Page 5: Historical Events In August - 21

1931  Gregg Smith, composer on August - 21.   

1932  On this day in history wes Ferrell is 1st to win 20 games in each of his 1st 4 seasons   

1932  Melvin Van Peebles, Chicago IL, actor/director (Sophisticated Gent) on August - 21.   

1932  On this day in history frederick Corder, composer, dies at 80   

1933  Ruth's homer leads AL to a 4-2 win in 1st All Star Game on this day in history.   

1933  Janet Baker, York England, mezzo-soprano (Owen Wingrave) on August - 21.   

1934  On this day in history paul Panhuysen, Dutch composer, visual and sound artist   

1935  Ken Taylor, cricketer (England opening batsman three times 1959-64) on August - 21.   

1935  Josef Cyril Sychra, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1936  Red Sox Wes Ferrell, walks off mound when he feels he did no get good feilding, Sox suspend him on August - 21.   

1936  On August - 21 mart Crowley, playwright (Boys in the Band)   

1938  On August - 21 the birth of Kenny Rogers, American singer/songwriter   

1938  Italy bars all Jewish teachers in Public & High School on August - 21.   

1940  On this day in history leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson at 62   

1942  On this day in history alpine hunters plant German flag on Elbroezgebergte, Kaukasus   

1942  Kiyoano Ichiki, Japanese colonel (WW II), dies on this day in history.   

1943  Gromyko named USSR-ambassador in Washington on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history henrik Pontoppidan, writer (Peter Gelukkige, Nobel 1917), dies at 86   

1944  Dumbarton Oaks conference opens in Washington, DC; establishes UN on August - 21.   

1944  HMCS Alberni lost on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history germans storm up Hill 262 (Mont Ormel) Normandy   

1945  Pres Truman ends Lend-Lease program on August - 21.   

1947  1st Little League World Series Maynard Midgets of Williamsport PA win on this day in history.   

1947  On August - 21 ettore Bugatti, Italian/French car manufacturer, dies   

1948  Indians 47-inning scoreless streak broken by White Sox Aaron Robinson on this day in history.   

1949  On this day in history phila fans cause A's to forfeit game when they riot over a trapped line drive by Rich Ashburn, Giants leading 4-2 in 9th declared winners   

1949  On this day in history gerhard von Keussler, composer, dies at 75   

1951  (Leonard) Constant Lambert, English composer (Rio Grande), dies at 45 on August - 21.   

1952  Isaac Sadeh, leader of Jewish commando forces, dies on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history marion Carl in Douglas Skyrocket reaches record 25,370 m   

1953  On August - 21 baseball player reps Ralph Kiner (NL) & Allie Reynolds (AL) hire John Norman Lewis at $15,000 to give legal advice to players in negotiation   

1956  WTVW TV channel 7 in Evansville, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

1957  1st launching in Baikonur, Kazachstan (R7 "Semiorka"-rocket) on August - 21.   

1958  On August - 21 hawaii becomes the 50th state of the United States of America   

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1165  Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223) was born on this day in history.   

1535  Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619) was born on August - 21.   

1567  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint was born on this day in history.   

1597  Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672) was born on this day in history.   

1642  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer was born on this day in history.   

1643  Afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill) was born on this day in history.   

1660  Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building was born on this day in history.   

1665  On August - 21 birth of giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729)   

1131  Boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies on August - 21.   

1157  On August - 21 death of king Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105)   

1190  On August - 21 godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies   

1245  Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies on August - 21.   

1271  On August - 21 death of alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220)   

1516  On this day in history john III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78   

1581  On August - 21 death of sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527)   

1614  On August - 21 death of elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560)