Page 5: Historical Events In June - 21

1941  On this day in history allied troops, including Australians, occupy Damascus   

1941  On this day in history 2nd French troops occupies Damascus Syria   

1942  On this day in history 129ø F (54ø C), Tirat Zevi, Israel (Asian record)   

1942  On June - 21 rommel takes Tobruk in North Africa   

1942  On June - 21 129°F (54°C), Tirat Zevi, Israel (Asian record)   

1943  Federal troops put down racial riot in Detroit 30 dead on June - 21.   

1944  Mantello sends out Auschwitz Protocols through the British Exchange Telegraph and, two weeks later, 500 Swiss newspapers publish the story of 1,715,000 Jews being murdered on this day in history.   

1944  On June - 21 very heavy bombing on Berlin   

1944  On June - 21 jan Bonekamp, Dutch resistance fighter/friend of Hannie Schaft, dies   

1945  Japanese forces on Okinawa surrender to US during WW II on this day in history.   

1945  New communist government estblished in Poland on June - 21.   

1945  US defeat Japanese forces on Okinawa during WW II on June - 21.   

1945  On June - 21 josef Hora, Czech writer/poet (Sinking Shadows), dies at 53   

1946  10 die in fire at Baker Hotel, Dallas Texas on June - 21.   

1946  Heinrich Kaminski, composer, dies at 59 on June - 21.   

1948  On this day in history dr Peter Goldmark of CBS demonstrates "long playing record" Columbia commits to 33 1/3 rpm records, plans to phase out 78's   

1948  First stored computer program run, on Manchester Mark I on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history 1st stored computer program run, on Manchester Mark I   

1949  H L Giclas discovers asteroid #1886 Lowell on this day in history.   

1950  On June - 21 joe DiMaggio gets his 2,000th hit   

1951  United States Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation awarded to 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, for "extraordinary heroism and outstanding performance" at battle of Kapyong, Korea (24apr 1951) on June - 21.   

1951  On this day in history "17" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 180 performances   

1952  Wilfred 'Wop' May pilot, World War I air ace, died on this day.. May was being pursued by German ace Manfred von Richthofen when the Red Baron was shot down on June - 21.   

1952  Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open on June - 21.   

1954  John Landy runs world record mile (3:58.0) on this day in history.   

1956  On June - 21 east Germany announces the release of 19,000 political prisoners   

1956  On this day in history anti-protons detected in the atmosphere   

1957  Don McBride, actor (Mr Clyde-My Friend Flicka), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history uSAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 75,190 m   

1963  3 civil rights workers-Michael H Schwerner Andrew Goodman & James E Chaney-disappeared after release from a Mississippi jail on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history pope Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Montini) succeeds John XXIII   

1964  On June - 21 andrew Goodman, US civil rights activist, murdered at 20   

1965  On June - 21 bernard M Baruch, pres advisor (termed "Cold War"), dies at 94   

1968  On June - 21 supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren resigns   

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1002  On this day in history birth of leo IX, [Bruno count of Egesheim & Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54)   

1002  On June - 21 birth of pope Leo IX (d. 1054)   

1226  King Boleslaus V of Poland (d. 1279) was born on June - 21.   

1528  On June - 21 birth of maria of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress (1603)   

1577  Giovanni Del Turco, composer was born on June - 21.   

1596  On this day in history birth of michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia (1613-45)/1st Romanov   

1639  Increase Mather, New England Puritan minister (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.   

1640  On this day in history birth of abraham Mignon, still life painter   

0524  On June - 21 chlodomir, king of the France to Orleans (511-24), dies at about 28   

1205  Death of Enrico Dandolo, Doge of Venice (b. 1107) on June - 21.   

1208  On June - 21 philips van Zwaben Hohenstaufen, Roman-German King, dies   

1305  On June - 21 death of king Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland (b. 1271)   

1377  Edward III, king of England (1327-77), dies on this day in history.   

1421  On June - 21 death of jean Le Maingre, Marshal of France (b. 1366)   

1527  On this day in history niccolo Machiavelli, Florentine statesman/author, dies at 57   

1529  John Skelton, English poet, dies at about 69 on this day in history.