Historical Events In May - 21

1878  Glenn Hammond Curtiss, US, inventor (hydroplane) on this day in history.   

1879  Battle of Iquiquw on this day in history.   

1880  Pablo Luna y Carne, composer on this day in history.   

1881  On May - 21 american Red Cross founded by Clara Barton   

1881  On this day in history uS Nation Lawn Tennis Association is formed   

1882  Georgine M "May" Basting, actress (Hostage Rights of Aemstel) on May - 21.   

1885  Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg, wife of Prince William of Wied (d.1936) on May - 21.   

1885  On May - 21 gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer, dies at 73   

1886  On May - 21 14th Preakness: S Fisher aboard Bard wins in 2:45   

1887  On May - 21 mabel Taliaferro, NYC, actress (Sentimental Tommy, My Love Come Back)   

1888  May Aufderheide, composer on this day in history.   

1890  Albert van Raalte, conductor (AVRO-orchestra) on this day in history.   

1891  Boxers Peter Jackson & Jim Corbett fight to a draw in 61 rounds on this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history ruggero Leoncavallo's opera "Pagliacci" premieres in Milan   

1892  John Peale Bishop, US poet (This Side of Paradise) on May - 21.   

1893  On May - 21 arthur Carr, cricket capt (England v Australia 1926)   

1894  22-year-old French Anarchist Émile Henry is executed by guillotine on May - 21.   

1894  August A Kundt, German physicist, (test of Kundt), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1895  On this day in history franz von Suppe, Austrian composer (Poet und Bauer), dies at 76   

1897  Yerkes Observatory 40" (1 meter) refractor used for first time on this day in history.   

1897  Yerkes Observatory 40" (1m) refractor used for 1st time on May - 21.   

1897  On May - 21 karol Mikuli, composer, dies at 77   

1898  On May - 21 uS Assay Office in Seattle WA authorized   

1898  US Assay Office in Seattle, Washington authorized on this day in history.   

1898  On May - 21 armand Hammer, NYC, millionaire industrialist (Occidental Petroleum)   

1899  Ilse Lagner, writer on this day in history.   

1900  Russia annexes Manchuria on May - 21.   

1901  Horace Heidt, Alameda Calif, orch leader (Swift Show Wagon) on this day in history.   

1903  Ali Sastroamidjojo, Indonesian attorney/minister/premier (1953..7) on May - 21.   

1904  Federation Internationale de Football Association (Soccer) forms in Paris France on May - 21.   

1904  The birth of Fats Waller, American musician on this day in history.   

1904  On this day in history federation Internationale de Football Assn (Soccer) forms in Paris   

1904  On this day in history fats Waller, [Thomas Wright], jazz singer/composer (Ain't Misbehavin')   

1905  On this day in history edward Lockspeiser, composer   

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1471  Albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker was born on May - 21.   

1527  Philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98) was born on May - 21.   

1633  On May - 21 birth of joseph de La Barre, composer   

1653  On May - 21 birth of eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697)   

1671  On this day in history birth of azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer   

1680  On May - 21 birth of frederich Karl Erbach, composer   

1688  On this day in history birth of alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock)   

1720  On this day in history birth of antonio Corbisiero, composer   

0987  On this day in history louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies   

1254  Koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26 on May - 21.   

1481  Christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies on May - 21.   

1512  On this day in history death of pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena   

1524  Thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80 on May - 21.   

1542  Hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R on May - 21.   

1607  Death of John Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549) on May - 21.   

1639  On this day in history giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70