Page 6: Historical Events In November - 27
Saturday, 21 February 2026
1960 CBS radio cancels "Have Gun Will Travel" 

1960 Dirk J de Geer, Dutch premier (1926-29, 39-40), dies at 89 

1961 Gordie Howe is recorded as becoming inaugural to play in 1000 NHL games 

1961 Gordie Howe is recorded as becoming 1st to play in 1000 NHL games. 

1962 1st test flight of the Boeing 727 takes place 

1963 The Convention on the Unification of Certain Points of Substantive Law on Patents for Invention is signed at Strasbourg 

1965 French satellite launched, France is recorded as becoming 3rd nation in space. 

1965 15-25000 demonstrate against war in Vietnam in Wash DC. 

1965 Carl Parrish, composer, dies at 61 

1966 In highest-scoring NFL game, Wash Redskins defeat NY Giants 72-41. 

1967 Beatles release "Magical Mystery Tour". 

1967 Gold pool nations pledge support of $35 per ounce gold price. 

1967 President of France, General Charles de Gaulle, refuses British entry to the Common Market. 

1967 Cameron Prud'Homme, actor (Rainmaker), dies after long illness at 75. 

1968 Gino Roncaglia, composer, dies at 85. 

1970 In this year, George Harrison releases 3 album set "All Things Must Pass". 

1970 Pope Paul VI wounded in chest during a visit to Philippines by a dagger-wielding Bolivian painter disguised as a priest. 

1971 Soviet Mars 2 is recorded as becoming inaugural spacecraft to crash land on Mars 

1971 Jakabs Medins, composer, dies at 86. 

1972 Yanks trade Ellis, Torres andSpikes to Indians for Nettles andMoses 

1973 Senate votes 92-3 to confirm Gerald R Ford as VP. 

1974 Louis B Russell Jr, longest living heart transplant, dies at 49. 

1975 Ross McWhirter, Guinness Book of Records keeper, murdered 

1977 John L McClellan, (Sen-D-Ark), dies at 81. 

1978 George Moscone, (SF Mayor), shot by Dan White. 

1980 Soyuz T-3 carries 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station, launched 

1981 Lotte Lenya, singer/actress (From Russia With Love), dies in NY at 83. 

1982 Philipp Kutev, composer, dies at 79 

1983 Colombian Avianca Airlines Boeing 747 crashes in Madrid killing 185. 

1983 Manuel Scorza, Peruvian writer, dies at about 55 

1984 Percy Norris, deputy high commissioner of India, shot dead. 

1985 Republic of Ireland gains consultative role in Northern Ireland. 

1986 Steve Tracy, actor (Percival-Little House on Praire), dies at 61 

1988 Angela Aames, actress (Lost Empire, Basic Training), dies 

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