Page 8: Historical Events In January - 21

1958  On January - 21 kMOT TV channel 10 in Minot, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting   

1959  On this day in history 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 January - 21.   

1961  "Conquering Hero" closes at ANTA Theater New York City NY after 8 performances on this day in history.   

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

1961  "Conquering Hero" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 8 performances on this day in history.   

1961  John Joseph Becker, composer, dies a day before 75th birthday on January - 21.   

1962  JFK arrives in Uruguay on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history snow falls in San Francisco   

1962  On January - 21 andre Lhote, French painter/art historian, dies at 76   

1963  Al St John, actor (Law & Order, Devil Riders), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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

1964  Joseph Schildkraut, actor (Cleopatra, Diary of Anne Frank), dies at 68 on January - 21.   

1965  Harvey Zorbaugh, doctor/TV host (Play the Game), dies at 68 on January - 21.   

1966  Beatle George Harrison marries model Patti Boyd on January - 21.   

1967  US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history uS male Figure Skating championship won by Gary Visconti   

1967  On January - 21 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  On January - 21 "Alias Smith & Jones" premieres on ABC TV   

1971  On this day in history richard B Russell, (Sen-D-Ga), dies at 73   

1972  On this day in history assam's North East Frontier Agency becomes Arunachal Pradesh territory   

1972  On January - 21 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 this day in history.   

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 January - 21.   

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 January - 21 the supersonic Concorde airplane was put into service by Britain and France.   

1977  Italy legalizes abortion on January - 21.   

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1337  Charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80) was born on January - 21.   

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

1571  John I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam) was born on this day in history.   

1659  On January - 21 birth of adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect   

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

1735  On this day in history birth of johann Gottfried Eckard, composer   

1743  On this day in history birth of john Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton)   

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

0304  On this day in history death of saint Agnes (martyred) (b. 291)   

0879  On this day in history boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies   

0917  On January - 21 death of erchanger, Duke of Swabia (c. 880)   

1118  Paschalis II, [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies on January - 21.   

1519  Death of Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer (b. 1475) on this day in history.   

1527  On this day in history death of juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (c. 1489)   

1546  On January - 21 death of azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491)   

1596  John Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66 on January - 21.