Page 6: Historical Events In August - 21

1958  KUT-FM in Austin Texas begins radio transmissions on this day in history.   

1958  Stevan Hristic, composer, dies at 73 on August - 21.   

1959  Hawaii becomes 50th US state on August - 21.   

1961  Australian TV current affairs program Four Corners makes TV debut on August - 21.   

1961  Jomo Kenyatta freed in Kenya on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history verne Gagne beats Mister M (doctor X) in Minn, to become NWA champ   

1963  Martial law declared in S Vietnam on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history martial law imposed in South Vietnam   

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

1963  On August - 21 john Gunn, cricketer (England all-rounder in 6 Tests 1901-05), dies   

1964  Canadian Bette Singer dives a record-setting 307 feet into Bahaman waters on this day in history.   

1964  Palmiro Togliatti, founder (Communist Italian Party)/min of Just, dies on August - 21.   

1965  On August - 21 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 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   

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

1968  On this day in history vladimir Boudnik, Czech sculptor, commits suicide at about 45   

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

1969  Fire in Al-Aksa-mosque in Jerusalem on this day in history.   

1970  Timothy Mather Spelman, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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

1972  First hot air balloon flight over the Alps on August - 21.   

1972  On August - 21 republican convention opens in Miami Beach   

1972  US orbiting astronomy observatory Copernicus launched on August - 21.   

1972  1st hot air balloon flight over Alps on this day in history.   

1975  3 truck pile up kills 10, injures 26 on French highway on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history ken James, cricketer (kept wicket for NZ in 11 Tests), dies   

1977  Octavus L "Octave" van Aerschot, actor (Scandal in Paris), dies at 87 on August - 21.   

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

1980  Jack Cheetham, cricketer (15 Tests as S Afr capt, won 7 lost 5), dies on this day in history.   

1981  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 on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

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 August - 21 birth of johann Friedrich Treiber, composer   

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

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 this day in history 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.