Page 8: Historical Events In January - 21

1958  On January - 21 kMOT TV channel 10 in Minot, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting   

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  Rock falls traps 437 at Coalbrook South Africa, 417 die of methane poisoning on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1961  On this day in history john Joseph Becker, composer, dies a day before 75th birthday   

1962  On this day in history jFK arrives in Uruguay   

1962  Snow falls in San Francisco on January - 21.   

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

1963  On this day in history al St John, actor (Law & Order, Devil Riders), dies at 70   

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

1964  Joseph Schildkraut, actor (Cleopatra, Diary of Anne Frank), dies at 68 on January - 21.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history 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  On this day in history canadian actor Leslie Nielson appears in the Ringbanger episode of the TV sitcom M*A*S*H   

1974  On this day in history silver hits record $3.97 an ounce in London   

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

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

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

1976  The supersonic airliner 'Concorde' begins regular commercial service on January - 21.   

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

1977  On January - 21 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  On January - 21 birth of king Charles V of France (d. 1380)   

1571  John I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam) was born on this day in history.   

1659  Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect was born on January - 21.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

0879  Boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies on this day in history.   

0917  On January - 21 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 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