Page 5: Historical Events In August - 21

1931  On August - 21 gregg Smith, composer   

1932  Wes Ferrell is 1st to win 20 games in each of his 1st 4 seasons on this day in history.   

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

1932  On this day in history frederick Corder, composer, dies at 80   

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

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

1934  On this day in history paul Panhuysen, Dutch composer, visual and sound artist   

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

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

1936  On this day in history red Sox Wes Ferrell, walks off mound when he feels he did no get good feilding, Sox suspend him   

1936  Mart Crowley, playwright (Boys in the Band) on this day in history.   

1938  The birth of Kenny Rogers, American singer/songwriter on August - 21.   

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

1940  On this day in history leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson at 62   

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

1942  Kiyoano Ichiki, Japanese colonel (WW II), dies on August - 21.   

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  On this day in history hMCS Alberni lost   

1944  On August - 21 germans storm up Hill 262 (Mont Ormel) Normandy   

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

1948  Indians 47-inning scoreless streak broken by White Sox Aaron Robinson on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  Marion Carl in Douglas Skyrocket reaches record 25,370 m on August - 21.   

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  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  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  Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672) was born on August - 21.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1665  On August - 21 birth of giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729)   

1131  On August - 21 boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies   

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

1190  On this day in history godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies   

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

1271  On this day in history death of alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220)   

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

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

1614  On August - 21 death of elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560)