Historical Events In January - 21

1958  KMOT TV channel 10 in Minot, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.  

1959  Cecil B[lount] de Mille, producer (10 Commandments), dies at 77 on January - 21.  

1960  Little Joe 4 suborbital Mercury test reaches 16 km on January - 21.  

1960  On January - 21 rock falls traps 437 at Coalbrook South Africa, 417 die of methane poisoning  

1961  On January - 21 "Conquering Hero" closes at ANTA Theater New York City NY after 8 performances  

1961  On this day in history portuguese rebels seize cruise ship Santa Maria  

1961  "Conquering Hero" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 8 performances on January - 21.  

1961  On January - 21 john Joseph Becker, composer, dies a day before 75th birthday  

1962  JFK arrives in Uruguay on this day in history.  

1962  Snow falls in San Francisco on January - 21.  

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1962  Andre Lhote, French painter/art historian, dies at 76 on January - 21.  

1963  Al St John, actor (Law & Order, Devil Riders), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1964  On this day in history carl T Rowan named director of US Information Agency  

1964  On January - 21 joseph Schildkraut, actor (Cleopatra, Diary of Anne Frank), dies at 68  

1965  On this day in history harvey Zorbaugh, doctor/TV host (Play the Game), dies at 68  

1966  On January - 21 beatle George Harrison marries model Patti Boyd  

1967  US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming on this day in history.  

1967  US male Figure Skating championship won by Gary Visconti on this day in history.  

1967  Ann Sheridan, actress (Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies of cancer at 51 on January - 21.  

1968  On this day in history uS B-52 bombers with nuclear bomb crashes in Greenland  

1971  On January - 21 "Alias Smith & Jones" premieres on ABC TV  

1971  Richard B Russell, (Sen-D-Ga), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1972  Assam's North East Frontier Agency becomes Arunachal Pradesh territory on January - 21.  

1972  Belgium government of Eyskens-Cools forms on this day in history.  

1972  Manipur, Meghalaya & Tripura become separate states of Indian union on this day in history.  

1972  On this day in history mizoram, formerly part of Assam, creates an Indian union territory  

1973  On January - 21 canadian actor Leslie Nielson appears in the Ringbanger episode of the TV sitcom M*A*S*H  

1974  Silver hits record $3.97 an ounce in London on January - 21.  

1974  Jan Arends, Dutch poet/author, dies at 48 on January - 21.  

1975  On this day in history marie Lohr, actress (Pygmalion, Small Hotel, Escapade), dies at 84  

1976  England and France place the supersonic jetliner Concorde into regular service on this day in history.  

1976  On January - 21 the supersonic airliner 'Concorde' begins regular commercial service  

1976  On this day in history the supersonic Concorde airplane was put into service by Britain and France.  

1977  On January - 21 italy legalizes abortion  

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1337  Charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80) was born on this day in history.  

1338  On January - 21 birth of king Charles V of France (d. 1380)  

1571  On this day in history birth of john I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam)  

1659  On January - 21 birth of adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect  

1721  James Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794) was born on January - 21.  

1735  Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer was born on January - 21.  

1743  On this day in history birth of john Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton)  

1746  On January - 21 birth of johann H Pestalozzi, Zurich Switz, educator (Leonard & Gertrude) [NS]  

0304  Death of Saint Agnes (martyred) (b. 291) on January - 21.  

0879  Boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies on January - 21.  

0917  On this day in history death of erchanger, Duke of Swabia (c. 880)  

1118  Paschalis II, [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies on January - 21.  

1519  Death of Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer (b. 1475) on January - 21.  

1527  Death of Juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (c. 1489) on January - 21.  

1546  Death of Azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491) on January - 21.  

1596  On January - 21 john Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66