Page 8: Historical Events In February - 21

1958  Egypt-Syria as UAR elect Nasser President (99.9% vote) on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history cuban leader Fidel Castro nationalizes all businesses in Cuba   

1960  Fay Crocker wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open on this day in history.   

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  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 February - 21.   

1964  On February - 21 uK flies 24,000 rolls of Beatle wallpaper to US   

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

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  Baseball announces a minimum annual salary of $10,000 on February - 21.   

1968  Anthony Asquith, British director (Court Martial), dies at 65 on February - 21.   

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

1969  On this day in history ted Williams signs 5-year contract to manage Washington Senators   

1969  On February - 21 jose de Capriles, Mexican-born US Olympic fencer, dies   

1970  On February - 21 jackson 5 make TV debut on "American Bandstand"   

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

1971  On February - 21 ruth Jessen wins LPGA Sears Women's World Golf Classic   

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

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

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

1972  On February - 21 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  On this day in history chicago Black Hawks, record 262nd NHL game without being shut-out   

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  On February - 21 yugoslavia adopts constitution   

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  Joachim I Nestor, elector (Brandenburg, Constitution) was born on February - 21.   

1556  On this day in history birth of sethus Calvisius, composer   

1674  On February - 21 birth of johann Augustin Kobelius, composer   

1675  On February - 21 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 February - 21 birth of christoph Stoltzenberg, composer   

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

0556  On this day in history maximianus van Ravenna, bishop (Basilica S Stefano), dies   

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 February - 21.   

1554  Hieronymus Bock, German doctor (founder of modern botany), dies on this day in history.   

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

1624  On February - 21 dirck van Baburen, Dutch painter (Sepulture), dies at about 28   

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