Page 5: Historical Events In August - 21

1931  Gregg Smith, composer on August - 21.   

1932  On August - 21 wes Ferrell is 1st to win 20 games in each of his 1st 4 seasons   

1932  On August - 21 melvin Van Peebles, Chicago IL, actor/director (Sophisticated Gent)   

1932  Frederick Corder, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1933  On August - 21 ruth's homer leads AL to a 4-2 win in 1st All Star Game   

1933  Janet Baker, York England, mezzo-soprano (Owen Wingrave) on this day in history.   

1934  Paul Panhuysen, Dutch composer, visual and sound artist on August - 21.   

1935  On this day in history ken Taylor, cricketer (England opening batsman three times 1959-64)   

1935  Josef Cyril Sychra, composer, dies at 76 on August - 21.   

1936  On August - 21 red Sox Wes Ferrell, walks off mound when he feels he did no get good feilding, Sox suspend him   

1936  On this day in history mart Crowley, playwright (Boys in the Band)   

1938  On this day in history the birth of Kenny Rogers, American singer/songwriter   

1938  On this day in history italy bars all Jewish teachers in Public & High School   

1940  Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson at 62 on this day in history.   

1942  On August - 21 alpine hunters plant German flag on Elbroezgebergte, Kaukasus   

1942  On August - 21 kiyoano Ichiki, Japanese colonel (WW II), dies   

1943  On this day in history gromyko named USSR-ambassador in Washington   

1943  Henrik Pontoppidan, writer (Peter Gelukkige, Nobel 1917), dies at 86 on August - 21.   

1944  On this day in history dumbarton Oaks conference opens in Washington, DC; establishes UN   

1944  HMCS Alberni lost on August - 21.   

1944  Germans storm up Hill 262 (Mont Ormel) Normandy on this day in history.   

1945  Pres Truman ends Lend-Lease program on this day in history.   

1947  On this day in history 1st Little League World Series Maynard Midgets of Williamsport PA win   

1947  On August - 21 ettore Bugatti, Italian/French car manufacturer, dies   

1948  On August - 21 indians 47-inning scoreless streak broken by White Sox Aaron Robinson   

1949  On this day in history phila fans cause A's to forfeit game when they riot over a trapped line drive by Rich Ashburn, Giants leading 4-2 in 9th declared winners   

1949  On this day in history gerhard von Keussler, composer, dies at 75   

1951  On this day in history (Leonard) Constant Lambert, English composer (Rio Grande), dies at 45   

1952  Isaac Sadeh, leader of Jewish commando forces, dies on August - 21.   

1953  On this day in history marion Carl in Douglas Skyrocket reaches record 25,370 m   

1953  On August - 21 baseball player reps Ralph Kiner (NL) & Allie Reynolds (AL) hire John Norman Lewis at $15,000 to give legal advice to players in negotiation   

1956  WTVW TV channel 7 in Evansville, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting on August - 21.   

1957  On this day in history 1st launching in Baikonur, Kazachstan (R7 "Semiorka"-rocket)   

1958  Hawaii becomes the 50th state of the United States of America on August - 21.   

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1165  On August - 21 birth of philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223)   

1535  Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619) was born on August - 21.   

1567  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint was born on August - 21.   

1597  On this day in history birth of roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672)   

1642  On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Treiber, composer   

1643  On August - 21 birth of afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill)   

1660  Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building was born on August - 21.   

1665  On this day in history birth of giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729)   

1131  Boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies on August - 21.   

1157  Death of King Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105) on this day in history.   

1190  Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies on August - 21.   

1245  On August - 21 alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies   

1271  Death of Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220) on this day in history.   

1516  John III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1581  On August - 21 death of sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527)   

1614  On this day in history death of elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560)