Historical Events In February - 21

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

1960  On this day in history cuban leader Fidel Castro nationalizes all businesses in Cuba  

1960  On February - 21 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 this day in history mercury-Atlas 2 reentry test reaches 172 km  

1961  On February - 21 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  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.  

1964  UK flies 24,000 rolls of Beatle wallpaper to US on this day in history.  

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 February - 21.  

1966  Indonesia's President Sukarno fires General Nasution on this day in history.  

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 this day in history anthony Asquith, British director (Court Martial), dies at 65  

1969  On this day in history first launching of heavy N-1 rocket at Baikonur Kazachstan (explodes)  

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

1969  On February - 21 jose de Capriles, Mexican-born US Olympic fencer, dies  

1970  Jackson 5 make TV debut on "American Bandstand" on February - 21.  

1970  On February - 21 pathet Lao conquerors Xieng Khuang & Muong Suy  

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

1971  On February - 21 series of tornadoes cuts through Mississippi & Louisiana killing 117  

1971  On this day in history adolph Weiss, composer, dies at 79  

1972  Michael Weller's "Moonchildren," premieres in New York NY on February - 21.  

1972  Richard Nixon becomes first US President to visit China on February - 21.  

1972  US President Richard Nixon goes to China, to help improve relations on this day in history.  

1973  Chicago Black Hawks, record 262nd NHL game without being shut-out on February - 21.  

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

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

1974  On this day in history silver hits record $5.96½ an ounce in London  

1974  Yugoslavia adopts constitution on February - 21.  

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

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1417  Louis IX, Duke of Bayern (University of Ingolstadt) was born on February - 21.  

1484  On February - 21 birth of joachim I Nestor, elector (Brandenburg, Constitution)  

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

1674  Johann Augustin Kobelius, composer was born on this day in history.  

1675  Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (d. 1750) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1705  On February - 21 birth of edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (d. 1781)  

0556  On February - 21 maximianus van Ravenna, bishop (Basilica S Stefano), dies  

1437  Death of King James I of Scotland (b. 1394) on this day in history.  

1471  Death of John of Rokycan, Czech Catholic archbishop on this day in history.  

1513  Julius II, [Giuliano dellea Rovere], Pope (1503-13), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1554  Hieronymus Bock, German doctor (founder of modern botany), dies on this day in history.  

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

1624  Dirck van Baburen, Dutch painter (Sepulture), dies at about 28 on February - 21.  

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