Historical Events In February - 21

1958  Egypt-Syria as UAR elect Nasser President (99.9% vote) on February - 21.   

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

1960  Fay Crocker wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open on February - 21.   

1961  Friedrich Dürrenmatt's "Die Physiker," premieres in Zürich on February - 21.   

1961  Gabon adopts constitution on February - 21.   

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

1961  Blaise Cendrars, [Frederic Sauser-Hall], Switz, poet, dies at 73 on February - 21.   

1962  Minister De Pous confirms natural gas reserves in Groningen Netherlands on this day in history.   

1963  On February - 21 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1964  UK flies 24,000 rolls of Beatle wallpaper to US on February - 21.   

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

1965  Malcolm X, [Little], black Moslem leader, assassinated in NYC at 39 on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history indonesia's President Sukarno fires General Nasution   

1968  150,000 demonstrate against leftist students in West-Berlin on this day in history.   

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 February - 21.   

1969  On February - 21 ted Williams signs 5-year contract to manage Washington Senators   

1969  Jose de Capriles, Mexican-born US Olympic fencer, dies on February - 21.   

1970  On this day in history jackson 5 make TV debut on "American Bandstand"   

1970  Pathet Lao conquerors Xieng Khuang & Muong Suy on February - 21.   

1971  Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Sears Women's World Golf Classic on February - 21.   

1971  Series of tornadoes cuts through Mississippi & Louisiana killing 117 on February - 21.   

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  US President Richard Nixon goes to China, to help improve relations on this day in history.   

1973  On February - 21 chicago Black Hawks, record 262nd NHL game without being shut-out   

1973  On this day in history israeli jet fighters shoot down a Libyan Airlines passenger plane over the Sinai Desert, killing more than 100 people.   

1974  On this day in history israeli forces leave western Suez   

1974  On February - 21 silver hits record $5.96½ an ounce in London   

1974  Yugoslavia adopts constitution on February - 21.   

1975  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 on this day in history.   

1975  John Lennon releases "Rock 'n' Roll" album on February - 21.   

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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 this day in history birth of johann Augustin Kobelius, composer   

1675  Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (d. 1750) was born on February - 21.   

1684  On this day in history birth of justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator)   

1690  Christoph Stoltzenberg, composer was born on February - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

1437  Death of King James I of Scotland (b. 1394) on February - 21.   

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

1513  On February - 21 julius II, [Giuliano dellea Rovere], Pope (1503-13), dies at 69   

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

1595  On February - 21 death of robert Southwell, English Jesuit/poet, hanged   

1624  On this day in history dirck van Baburen, Dutch painter (Sepulture), dies at about 28   

1648  On February - 21 christian IV, king of Denmark/Norway, dies