Historical Events In February - 21

1958  On February - 21 egypt-Syria as UAR elect Nasser President (99.9% vote)  

1960  Cuban leader Fidel Castro nationalizes all businesses in Cuba on February - 21.  

1960  On February - 21 fay Crocker wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open  

1961  Friedrich Dürrenmatt's "Die Physiker," premieres in Zürich on February - 21.  

1961  On this day in history gabon adopts constitution  

1961  Mercury-Atlas 2 reentry test reaches 172 km on February - 21.  

1961  Blaise Cendrars, [Frederic Sauser-Hall], Switz, poet, dies at 73 on February - 21.  

1962  On February - 21 minister De Pous confirms natural gas reserves in Groningen Netherlands  

1963  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.  

1964  UK flies 24,000 rolls of Beatle wallpaper to US on February - 21.  

1965  Civil rights activist Malcolm X is assassinated at age 39 by Black Muslims in New York City on this day in history.  

1965  On February - 21 malcolm X, [Little], black Moslem leader, assassinated in NYC at 39  

1966  On February - 21 indonesia's President Sukarno fires General Nasution  

1968  On February - 21 150,000 demonstrate against leftist students in West-Berlin  

1968  On this day in history baseball announces a minimum annual salary of $10,000  

1968  On this day in history anthony Asquith, British director (Court Martial), dies at 65  

1969  First launching of heavy N-1 rocket at Baikonur Kazachstan (explodes) on February - 21.  

1969  Ted Williams signs 5-year contract to manage Washington Senators on February - 21.  

1969  On this day in history jose de Capriles, Mexican-born US Olympic fencer, dies  

1970  On this day in history jackson 5 make TV debut on "American Bandstand"  

1970  Pathet Lao conquerors Xieng Khuang & Muong Suy on February - 21.  

1971  Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Sears Women's World Golf Classic on this day in history.  

1971  Series of tornadoes cuts through Mississippi & Louisiana killing 117 on this day in history.  

1971  Adolph Weiss, composer, dies at 79 on February - 21.  

1972  On February - 21 michael Weller's "Moonchildren," premieres in New York NY  

1972  On February - 21 richard Nixon becomes first US President to visit China  

1972  US President Richard Nixon goes to China, to help improve relations on February - 21.  

1973  Chicago Black Hawks, record 262nd NHL game without being shut-out on this day in history.  

1973  Israeli jet fighters shoot down a Libyan Airlines passenger plane over the Sinai Desert, killing more than 100 people on this day in history.  

1974  On this day in history israeli forces leave western Suez  

1974  Silver hits record $5.96½ an ounce in London on February - 21.  

1974  Yugoslavia adopts constitution on February - 21.  

1975  Former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell and White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman receive prison terms for their roles in the Watergate cover-up on February - 21.  

1975  On February - 21 john Lennon releases "Rock 'n' Roll" album  

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1417  Louis IX, Duke of Bayern (University of Ingolstadt) was born on this day in history.  

1484  Joachim I Nestor, elector (Brandenburg, Constitution) was born on February - 21.  

1556  Sethus Calvisius, composer was born on this day in history.  

1674  On this day in history birth of johann Augustin Kobelius, composer  

1675  Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (d. 1750) was born on this day in history.  

1684  Justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator) was born on February - 21.  

1690  Christoph Stoltzenberg, composer was born on February - 21.  

1705  On February - 21 birth of edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (d. 1781)  

0556  Maximianus van Ravenna, bishop (Basilica S Stefano), dies on February - 21.  

1437  On February - 21 death of king James I of Scotland (b. 1394)  

1471  On this day in history death of john of Rokycan, Czech Catholic archbishop  

1513  On February - 21 julius II, [Giuliano dellea Rovere], Pope (1503-13), dies at 69  

1554  On February - 21 hieronymus Bock, German doctor (founder of modern botany), dies  

1595  On this day in history death of robert Southwell, English Jesuit/poet, hanged  

1624  Dirck van Baburen, Dutch painter (Sepulture), dies at about 28 on this day in history.  

1648  On February - 21 christian IV, king of Denmark/Norway, dies