Page 6: Historical Events In October - 21

1952  Dutch govt refuses New-Guinea (West-Irian) on October - 21.   

1954  Dorothy Parker/Arnaud d'Usseau's "Ladies of the Corridor," premieres on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history roy Minnett, cricketer (Australian all-rounder prior to WW I), dies   

1956  On October - 21 betty Dodd wins LPGA Lawton Golf Open   

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

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

1959  On this day in history the Guggenheim Museum is dedicated in New York City.   

1959  Contra revolutionaries bomb Havana on this day in history.   

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

1961  Barbra Striesand opens in "Another Evening with Harry Stones" on October - 21.   

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

1962  On October - 21 the 1962 Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) closes.   

1962  Mickey Wright wins LPGA Carlsbad Cavern Golf Open on this day in history.   

1963  On October - 21 george B Cressey, US geographer (Crossroads), dies at 66   

1964  Abebe Bikila runs world/olympic record marathon (2:12:11.2) on October - 21.   

1965  KTWU TV channel 11 in Topeka, KS (PBS) begins broadcasting on October - 21.   

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 October - 21.   

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

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

1967  On October - 21 thousands opposing Vietnam War try to storm the Pentagon   

1967  Egypt sinks Israeli torpedo boat on October - 21.   

1967  Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish astrophysicist, dies at 94 on October - 21.   

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

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

1969  Jack Kerouac, US writer (Doctor Sax, On the Road), dies at 47 on October - 21.   

1970  777 Unification church couples wed in Korea on this day in history.   

1970  Caledonian Airways takes over British United Airways on October - 21.   

1970  John T Scopes, US teacher (Scopes "monkey trial" 1925), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1971  Etienne Gailly, Belgian marathoner (Oly-bronze-48), dies at 48 on October - 21.   

1973  On this day in history arabi El Goni, VP/Chad parliament, murdered   

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 this day in history american Saul Bellow wins Nobel Prize for Literature   

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1449  On October - 21 birth of george, Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV and Richard III (d. 1478)   

1527  On October - 21 birth of louis I, Cardinal of Guise, French cardinal (d. 1578)   

1570  Wolfgang Schonsleder, composer was born on October - 21.   

1574  Nicolo Rubini, composer was born on this day in history.   

1581  Domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (d. 1641) was born on October - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1125  Death of Cosmas of Prague, Bohemian writer on October - 21.   

1204  Death of Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester, English nobleman on October - 21.   

1221  On October - 21 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  On this day in history charles VI, King of France (1380-1422), dies at 54   

1439  Traversari Ambrosius, Italian humanist/leader, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1500  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (b. 1442)   

1505  Death of Paul Scriptoris, German mathematician on this day in history.