Historical Events In May - 21

1925  On May - 21 roald Amundsun leaves Spitsbergen with 2 seaplanes to North Pole   

1925  Canadians allow to sell beer on May - 21.   

1926  On this day in history white Sox Earl Sheely hits a record 6th consecutive double   

1926  Dan Perlsweig, horse trainer on May - 21.   

1926  On this day in history georgy L'vovich Catoire, composer, dies at 65   

1927  On May - 21 charles Lindbergh becomes the first to fly solo across the Atlantic   

1927  On this day in history lindbergh lands in Paris France, after first solo air crossing of Atlantic   

1927  On May - 21 lindburgh lands in Paris, after 1st solo air crossing of Atlantic   

1927  On this day in history george Levy, antique dealer/heritage campaigner   

1929  On this day in history automatic electric stock quotation board installed, NYC   

1929  On this day in history v P F A Royle, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1879), dies   

1930  New York Yankee Babe Ruth hits 3 consecutive homers on this day in history.   

1930  Max Bishop draws 8 walks in a doubleheader on May - 21.   

1931  Belgian Government of Jaspar falls on May - 21.   

1931  Belgian govt of Jaspar falls on May - 21.   

1932  On May - 21 1st Curtis Cup: US wins, 5½-3½ at Wentworth Club (Wentworth, England)   

1933  Mount Davidson Cross lit by FDR via telegraph on this day in history.   

1933  On this day in history mt Davidson Cross lit by FDR via telegraph   

1933  On this day in history john Henry Mackay, Scottish/German author (Der Schwimmer), dies at 69   

1934  Oskaloosa IA, becomes first US city to fingerprint its citizens on May - 21.   

1934  On this day in history oskaloosa Iowa, becomes 1st US city to fingerprint its citizens   

1935  On this day in history hugo de Vries, botanist Gruppenweise Artbildung, dies at 87   

1936  Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her hand. Her story soon becomes one of Japan's most notorious scandals on this day in history.   

1938  On this day in history bradman scores 143 Australia vs Surrey, 198 minutes, 11 fours   

1938  On this day in history bradman scores 143 Aust v Surrey, 198 mins, 11 fours   

1940  Allied counter attack at Atrecht North-France on this day in history.   

1940  AVRO-chairman Willem Vogt fires all Jewish employees on May - 21.   

1940  On this day in history reynaud forms French Government   

1941  On May - 21 german airforce occupies airport at Maleme Kreta   

1941  Singer Johan Heesters visits Dachau concentration camp on May - 21.   

1941  On May - 21 the first US ship sunk by a U-boat (SS Robin Moore)   

1941  On this day in history 1st US ship sunk by a U-boat (SS Robin Moore)   

1942  Great-Britain convoy PQ16 departs to Russia on May - 21.   

1943  Fastest 9 inning AL baseball game (89 mins), White Sox beat Senators on May - 21.   

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1471  On May - 21 birth of albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker   

1527  On this day in history birth of philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98)   

1633  Joseph de La Barre, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1671  Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer was born on May - 21.   

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  On May - 21 koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26   

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

1512  Death of Pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena on this day in history.   

1524  Thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80 on this day in history.   

1542  On this day in history hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R   

1607  On this day in history death of john Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549)   

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