Page 8: Historical Events In January - 21

1958  KMOT TV channel 10 in Minot, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting on January - 21.   

1959  On January - 21 cecil B[lount] de Mille, producer (10 Commandments), dies at 77   

1960  On January - 21 little Joe 4 suborbital Mercury test reaches 16 km   

1960  Rock falls traps 437 at Coalbrook South Africa, 417 die of methane poisoning on this day in history.   

1961  "Conquering Hero" closes at ANTA Theater New York City NY after 8 performances on January - 21.   

1961  On January - 21 portuguese rebels seize cruise ship Santa Maria   

1961  "Conquering Hero" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 8 performances on January - 21.   

1961  On this day in history john Joseph Becker, composer, dies a day before 75th birthday   

1962  On January - 21 jFK arrives in Uruguay   

1962  Snow falls in San Francisco on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history andre Lhote, French painter/art historian, dies at 76   

1963  On January - 21 al St John, actor (Law & Order, Devil Riders), dies at 70   

1964  On January - 21 carl T Rowan named director of US Information Agency   

1964  On this day in history joseph Schildkraut, actor (Cleopatra, Diary of Anne Frank), dies at 68   

1965  Harvey Zorbaugh, doctor/TV host (Play the Game), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1966  Beatle George Harrison marries model Patti Boyd on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history uS female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming   

1967  US male Figure Skating championship won by Gary Visconti on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history ann Sheridan, actress (Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies of cancer at 51   

1968  On this day in history uS B-52 bombers with nuclear bomb crashes in Greenland   

1971  "Alias Smith & Jones" premieres on ABC TV on this day in history.   

1971  On January - 21 richard B Russell, (Sen-D-Ga), dies at 73   

1972  On January - 21 assam's North East Frontier Agency becomes Arunachal Pradesh territory   

1972  On this day in history belgium government of Eyskens-Cools forms   

1972  On January - 21 manipur, Meghalaya & Tripura become separate states of Indian union   

1972  Mizoram, formerly part of Assam, creates an Indian union territory on January - 21.   

1973  On this day in history canadian actor Leslie Nielson appears in the Ringbanger episode of the TV sitcom M*A*S*H   

1974  On this day in history silver hits record $3.97 an ounce in London   

1974  Jan Arends, Dutch poet/author, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1975  On January - 21 marie Lohr, actress (Pygmalion, Small Hotel, Escapade), dies at 84   

1976  England and France place the supersonic jetliner Concorde into regular service on January - 21.   

1976  The supersonic airliner 'Concorde' begins regular commercial service on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history the supersonic Concorde airplane was put into service by Britain and France.   

1977  On January - 21 italy legalizes abortion   

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1337  On January - 21 birth of charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80)   

1338  On this day in history birth of king Charles V of France (d. 1380)   

1571  On this day in history birth of john I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam)   

1659  Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect was born on this day in history.   

1721  On January - 21 birth of james Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794)   

1735  On January - 21 birth of johann Gottfried Eckard, composer   

1743  John Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton) was born on January - 21.   

1746  Johann H Pestalozzi, Zurich Switz, educator (Leonard & Gertrude) [NS] was born on this day in history.   

0304  Death of Saint Agnes (martyred) (b. 291) on this day in history.   

0879  Boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies on January - 21.   

0917  On this day in history death of erchanger, Duke of Swabia (c. 880)   

1118  Paschalis II, [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies on this day in history.   

1519  On this day in history death of vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer (b. 1475)   

1527  Death of Juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (c. 1489) on this day in history.   

1546  Death of Azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491) on January - 21.   

1596  On this day in history john Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66