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Page 5: Historical Events In August - 21

Monday, 12 May 2025

1931  Gregg Smith, composer on August - 21.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1932  On this day in history wes Ferrell is 1st to win 20 games in each of his 1st 4 seasons  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1932  On this day in history melvin Van Peebles, Chicago IL, actor/director (Sophisticated Gent)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1932  On August - 21 frederick Corder, composer, dies at 80  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1933  On this day in history ruth's homer leads AL to a 4-2 win in 1st All Star Game  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1933  Janet Baker, York England, mezzo-soprano (Owen Wingrave) on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1934  Paul Panhuysen, Dutch composer, visual and sound artist on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1935  On this day in history ken Taylor, cricketer (England opening batsman three times 1959-64)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1935  On August - 21 josef Cyril Sychra, composer, dies at 76  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1936  Red Sox Wes Ferrell, walks off mound when he feels he did no get good feilding, Sox suspend him on August - 21.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1936  On August - 21 mart Crowley, playwright (Boys in the Band)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1938  On this day in history the birth of Kenny Rogers, American singer/songwriter  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1938  Italy bars all Jewish teachers in Public & High School on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1940  On this day in history leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson at 62  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1942  On this day in history alpine hunters plant German flag on Elbroezgebergte, Kaukasus  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1942  Kiyoano Ichiki, Japanese colonel (WW II), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  On August - 21 gromyko named USSR-ambassador in Washington  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  Henrik Pontoppidan, writer (Peter Gelukkige, Nobel 1917), dies at 86 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  On August - 21 dumbarton Oaks conference opens in Washington, DC; establishes UN  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  HMCS Alberni lost on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  On August - 21 germans storm up Hill 262 (Mont Ormel) Normandy  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1945  On this day in history pres Truman ends Lend-Lease program  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1947  1st Little League World Series Maynard Midgets of Williamsport PA win on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1947  Ettore Bugatti, Italian/French car manufacturer, dies on August - 21.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1948  On August - 21 indians 47-inning scoreless streak broken by White Sox Aaron Robinson  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1949  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 on August - 21.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1949  On August - 21 gerhard von Keussler, composer, dies at 75  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1951  On this day in history (Leonard) Constant Lambert, English composer (Rio Grande), dies at 45  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1952  On August - 21 isaac Sadeh, leader of Jewish commando forces, dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1953  On this day in history marion Carl in Douglas Skyrocket reaches record 25,370 m  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1956  On August - 21 wTVW TV channel 7 in Evansville, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1957  1st launching in Baikonur, Kazachstan (R7 "Semiorka"-rocket) on August - 21.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1958  Hawaii becomes the 50th state of the United States of America on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous People Born On This Day In History

1165  On this day in history birth of philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1535  On August - 21 birth of shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1567  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1597  On this day in history birth of roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1642  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1643  On this day in history birth of afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1660  Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1665  On this day in history birth of giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In August - 21

Famous People Died On This Day In History

1131  Boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1157  Death of King Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105) on August - 21.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1190  On August - 21 godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1245  Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1271  Death of Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220) on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1516  John III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78 on August - 21.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1581  On this day in history death of sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1614  On this day in history death of elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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