Page 8: Historical Events In January - 21

1958  On January - 21 kMOT TV channel 10 in Minot, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting   

1959  Cecil B[lount] de Mille, producer (10 Commandments), dies at 77 on January - 21.   

1960  On January - 21 little Joe 4 suborbital Mercury test reaches 16 km   

1960  On this day in history rock falls traps 437 at Coalbrook South Africa, 417 die of methane poisoning   

1961  On this day in history "Conquering Hero" closes at ANTA Theater New York City NY after 8 performances   

1961  On January - 21 portuguese rebels seize cruise ship Santa Maria   

1961  On this day in history "Conquering Hero" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 8 performances   

1961  On this day in history john Joseph Becker, composer, dies a day before 75th birthday   

1962  On January - 21 jFK arrives in Uruguay   

1962  On this day in history snow falls in San Francisco   

1962  On January - 21 andre Lhote, French painter/art historian, dies at 76   

1963  On January - 21 al St John, actor (Law & Order, Devil Riders), dies at 70   

1964  Carl T Rowan named director of US Information Agency on this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history joseph Schildkraut, actor (Cleopatra, Diary of Anne Frank), dies at 68   

1965  Harvey Zorbaugh, doctor/TV host (Play the Game), dies at 68 on January - 21.   

1966  Beatle George Harrison marries model Patti Boyd on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history uS female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming   

1967  On January - 21 uS male Figure Skating championship won by Gary Visconti   

1967  On January - 21 ann Sheridan, actress (Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies of cancer at 51   

1968  On this day in history uS B-52 bombers with nuclear bomb crashes in Greenland   

1971  "Alias Smith & Jones" premieres on ABC TV on January - 21.   

1971  On this day in history richard B Russell, (Sen-D-Ga), dies at 73   

1972  Assam's North East Frontier Agency becomes Arunachal Pradesh territory on January - 21.   

1972  Belgium government of Eyskens-Cools forms on this day in history.   

1972  Manipur, Meghalaya & Tripura become separate states of Indian union on January - 21.   

1972  On this day in history mizoram, formerly part of Assam, creates an Indian union territory   

1973  On January - 21 canadian actor Leslie Nielson appears in the Ringbanger episode of the TV sitcom M*A*S*H   

1974  Silver hits record $3.97 an ounce in London on January - 21.   

1974  On this day in history jan Arends, Dutch poet/author, dies at 48   

1975  On January - 21 marie Lohr, actress (Pygmalion, Small Hotel, Escapade), dies at 84   

1976  On this day in history england and France place the supersonic jetliner Concorde into regular service.   

1976  On this day in history the supersonic airliner 'Concorde' begins regular commercial service   

1976  The supersonic Concorde airplane was put into service by Britain and France on January - 21.   

1977  Italy legalizes abortion on this day in history.   

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1337  On January - 21 birth of charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80)   

1338  King Charles V of France (d. 1380) was born on January - 21.   

1571  On this day in history birth of john I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam)   

1659  On January - 21 birth of adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect   

1721  On January - 21 birth of james Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794)   

1735  Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer was born on January - 21.   

1743  John Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton) was born on January - 21.   

1746  Johann H Pestalozzi, Zurich Switz, educator (Leonard & Gertrude) [NS] was born on this day in history.   

0304  On this day in history death of saint Agnes (martyred) (b. 291)   

0879  Boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies on January - 21.   

0917  Death of Erchanger, Duke of Swabia (c. 880) on this day in history.   

1118  On this day in history paschalis II, [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies   

1519  On this day in history death of vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer (b. 1475)   

1527  Death of Juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (c. 1489) on this day in history.   

1546  On January - 21 death of azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491)   

1596  On January - 21 john Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66