Page 6: Historical Events In October - 21

1952  On this day in history dutch govt refuses New-Guinea (West-Irian)   

1954  On October - 21 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  Giants purchase Class-A Phoenix team on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history contra revolutionaries bomb Havana   

1960  1st British nuclear sub Dreadnought launched on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history barbra Striesand opens in "Another Evening with Harry Stones"   

1961  Nils J E Ferlin, Swedish songwriter (Goggles), dies on October - 21.   

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

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

1963  On this day in history george B Cressey, US geographer (Crossroads), dies at 66   

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

1965  On this day in history 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 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  Thousands opposing Vietnam War try to storm the Pentagon on this day in history.   

1967  Egypt sinks Israeli torpedo boat on October - 21.   

1967  Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish astrophysicist, dies at 94 on this day in history.   

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

1969  Jack Kerouac, novelist, dies on this day in history.   

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

1970  On this day in history 777 Unification church couples wed in Korea   

1970  On October - 21 caledonian Airways takes over British United Airways   

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

1971  On this day in history 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  American Saul Bellow wins Nobel Prize for Literature on October - 21.   

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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  On October - 21 birth of wolfgang Schonsleder, composer   

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

1581  On this day in history birth of domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (d. 1641)   

1582  On October - 21 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  Georg Ernst Stahl, German scientist (d. 1734) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1221  Death of Alix of Thouars, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1201) on October - 21.   

1266  Death of Birger jarl, Swedish statesman (b. 1210) on October - 21.   

1422  On October - 21 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 October - 21 death of emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (b. 1442)   

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