Page 8: Historical Events In January - 21

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

1959  Cecil B[lount] de Mille, producer (10 Commandments), dies at 77 on January - 21.   

1960  Little Joe 4 suborbital Mercury test reaches 16 km on January - 21.   

1960  On January - 21 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  Portuguese rebels seize cruise ship Santa Maria on this day in history.   

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

1961  John Joseph Becker, composer, dies a day before 75th birthday on January - 21.   

1962  On January - 21 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  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  On January - 21 harvey Zorbaugh, doctor/TV host (Play the Game), dies at 68   

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

1967  Ann Sheridan, actress (Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies of cancer at 51 on this day in history.   

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 January - 21.   

1972  On January - 21 assam's North East Frontier Agency becomes Arunachal Pradesh territory   

1972  Belgium government of Eyskens-Cools forms on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1974  On January - 21 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 January - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1735  On this day in history birth of johann Gottfried Eckard, composer   

1743  On January - 21 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  Death of Saint Agnes (martyred) (b. 291) on this day in history.   

0879  On this day in history 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  Death of Juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (c. 1489) on this day in history.   

1546  On this day in history 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.