21 October 1983 October 20, 2021 Author: Staff The metre is defined as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second. Famous Words of Inspiration..."If you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a small chance of survival. There may even be a worse case: you may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves." Winston Churchill — Click here for more from Winston Churchill Related posts: 31 October 1983 23 March 1983 1 October 1880 25 October 1983 25 October 1983 25 October 1983 31 August 1897 20 March 1915 24 August 1891 6 May 1983 Categories: History Tags: 1983, 21 October