Historical Events In April - 21

1967  Military coup in Greece on April - 21.  

1967  Svetlana Alliluyeva (Josef Stalin's daughter) defects in NYC on this day in history.  

1967  Dodgers 1st rain out in Los Angeles (after 737 consecutive games) on April - 21.  

1967  Andre L Danjon, French astronomer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1968  On this day in history toby Halicki car-crash film producer 48, killed shooting stunt  

1968  Norman Demuth, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1969  Record 1,152 starters compete in Boston Marathon on this day in history.  

1970  On April - 21 canadian Pacific unveils Canada's first double-deck passenger train comprising nine air-conditioned cars built by Canadian Vickers Limited at a cost of $2.8 million. The cars went into operation April 27 on the Montreal Lakeshore suburban service.  

1971  On this day in history edmund Lowe actor (Front Page Detective), dies at 81  

1971  Edmund Lowe, actor (Front Page Detective), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1972  On April - 21 apollo 17, the last Apollo mission lands on the Moon.  

1972  On this day in history john Young & Charles Duke explores Moon (Apollo 16)  

1972  On this day in history moonwalk in the Descartes Highlands by CAPT John W. Young, USN Commander of Apollo 16. He was the ninth man to walk on the moon. LCDR Thomas K. Mattingly II, USN was the Command Module Pilot. During the 11 day, 1 hour and 51 minute mission, 213 lbs. of lunar material was collected. Recovery by HC-1 helicopters from USS Ticonderoga (CVS-14)  

1972  Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 4 (Copernicus) launched on April - 21.  

1973  On April - 21 ursula Jeans, actress (Cavalcade, Over the Moon), dies at 66  

1975  Bill Rodgers wins his first Boston Marathon in 2 9 55 on April - 21.  

1975  On this day in history last South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu resigns after 10 years  

1975  On this day in history jack Allan Westrup, composer, dies at 70  

1975  On April - 21 bill Rodgers wins his first Boston Marathon in 2:9:55  

1976  On this day in history a Cadillac convertible, the"last" American-made rag-top automobile, rolled off the assembly line at GM’s Cadillac production facility in Detroit, MI. This ended a tradition that began in 1916.  

1976  On April - 21 swine Flu vaccine, for non-epidemic, enters testing  

1977  Broadway play "Annie" opens, first of 2,377 performances on April - 21.  

1977  On April - 21 gummo [Milton] Marx, US comic (Marx Brothers), dies at 84  

1978  Sandy Denny, country singer, dies at 37 on this day in history.  

1980  On April - 21 bill Rodgers wins his 3rd Boston Marathon, Rosie Ruiz is disqualified as women's champ as she had not run the entire course  

1981  On April - 21 harry Lee, cricketer (scored 18 & 1 in only Test for England), dies  

1982  On this day in history joe Sawyer actor (Biff O'Hara-Adventures of Rin Tin Tin), dies at 80  

1982  M Watt discovers asteroid #2991 on April - 21.  

1982  On this day in history joe Sawyer, actor (Biff O'Hara-Adventures of Rin Tin Tin), dies at 80  

1983  On April - 21 soyuz T-8 is launched [04-20?]  

1983  On April - 21 walter Slezak actor, commits suicide at his NY home at 80  

1984  On this day in history "Nightline" reverts back from 1 hour to « hour  

1984  On April - 21 after 37 weeks, "Thriller" is knocked off as top album by "Footloose"  

1984  On April - 21 franz Weber of Austria skis downhill at a record 209.8 kph  

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1488  On April - 21 birth of ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot  

1546  On April - 21 birth of arcangelo Crivelli, composer  

1555  Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619) was born on April - 21.  

1619  John A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder (Cape Colony) was born on this day in history.  

1651  On April - 21 birth of blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711)  

1652  Michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719) was born on this day in history.  

1671  On this day in history birth of john Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729)  

1672  On April - 21 birth of johann Philipp Kafer, composer  

1073  Alexander II, [Anselmo da Baggio], Pope (1061-73), dies on this day in history.  

1109  On April - 21 anselmus, philosopher/archbishop of Canterbury, dies  

1142  Death of Pierre Abélard, French writer (b. 1079) on April - 21.  

1329  On this day in history death of frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282)  

1509  Henry VII, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509), dies at 52 on April - 21.  

1551  On April - 21 death of oda Nobuhide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510)  

1552  On this day in history peter Apianus, [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German astronomer, dies at 50  

1557  On April - 21 death of petrus Apianus, German mathematician (b. 1495)