Historical Events In February - 21

1958  On this day in history 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  On February - 21 fay Crocker wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open  

1961  Friedrich Dürrenmatt's "Die Physiker," premieres in Zürich on this day in history.  

1961  On February - 21 gabon adopts constitution  

1961  Mercury-Atlas 2 reentry test reaches 172 km on this day in history.  

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

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 February - 21.  

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

1968  150,000 demonstrate against leftist students in West-Berlin on February - 21.  

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

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

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

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 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  On February - 21 uS President Richard Nixon goes to China, to help improve relations  

1973  Chicago Black Hawks, record 262nd NHL game without being shut-out on this day in history.  

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

1974  Yugoslavia adopts constitution on this day in history.  

1975  On February - 21 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 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 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  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  Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (d. 1781) was born on this day in history.  

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

1437  On this day in history death of king James I of Scotland (b. 1394)  

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

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 this day in history 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  Christian IV, king of Denmark/Norway, dies on this day in history.