Page 6: Historical Events In October - 21

1952  On this day in history dutch govt refuses New-Guinea (West-Irian)   

1954  Dorothy Parker/Arnaud d'Usseau's "Ladies of the Corridor," premieres on this day in history.   

1955  On October - 21 roy Minnett, cricketer (Australian all-rounder prior to WW I), dies   

1956  Betty Dodd wins LPGA Lawton Golf Open on October - 21.   

1957  On October - 21 giants purchase Class-A Phoenix team   

1958  1st women in English House of Lords on this day in history.   

1959  The Guggenheim Museum is dedicated in New York City on this day in history.   

1959  On October - 21 contra revolutionaries bomb Havana   

1960  1st British nuclear sub Dreadnought launched on October - 21.   

1961  On October - 21 barbra Striesand opens in "Another Evening with Harry Stones"   

1961  On this day in history nils J E Ferlin, Swedish songwriter (Goggles), dies   

1962  The 1962 Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) closes on October - 21.   

1962  On this day in history mickey Wright wins LPGA Carlsbad Cavern Golf Open   

1963  George B Cressey, US geographer (Crossroads), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1964  Abebe Bikila runs world/olympic record marathon (2:12:11.2) on October - 21.   

1965  KTWU TV channel 11 in Topeka, KS (PBS) begins broadcasting on October - 21.   

1965  Bill Black, rocker, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1966  144 die as a coal waste landslide engulfs a school in S Wales on October - 21.   

1966  144 die as a coal waste landslide engulfed a school in Aberfan S Wales on this day in history.   

1966  On October - 21 gertrude Hoffman, actress (Mrs Odetts-My Little Margie), dies at 95   

1967  On October - 21 thousands opposing Vietnam War try to storm the Pentagon   

1967  Egypt sinks Israeli torpedo boat on this day in history.   

1967  Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish astrophysicist, dies at 94 on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history bloodless coup in Somalia (National Day)   

1969  Jack Kerouac, novelist, dies on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history jack Kerouac, US writer (Doctor Sax, On the Road), dies at 47   

1970  777 Unification church couples wed in Korea on this day in history.   

1970  On October - 21 caledonian Airways takes over British United Airways   

1970  John T Scopes, US teacher (Scopes "monkey trial" 1925), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1971  On October - 21 etienne Gailly, Belgian marathoner (Oly-bronze-48), dies at 48   

1973  Arabi El Goni, VP/Chad parliament, murdered on this day in history.   

1975  Mexico City's first major subway accident takes 26 lives on October - 21.   

1975  Venera 9, first craft to orbit the planet Venus launched on October - 21.   

1976  On October - 21 american Saul Bellow wins Nobel Prize for Literature   

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1449  On this day in history birth of george, Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV and Richard III (d. 1478)   

1527  Louis I, Cardinal of Guise, French cardinal (d. 1578) was born on this day in history.   

1570  On this day in history birth of wolfgang Schonsleder, composer   

1574  Nicolo Rubini, composer was born on October - 21.   

1581  On this day in history birth of domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (d. 1641)   

1582  On this day in history birth of johan Ernst earl of Nassau-Siegen, military/son of Johan VII   

1650  Jean Bart, French captain/sea hero (Escape from Plymouth) was born on October - 21.   

1660  On October - 21 birth of georg Ernst Stahl, German scientist (d. 1734)   

1125  On October - 21 death of cosmas of Prague, Bohemian writer   

1204  On October - 21 death of robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester, English nobleman   

1221  On this day in history death of alix of Thouars, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1201)   

1266  Death of Birger jarl, Swedish statesman (b. 1210) on this day in history.   

1422  On October - 21 charles VI, King of France (1380-1422), dies at 54   

1439  Traversari Ambrosius, Italian humanist/leader, dies at 53 on October - 21.   

1500  On October - 21 death of emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (b. 1442)   

1505  On this day in history death of paul Scriptoris, German mathematician