Page 6: 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 this day in history.   

1959  Hawaii becomes 50th US state on this day in history.   

1961  Australian TV current affairs program Four Corners makes TV debut on August - 21.   

1961  Jomo Kenyatta freed in Kenya on August - 21.   

1962  On August - 21 verne Gagne beats Mister M (doctor X) in Minn, to become NWA champ   

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

1963  Martial law imposed in South Vietnam on this day in history.   

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

1963  On August - 21 john Gunn, cricketer (England all-rounder in 6 Tests 1901-05), dies   

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

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 August - 21.   

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

1968  Democratic Convention opens in Chicago 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   

1968  On this day in history william Dana reaches 80 km (last high-altitude X-15 flight)   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

1972  On August - 21 uS orbiting astronomy observatory Copernicus launched   

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

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

1976  On August - 21 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 this day in history.   

1978  On August - 21 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  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 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 August - 21.   

1597  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building   

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  Death of King Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105) on this day in history.   

1190  Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies on August - 21.   

1245  On this day in history alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies   

1271  On this day in history death of alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220)   

1516  On this day in history 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)