Page 8: Historical Events In January - 21

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

1959  On January - 21 cecil B[lount] de Mille, producer (10 Commandments), dies at 77   

1960  On January - 21 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 this day in history portuguese rebels seize cruise ship Santa Maria   

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

1961  John Joseph Becker, composer, dies a day before 75th birthday on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history jFK arrives in Uruguay   

1962  On this day in history snow falls in San Francisco   

1962  On this day in history andre Lhote, French painter/art historian, dies at 76   

1963  Al St John, actor (Law & Order, Devil Riders), dies at 70 on January - 21.   

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

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

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

1967  US male Figure Skating championship won by Gary Visconti on January - 21.   

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

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

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

1971  On this day in history richard B Russell, (Sen-D-Ga), dies at 73   

1972  On January - 21 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 this day in history 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 January - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

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  The supersonic airliner 'Concorde' begins regular commercial service on this day in history.   

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 January - 21.   

1338  On this day in history birth of king Charles V of France (d. 1380)   

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

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

1721  On this day in history birth of james Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794)   

1735  Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 January - 21.   

0917  On January - 21 death of erchanger, Duke of Swabia (c. 880)   

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

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 this day in history.   

1546  On January - 21 death of azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491)   

1596  John Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66 on this day in history.