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 this day in history.   

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  On August - 21 martial law declared in S Vietnam   

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 this day in history.   

1963  On August - 21 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 August - 21.   

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

1965  On this day in history gemini 5 launched into Earth orbit (2 astronauts)   

1966  Mickey Wright wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open on August - 21.   

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 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 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   

1969  On this day in history fire in Al-Aksa-mosque in Jerusalem   

1970  Timothy Mather Spelman, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1971  George Jackson, US prisoner, shot to death at 29 on this day in history.   

1972  First hot air balloon flight over the Alps on this day in history.   

1972  Republican convention opens in Miami Beach on August - 21.   

1972  US orbiting astronomy observatory Copernicus launched on this day in history.   

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

1975  On this day in history 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 this day in history charles Eames, US chair manufacturer, dies at 71   

1980  On August - 21 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  Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223) was born on this day in history.   

1535  Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619) was born on August - 21.   

1567  On this day in history birth of francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint   

1597  On August - 21 birth of roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1131  Boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies on August - 21.   

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

1190  Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies on this day in history.   

1245  On August - 21 alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies   

1271  Death of Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220) on August - 21.   

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