Historical Events In June - 21

1909  On this day in history kurt Schwaen, composer   

1910  On June - 21 bela Tardos, composer   

1912  On this day in history mary McCarthy, US, novelist (Group)   

1913  On this day in history tiny Broadwick becomes first woman to parachute from an airplane   

1913  On this day in history tiny Broadwick is 1st woman to parachute from an airplane   

1913  On this day in history irving Shulman, author/screenwriter   

1913  On June - 21 stefan O Iosif, Romanian poet (Beautiful Irine), dies at 37   

1914  Jan Decadt, composer on June - 21.   

1914  Glauco Velasquez, composer, dies at 30 on June - 21.   

1915  Anti-British revolt in South-Africa ends with arrest of Gen De Law on June - 21.   

1916  On this day in history boston Rube Forster no-hits NY Yankees, 2-0   

1916  On this day in history joe Bamford, British manufacturer/multi-millionaire   

1917  Hawaiian Red Cross founded on this day in history.   

1917  Hawaiian Red Cross forms on this day in history.   

1918  James Bysse Joll, historian on this day in history.   

1919  Germans scuttle their own fleet rather than surrender it to the Allies on this day in history.   

1919  Bauer forms German govt on this day in history.   

1920  The birth of Jane Russell, American film actress on June - 21.   

1921  HSC '21 soccer team forms in Haaksbergen on June - 21.   

1923  On this day in history marcus Garvey sentenced to 5 years for using the mail to defraud   

1923  Marcus Garvey sentenced to 5 years for using mail to defraud on June - 21.   

1924  On June - 21 nCRV, Dutch Christian Radio Society, forms   

1925  On this day in history jan H Leopold, poet/classical (translated Omar Khayyam), dies at 60   

1930  Ruth hits 3 HRs as Yanks blow 6-0 lead in 7th & lose 15-7 on June - 21.   

1932  Heavyweight Jack Sharkey TKOs Max Schmeling (NYC) on this day in history.   

1933  The first Great Lakes-to-Gulf of Mexico barge trip completed, New Orleans on this day in history.   

1933  1st Great Lakes-to-Gulf of Mexico barge trip completed, New Orleans on this day in history.   

1934  [James] Thorne Smith, US, sci-fi author (Stray Lamb, Turnabout) on June - 21.   

1937  French People's front govt-Blum falls on June - 21.   

1938  On this day in history baseball's Pinky Higgins gets 12th straight hit   

1939  Doctors reveal Lou Gehrig has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history hMAS Sydney and Stuart bombard Bardia   

1940  German occupiers disband Dutch States-General/Council of State on June - 21.   

1940  On June - 21 edouard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist, dies   

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1002  On June - 21 birth of leo IX, [Bruno count of Egesheim & Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54)   

1002  Pope Leo IX (d. 1054) was born on June - 21.   

1226  On this day in history birth of king Boleslaus V of Poland (d. 1279)   

1528  On this day in history birth of maria of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress (1603)   

1577  Giovanni Del Turco, composer was born on June - 21.   

1596  On this day in history birth of michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia (1613-45)/1st Romanov   

1639  Increase Mather, New England Puritan minister (d. 1723) was born on June - 21.   

1640  On this day in history birth of abraham Mignon, still life painter   

0524  On this day in history chlodomir, king of the France to Orleans (511-24), dies at about 28   

1205  On June - 21 death of enrico Dandolo, Doge of Venice (b. 1107)   

1208  Philips van Zwaben Hohenstaufen, Roman-German King, dies on this day in history.   

1305  On this day in history death of king Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland (b. 1271)   

1377  On June - 21 edward III, king of England (1327-77), dies   

1421  Death of Jean Le Maingre, Marshal of France (b. 1366) on June - 21.   

1527  Niccolo Machiavelli, Florentine statesman/author, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1529  John Skelton, English poet, dies at about 69 on this day in history.