Page 8: Historical Events In January - 21

1958  KMOT TV channel 10 in Minot, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting on January - 21.   

1959  On this day in history cecil B[lount] de Mille, producer (10 Commandments), dies at 77   

1960  On this day in history little Joe 4 suborbital Mercury test reaches 16 km   

1960  On this day in history rock falls traps 437 at Coalbrook South Africa, 417 die of methane poisoning   

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

1961  On January - 21 portuguese rebels seize cruise ship Santa Maria   

1961  "Conquering Hero" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 8 performances on this day in history.   

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.   

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

1963  On January - 21 al St John, actor (Law & Order, Devil Riders), dies at 70   

1964  Carl T Rowan named director of US Information Agency on January - 21.   

1964  Joseph Schildkraut, actor (Cleopatra, Diary of Anne Frank), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1965  Harvey Zorbaugh, doctor/TV host (Play the Game), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

1967  On this day in history uS female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming   

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

1967  On this day in history ann Sheridan, actress (Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies of cancer at 51   

1968  US B-52 bombers with nuclear bomb crashes in Greenland on January - 21.   

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

1971  Richard B Russell, (Sen-D-Ga), dies at 73 on January - 21.   

1972  On this day in history assam's North East Frontier Agency becomes Arunachal Pradesh territory   

1972  On January - 21 belgium government of Eyskens-Cools forms   

1972  Manipur, Meghalaya & Tripura become separate states of Indian union on January - 21.   

1972  On January - 21 mizoram, formerly part of Assam, creates an Indian union territory   

1973  Canadian actor Leslie Nielson appears in the Ringbanger episode of the TV sitcom M*A*S*H on this day in history.   

1974  On January - 21 silver hits record $3.97 an ounce in London   

1974  On January - 21 jan Arends, Dutch poet/author, dies at 48   

1975  Marie Lohr, actress (Pygmalion, Small Hotel, Escapade), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1976  On January - 21 england and France place the supersonic jetliner Concorde into regular service.   

1976  On this day in history the supersonic airliner 'Concorde' begins regular commercial service   

1976  On January - 21 the supersonic Concorde airplane was put into service by Britain and France.   

1977  Italy legalizes abortion on this day in history.   

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

1338  King Charles V of France (d. 1380) was born on January - 21.   

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

1659  On this day in history birth of adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect   

1721  On January - 21 birth of james Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794)   

1735  On January - 21 birth of johann Gottfried Eckard, composer   

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

1746  Johann H Pestalozzi, Zurich Switz, educator (Leonard & Gertrude) [NS] was born on January - 21.   

0304  On January - 21 death of saint Agnes (martyred) (b. 291)   

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  On January - 21 paschalis II, [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies   

1519  On January - 21 death of vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer (b. 1475)   

1527  On January - 21 death of juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (c. 1489)   

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

1596  John Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66 on January - 21.