Historical Events In August - 21

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

1958  Stevan Hristic, composer, dies at 73 on August - 21.   

1959  On August - 21 hawaii becomes 50th US state   

1961  On August - 21 australian TV current affairs program Four Corners makes TV debut.   

1961  Jomo Kenyatta freed in Kenya on this day in history.   

1962  Verne Gagne beats Mister M (doctor X) in Minn, to become NWA champ on August - 21.   

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

1963  On August - 21 martial law imposed in South Vietnam   

1963  On this day in history 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  On this day in history canadian Bette Singer dives a record-setting 307 feet into Bahaman waters.   

1964  On August - 21 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  On August - 21 china reports downing of 2 US bombers   

1968  On this day in history after 5 years Russia once again jams Voice of America radio   

1968  On August - 21 democratic Convention opens in Chicago   

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

1968  William Dana reaches 80 km (last high-altitude X-15 flight) on August - 21.   

1968  Vladimir Boudnik, Czech sculptor, commits suicide at about 45 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   

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

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

1971  On this day in history george Jackson, US prisoner, shot to death at 29   

1972  First hot air balloon flight over the Alps on August - 21.   

1972  On this day in history republican convention opens in Miami Beach   

1972  US orbiting astronomy observatory Copernicus launched on August - 21.   

1972  1st hot air balloon flight over Alps on this day in history.   

1975  3 truck pile up kills 10, injures 26 on French highway on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history 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  Charles Eames, US chair manufacturer, dies at 71 on August - 21.   

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  Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223) was born on August - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

1597  On August - 21 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  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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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 August - 21 john III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78   

1581  Death of Sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527) on this day in history.   

1614  On this day in history death of elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560)