Historical Events In August - 21

1958  KUT-FM in Austin Texas begins radio transmissions on this day in history.  

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

1959  Hawaii becomes 50th US state on August - 21.  

1961  On this day in history australian TV current affairs program Four Corners makes TV debut.  

1961  On this day in history jomo Kenyatta freed in Kenya  

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

1963  Martial law declared in S Vietnam on August - 21.  

1963  On August - 21 martial law imposed in South Vietnam  

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

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

1964  On August - 21 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 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 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 August - 21.  

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 August - 21.  

1969  Fire in Al-Aksa-mosque in Jerusalem on this day in history.  

1970  On this day in history 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  US orbiting astronomy observatory Copernicus launched on August - 21.  

1972  On this day in history 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  Ken James, cricketer (kept wicket for NZ in 11 Tests), dies on this day in history.  

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 August - 21.  

1980  Jack Cheetham, cricketer (15 Tests as S Afr capt, won 7 lost 5), dies on August - 21.  

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

1535  On August - 21 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  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer was born on this day in history.  

1643  Afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill) was born on August - 21.  

1660  On this day in history 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  On August - 21 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  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  On August - 21 death of sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527)  

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