Historical Events In February - 21

1958  Egypt-Syria as UAR elect Nasser President (99.9% vote) on February - 21.   

1960  Cuban leader Fidel Castro nationalizes all businesses in Cuba on February - 21.   

1960  Fay Crocker wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open on this day in history.   

1961  Friedrich Dürrenmatt's "Die Physiker," premieres in Zürich on this day in history.   

1961  Gabon adopts constitution on February - 21.   

1961  On February - 21 mercury-Atlas 2 reentry test reaches 172 km   

1961  Blaise Cendrars, [Frederic Sauser-Hall], Switz, poet, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1962  Minister De Pous confirms natural gas reserves in Groningen Netherlands on this day in history.   

1963  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1964  On February - 21 uK flies 24,000 rolls of Beatle wallpaper to US   

1965  Civil rights activist Malcolm X is assassinated at age 39 by Black Muslims in New York City on February - 21.   

1965  On February - 21 malcolm X, [Little], black Moslem leader, assassinated in NYC at 39   

1966  On this day in history indonesia's President Sukarno fires General Nasution   

1968  On this day in history 150,000 demonstrate against leftist students in West-Berlin   

1968  On February - 21 baseball announces a minimum annual salary of $10,000   

1968  Anthony Asquith, British director (Court Martial), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1969  On February - 21 first launching of heavy N-1 rocket at Baikonur Kazachstan (explodes)   

1969  Ted Williams signs 5-year contract to manage Washington Senators on this day in history.   

1969  On February - 21 jose de Capriles, Mexican-born US Olympic fencer, dies   

1970  Jackson 5 make TV debut on "American Bandstand" on February - 21.   

1970  Pathet Lao conquerors Xieng Khuang & Muong Suy on this day in history.   

1971  Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Sears Women's World Golf Classic on February - 21.   

1971  On this day in history series of tornadoes cuts through Mississippi & Louisiana killing 117   

1971  Adolph Weiss, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1972  Michael Weller's "Moonchildren," premieres in New York NY on this day in history.   

1972  Richard Nixon becomes first US President to visit China on this day in history.   

1972  US President Richard Nixon goes to China, to help improve relations on this day in history.   

1973  Chicago Black Hawks, record 262nd NHL game without being shut-out on February - 21.   

1973  On February - 21 israeli jet fighters shoot down a Libyan Airlines passenger plane over the Sinai Desert, killing more than 100 people.   

1974  On this day in history israeli forces leave western Suez   

1974  On this day in history silver hits record $5.96½ an ounce in London   

1974  Yugoslavia adopts constitution on February - 21.   

1975  Former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell and White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman receive prison terms for their roles in the Watergate cover-up on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history john Lennon releases "Rock 'n' Roll" album   

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1417  On February - 21 birth of louis IX, Duke of Bayern (University of Ingolstadt)   

1484  Joachim I Nestor, elector (Brandenburg, Constitution) was born on February - 21.   

1556  On this day in history birth of sethus Calvisius, composer   

1674  Johann Augustin Kobelius, composer was born on this day in history.   

1675  Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (d. 1750) was born on February - 21.   

1684  Justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator) was born on this day in history.   

1690  On February - 21 birth of christoph Stoltzenberg, composer   

1705  On this day in history birth of edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (d. 1781)   

0556  On this day in history maximianus van Ravenna, bishop (Basilica S Stefano), dies   

1437  Death of King James I of Scotland (b. 1394) on this day in history.   

1471  Death of John of Rokycan, Czech Catholic archbishop on this day in history.   

1513  Julius II, [Giuliano dellea Rovere], Pope (1503-13), dies at 69 on February - 21.   

1554  On February - 21 hieronymus Bock, German doctor (founder of modern botany), dies   

1595  On this day in history death of robert Southwell, English Jesuit/poet, hanged   

1624  Dirck van Baburen, Dutch painter (Sepulture), dies at about 28 on February - 21.   

1648  On this day in history christian IV, king of Denmark/Norway, dies