Page 7: Historical Events In April - 21

1967  On April - 21 military coup in Greece   

1967  Svetlana Alliluyeva (Josef Stalin's daughter) defects in NYC on April - 21.   

1967  On this day in history dodgers 1st rain out in Los Angeles (after 737 consecutive games)   

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 April - 21.   

1969  On this day in history record 1,152 starters compete in Boston Marathon   

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 April - 21 edmund Lowe actor (Front Page Detective), dies at 81   

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

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

1972  John Young & Charles Duke explores Moon (Apollo 16) on this day in history.   

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  Ursula Jeans, actress (Cavalcade, Over the Moon), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history bill Rodgers wins his first Boston Marathon in 2 9 55   

1975  Last South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu resigns after 10 years on April - 21.   

1975  Jack Allan Westrup, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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

1976  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 on this day in history.   

1976  Swine Flu vaccine, for non-epidemic, enters testing on this day in history.   

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

1977  On this day in history gummo [Milton] Marx, US comic (Marx Brothers), dies at 84   

1978  On April - 21 sandy Denny, country singer, dies at 37   

1980  Bill Rodgers wins his 3rd Boston Marathon, Rosie Ruiz is disqualified as women's champ as she had not run the entire course on this day in history.   

1981  Harry Lee, cricketer (scored 18 & 1 in only Test for England), dies on this day in history.   

1982  Joe Sawyer actor (Biff O'Hara-Adventures of Rin Tin Tin), dies at 80 on April - 21.   

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  Soyuz T-8 is launched [04-20?] on this day in history.   

1983  Walter Slezak actor, commits suicide at his NY home at 80 on April - 21.   

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

1984  After 37 weeks, "Thriller" is knocked off as top album by "Footloose" on April - 21.   

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

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1488  Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot was born on this day in history.   

1546  Arcangelo Crivelli, composer was born on this day in history.   

1555  Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619) was born on this day in history.   

1619  On April - 21 birth of john A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder (Cape Colony)   

1651  On this day in history birth of blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711)   

1652  Michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719) was born on April - 21.   

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

1672  Johann Philipp Kafer, composer was born on April - 21.   

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

1109  On this day in history anselmus, philosopher/archbishop of Canterbury, dies   

1142  Death of Pierre Abélard, French writer (b. 1079) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1551  Death of Oda Nobuhide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510) on this day in history.   

1552  Peter Apianus, [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German astronomer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1557  Death of Petrus Apianus, German mathematician (b. 1495) on this day in history.