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 April - 21.   

1967  On April - 21 dodgers 1st rain out in Los Angeles (after 737 consecutive games)   

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  Record 1,152 starters compete in Boston Marathon on April - 21.   

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  Edmund Lowe, actor (Front Page Detective), dies at 81 on April - 21.   

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

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

1972  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) on April - 21.   

1972  Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 4 (Copernicus) launched on April - 21.   

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

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

1975  Bill Rodgers wins his first Boston Marathon in 2:9:55 on this day in history.   

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 April - 21.   

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  On this day in history harry Lee, cricketer (scored 18 & 1 in only Test for England), dies   

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 April - 21.   

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

1984  On April - 21 franz Weber of Austria skis downhill at a record 209.8 kph   

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

1546  On this day in history birth of arcangelo Crivelli, composer   

1555  On this day in history birth of ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619)   

1619  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of john Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729)   

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

1073  On this day in history alexander II, [Anselmo da Baggio], Pope (1061-73), dies   

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

1142  On this day in history death of pierre Abélard, French writer (b. 1079)   

1329  On April - 21 death of frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282)   

1509  Henry VII, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1551  Death of Oda Nobuhide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510) on this day in history.   

1552  Peter Apianus, [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German astronomer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

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