Page 8: Historical Events In February - 21

1958  On February - 21 egypt-Syria as UAR elect Nasser President (99.9% vote)   

1960  Cuban leader Fidel Castro nationalizes all businesses in Cuba on this day in history.   

1960  Fay Crocker wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open on February - 21.   

1961  On February - 21 friedrich Dürrenmatt's "Die Physiker," premieres in Zürich   

1961  Gabon adopts constitution on February - 21.   

1961  Mercury-Atlas 2 reentry test reaches 172 km on February - 21.   

1961  Blaise Cendrars, [Frederic Sauser-Hall], Switz, poet, dies at 73 on February - 21.   

1962  Minister De Pous confirms natural gas reserves in Groningen Netherlands on this day in history.   

1963  On February - 21 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1964  UK flies 24,000 rolls of Beatle wallpaper to US on February - 21.   

1965  On this day in history civil rights activist Malcolm X is assassinated at age 39 by Black Muslims in New York City.   

1965  On this day in history malcolm X, [Little], black Moslem leader, assassinated in NYC at 39   

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

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

1968  Baseball announces a minimum annual salary of $10,000 on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history anthony Asquith, British director (Court Martial), dies at 65   

1969  First launching of heavy N-1 rocket at Baikonur Kazachstan (explodes) on this day in history.   

1969  Ted Williams signs 5-year contract to manage Washington Senators on this day in history.   

1969  Jose de Capriles, Mexican-born US Olympic fencer, dies on this day in history.   

1970  Jackson 5 make TV debut on "American Bandstand" on this day in history.   

1970  Pathet Lao conquerors Xieng Khuang & Muong Suy on February - 21.   

1971  Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Sears Women's World Golf Classic on February - 21.   

1971  Series of tornadoes cuts through Mississippi & Louisiana killing 117 on February - 21.   

1971  On February - 21 adolph Weiss, composer, dies at 79   

1972  On February - 21 michael Weller's "Moonchildren," premieres in New York NY   

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

1972  On this day in history uS President Richard Nixon goes to China, to help improve relations   

1973  Chicago Black Hawks, record 262nd NHL game without being shut-out on February - 21.   

1973  Israeli jet fighters shoot down a Libyan Airlines passenger plane over the Sinai Desert, killing more than 100 people on February - 21.   

1974  On February - 21 israeli forces leave western Suez   

1974  Silver hits record $5.96½ an ounce in London on February - 21.   

1974  Yugoslavia adopts constitution on February - 21.   

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 February - 21.   

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1417  Louis IX, Duke of Bayern (University of Ingolstadt) was born on February - 21.   

1484  On this day in history birth of joachim I Nestor, elector (Brandenburg, Constitution)   

1556  On February - 21 birth of sethus Calvisius, composer   

1674  Johann Augustin Kobelius, composer was born on this day in history.   

1675  On this day in history birth of franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (d. 1750)   

1684  Justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator) was born on February - 21.   

1690  On this day in history birth of christoph Stoltzenberg, composer   

1705  On this day in history birth of edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (d. 1781)   

0556  Maximianus van Ravenna, bishop (Basilica S Stefano), dies on February - 21.   

1437  On this day in history death of king James I of Scotland (b. 1394)   

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  On this day in history hieronymus Bock, German doctor (founder of modern botany), dies   

1595  On February - 21 death of robert Southwell, English Jesuit/poet, hanged   

1624  On this day in history dirck van Baburen, Dutch painter (Sepulture), dies at about 28   

1648  On February - 21 christian IV, king of Denmark/Norway, dies