Page 6: Historical Events In October - 21

1952  Dutch govt refuses New-Guinea (West-Irian) on October - 21.   

1954  On October - 21 dorothy Parker/Arnaud d'Usseau's "Ladies of the Corridor," premieres   

1955  Roy Minnett, cricketer (Australian all-rounder prior to WW I), dies on October - 21.   

1956  On October - 21 betty Dodd wins LPGA Lawton Golf Open   

1957  On this day in history 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 this day in history barbra Striesand opens in "Another Evening with Harry Stones"   

1961  On October - 21 nils J E Ferlin, Swedish songwriter (Goggles), dies   

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

1962  Mickey Wright wins LPGA Carlsbad Cavern Golf Open on October - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1965  On October - 21 bill Black, rocker, dies at 39   

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 this day in history gertrude Hoffman, actress (Mrs Odetts-My Little Margie), dies at 95   

1967  Thousands opposing Vietnam War try to storm the Pentagon on October - 21.   

1967  On October - 21 egypt sinks Israeli torpedo boat   

1967  Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish astrophysicist, dies at 94 on October - 21.   

1969  On October - 21 bloodless coup in Somalia (National Day)   

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

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

1970  On October - 21 777 Unification church couples wed in Korea   

1970  Caledonian Airways takes over British United Airways on October - 21.   

1970  John T Scopes, US teacher (Scopes "monkey trial" 1925), dies at 70 on October - 21.   

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

1973  On this day in history arabi El Goni, VP/Chad parliament, murdered   

1975  On this day in history mexico City's first major subway accident takes 26 lives   

1975  On this day in history venera 9, first craft to orbit the planet Venus launched   

1976  American Saul Bellow wins Nobel Prize for Literature on this day in history.   

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1449  On October - 21 birth of george, Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV and Richard III (d. 1478)   

1527  On October - 21 birth of louis I, Cardinal of Guise, French cardinal (d. 1578)   

1570  Wolfgang Schonsleder, composer was born on October - 21.   

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

1581  Domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (d. 1641) was born on October - 21.   

1582  On October - 21 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 this day in history.   

1660  Georg Ernst Stahl, German scientist (d. 1734) was born on October - 21.   

1125  On this day in history death of cosmas of Prague, Bohemian writer   

1204  Death of Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester, English nobleman on October - 21.   

1221  Death of Alix of Thouars, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1201) on October - 21.   

1266  Death of Birger jarl, Swedish statesman (b. 1210) on October - 21.   

1422  On this day in history charles VI, King of France (1380-1422), dies at 54   

1439  On this day in history traversari Ambrosius, Italian humanist/leader, dies at 53   

1500  Death of Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (b. 1442) on October - 21.   

1505  Death of Paul Scriptoris, German mathematician on October - 21.