Page 8: Historical Events In January - 21

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

1959  On January - 21 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  On this day in history "Conquering Hero" closes at ANTA Theater New York City NY after 8 performances   

1961  Portuguese rebels seize cruise ship Santa Maria on January - 21.   

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

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

1962  JFK arrives in Uruguay on January - 21.   

1962  Snow falls in San Francisco on January - 21.   

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

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

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

1964  On this day in history joseph Schildkraut, actor (Cleopatra, Diary of Anne Frank), dies at 68   

1965  Harvey Zorbaugh, doctor/TV host (Play the Game), dies at 68 on January - 21.   

1966  Beatle George Harrison marries model Patti Boyd on this day in history.   

1967  On January - 21 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming   

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

1967  On January - 21 ann Sheridan, actress (Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies of cancer at 51   

1968  On January - 21 uS B-52 bombers with nuclear bomb crashes in Greenland   

1971  On this day in history "Alias Smith & Jones" premieres on ABC TV   

1971  On January - 21 richard B Russell, (Sen-D-Ga), dies at 73   

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

1972  On this day in history belgium government of Eyskens-Cools forms   

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

1972  On January - 21 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 this day in history.   

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

1975  On January - 21 marie Lohr, actress (Pygmalion, Small Hotel, Escapade), dies at 84   

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

1977  On this day in history italy legalizes abortion   

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1337  On this day in history birth of charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80)   

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

1571  John I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam) was born on January - 21.   

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

0304  On this day in history death of saint Agnes (martyred) (b. 291)   

0879  On January - 21 boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies   

0917  Death of Erchanger, Duke of Swabia (c. 880) on January - 21.   

1118  Paschalis II, [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1596  On this day in history john Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66