Historical Events In January - 21

1958  On this day in history kMOT TV channel 10 in Minot, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting   

1959  On this day in history cecil B[lount] de Mille, producer (10 Commandments), dies at 77   

1960  Little Joe 4 suborbital Mercury test reaches 16 km on this day in history.   

1960  On January - 21 rock falls traps 437 at Coalbrook South Africa, 417 die of methane poisoning   

1961  On this day in history "Conquering Hero" closes at ANTA Theater New York City NY after 8 performances   

1961  On January - 21 portuguese rebels seize cruise ship Santa Maria   

1961  On January - 21 "Conquering Hero" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 8 performances   

1961  On January - 21 john Joseph Becker, composer, dies a day before 75th birthday   

1962  JFK arrives in Uruguay on this day in history.   

1962  Snow falls in San Francisco on January - 21.   

1962  On January - 21 andre Lhote, French painter/art historian, dies at 76   

1963  Al St John, actor (Law & Order, Devil Riders), dies at 70 on January - 21.   

1964  On this day in history carl T Rowan named director of US Information Agency   

1964  Joseph Schildkraut, actor (Cleopatra, Diary of Anne Frank), dies at 68 on January - 21.   

1965  Harvey Zorbaugh, doctor/TV host (Play the Game), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history beatle George Harrison marries model Patti Boyd   

1967  On this day in history uS female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming   

1967  US male Figure Skating championship won by Gary Visconti on January - 21.   

1967  On this day in history ann Sheridan, actress (Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies of cancer at 51   

1968  On January - 21 uS B-52 bombers with nuclear bomb crashes in Greenland   

1971  "Alias Smith & Jones" premieres on ABC TV on January - 21.   

1971  On January - 21 richard B Russell, (Sen-D-Ga), dies at 73   

1972  On January - 21 assam's North East Frontier Agency becomes Arunachal Pradesh territory   

1972  On January - 21 belgium government of Eyskens-Cools forms   

1972  On January - 21 manipur, Meghalaya & Tripura become separate states of Indian union   

1972  On January - 21 mizoram, formerly part of Assam, creates an Indian union territory   

1973  Canadian actor Leslie Nielson appears in the Ringbanger episode of the TV sitcom M*A*S*H on January - 21.   

1974  Silver hits record $3.97 an ounce in London on January - 21.   

1974  On this day in history jan Arends, Dutch poet/author, dies at 48   

1975  On this day in history marie Lohr, actress (Pygmalion, Small Hotel, Escapade), dies at 84   

1976  England and France place the supersonic jetliner Concorde into regular service on this day in history.   

1976  The supersonic airliner 'Concorde' begins regular commercial service on this day in history.   

1976  On January - 21 the supersonic Concorde airplane was put into service by Britain and France.   

1977  On January - 21 italy legalizes abortion   

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1337  On January - 21 birth of charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80)   

1338  King Charles V of France (d. 1380) was born on this day in history.   

1571  On January - 21 birth of john I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam)   

1659  Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect was born on this day in history.   

1721  On January - 21 birth of james Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794)   

1735  On this day in history birth of johann Gottfried Eckard, composer   

1743  On January - 21 birth of john Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton)   

1746  On January - 21 birth of johann H Pestalozzi, Zurich Switz, educator (Leonard & Gertrude) [NS]   

0304  On this day in history death of saint Agnes (martyred) (b. 291)   

0879  On January - 21 boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies   

0917  On this day in history death of erchanger, Duke of Swabia (c. 880)   

1118  On January - 21 paschalis II, [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies   

1519  On January - 21 death of vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer (b. 1475)   

1527  On this day in history death of juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (c. 1489)   

1546  Death of Azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491) on January - 21.   

1596  John Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66 on this day in history.