Historical Events In August - 21

1931  Gregg Smith, composer on this day in history.   

1932  On this day in history wes Ferrell is 1st to win 20 games in each of his 1st 4 seasons   

1932  On this day in history melvin Van Peebles, Chicago IL, actor/director (Sophisticated Gent)   

1932  Frederick Corder, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1933  Ruth's homer leads AL to a 4-2 win in 1st All Star Game on August - 21.   

1933  On this day in history janet Baker, York England, mezzo-soprano (Owen Wingrave)   

1934  Paul Panhuysen, Dutch composer, visual and sound artist on this day in history.   

1935  Ken Taylor, cricketer (England opening batsman three times 1959-64) on August - 21.   

1935  Josef Cyril Sychra, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1936  On August - 21 red Sox Wes Ferrell, walks off mound when he feels he did no get good feilding, Sox suspend him   

1936  On this day in history mart Crowley, playwright (Boys in the Band)   

1938  The birth of Kenny Rogers, American singer/songwriter on this day in history.   

1938  Italy bars all Jewish teachers in Public & High School on August - 21.   

1940  Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson at 62 on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history alpine hunters plant German flag on Elbroezgebergte, Kaukasus   

1942  On this day in history kiyoano Ichiki, Japanese colonel (WW II), dies   

1943  On this day in history gromyko named USSR-ambassador in Washington   

1943  On August - 21 henrik Pontoppidan, writer (Peter Gelukkige, Nobel 1917), dies at 86   

1944  Dumbarton Oaks conference opens in Washington, DC; establishes UN on August - 21.   

1944  On this day in history hMCS Alberni lost   

1944  On this day in history germans storm up Hill 262 (Mont Ormel) Normandy   

1945  On August - 21 pres Truman ends Lend-Lease program   

1947  1st Little League World Series Maynard Midgets of Williamsport PA win on August - 21.   

1947  On this day in history ettore Bugatti, Italian/French car manufacturer, dies   

1948  On August - 21 indians 47-inning scoreless streak broken by White Sox Aaron Robinson   

1949  On this day in history phila fans cause A's to forfeit game when they riot over a trapped line drive by Rich Ashburn, Giants leading 4-2 in 9th declared winners   

1949  Gerhard von Keussler, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1951  On this day in history (Leonard) Constant Lambert, English composer (Rio Grande), dies at 45   

1952  Isaac Sadeh, leader of Jewish commando forces, dies on August - 21.   

1953  On August - 21 marion Carl in Douglas Skyrocket reaches record 25,370 m   

1953  On this day in history baseball player reps Ralph Kiner (NL) & Allie Reynolds (AL) hire John Norman Lewis at $15,000 to give legal advice to players in negotiation   

1956  WTVW TV channel 7 in Evansville, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

1957  1st launching in Baikonur, Kazachstan (R7 "Semiorka"-rocket) on August - 21.   

1958  On this day in history hawaii becomes the 50th state of the United States of America   

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1165  Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223) was born on this day in history.   

1535  Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619) was born on this day in history.   

1567  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint was born on this day in history.   

1597  Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672) was born on August - 21.   

1642  On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Treiber, composer   

1643  Afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill) was born on August - 21.   

1660  On August - 21 birth of hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building   

1665  On this day in history birth of giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729)   

1131  On August - 21 boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies   

1157  On this day in history death of king Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105)   

1190  Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies on August - 21.   

1245  Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies on August - 21.   

1271  Death of Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220) on August - 21.   

1516  On August - 21 john III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78   

1581  Death of Sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527) on this day in history.   

1614  On this day in history death of elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560)