Page 6: Historical Events In June - 20
Saturday, 21 February 2026
1947 Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, gangster, shot dead in Beverly Hills Cal. 

1948 "Toast of the Town" hosted by Ed Sullivan premieres on CBS-TV. 

1948 George Frederick Boyle, composer, dies at 61. 

1949 Central Intelligence Agency Act, passes 

1950 Joe Dimaggio's 2000th hit. 

1950 Dutch Air Force base Tjililitan given to Indonesia. 

1950 Claude Jennings, cricketer (Aust opening bat in 1912 Triangular), dies 

1951 Cleve Indian Bobby Avila hits 3 HRs, double and single vs Red Sox 

1953 In this year, Louise Suggs claims LPGA Western Golf Open. 

1953 Hendrik de Man, sociologist (Belgian Working people Party), dies at 67 

1955 "Almost Crazy" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 16 performances 

1956 Venezuelan Super Constellation crashes in NJ, 74 killed. 

1958 NZ all out 47 v England at Lord's Laker 4-13, Lock 5-17 

1958 Kurt Alder, German chemist (Nobel 1950), dies. 

1959 Escuminac New Brunswick a severe storm in Northumberland Strait sinks 22 boats, drowns 35 fishermen. 

1959 Hitoshi Ashida, Japanese politician, dies at 71. 

1960 Federation of Mali ( and Senegal) is recorded as becoming independent of France 

1960 12nd Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Robert Stack and Jane Wyatt 

1960 Mahlon Hamilton, actor (Peg O'My Heart, High School Girl), dies at 80 

1963 Beatles form "Beatles Ltd" to handle their income. 

1963 US and USSR agree to set up "Hot Line" 

1963 Gordon Jones, actor (Mike the Cop-Abbott and Costello), dies at 52. 

1964 Edgar Barrier, actor (Cobra Woman, Rocky, Macbeth), dies at 57 

1965 Ira Louvin, country singer (Louvin Brothers), dies at 41. 

1966 Sheila Scott completes inaugural round-the-world solo flight by a woman 

1967 Muhammad Ali convicted of refusing induction into armed services. 

1968 Jim Hines is recorded as becoming inaugural person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds 

1969 150000 attend Newport '69, Jimi Hendrix gets $120000 to appear 

1972 Horst Salomon, writer, dies 

1974 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2124 Nissen. 

1975 Daniel Ayala Perez, composer, dies at 68 

1977 Oil enters Trans-Alaska pipeline exits 38 days later at Valdez. 

1977 Abner Biberman, actor (Imhook-Kodiak), dies at 68 

1978 In Greece a 6.6 quake was centered about 30 kilometers northeast of Thessaloniki. At least 50 people were killed, many injured and there was extensive damage in the Thessaloniki area. 

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