Historical Events In October - 21

1952  On October - 21 dutch govt refuses New-Guinea (West-Irian)  

1954  On this day in history dorothy Parker/Arnaud d'Usseau's "Ladies of the Corridor," premieres  

1955  Roy Minnett, cricketer (Australian all-rounder prior to WW I), dies on this day in history.  

1956  Betty Dodd wins LPGA Lawton Golf Open on October - 21.  

1957  On this day in history giants purchase Class-A Phoenix team  

1958  On October - 21 1st women in English House of Lords  

1959  The Guggenheim Museum is dedicated in New York City on this day in history.  

1959  Contra revolutionaries bomb Havana on October - 21.  

1960  On October - 21 1st British nuclear sub Dreadnought launched  

1961  On October - 21 barbra Striesand opens in "Another Evening with Harry Stones"  

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1961  Nils J E Ferlin, Swedish songwriter (Goggles), dies on this day in history.  

1962  The 1962 Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) closes on this day in history.  

1962  On this day in history mickey Wright wins LPGA Carlsbad Cavern Golf Open  

1963  George B Cressey, US geographer (Crossroads), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1964  On October - 21 abebe Bikila runs world/olympic record marathon (2:12:11.2)  

1965  On October - 21 kTWU TV channel 11 in Topeka, KS (PBS) begins broadcasting  

1965  Bill Black, rocker, dies at 39 on October - 21.  

1966  144 die as a coal waste landslide engulfs a school in S Wales on this day in history.  

1966  On October - 21 144 die as a coal waste landslide engulfed a school in Aberfan S Wales  

1966  Gertrude Hoffman, actress (Mrs Odetts-My Little Margie), dies at 95 on this day in history.  

1967  Thousands opposing Vietnam War try to storm the Pentagon on October - 21.  

1967  On this day in history egypt sinks Israeli torpedo boat  

1967  On October - 21 ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish astrophysicist, dies at 94  

1969  On October - 21 bloodless coup in Somalia (National Day)  

1969  On this day in history jack Kerouac, novelist, dies.  

1969  On this day in history jack Kerouac, US writer (Doctor Sax, On the Road), dies at 47  

1970  On October - 21 777 Unification church couples wed in Korea  

1970  Caledonian Airways takes over British United Airways on this day in history.  

1970  On this day in history john T Scopes, US teacher (Scopes "monkey trial" 1925), dies at 70  

1971  On October - 21 etienne Gailly, Belgian marathoner (Oly-bronze-48), dies at 48  

1973  Arabi El Goni, VP/Chad parliament, murdered on this day in history.  

1975  On this day in history mexico City's first major subway accident takes 26 lives  

1975  On this day in history venera 9, first craft to orbit the planet Venus launched  

1976  On October - 21 american Saul Bellow wins Nobel Prize for Literature  

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1449  George, Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV and Richard III (d. 1478) was born on this day in history.  

1527  Louis I, Cardinal of Guise, French cardinal (d. 1578) was born on October - 21.  

1570  On this day in history birth of wolfgang Schonsleder, composer  

1574  On this day in history birth of nicolo Rubini, composer  

1581  Domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (d. 1641) was born on this day in history.  

1582  On this day in history birth of johan Ernst earl of Nassau-Siegen, military/son of Johan VII  

1650  Jean Bart, French captain/sea hero (Escape from Plymouth) was born on October - 21.  

1660  On this day in history birth of georg Ernst Stahl, German scientist (d. 1734)  

1125  Death of Cosmas of Prague, Bohemian writer on this day in history.  

1204  On October - 21 death of robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester, English nobleman  

1221  On this day in history death of alix of Thouars, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1201)  

1266  Death of Birger jarl, Swedish statesman (b. 1210) on this day in history.  

1422  Charles VI, King of France (1380-1422), dies at 54 on this day in history.  

1439  On October - 21 traversari Ambrosius, Italian humanist/leader, dies at 53  

1500  Death of Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (b. 1442) on this day in history.  

1505  Death of Paul Scriptoris, German mathematician on October - 21.