Historical Events In October - 21

1952  Dutch govt refuses New-Guinea (West-Irian) on this day in history.   

1954  Dorothy Parker/Arnaud d'Usseau's "Ladies of the Corridor," premieres on October - 21.   

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 this day in history 1st women in English House of Lords   

1959  On October - 21 the Guggenheim Museum is dedicated in New York City.   

1959  On October - 21 contra revolutionaries bomb Havana   

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

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

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

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

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

1965  On this day in history kTWU TV channel 11 in Topeka, KS (PBS) begins broadcasting   

1965  On this day in history bill Black, rocker, dies at 39   

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

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

1966  On this day in history gertrude Hoffman, actress (Mrs Odetts-My Little Margie), dies at 95   

1967  Thousands opposing Vietnam War try to storm the Pentagon on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history egypt sinks Israeli torpedo boat   

1967  On this day in history ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish astrophysicist, dies at 94   

1969  Bloodless coup in Somalia (National Day) on October - 21.   

1969  Jack Kerouac, novelist, dies on October - 21.   

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

1970  777 Unification church couples wed in Korea on October - 21.   

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  On this day in history etienne Gailly, Belgian marathoner (Oly-bronze-48), dies at 48   

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

1975  Mexico City's first major subway accident takes 26 lives on October - 21.   

1975  Venera 9, first craft to orbit the planet Venus launched on October - 21.   

1976  American Saul Bellow wins Nobel Prize for Literature on this day in history.   

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1449  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of wolfgang Schonsleder, composer   

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

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

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 October - 21 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 this day in history.   

1221  Death of Alix of Thouars, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1201) on this day in history.   

1266  On this day in history death of birger jarl, Swedish statesman (b. 1210)   

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

1439  On this day in history traversari Ambrosius, Italian humanist/leader, dies at 53   

1500  Death of Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (b. 1442) on October - 21.   

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