Page 6: Historical Events In August - 21

1958  On August - 21 kUT-FM in Austin Texas begins radio transmissions   

1958  On August - 21 stevan Hristic, composer, dies at 73   

1959  Hawaii becomes 50th US state on August - 21.   

1961  On this day in history australian TV current affairs program Four Corners makes TV debut.   

1961  On August - 21 jomo Kenyatta freed in Kenya   

1962  On this day in history verne Gagne beats Mister M (doctor X) in Minn, to become NWA champ   

1963  Martial law declared in S Vietnam on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history martial law imposed in South Vietnam   

1963  On this day in history jerry Lynch's record 15th pinch-hit HR gives Pirates a 7-6 win   

1963  John Gunn, cricketer (England all-rounder in 6 Tests 1901-05), dies on August - 21.   

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

1964  On this day in history 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  On this day in history democratic Convention opens in Chicago   

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.   

1968  On August - 21 william Dana reaches 80 km (last high-altitude X-15 flight)   

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 this day in history.   

1969  Fire in Al-Aksa-mosque in Jerusalem on this day in history.   

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

1971  George Jackson, US prisoner, shot to death at 29 on this day in history.   

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  US orbiting astronomy observatory Copernicus launched on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history 1st hot air balloon flight over Alps   

1975  3 truck pile up kills 10, injures 26 on French highway on this day in history.   

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  Charles Eames, US chair manufacturer, dies at 71 on August - 21.   

1980  Jack Cheetham, cricketer (15 Tests as S Afr capt, won 7 lost 5), dies on this day in history.   

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  Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223) was born on this day in history.   

1535  Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619) was born on August - 21.   

1567  On this day in history birth of francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint   

1597  On this day in history birth of roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672)   

1642  On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Treiber, composer   

1643  On August - 21 birth of afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill)   

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

1665  Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729) was born on August - 21.   

1131  On this day in history boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies   

1157  Death of King Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105) on August - 21.   

1190  On August - 21 godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies   

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 August - 21 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  Death of Elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560) on August - 21.