Historical Events In August - 21

1958  KUT-FM in Austin Texas begins radio transmissions on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history stevan Hristic, composer, dies at 73   

1959  Hawaii becomes 50th US state on August - 21.   

1961  On August - 21 australian TV current affairs program Four Corners makes TV debut.   

1961  On August - 21 jomo Kenyatta freed in Kenya   

1962  On August - 21 verne Gagne beats Mister M (doctor X) in Minn, to become NWA champ   

1963  Martial law declared in S Vietnam on this day in history.   

1963  Martial law imposed in South Vietnam on August - 21.   

1963  On August - 21 jerry Lynch's record 15th pinch-hit HR gives Pirates a 7-6 win   

1963  John Gunn, cricketer (England all-rounder in 6 Tests 1901-05), dies on this day in history.   

1964  Canadian Bette Singer dives a record-setting 307 feet into Bahaman waters on this day in history.   

1964  Palmiro Togliatti, founder (Communist Italian Party)/min of Just, dies on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history gemini 5 launched into Earth orbit (2 astronauts)   

1966  On this day in history mickey Wright wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open   

1967  China reports downing of 2 US bombers on August - 21.   

1968  On this day in history after 5 years Russia once again jams Voice of America radio   

1968  Democratic Convention opens in Chicago on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history radio Prague (Czech) at 12 50 AM announces a soviet led invasion. Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement   

1968  On August - 21 william Dana reaches 80 km (last high-altitude X-15 flight)   

1968  On August - 21 vladimir Boudnik, Czech sculptor, commits suicide at about 45   

1968  On August - 21 radio Prague (Czech) at 12:50 AM announces a soviet led invasion. Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement   

1969  On August - 21 fire in Al-Aksa-mosque in Jerusalem   

1970  On August - 21 timothy Mather Spelman, composer, dies at 79   

1971  On this day in history george Jackson, US prisoner, shot to death at 29   

1972  First hot air balloon flight over the Alps on August - 21.   

1972  Republican convention opens in Miami Beach on August - 21.   

1972  On August - 21 uS orbiting astronomy observatory Copernicus launched   

1972  On August - 21 1st hot air balloon flight over Alps   

1975  On August - 21 3 truck pile up kills 10, injures 26 on French highway   

1976  On August - 21 ken James, cricketer (kept wicket for NZ in 11 Tests), dies   

1977  Octavus L "Octave" van Aerschot, actor (Scandal in Paris), dies at 87 on August - 21.   

1978  Charles Eames, US chair manufacturer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1980  Jack Cheetham, cricketer (15 Tests as S Afr capt, won 7 lost 5), dies on this day in history.   

1981  Ottawa Roughrider Tony Gabriel catches a pass in his 128th consecutive game; sets world pro football record; record eclipsed in 1987 by the Steve Largent of the NFL on August - 21.   

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1165  Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223) was born on August - 21.   

1535  Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619) was born on August - 21.   

1567  On this day in history birth of francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint   

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

1642  On August - 21 birth of johann Friedrich Treiber, composer   

1643  Afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill) was born on this day in history.   

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  Boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies on August - 21.   

1157  On August - 21 death of king Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105)   

1190  On August - 21 godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies   

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  On this day in history death of sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527)   

1614  Death of Elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560) on August - 21.