Historical Events In April - 21

1967  Military coup in Greece on April - 21.   

1967  Svetlana Alliluyeva (Josef Stalin's daughter) defects in NYC on this day in history.   

1967  Dodgers 1st rain out in Los Angeles (after 737 consecutive games) on this day in history.   

1967  Andre L Danjon, French astronomer, dies at 77 on April - 21.   

1968  On this day in history toby Halicki car-crash film producer 48, killed shooting stunt   

1968  Norman Demuth, composer, dies at 69 on April - 21.   

1969  On April - 21 record 1,152 starters compete in Boston Marathon   

1970  On this day in history canadian Pacific unveils Canada's first double-deck passenger train comprising nine air-conditioned cars built by Canadian Vickers Limited at a cost of $2.8 million. The cars went into operation April 27 on the Montreal Lakeshore suburban service.   

1971  On this day in history edmund Lowe actor (Front Page Detective), dies at 81   

1971  On this day in history edmund Lowe, actor (Front Page Detective), dies at 81   

1972  On this day in history apollo 17, the last Apollo mission lands on the Moon.   

1972  John Young & Charles Duke explores Moon (Apollo 16) on April - 21.   

1972  On April - 21 moonwalk in the Descartes Highlands by CAPT John W. Young, USN Commander of Apollo 16. He was the ninth man to walk on the moon. LCDR Thomas K. Mattingly II, USN was the Command Module Pilot. During the 11 day, 1 hour and 51 minute mission, 213 lbs. of lunar material was collected. Recovery by HC-1 helicopters from USS Ticonderoga (CVS-14)   

1972  On this day in history orbiting Astronomical Observatory 4 (Copernicus) launched   

1973  Ursula Jeans, actress (Cavalcade, Over the Moon), dies at 66 on April - 21.   

1975  On April - 21 bill Rodgers wins his first Boston Marathon in 2 9 55   

1975  Last South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu resigns after 10 years on this day in history.   

1975  Jack Allan Westrup, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1975  On April - 21 bill Rodgers wins his first Boston Marathon in 2:9:55   

1976  On this day in history a Cadillac convertible, the"last" American-made rag-top automobile, rolled off the assembly line at GM’s Cadillac production facility in Detroit, MI. This ended a tradition that began in 1916.   

1976  Swine Flu vaccine, for non-epidemic, enters testing on this day in history.   

1977  On April - 21 broadway play "Annie" opens, first of 2,377 performances   

1977  On April - 21 gummo [Milton] Marx, US comic (Marx Brothers), dies at 84   

1978  Sandy Denny, country singer, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

1980  On April - 21 bill Rodgers wins his 3rd Boston Marathon, Rosie Ruiz is disqualified as women's champ as she had not run the entire course   

1981  Harry Lee, cricketer (scored 18 & 1 in only Test for England), dies on this day in history.   

1982  On April - 21 joe Sawyer actor (Biff O'Hara-Adventures of Rin Tin Tin), dies at 80   

1982  M Watt discovers asteroid #2991 on this day in history.   

1982  Joe Sawyer, actor (Biff O'Hara-Adventures of Rin Tin Tin), dies at 80 on April - 21.   

1983  Soyuz T-8 is launched [04-20?] on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history walter Slezak actor, commits suicide at his NY home at 80   

1984  On this day in history "Nightline" reverts back from 1 hour to « hour   

1984  On this day in history after 37 weeks, "Thriller" is knocked off as top album by "Footloose"   

1984  Franz Weber of Austria skis downhill at a record 209.8 kph on April - 21.   

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1488  Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot was born on this day in history.   

1546  Arcangelo Crivelli, composer was born on April - 21.   

1555  Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619) was born on this day in history.   

1619  On April - 21 birth of john A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder (Cape Colony)   

1651  On April - 21 birth of blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711)   

1652  On April - 21 birth of michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719)   

1671  John Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729) was born on this day in history.   

1672  On this day in history birth of johann Philipp Kafer, composer   

1073  Alexander II, [Anselmo da Baggio], Pope (1061-73), dies on April - 21.   

1109  Anselmus, philosopher/archbishop of Canterbury, dies on April - 21.   

1142  Death of Pierre Abélard, French writer (b. 1079) on April - 21.   

1329  On this day in history death of frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282)   

1509  Henry VII, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509), dies at 52 on April - 21.   

1551  On April - 21 death of oda Nobuhide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510)   

1552  On April - 21 peter Apianus, [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German astronomer, dies at 50   

1557  Death of Petrus Apianus, German mathematician (b. 1495) on this day in history.