Page 6: Historical Events In August - 21

1958  On this day in history kUT-FM in Austin Texas begins radio transmissions   

1958  On August - 21 stevan Hristic, composer, dies at 73   

1959  Hawaii becomes 50th US state on this day in history.   

1961  Australian TV current affairs program Four Corners makes TV debut on this day in history.   

1961  Jomo Kenyatta freed in Kenya on August - 21.   

1962  Verne Gagne beats Mister M (doctor X) in Minn, to become NWA champ on this day in history.   

1963  Martial law declared in S Vietnam on August - 21.   

1963  Martial law imposed in South Vietnam on August - 21.   

1963  On this day in history jerry Lynch's record 15th pinch-hit HR gives Pirates a 7-6 win   

1963  John Gunn, cricketer (England all-rounder in 6 Tests 1901-05), dies on August - 21.   

1964  On August - 21 canadian Bette Singer dives a record-setting 307 feet into Bahaman waters.   

1964  Palmiro Togliatti, founder (Communist Italian Party)/min of Just, dies on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history gemini 5 launched into Earth orbit (2 astronauts)   

1966  Mickey Wright wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open on August - 21.   

1967  On August - 21 china reports downing of 2 US bombers   

1968  On August - 21 after 5 years Russia once again jams Voice of America radio   

1968  Democratic Convention opens in Chicago on this day in history.   

1968  Radio Prague (Czech) at 12 50 AM announces a soviet led invasion. Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement on this day in history.   

1968  William Dana reaches 80 km (last high-altitude X-15 flight) on this day in history.   

1968  Vladimir Boudnik, Czech sculptor, commits suicide at about 45 on August - 21.   

1968  On August - 21 radio Prague (Czech) at 12:50 AM announces a soviet led invasion. Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement   

1969  Fire in Al-Aksa-mosque in Jerusalem on August - 21.   

1970  On August - 21 timothy Mather Spelman, composer, dies at 79   

1971  George Jackson, US prisoner, shot to death at 29 on August - 21.   

1972  On August - 21 first hot air balloon flight over the Alps   

1972  On this day in history republican convention opens in Miami Beach   

1972  On this day in history uS orbiting astronomy observatory Copernicus launched   

1972  1st hot air balloon flight over Alps on August - 21.   

1975  3 truck pile up kills 10, injures 26 on French highway on August - 21.   

1976  Ken James, cricketer (kept wicket for NZ in 11 Tests), dies on August - 21.   

1977  On this day in history octavus L "Octave" van Aerschot, actor (Scandal in Paris), dies at 87   

1978  Charles Eames, US chair manufacturer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1980  On August - 21 jack Cheetham, cricketer (15 Tests as S Afr capt, won 7 lost 5), dies   

1981  On this day in history ottawa Roughrider Tony Gabriel catches a pass in his 128th consecutive game; sets world pro football record; record eclipsed in 1987 by the Steve Largent of the NFL.   

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1165  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1665  On August - 21 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  Death of King Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105) on August - 21.   

1190  On August - 21 godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies   

1245  On this day in history alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies   

1271  On August - 21 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 this day in history.   

1581  Death of Sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527) on this day in history.   

1614  Death of Elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560) on this day in history.