Historical Events In October - 21

1898  Amedeo duke of Aosta, viceroy of Ethiopia/gov-gen of Ital East-Africa on this day in history.  

1899  On this day in history battle at Elandslaagte Natal: (Boers vs British army)  

1901  On this day in history gerhard von Rad, German old testament scholar (Deuteronomium)  

1902  On this day in history in the United States, a five month strike by United Mine Workers ends.  

1902  On October - 21 hilarion Rubio, composer  

1904  Edmond [Moore] Hamilton, US, sci-fi author (Danger Planet) on October - 21.  

1905  On October - 21 england Pilgrim Assn beats All NY 11, 7-1 in soccer at Polo Grounds  

1905  On this day in history jose Teodor Vilar, composer, dies at 69  

1906  On this day in history [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, actress (Small Lord), dies at 55  

1908  On October - 21 alexander Schneider, Vilna Lith, violinist (Budapest String Quartet)  

1911  RS Hichens & M Hudsons "Garden of Allah," premieres in NYC on this day in history.  

1911  Peter Graves, London England, actor (Mission Impossible, Stalag 17) on this day in history.  

1912  On October - 21 carlos Don Byas, US jazz saxophonist  

1914  Battle of Warsaw ends with German defeat on this day in history.  

1914  On this day in history martin Gardner, Scientific American math & puzzles columnist  

1915  On this day in history first transatlantic radiotelephone message, Arlington, Va to Paris  

1915  Vera Deakin, daughter of former Prime Minister Alfred Deakin, establishes the Australian Red Cross Missing and Wounded Enquiry Bureau in Cairo, Egypt During the remainder of the war the bureau handled thousands of enquiries from Australian families seeking information about wounded and missing soldiers on October - 21.  

1915  On this day in history 1st transatlantic radiotelephone message, Arlington, Va to Paris  

1916  On this day in history uS Army forms Reserve Officers Training Corps  

1916  On October - 21 andrea Checchi, Firenze Italy, actress (Attack & Retreat)  

1916  Karl von Storgkh, premier Austria, assassinated on October - 21.  

1917  First Americans to see action on the front lines of WW I on this day in history.  

1917  On this day in history 1st Americans to see action on front lines of WW I  

1917  On October - 21 dizzy Gillespie, [John B], jazz trumpeter, a creator of modern jazz  

1918  Margaret Owen sets world typing speed record of 170 wpm for 1 min on October - 21.  

1918  The Mount Royal Tunnel, Montreal, is opened for regular traffic by the Canadian Northern Railway on this day in history.  

1919  On October - 21 claire Sterling, journalist  

1919  On October - 21 sven August Korling, composer, dies at 77  

1921  Tuschinski Theater opens in Amsterdam on this day in history.  

1921  Jarmil Burghauser, composer on this day in history.  

1922  Liliane de Bettencourt, heir to L'Oreal on October - 21.  

1923  1st planetarium opens at Deutsche Museum in Munich on October - 21.  

1924  On this day in history kLM Fokker's F7 H-NACC departs to Dutch East Indies  

1924  On this day in history martin Pierre Joseph Marsick, composer, dies at 76  

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1449  On October - 21 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 this day in history.  

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

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 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  On October - 21 death of birger jarl, Swedish statesman (b. 1210)  

1422  Charles VI, King of France (1380-1422), dies at 54 on this day in history.  

1439  Traversari Ambrosius, Italian humanist/leader, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

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

1505  On October - 21 death of paul Scriptoris, German mathematician