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  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 this day in history 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  Martial law imposed in South Vietnam on this day in history.   

1963  Jerry Lynch's record 15th pinch-hit HR gives Pirates a 7-6 win on August - 21.   

1963  On this day in history john Gunn, cricketer (England all-rounder in 6 Tests 1901-05), dies   

1964  Canadian Bette Singer dives a record-setting 307 feet into Bahaman waters on this day in history.   

1964  On August - 21 palmiro Togliatti, founder (Communist Italian Party)/min of Just, dies   

1965  Gemini 5 launched into Earth orbit (2 astronauts) on August - 21.   

1966  On August - 21 mickey Wright wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open   

1967  China reports downing of 2 US bombers on this day in history.   

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

1968  On this day in history 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  On this day in history fire in Al-Aksa-mosque in Jerusalem   

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

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

1972  On this day in history first hot air balloon flight over the Alps   

1972  Republican convention opens in Miami Beach on this day in history.   

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 August - 21.   

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

1977  Octavus L "Octave" van Aerschot, actor (Scandal in Paris), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill)   

1660  Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building was born on August - 21.   

1665  On August - 21 birth of giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729)   

1131  On this day in history boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies   

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 this day in history 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  Death of Sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527) on August - 21.   

1614  On August - 21 death of elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560)