Historical Events In April - 21

1967  Military coup in Greece on this day in history.  

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

1967  On April - 21 dodgers 1st rain out in Los Angeles (after 737 consecutive games)  

1967  On April - 21 andre L Danjon, French astronomer, dies at 77  

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

1968  On this day in history norman Demuth, composer, dies at 69  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1972  John Young & Charles Duke explores Moon (Apollo 16) on April - 21.  

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

1975  On April - 21 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  Bill Rodgers wins his first Boston Marathon in 2:9:55 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history swine Flu vaccine, for non-epidemic, enters testing  

1977  On this day in history broadway play "Annie" opens, first of 2,377 performances  

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

1978  On this day in history sandy Denny, country singer, dies at 37  

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

1982  On this day in history m Watt discovers asteroid #2991  

1982  On April - 21 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 this day in history walter Slezak actor, commits suicide at his NY home at 80  

1984  On April - 21 "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  Franz Weber of Austria skis downhill at a record 209.8 kph on this day in history.  

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

1546  On April - 21 birth of arcangelo Crivelli, composer  

1555  On April - 21 birth of ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619)  

1619  On this day in history 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  John Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729) was born on this day in history.  

1672  Johann Philipp Kafer, composer was born on this day in history.  

1073  Alexander II, [Anselmo da Baggio], Pope (1061-73), dies on April - 21.  

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

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

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