Historical Events In January - 21

1958  On this day in history kMOT TV channel 10 in Minot, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting  

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

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  On this day in history "Conquering Hero" closes at ANTA Theater New York City NY after 8 performances  

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  John Joseph Becker, composer, dies a day before 75th birthday on January - 21.  

1962  JFK arrives in Uruguay on January - 21.  

1962  On this day in history snow falls in San Francisco  

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1962  Andre Lhote, French painter/art historian, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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  Beatle George Harrison marries model Patti Boyd on January - 21.  

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

1967  On January - 21 uS male Figure Skating championship won by Gary Visconti  

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

1968  US B-52 bombers with nuclear bomb crashes in Greenland on this day in history.  

1971  On this day in history "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 this day in history.  

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  Mizoram, formerly part of Assam, creates an Indian union territory on January - 21.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history england and France place the supersonic jetliner Concorde into regular service.  

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  Italy legalizes abortion on January - 21.  

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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 this day in history.  

1571  On January - 21 birth of john I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam)  

1659  On January - 21 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  Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer was born on January - 21.  

1743  John Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton) was born on January - 21.  

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

0304  On this day in history 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 this day in history paschalis II, [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies  

1519  Death of Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer (b. 1475) on this day in history.  

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

1546  On this day in history death of azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491)  

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