009. He has also worked as an analyst for the New York Rangers on MSG Network and as a hockey analyst for NBC Sports Network.

Keenan won a Stanley Cup championship as coach of the New York Rangers in 1994. He also won the Gagarin Cup while coaching Metallurg Magnitogorsk in 2014, and he is the only head coach to have won championships in both the NHL and KHL.

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Events on 1949

1 Apr

Communist Party of China
Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
20 Jul

1948 Arab-Israeli War
Israel and Syria sign a truce to end their nineteen-month war.
1 Oct

Mao Zedong
The People's Republic of China is established and declared by Mao Zedong.
2 Oct

Mao Zedong
The Soviet Union recognises the People's Republic of China, proclaimed the previous day by Mao Zedong.
14 Oct

People's Liberation Army
Chinese Civil War: Chinese Communist forces occupy Guangzhou.

Births on October 21

Mike Keenan

Born on October 21, 1949

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Events on 1949

Communist Party of China

1948 Arab-Israeli War

Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong

People's Liberation Army