Page 9: Historical Events In February - 21

1976  "Rockabye Hamlet" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 7 performances on February - 21.   

1976  On this day in history cardinal Willebrands installed as archbishop of Utrecht   

1976  On February - 21 florence Ballard, member of Diana Ross and the Supremes, dies in Detroit at age 32.   

1976  Florence Ballard, rocker (Supremes), dies at 32 on February - 21.   

1977  74 Unification Church couples wed in New York NY on this day in history.   

1979  2 Iowa girls High School basketball teams play 4 scoreless quarters; the game was won 4-2 in the 4th overtime period on February - 21.   

1979  Japan launches Hakucho x-ray satellite & Corsa-B (550/580 km) on this day in history.   

1979  Glendon Gibbs, cricketer (Test Cricket WI v Australia 1955), dies on February - 21.   

1980  On this day in history eric Heiden skates Olympics record 1500 meter in 1 55.44   

1980  Hanni Wenzel is first Liechtensteiner to win Olympics gold (giant slalom) on February - 21.   

1980  On this day in history chester H Lauck, actor (2 Weeks to Live, Goin' to Town), dies at 78   

1981  "Yorkshire Ripper" Peter Sutcliffe, murderer of 13 women, captured on this day in history.   

1981  Japan launches Hinotori satellite to study solar flares (580/640 k) on February - 21.   

1981  NASA launches Comstar D-4 on February - 21.   

1982  "Ain't Misbehavin'" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 1604 performances on February - 21.   

1982  "Little Me" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 36 performances on February - 21.   

1982  Beth Daniel wins LPGA Bent Tree Ladies Golf Classic on February - 21.   

1983  On February - 21 donald Davis runs 1 mile backwards in 6 minutes 7.1 seconds   

1983  NBA San Diego Clippers begin a 29 game road losing streak on February - 21.   

1984  On February - 21 michail A Sholochov, Russian writer (Ocean Don, Nobel 1965), dies   

1985  Evert van Benthem wins 13th Friese 11 city skating race on this day in history.   

1985  Largest NBA crowd to date 44,970 (Atlanta at Detroit) on February - 21.   

1985  On this day in history tim Raines is awarded a $12 million salary for 1985 by arbitrator   

1985  Eric Herfst, Dutch cabaret performer (Floris), dies at 47 on February - 21.   

1986  On February - 21 aIDS patient Ryan White returns to classes at Western Middle School   

1986  On this day in history tennis star Jimmy Connors fined $20,000 & suspended for 10 weeks   

1987  On February - 21 cindy Rarick wins LPGA Tsumura Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open   

1987  Syrian army marches into Beirut on February - 21.   

1988  Actor Dudley Moore marries actress Brogan Lane on February - 21.   

1988  Gustafson skates world record 10 km (13 48.20) on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history televangelist Jimmy Swaggart confesses his sins to his congregation   

1988  Gustafson skates world record 10 km (13:48.20) on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history pete Rose meets with Commissioner Ueberroth to discuss his gambling   

1989  US bust Chinese heroin ring, capture record 820 lbs heroin ($1 billion street value) on this day in history.   

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1417  On February - 21 birth of louis IX, Duke of Bayern (University of Ingolstadt)   

1484  On February - 21 birth of joachim I Nestor, elector (Brandenburg, Constitution)   

1556  On this day in history birth of sethus Calvisius, composer   

1674  On February - 21 birth of johann Augustin Kobelius, composer   

1675  On February - 21 birth of franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (d. 1750)   

1684  On this day in history birth of justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator)   

1690  Christoph Stoltzenberg, composer was born on February - 21.   

1705  Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (d. 1781) was born on February - 21.   

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

1437  Death of King James I of Scotland (b. 1394) on February - 21.   

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  Hieronymus Bock, German doctor (founder of modern botany), dies on this day in history.   

1595  Death of Robert Southwell, English Jesuit/poet, hanged on this day in history.   

1624  On this day in history dirck van Baburen, Dutch painter (Sepulture), dies at about 28   

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