Page 8: Historical Events In February - 21

1958  On this day in history egypt-Syria as UAR elect Nasser President (99.9% vote)   

1960  On February - 21 cuban leader Fidel Castro nationalizes all businesses in Cuba   

1960  On this day in history fay Crocker wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open   

1961  On this day in history friedrich Dürrenmatt's "Die Physiker," premieres in Zürich   

1961  Gabon adopts constitution on February - 21.   

1961  On February - 21 mercury-Atlas 2 reentry test reaches 172 km   

1961  On this day in history blaise Cendrars, [Frederic Sauser-Hall], Switz, poet, dies at 73   

1962  On this day in history minister De Pous confirms natural gas reserves in Groningen Netherlands   

1963  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1964  On this day in history uK flies 24,000 rolls of Beatle wallpaper to US   

1965  On February - 21 civil rights activist Malcolm X is assassinated at age 39 by Black Muslims in New York City.   

1965  On this day in history malcolm X, [Little], black Moslem leader, assassinated in NYC at 39   

1966  Indonesia's President Sukarno fires General Nasution on February - 21.   

1968  150,000 demonstrate against leftist students in West-Berlin on February - 21.   

1968  Baseball announces a minimum annual salary of $10,000 on February - 21.   

1968  On February - 21 anthony Asquith, British director (Court Martial), dies at 65   

1969  First launching of heavy N-1 rocket at Baikonur Kazachstan (explodes) on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history ted Williams signs 5-year contract to manage Washington Senators   

1969  On this day in history jose de Capriles, Mexican-born US Olympic fencer, dies   

1970  Jackson 5 make TV debut on "American Bandstand" on this day in history.   

1970  Pathet Lao conquerors Xieng Khuang & Muong Suy on this day in history.   

1971  On February - 21 ruth Jessen wins LPGA Sears Women's World Golf Classic   

1971  Series of tornadoes cuts through Mississippi & Louisiana killing 117 on this day in history.   

1971  On February - 21 adolph Weiss, composer, dies at 79   

1972  On February - 21 michael Weller's "Moonchildren," premieres in New York NY   

1972  On February - 21 richard Nixon becomes first US President to visit China   

1972  On this day in history uS President Richard Nixon goes to China, to help improve relations   

1973  On this day in history chicago Black Hawks, record 262nd NHL game without being shut-out   

1973  On February - 21 israeli jet fighters shoot down a Libyan Airlines passenger plane over the Sinai Desert, killing more than 100 people.   

1974  Israeli forces leave western Suez on this day in history.   

1974  Silver hits record $5.96½ an ounce in London on February - 21.   

1974  On this day in history yugoslavia adopts constitution   

1975  On this day in history former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell and White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman receive prison terms for their roles in the Watergate cover-up.   

1975  On February - 21 john Lennon releases "Rock 'n' Roll" album   

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1417  On this day in history birth of louis IX, Duke of Bayern (University of Ingolstadt)   

1484  Joachim I Nestor, elector (Brandenburg, Constitution) was born on February - 21.   

1556  Sethus Calvisius, composer was born on February - 21.   

1674  On February - 21 birth of johann Augustin Kobelius, composer   

1675  On this day in history birth of franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (d. 1750)   

1684  On February - 21 birth of justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator)   

1690  On this day in history birth of christoph Stoltzenberg, composer   

1705  Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (d. 1781) was born on February - 21.   

0556  Maximianus van Ravenna, bishop (Basilica S Stefano), dies on February - 21.   

1437  On February - 21 death of king James I of Scotland (b. 1394)   

1471  On February - 21 death of john of Rokycan, Czech Catholic archbishop   

1513  Julius II, [Giuliano dellea Rovere], Pope (1503-13), dies at 69 on February - 21.   

1554  Hieronymus Bock, German doctor (founder of modern botany), dies on February - 21.   

1595  Death of Robert Southwell, English Jesuit/poet, hanged on this day in history.   

1624  Dirck van Baburen, Dutch painter (Sepulture), dies at about 28 on this day in history.   

1648  On this day in history christian IV, king of Denmark/Norway, dies