Historical Events In August - 21

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

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  Jomo Kenyatta freed in Kenya on August - 21.  

1962  Verne Gagne beats Mister M (doctor X) in Minn, to become NWA champ on this day in history.  

1963  On August - 21 martial law declared in S Vietnam  

1963  On this day in history 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 August - 21.  

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

1964  Palmiro Togliatti, founder (Communist Italian Party)/min of Just, dies on this day in history.  

1965  Gemini 5 launched into Earth orbit (2 astronauts) on this day in history.  

1966  On this day in history 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 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.  

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

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

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

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

1972  On August - 21 uS orbiting astronomy observatory Copernicus launched  

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

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

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

1977  On August - 21 octavus L "Octave" van Aerschot, actor (Scandal in Paris), dies at 87  

1978  Charles Eames, US chair manufacturer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1642  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer was born on August - 21.  

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 August - 21.  

1665  Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729) was born on August - 21.  

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

1157  On August - 21 death of king Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105)  

1190  On August - 21 godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies  

1245  Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies on August - 21.  

1271  Death of Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220) on this day in history.  

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 August - 21.  

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