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 February - 21.   

1960  On February - 21 fay Crocker wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open   

1961  Friedrich Dürrenmatt's "Die Physiker," premieres in Zürich on this day in history.   

1961  Gabon adopts constitution on February - 21.   

1961  On this day in history mercury-Atlas 2 reentry test reaches 172 km   

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

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

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

1964  On this day in history uK flies 24,000 rolls of Beatle wallpaper to US   

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

1965  Malcolm X, [Little], black Moslem leader, assassinated in NYC at 39 on this day in history.   

1966  Indonesia's President Sukarno fires General Nasution on February - 21.   

1968  On this day in history 150,000 demonstrate against leftist students in West-Berlin   

1968  On February - 21 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  Ted Williams signs 5-year contract to manage Washington Senators on February - 21.   

1969  Jose de Capriles, Mexican-born US Olympic fencer, dies on February - 21.   

1970  Jackson 5 make TV debut on "American Bandstand" on February - 21.   

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

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

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

1971  On this day in history adolph Weiss, composer, dies at 79   

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

1972  Richard Nixon becomes first US President to visit China on this day in history.   

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

1973  Chicago Black Hawks, record 262nd NHL game without being shut-out on this day in history.   

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

1974  Israeli forces leave western Suez on this day in history.   

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

1974  Yugoslavia adopts constitution on this day in history.   

1975  On February - 21 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.   

1975  On this day in history john Lennon releases "Rock 'n' Roll" album   

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

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

1675  On February - 21 birth of franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (d. 1750)   

1684  On this day in history birth of justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator)   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1471  On this day in history death of john of Rokycan, Czech Catholic archbishop   

1513  Julius II, [Giuliano dellea Rovere], Pope (1503-13), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1648  On this day in history christian IV, king of Denmark/Norway, dies