Page 7: Historical Events In April - 21

1967  On April - 21 military coup in Greece   

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 April - 21.   

1967  On April - 21 andre L Danjon, French astronomer, dies at 77   

1968  Toby Halicki car-crash film producer 48, killed shooting stunt on this day in history.   

1968  On April - 21 norman Demuth, composer, dies at 69   

1969  Record 1,152 starters compete in Boston Marathon on this day in history.   

1970  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 on this day in history.   

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  Apollo 17, the last Apollo mission lands on the Moon on April - 21.   

1972  On April - 21 john Young & Charles Duke explores Moon (Apollo 16)   

1972  On this day in history 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  Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 4 (Copernicus) launched on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history ursula Jeans, actress (Cavalcade, Over the Moon), dies at 66   

1975  On this day in history bill Rodgers wins his first Boston Marathon in 2 9 55   

1975  On this day in history last South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu resigns after 10 years   

1975  On April - 21 jack Allan Westrup, composer, dies at 70   

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

1976  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 on this day in history.   

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

1977  On this day in history broadway play "Annie" opens, first of 2,377 performances   

1977  On this day in history gummo [Milton] Marx, US comic (Marx Brothers), dies at 84   

1978  On April - 21 sandy Denny, country singer, dies at 37   

1980  Bill Rodgers wins his 3rd Boston Marathon, Rosie Ruiz is disqualified as women's champ as she had not run the entire course on this day in history.   

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

1982  Joe Sawyer actor (Biff O'Hara-Adventures of Rin Tin Tin), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1982  On April - 21 m Watt discovers asteroid #2991   

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

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

1983  Walter Slezak actor, commits suicide at his NY home at 80 on April - 21.   

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

1984  After 37 weeks, "Thriller" is knocked off as top album by "Footloose" on this day in history.   

1984  Franz Weber of Austria skis downhill at a record 209.8 kph on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

1555  On April - 21 birth of ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619)   

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 this day in history birth of michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719)   

1671  On April - 21 birth of john Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729)   

1672  Johann Philipp Kafer, composer was born on this day in history.   

1073  On April - 21 alexander II, [Anselmo da Baggio], Pope (1061-73), dies   

1109  On April - 21 anselmus, philosopher/archbishop of Canterbury, dies   

1142  On April - 21 death of pierre Abélard, French writer (b. 1079)   

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

1509  On April - 21 henry VII, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509), dies at 52   

1551  Death of Oda Nobuhide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510) on April - 21.   

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

1557  On April - 21 death of petrus Apianus, German mathematician (b. 1495)