21 October 1854 October 20, 2014 Author: Staff Florence Nightingale and 38 other nurses are sent to the Crimean War. Famous Words of Inspiration..."I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good example than to follow a bad one." Thomas Jefferson — Click here for more from Thomas Jefferson Related posts: 21 August 1959 27 March 1854 19 October 1956 21 October 1945 21 October 1966 28 October 1922 Categories: History Tags: 1854, 21 October