Page 8: Historical Events In February - 21

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

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

1960  Fay Crocker wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history uK flies 24,000 rolls of Beatle wallpaper to US   

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

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

1968  On this day in history baseball announces a minimum annual salary of $10,000   

1968  Anthony Asquith, British director (Court Martial), dies at 65 on February - 21.   

1969  On February - 21 first launching of heavy N-1 rocket at Baikonur Kazachstan (explodes)   

1969  Ted Williams signs 5-year contract to manage Washington Senators on this day in history.   

1969  Jose de Capriles, Mexican-born US Olympic fencer, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1971  Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Sears Women's World Golf Classic on this day in history.   

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

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

1972  On this day in history 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  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 February - 21.   

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

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 February - 21.   

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

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1417  On February - 21 birth of louis IX, Duke of Bayern (University of Ingolstadt)   

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

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

1674  On February - 21 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  On February - 21 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  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  On this day in history hieronymus Bock, German doctor (founder of modern botany), dies   

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

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

1648  Christian IV, king of Denmark/Norway, dies on February - 21.