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

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

1961  Blaise Cendrars, [Frederic Sauser-Hall], Switz, poet, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history.   

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

1966  On this day in history 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 February - 21.   

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

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 this day in history series of tornadoes cuts through Mississippi & Louisiana killing 117   

1971  Adolph Weiss, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1972  Michael Weller's "Moonchildren," premieres in New York NY on February - 21.   

1972  Richard Nixon becomes first US President to visit China on February - 21.   

1972  On February - 21 uS President Richard Nixon goes to China, to help improve relations   

1973  On February - 21 chicago Black Hawks, record 262nd NHL game without being shut-out   

1973  On this day in history 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  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  John Lennon releases "Rock 'n' Roll" album on February - 21.   

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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  Sethus Calvisius, composer was born on February - 21.   

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

1675  Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (d. 1750) was born on February - 21.   

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

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

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 February - 21.   

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  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 February - 21.   

1595  Death of Robert Southwell, English Jesuit/poet, hanged on February - 21.   

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

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