Page 8: Historical Events In February - 21

1958  On February - 21 egypt-Syria as UAR elect Nasser President (99.9% vote)   

1960  Cuban leader Fidel Castro nationalizes all businesses in Cuba on February - 21.   

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

1961  On February - 21 friedrich Dürrenmatt's "Die Physiker," premieres in Zürich   

1961  On February - 21 gabon adopts constitution   

1961  Mercury-Atlas 2 reentry test reaches 172 km on February - 21.   

1961  On February - 21 blaise Cendrars, [Frederic Sauser-Hall], Switz, poet, dies at 73   

1962  Minister De Pous confirms natural gas reserves in Groningen Netherlands on February - 21.   

1963  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on February - 21.   

1964  On February - 21 uK flies 24,000 rolls of Beatle wallpaper to US   

1965  On this day in history 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  On February - 21 indonesia's President Sukarno fires General Nasution   

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

1968  On February - 21 baseball announces a minimum annual salary of $10,000   

1968  On this day in history 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  On February - 21 jose de Capriles, Mexican-born US Olympic fencer, dies   

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

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

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

1971  On this day in history series of tornadoes cuts through Mississippi & Louisiana killing 117   

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

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

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

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  Silver hits record $5.96½ an ounce in London on this day in history.   

1974  Yugoslavia adopts constitution on this day in history.   

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 February - 21.   

1975  On this day in history john Lennon releases "Rock 'n' Roll" album   

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

1484  Joachim I Nestor, elector (Brandenburg, Constitution) was born on this day in history.   

1556  Sethus Calvisius, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1675  On February - 21 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 February - 21 birth of christoph Stoltzenberg, composer   

1705  On this day in history birth of edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (d. 1781)   

0556  On this day in history maximianus van Ravenna, bishop (Basilica S Stefano), dies   

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

1471  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of robert Southwell, English Jesuit/poet, hanged   

1624  On February - 21 dirck van Baburen, Dutch painter (Sepulture), dies at about 28   

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