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 this day in history.   

1932  Frederick Corder, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1933  On August - 21 ruth's homer leads AL to a 4-2 win in 1st All Star Game   

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  On this day in history josef Cyril Sychra, composer, dies at 76   

1936  On this day in history red Sox Wes Ferrell, walks off mound when he feels he did no get good feilding, Sox suspend him   

1936  On this day in history mart Crowley, playwright (Boys in the Band)   

1938  On this day in history the birth of Kenny Rogers, American singer/songwriter   

1938  On this day in history italy bars all Jewish teachers in Public & High School   

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

1942  On August - 21 alpine hunters plant German flag on Elbroezgebergte, Kaukasus   

1942  On this day in history kiyoano Ichiki, Japanese colonel (WW II), dies   

1943  On August - 21 gromyko named USSR-ambassador in Washington   

1943  On August - 21 henrik Pontoppidan, writer (Peter Gelukkige, Nobel 1917), dies at 86   

1944  On August - 21 dumbarton Oaks conference opens in Washington, DC; establishes UN   

1944  On August - 21 hMCS Alberni lost   

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

1945  On August - 21 pres Truman ends Lend-Lease program   

1947  On August - 21 1st Little League World Series Maynard Midgets of Williamsport PA win   

1947  On this day in history ettore Bugatti, Italian/French car manufacturer, dies   

1948  On August - 21 indians 47-inning scoreless streak broken by White Sox Aaron Robinson   

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  Gerhard von Keussler, composer, dies at 75 on August - 21.   

1951  On this day in history (Leonard) Constant Lambert, English composer (Rio Grande), dies at 45   

1952  On this day in history isaac Sadeh, leader of Jewish commando forces, dies   

1953  Marion Carl in Douglas Skyrocket reaches record 25,370 m on August - 21.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1958  Hawaii becomes the 50th state of the United States of America on this day in history.   

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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  On this day in history birth of francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint   

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

1642  On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Treiber, composer   

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 August - 21.   

1665  Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729) was born on August - 21.   

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

1157  Death of King Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105) on August - 21.   

1190  On this day in history godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies   

1245  Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies on this day in history.   

1271  On this day in history death of alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220)   

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

1581  On this day in history death of sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527)   

1614  Death of Elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560) on August - 21.