Page 4: Historical Events In October - 21
Saturday, 19 July 2025
1898 On this day in history amedeo duke of Aosta, viceroy of Ethiopia/gov-gen of Ital East-Africa
1899 On October - 21 battle at Elandslaagte Natal: (Boers vs British army)
1901 Gerhard von Rad, German old testament scholar (Deuteronomium) on this day in history.
1902 On this day in history in the United States, a five month strike by United Mine Workers ends.
1902 Hilarion Rubio, composer on October - 21.
1904 Edmond [Moore] Hamilton, US, sci-fi author (Danger Planet) on October - 21.
1905 On this day in history england Pilgrim Assn beats All NY 11, 7-1 in soccer at Polo Grounds
1905 Jose Teodor Vilar, composer, dies at 69 on October - 21.
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 Peter Graves, London England, actor (Mission Impossible, Stalag 17) on October - 21.
1912 On this day in history carlos Don Byas, US jazz saxophonist
1914 On October - 21 battle of Warsaw ends with German defeat
1914 On this day in history martin Gardner, Scientific American math & puzzles columnist
1915 On October - 21 first transatlantic radiotelephone message, Arlington, Va to Paris
1915 On October - 21 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
1915 On this day in history 1st transatlantic radiotelephone message, Arlington, Va to Paris
1916 On October - 21 uS Army forms Reserve Officers Training Corps
1916 On this day in history 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 October - 21.
1917 1st Americans to see action on front lines of WW I on this day in history.
1917 Dizzy Gillespie, [John B], jazz trumpeter, a creator of modern jazz on October - 21.
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 October - 21.
1919 Claire Sterling, journalist on October - 21.
1919 Sven August Korling, composer, dies at 77 on October - 21.
1921 On this day in history tuschinski Theater opens in Amsterdam
1921 On October - 21 jarmil Burghauser, composer
1922 Liliane de Bettencourt, heir to L'Oreal on October - 21.
1923 On this day in history 1st planetarium opens at Deutsche Museum in Munich
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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