Page 8: Historical Events In February - 21

1958  On February - 21 egypt-Syria as UAR elect Nasser President (99.9% vote)   

1960  Cuban leader Fidel Castro nationalizes all businesses in Cuba on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history fay Crocker wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open   

1961  On February - 21 friedrich Dürrenmatt's "Die Physiker," premieres in Zürich   

1961  On February - 21 gabon adopts constitution   

1961  Mercury-Atlas 2 reentry test reaches 172 km on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history blaise Cendrars, [Frederic Sauser-Hall], Switz, poet, dies at 73   

1962  On February - 21 minister De Pous confirms natural gas reserves in Groningen Netherlands   

1963  On February - 21 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1964  On February - 21 uK flies 24,000 rolls of Beatle wallpaper to US   

1965  Civil rights activist Malcolm X is assassinated at age 39 by Black Muslims in New York City on this day in history.   

1965  Malcolm X, [Little], black Moslem leader, assassinated in NYC at 39 on February - 21.   

1966  On this day in history indonesia's President Sukarno fires General Nasution   

1968  150,000 demonstrate against leftist students in West-Berlin on this day in history.   

1968  Baseball announces a minimum annual salary of $10,000 on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history anthony Asquith, British director (Court Martial), dies at 65   

1969  On this day in history first launching of heavy N-1 rocket at Baikonur Kazachstan (explodes)   

1969  Ted Williams signs 5-year contract to manage Washington Senators on February - 21.   

1969  On this day in history jose de Capriles, Mexican-born US Olympic fencer, dies   

1970  On February - 21 jackson 5 make TV debut on "American Bandstand"   

1970  On February - 21 pathet Lao conquerors Xieng Khuang & Muong Suy   

1971  Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Sears Women's World Golf Classic on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history series of tornadoes cuts through Mississippi & Louisiana killing 117   

1971  Adolph Weiss, composer, dies at 79 on February - 21.   

1972  On this day in history michael Weller's "Moonchildren," premieres in New York NY   

1972  On this day in history richard Nixon becomes first US President to visit China   

1972  US President Richard Nixon goes to China, to help improve relations on February - 21.   

1973  On February - 21 chicago Black Hawks, record 262nd NHL game without being shut-out   

1973  On February - 21 israeli jet fighters shoot down a Libyan Airlines passenger plane over the Sinai Desert, killing more than 100 people.   

1974  Israeli forces leave western Suez on February - 21.   

1974  On this day in history silver hits record $5.96½ an ounce in London   

1974  Yugoslavia adopts constitution on February - 21.   

1975  On February - 21 former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell and White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman receive prison terms for their roles in the Watergate cover-up.   

1975  John Lennon releases "Rock 'n' Roll" album on this day in history.   

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1417  Louis IX, Duke of Bayern (University of Ingolstadt) was born on February - 21.   

1484  On this day in history birth of joachim I Nestor, elector (Brandenburg, Constitution)   

1556  On February - 21 birth of sethus Calvisius, composer   

1674  Johann Augustin Kobelius, composer was born on this day in history.   

1675  Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (d. 1750) was born on this day in history.   

1684  On February - 21 birth of justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator)   

1690  On February - 21 birth of christoph Stoltzenberg, composer   

1705  On this day in history birth of edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (d. 1781)   

0556  On February - 21 maximianus van Ravenna, bishop (Basilica S Stefano), dies   

1437  Death of King James I of Scotland (b. 1394) on this day in history.   

1471  On February - 21 death of john of Rokycan, Czech Catholic archbishop   

1513  Julius II, [Giuliano dellea Rovere], Pope (1503-13), dies at 69 on February - 21.   

1554  On this day in history hieronymus Bock, German doctor (founder of modern botany), dies   

1595  Death of Robert Southwell, English Jesuit/poet, hanged on February - 21.   

1624  Dirck van Baburen, Dutch painter (Sepulture), dies at about 28 on this day in history.   

1648  On this day in history christian IV, king of Denmark/Norway, dies