Page 6: Historical Events In August - 21

1958  On this day in history kUT-FM in Austin Texas begins radio transmissions   

1958  Stevan Hristic, composer, dies at 73 on August - 21.   

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 this day in history 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 August - 21.   

1963  Martial law imposed in South Vietnam on this day in history.   

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

1963  On August - 21 john Gunn, cricketer (England all-rounder in 6 Tests 1901-05), dies   

1964  Canadian Bette Singer dives a record-setting 307 feet into Bahaman waters on August - 21.   

1964  On August - 21 palmiro Togliatti, founder (Communist Italian Party)/min of Just, dies   

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

1966  On August - 21 mickey Wright wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open   

1967  China reports downing of 2 US bombers on this day in history.   

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

1968  William Dana reaches 80 km (last high-altitude X-15 flight) on this day in history.   

1968  Vladimir Boudnik, Czech sculptor, commits suicide at about 45 on August - 21.   

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

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

1970  Timothy Mather Spelman, composer, dies at 79 on August - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1972  On this day in history 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  Ken James, cricketer (kept wicket for NZ in 11 Tests), dies on August - 21.   

1977  On this day in history octavus L "Octave" van Aerschot, actor (Scandal in Paris), dies at 87   

1978  On this day in history charles Eames, US chair manufacturer, dies at 71   

1980  On August - 21 jack Cheetham, cricketer (15 Tests as S Afr capt, won 7 lost 5), dies   

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 this day in history.   

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1165  On this day in history birth of philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223)   

1535  On this day in history birth of shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619)   

1567  On August - 21 birth of francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint   

1597  On August - 21 birth of roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672)   

1642  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer was born on this day in history.   

1643  Afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill) was born on August - 21.   

1660  On this day in history birth of hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building   

1665  On August - 21 birth of giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729)   

1131  Boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies on August - 21.   

1157  Death of King Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105) on this day in history.   

1190  Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies on August - 21.   

1245  Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies on August - 21.   

1271  On this day in history death of alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220)   

1516  On this day in history john III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78   

1581  On August - 21 death of sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527)   

1614  On August - 21 death of elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560)