Page 7: Historical Events In April - 21

1967  Military coup in Greece   

1967  Svetlana Alliluyeva (Josef Stalin's daughter) defects in NYC   

1967  Dodgers 1st rain out in Los Angeles (after 737 consecutive games)   

1967  Andre L Danjon, French astronomer, dies at 77   

1968  Toby Halicki car-crash film producer 48, killed shooting stunt   

1968  Norman Demuth, composer, dies at 69   

1969  Record 1152 starters compete in Boston Marathon.   

1970  Canadian Pacific unveils Canada's inaugural 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  Edmund Lowe actor (Front Page Detective), dies at 81.   

1971  Edmund Lowe, actor (Front Page Detective), dies at 81.   

1972  Apollo 17, the last Apollo mission lands on the Moon   

1972  John Young and Charles Duke explores Moon (Apollo 16)   

1972  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.   

1973  Ursula Jeans, actress (Cavalcade, Over the Moon), dies at 66.   

1975  In this year, Bill Rodgers claims his inaugural Boston Marathon in 2 9 55   

1975  Last South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu steps down after 10 years   

1975  Jack Allan Westrup, composer, dies at 70.   

1975  In this year, Bill Rodgers claims his inaugural 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   

1976  Swine Flu vaccine, for non-epidemic, enters testing   

1977  Broadway play "Annie" opens, inaugural of 2377 performances.   

1977  Gummo [Milton] Marx, US comic (Marx Brothers), dies at 84.   

1978  Sandy Denny, country singer, dies at 37   

1980  In this year, Bill Rodgers claims his 3rd Boston Marathon, Rosie Ruiz is disqualified as women's champ as she had not run the entire course   

1981  Harry Lee, cricketer (scored 18 and 1 in only Test for England), dies.   

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

1982  M Watt discovers asteroid #2991   

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

1983  Soyuz T-8 is launched [04-20?].   

1983  Walter Slezak actor, commits suicide at his NY home at 80.   

1984  "Nightline" reverts back from 1 hour to « hour   

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

1984  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 this day in history birth of arcangelo Crivelli, composer   

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

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

1651  Blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711) was born on this day in history.   

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  On April - 21 birth of johann Philipp Kafer, composer   

1073  On this day in history alexander II, [Anselmo da Baggio], Pope (1061-73), dies   

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

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

1329  Death of Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282) on April - 21.   

1509  On April - 21 henry VII, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509), dies at 52   

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 April - 21.   

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