Page 6: Historical Events In August - 21

1958  On this day in history kUT-FM in Austin Texas begins radio transmissions   

1958  On this day in history stevan Hristic, composer, dies at 73   

1959  On this day in history hawaii becomes 50th US state   

1961  Australian TV current affairs program Four Corners makes TV debut on this day in history.   

1961  On August - 21 jomo Kenyatta freed in Kenya   

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

1963  On this day in history martial law declared in S Vietnam   

1963  Martial law imposed in South Vietnam on August - 21.   

1963  Jerry Lynch's record 15th pinch-hit HR gives Pirates a 7-6 win on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On August - 21 mickey Wright wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open   

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 this day in history.   

1968  On August - 21 radio Prague (Czech) at 12 50 AM announces a soviet led invasion. Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement   

1968  On this day in history william Dana reaches 80 km (last high-altitude X-15 flight)   

1968  On August - 21 vladimir Boudnik, Czech sculptor, commits suicide at about 45   

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

1969  Fire in Al-Aksa-mosque in Jerusalem on August - 21.   

1970  Timothy Mather Spelman, composer, dies at 79 on August - 21.   

1971  On August - 21 george Jackson, US prisoner, shot to death at 29   

1972  On August - 21 first hot air balloon flight over the Alps   

1972  On August - 21 republican convention opens in Miami Beach   

1972  On this day in history uS orbiting astronomy observatory Copernicus launched   

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

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

1976  Ken James, cricketer (kept wicket for NZ in 11 Tests), dies on August - 21.   

1977  On this day in history octavus L "Octave" van Aerschot, actor (Scandal in Paris), dies at 87   

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  On August - 21 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.   

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1165  On August - 21 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  On August - 21 birth of francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint   

1597  On this day in history birth of roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672)   

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

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

1131  Boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies on this day in history.   

1157  On this day in history death of king Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105)   

1190  On this day in history 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 August - 21 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  Death of Elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560) on this day in history.