Page 6: Historical Events In August - 21

1958  KUT-FM in Austin Texas begins radio transmissions on August - 21.   

1958  On August - 21 stevan Hristic, composer, dies at 73   

1959  Hawaii becomes 50th US state on this day in history.   

1961  Australian TV current affairs program Four Corners makes TV debut on August - 21.   

1961  On this day in history jomo Kenyatta freed in Kenya   

1962  On August - 21 verne Gagne beats Mister M (doctor X) in Minn, to become NWA champ   

1963  Martial law declared in S Vietnam on this day in history.   

1963  On August - 21 martial law imposed in South Vietnam   

1963  On August - 21 jerry Lynch's record 15th pinch-hit HR gives Pirates a 7-6 win   

1963  John Gunn, cricketer (England all-rounder in 6 Tests 1901-05), dies on this day in history.   

1964  Canadian Bette Singer dives a record-setting 307 feet into Bahaman waters on August - 21.   

1964  On this day in history palmiro Togliatti, founder (Communist Italian Party)/min of Just, dies   

1965  On this day in history gemini 5 launched into Earth orbit (2 astronauts)   

1966  Mickey Wright wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open on this day in history.   

1967  China reports downing of 2 US bombers on August - 21.   

1968  After 5 years Russia once again jams Voice of America radio on August - 21.   

1968  Democratic Convention opens in Chicago on August - 21.   

1968  Radio Prague (Czech) at 12 50 AM announces a soviet led invasion. Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement on this day in history.   

1968  William Dana reaches 80 km (last high-altitude X-15 flight) on this day in history.   

1968  Vladimir Boudnik, Czech sculptor, commits suicide at about 45 on this day in history.   

1968  Radio Prague (Czech) at 12:50 AM announces a soviet led invasion. Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement on this day in history.   

1969  On August - 21 fire in Al-Aksa-mosque in Jerusalem   

1970  On August - 21 timothy Mather Spelman, composer, dies at 79   

1971  George Jackson, US prisoner, shot to death at 29 on August - 21.   

1972  First hot air balloon flight over the Alps on this day in history.   

1972  On August - 21 republican convention opens in Miami Beach   

1972  On August - 21 uS orbiting astronomy observatory Copernicus launched   

1972  1st hot air balloon flight over Alps on August - 21.   

1975  3 truck pile up kills 10, injures 26 on French highway on August - 21.   

1976  On August - 21 ken James, cricketer (kept wicket for NZ in 11 Tests), dies   

1977  Octavus L "Octave" van Aerschot, actor (Scandal in Paris), dies at 87 on August - 21.   

1978  On August - 21 charles Eames, US chair manufacturer, dies at 71   

1980  On this day in history jack Cheetham, cricketer (15 Tests as S Afr capt, won 7 lost 5), dies   

1981  Ottawa Roughrider Tony Gabriel catches a pass in his 128th consecutive game; sets world pro football record; record eclipsed in 1987 by the Steve Largent of the NFL on August - 21.   

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1165  On this day in history birth of philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223)   

1535  On this day in history birth of shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619)   

1567  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint was born on August - 21.   

1597  Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672) was born on August - 21.   

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

1643  On August - 21 birth of afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill)   

1660  On August - 21 birth of hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building   

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  Death of King Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105) on this day in history.   

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

1245  On August - 21 alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies   

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 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.