Page 8: Historical Events In February - 21

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

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

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

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

1961  On February - 21 gabon adopts constitution   

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 February - 21 minister De Pous confirms natural gas reserves in Groningen Netherlands   

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

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

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  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  Ted Williams signs 5-year contract to manage Washington Senators on February - 21.   

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

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

1970  On this day in history pathet Lao conquerors Xieng Khuang & Muong Suy   

1971  On this day in history ruth Jessen wins LPGA Sears Women's World Golf Classic   

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

1971  Adolph Weiss, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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

1972  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

1974  On February - 21 yugoslavia adopts constitution   

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 this day in history.   

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1417  Louis IX, Duke of Bayern (University of Ingolstadt) was born on this day in history.   

1484  On this day in history 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  On February - 21 birth of franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (d. 1750)   

1684  Justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator) was born on this day in history.   

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

1705  On this day in history 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  On February - 21 death of king James I of Scotland (b. 1394)   

1471  On this day in history death of john of Rokycan, Czech Catholic archbishop   

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

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

1595  Death of Robert Southwell, English Jesuit/poet, hanged on February - 21.   

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