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..."Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it." Colin Powell — Click here for more from Colin Powell 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