Historical Events In August - 21

1931  Gregg Smith, composer on this day in history.  

1932  Wes Ferrell is 1st to win 20 games in each of his 1st 4 seasons on August - 21.  

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

1933  On August - 21 janet Baker, York England, mezzo-soprano (Owen Wingrave)  

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  

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

1940  Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson at 62 on August - 21.  

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

1942  Kiyoano Ichiki, Japanese colonel (WW II), dies on August - 21.  

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

1947  On this day in history 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 this day in history indians 47-inning scoreless streak broken by White Sox Aaron Robinson  

1949  On August - 21 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  (Leonard) Constant Lambert, English composer (Rio Grande), dies at 45 on this day in history.  

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

1953  On August - 21 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  On August - 21 1st launching in Baikonur, Kazachstan (R7 "Semiorka"-rocket)  

1958  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619)  

1567  On August - 21 birth of francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint  

1597  On August - 21 birth of roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672)  

1642  On August - 21 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 this day in history.  

1665  On this day in history birth of giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729)  

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  Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies on this day in history.  

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

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)