Historical Events In August - 21

1931  Gregg Smith, composer on this day in history.   

1932  On this day in history wes Ferrell is 1st to win 20 games in each of his 1st 4 seasons   

1932  Melvin Van Peebles, Chicago IL, actor/director (Sophisticated Gent) on this day in history.   

1932  Frederick Corder, composer, dies at 80 on August - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

1935  Ken Taylor, cricketer (England opening batsman three times 1959-64) on August - 21.   

1935  On August - 21 josef Cyril Sychra, composer, dies at 76   

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

1936  On August - 21 mart Crowley, playwright (Boys in the Band)   

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

1938  Italy bars all Jewish teachers in Public & High School on this day in history.   

1940  Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson at 62 on August - 21.   

1942  Alpine hunters plant German flag on Elbroezgebergte, Kaukasus on August - 21.   

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

1943  Gromyko named USSR-ambassador in Washington on August - 21.   

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

1944  Dumbarton Oaks conference opens in Washington, DC; establishes UN on August - 21.   

1944  HMCS Alberni lost on this day in history.   

1944  Germans storm up Hill 262 (Mont Ormel) Normandy on August - 21.   

1945  On August - 21 pres Truman ends Lend-Lease program   

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

1947  Ettore Bugatti, Italian/French car manufacturer, dies on August - 21.   

1948  Indians 47-inning scoreless streak broken by White Sox Aaron Robinson on August - 21.   

1949  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 on August - 21.   

1949  Gerhard von Keussler, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

1952  Isaac Sadeh, leader of Jewish commando forces, dies on this day in history.   

1953  On August - 21 marion Carl in Douglas Skyrocket reaches record 25,370 m   

1953  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1958  On August - 21 hawaii becomes the 50th state of the United States of America   

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1165  On this day in history birth of philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223)   

1535  On this day in history birth of shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619)   

1567  On August - 21 birth of francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint   

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

1642  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer was born on this day in history.   

1643  Afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill) was born on August - 21.   

1660  On this day in history birth of hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building   

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 this day in history.   

1157  On this day in history death of king Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105)   

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

1245  Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies on August - 21.   

1271  Death of Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220) on August - 21.   

1516  On August - 21 john III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78   

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

1614  Death of Elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560) on August - 21.