Historical Events In April - 21

1967  Military coup in Greece on this day in history.   

1967  On April - 21 svetlana Alliluyeva (Josef Stalin's daughter) defects in NYC   

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

1967  On this day in history andre L Danjon, French astronomer, dies at 77   

1968  Toby Halicki car-crash film producer 48, killed shooting stunt on April - 21.   

1968  Norman Demuth, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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 April - 21.   

1971  Edmund Lowe actor (Front Page Detective), dies at 81 on April - 21.   

1971  On April - 21 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 this day in history john Young & Charles Duke explores Moon (Apollo 16)   

1972  On April - 21 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 April - 21.   

1973  Ursula Jeans, actress (Cavalcade, Over the Moon), dies at 66 on April - 21.   

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

1975  Last South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu resigns after 10 years on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history 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  On April - 21 swine Flu vaccine, for non-epidemic, enters testing   

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

1977  Gummo [Milton] Marx, US comic (Marx Brothers), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1978  Sandy Denny, country singer, dies at 37 on April - 21.   

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 April - 21.   

1981  On this day in history harry Lee, cricketer (scored 18 & 1 in only Test for England), dies   

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

1982  On April - 21 m Watt discovers asteroid #2991   

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

1983  Soyuz T-8 is launched [04-20?] on April - 21.   

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

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

1984  After 37 weeks, "Thriller" is knocked off as top album by "Footloose" on April - 21.   

1984  Franz Weber of Austria skis downhill at a record 209.8 kph on April - 21.   

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1488  Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot was born on April - 21.   

1546  Arcangelo Crivelli, composer was born on April - 21.   

1555  Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619) was born on April - 21.   

1619  John A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder (Cape Colony) was born on this day in history.   

1651  Blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711) was born on April - 21.   

1652  Michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719) was born on April - 21.   

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  Alexander II, [Anselmo da Baggio], Pope (1061-73), dies on this day in history.   

1109  Anselmus, philosopher/archbishop of Canterbury, dies on this day in history.   

1142  On this day in history 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 this day in history henry VII, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509), dies at 52   

1551  On April - 21 death of oda Nobuhide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510)   

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

1557  Death of Petrus Apianus, German mathematician (b. 1495) on April - 21.