Historical Events In November - 21

1969  The first ARPANET link was put into service on this day in 1969. The network connected a computer at the University of California at Los Angeles with one at the Stanford Research Institute on this day in history.  

1969  KXIX (now KVCT) TV channel 19 in Victoria, TX (ABC) 1st broadcast on November - 21.  

1969  Mutesa II of Buganda, President of Uganda (1924) on this day in history.  

1970  On this day in history the rarest of Ford Mustangs--the Boss 351--debuted at the Detroit Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan.  

1970  NY Knicks 1st game against Cleve Cavalier, Knicks win 102-94 at MSG on November - 21.  

1973  On November - 21 18 minute gap found in Watergate Tapes  

1973  On November - 21 allan Sherman singer, dies at 48 (Goodbye Muddah, Goodbye Faddah)  

1974  On November - 21 frank Martin, Swiss composer (In Terra Fax), dies at 84  

1975  On this day in history linda McCartney drug charges in US are dropped  

1975  On this day in history g Gunnarsson, writer, dies at 86  

1976  Niles Welch, actor (Cornered), dies at 88 on November - 21.  

1977  First flight of the Concorde (London to New York) on this day in history.  

1977  On November - 21 the first flight of the Concorde between London and New York  

1980  On this day in history dallas' "Who Shot JR?" episode (Kristen) gets a 53.3 rating  

1980  Fire at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas kills 84 on this day in history.  

1980  On this day in history john &Yoko pose nude for photographer Allan Tannenbaum  

1980  On November - 21 jim Parks Sr, Kent cricket all-rounder (only Test for England), dies  

1981  Olivia Newton-John's "Physical," single goes #1 &stays for 10 weeks on November - 21.  

1981  Harry Von Zell, TV announcer (Burns & Allen), dies at 75 on November - 21.  

1982  Lee Patrick, actress (Henrietta-Topper, Maltese Falcon), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1985  Ramnath Kenny, cricketer (5 Tests for India 1958-60), dies on this day in history.  

1986  On November - 21 jerry Colonna, actor (Jerry Colonna Show), dies at 82  

1987  On this day in history james E Folsom, (Alabama-Gov, 1947-51, 1955-59), dies at 79  

1990  Michael Milken is sentenced to 10 years for security law violations on November - 21.  

1990  On November - 21 signing of Declaration of "End of Cold war" in Paris  

1991  Daniel Mann, US director (Rose tattoo), dies of heart failure at 79 on this day in history.  

1992  Kaysone Phomvihane, PM of Laos (1975-91), dies on this day in history.  

1993  Bill Bixby, actor (My Favorite Martian), dies of prostate cancer at 59 on this day in history.  

1994  On this day in history manfred Longer, Austrian/Dutch gay disco owner, dies at 42  

1995  The Dow Jones closes over 5000 fo rthe first time on November - 21.  

1995  On this day in history toy Story, the first entirely computer-animated movie, was released on this day  

1995  On November - 21 dorothy Jeakins, costume designer, dies at 81  

1996  CompuServe announced it would shut down its family-oriented service, WOW!, just eight months after it was launched on November - 21.  

1996  Bernard William George Rose, organist, dies at 80 on November - 21.  

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1495  John Bale, England, bishop/anti-catholic playwright (Kynge Johan) was born on this day in history.  

1561  On this day in history birth of carolus Scribani, Italian/Flemish jesuit/author  

1567  On November - 21 birth of anne de Xainctonge, French saint (d. 1621)  

1637  Catharina Questiers, Dutch poetess (Friend of Abandoned Child) was born on this day in history.  

1645  On this day in history birth of johann Lohner, composer  

1683  On November - 21 birth of johann Michael Muller, composer  

1692  On November - 21 birth of carlo Fragoni, Italy, poet  

1694  On November - 21 birth of voltaire, [Francois-Marie Arouet], France, writer, essayist, philosopher and playwright (Candide) (. 1778)  

0496  Death of Pope Gelasius I on November - 21.  

1361  Death of Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (plague) (b. 1346) on November - 21.  

1481  On November - 21 ikkyu Sojun, Zen head of Daitokuji temple, dies in Kyoto, Japan at 87  

1555  On November - 21 georg Agricola, [Bauer], German mineralogist (zinc), dies at 61  

1566  On this day in history death of annibale Caro, Italian poet (b. 1507)  

1579  Death of Thomas Gresham, English merchant and financier on this day in history.  

1580  Death of Willem Van Hoorn, baron of Heze, governor of Brussels, executed on this day in history.  

1610  Benedict van Canfield, [William Fish], English missionary, dies on this day in history.