Historical Events In April - 21

1967  Military coup in Greece on this day in history.  

1967  On April - 21 svetlana Alliluyeva (Josef Stalin's daughter) defects in NYC  

1967  Dodgers 1st rain out in Los Angeles (after 737 consecutive games) on this day in history.  

1967  Andre L Danjon, French astronomer, dies at 77 on April - 21.  

1968  Toby Halicki car-crash film producer 48, killed shooting stunt on this day in history.  

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

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

1970  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 on April - 21.  

1971  Edmund Lowe actor (Front Page Detective), dies at 81 on April - 21.  

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

1972  Apollo 17, the last Apollo mission lands on the Moon on this day in history.  

1972  On April - 21 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 this day in history ursula Jeans, actress (Cavalcade, Over the Moon), dies at 66  

1975  Bill Rodgers wins his first Boston Marathon in 2 9 55 on this day in history.  

1975  Last South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu resigns after 10 years on this day in history.  

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  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 April - 21.  

1976  Swine Flu vaccine, for non-epidemic, enters testing on April - 21.  

1977  Broadway play "Annie" opens, first of 2,377 performances on this day in history.  

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

1978  Sandy Denny, country singer, dies at 37 on April - 21.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1984  On this day in history 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  Arcangelo Crivelli, composer was born on this day in history.  

1555  On this day in history birth of ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619)  

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  On this day in history birth of michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719)  

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  Anselmus, philosopher/archbishop of Canterbury, dies on April - 21.  

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

1329  Death of Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282) on this day in history.  

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  On April - 21 peter Apianus, [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German astronomer, dies at 50  

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