Page 8: Historical Events In February - 21

1958  On this day in history egypt-Syria as UAR elect Nasser President (99.9% vote)   

1960  On February - 21 cuban leader Fidel Castro nationalizes all businesses in Cuba   

1960  On this day in history fay Crocker wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open   

1961  On this day in history friedrich Dürrenmatt's "Die Physiker," premieres in Zürich   

1961  On this day in history gabon adopts constitution   

1961  Mercury-Atlas 2 reentry test reaches 172 km on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history blaise Cendrars, [Frederic Sauser-Hall], Switz, poet, dies at 73   

1962  On February - 21 minister De Pous confirms natural gas reserves in Groningen Netherlands   

1963  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1964  UK flies 24,000 rolls of Beatle wallpaper to US on this day in history.   

1965  Civil rights activist Malcolm X is assassinated at age 39 by Black Muslims in New York City on February - 21.   

1965  On February - 21 malcolm X, [Little], black Moslem leader, assassinated in NYC at 39   

1966  On February - 21 indonesia's President Sukarno fires General Nasution   

1968  On February - 21 150,000 demonstrate against leftist students in West-Berlin   

1968  On this day in history baseball announces a minimum annual salary of $10,000   

1968  Anthony Asquith, British director (Court Martial), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history first launching of heavy N-1 rocket at Baikonur Kazachstan (explodes)   

1969  On February - 21 ted Williams signs 5-year contract to manage Washington Senators   

1969  On this day in history jose de Capriles, Mexican-born US Olympic fencer, dies   

1970  On this day in history jackson 5 make TV debut on "American Bandstand"   

1970  On February - 21 pathet Lao conquerors Xieng Khuang & Muong Suy   

1971  Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Sears Women's World Golf Classic on this day in history.   

1971  On February - 21 series of tornadoes cuts through Mississippi & Louisiana killing 117   

1971  Adolph Weiss, composer, dies at 79 on February - 21.   

1972  Michael Weller's "Moonchildren," premieres in New York NY on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history richard Nixon becomes first US President to visit China   

1972  US President Richard Nixon goes to China, to help improve relations on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history chicago Black Hawks, record 262nd NHL game without being shut-out   

1973  Israeli jet fighters shoot down a Libyan Airlines passenger plane over the Sinai Desert, killing more than 100 people on this day in history.   

1974  Israeli forces leave western Suez on February - 21.   

1974  Silver hits record $5.96½ an ounce in London on this day in history.   

1974  Yugoslavia adopts constitution on this day in history.   

1975  Former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell and White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman receive prison terms for their roles in the Watergate cover-up on this day in history.   

1975  John Lennon releases "Rock 'n' Roll" album on this day in history.   

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1417  On February - 21 birth of louis IX, Duke of Bayern (University of Ingolstadt)   

1484  On February - 21 birth of joachim I Nestor, elector (Brandenburg, Constitution)   

1556  Sethus Calvisius, composer was born on this day in history.   

1674  On this day in history birth of johann Augustin Kobelius, composer   

1675  Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (d. 1750) was born on this day in history.   

1684  Justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator) was born on this day in history.   

1690  Christoph Stoltzenberg, composer was born on this day in history.   

1705  Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (d. 1781) was born on February - 21.   

0556  Maximianus van Ravenna, bishop (Basilica S Stefano), dies on this day in history.   

1437  Death of King James I of Scotland (b. 1394) on this day in history.   

1471  Death of John of Rokycan, Czech Catholic archbishop on February - 21.   

1513  On February - 21 julius II, [Giuliano dellea Rovere], Pope (1503-13), dies at 69   

1554  Hieronymus Bock, German doctor (founder of modern botany), dies on February - 21.   

1595  On this day in history death of robert Southwell, English Jesuit/poet, hanged   

1624  Dirck van Baburen, Dutch painter (Sepulture), dies at about 28 on February - 21.   

1648  Christian IV, king of Denmark/Norway, dies on this day in history.