Page 4: Historical Events In October - 21

1898  Amedeo duke of Aosta, viceroy of Ethiopia/gov-gen of Ital East-Africa on October - 21.   

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

1901  On October - 21 gerhard von Rad, German old testament scholar (Deuteronomium)   

1902  On October - 21 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  England Pilgrim Assn beats All NY 11, 7-1 in soccer at Polo Grounds on October - 21.   

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

1906  On October - 21 [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, actress (Small Lord), dies at 55   

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

1911  On this day in history rS Hichens & M Hudsons "Garden of Allah," premieres in NYC   

1911  On this day in history peter Graves, London England, actor (Mission Impossible, Stalag 17)   

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

1914  On this day in history battle of Warsaw ends with German defeat   

1914  Martin Gardner, Scientific American math & puzzles columnist on this day in history.   

1915  First transatlantic radiotelephone message, Arlington, Va to Paris on this day in history.   

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  1st transatlantic radiotelephone message, Arlington, Va to Paris on October - 21.   

1916  On October - 21 uS Army forms Reserve Officers Training Corps   

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

1916  On this day in history karl von Storgkh, premier Austria, assassinated   

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

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

1917  On this day in history dizzy Gillespie, [John B], jazz trumpeter, a creator of modern jazz   

1918  On this day in history margaret Owen sets world typing speed record of 170 wpm for 1 min   

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

1919  On this day in history claire Sterling, journalist   

1919  Sven August Korling, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1921  Tuschinski Theater opens in Amsterdam on October - 21.   

1921  Jarmil Burghauser, composer on October - 21.   

1922  On this day in history liliane de Bettencourt, heir to L'Oreal   

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

1924  On October - 21 kLM Fokker's F7 H-NACC departs to Dutch East Indies   

1924  Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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1449  George, Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV and Richard III (d. 1478) was born on this day in history.   

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  On October - 21 birth of nicolo Rubini, composer   

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  On October - 21 birth of jean Bart, French captain/sea hero (Escape from Plymouth)   

1660  On this day in history birth of georg Ernst Stahl, German scientist (d. 1734)   

1125  On October - 21 death of cosmas of Prague, Bohemian writer   

1204  Death of Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester, English nobleman on this day in history.   

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  On October - 21 traversari Ambrosius, Italian humanist/leader, dies at 53   

1500  Death of Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (b. 1442) on this day in history.   

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