Page 4: Historical Events In October - 21

1898  Amedeo duke of Aosta, viceroy of Ethiopia/gov-gen of Ital East-Africa   

1899  Battle at Elandslaagte Natal: (Boers vs British army)   

1901  Gerhard von Rad, German old testament scholar (Deuteronomium)   

1902  In the United States, a five month strike by United Mine Workers ends   

1902  Hilarion Rubio, composer.   

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

1905  England Pilgrim Assn beats All NY 11, 7-1 in soccer at Polo Grounds.   

1905  Jose Teodor Vilar, composer, dies at 69.   

1906  [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, actress (Small Lord), dies at 55.   

1908  Alexander Schneider, Vilna Lith, violinist (Budapest String Quartet)   

1911  RS Hichens and M Hudsons "Garden of Allah," premieres in NYC.   

1911  Peter Graves, London England, actor (Mission Impossible, Stalag 17).   

1912  Carlos Don Byas, US jazz saxophonist   

1914  Battle of Warsaw ends with German defeat.   

1914  Martin Gardner, Scientific American math and puzzles columnist.   

1915  inaugural 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   

1915  1st transatlantic radiotelephone message, Arlington, Va to Paris   

1916  US Army forms Reserve Officers Training Corps.   

1916  Andrea Checchi, Firenze Italy, actress (Attack and Retreat)   

1916  Karl von Storgkh, premier Austria, assassinated.   

1917  inaugural Americans to see action on the front lines of WW I.   

1917  1st Americans to see action on front lines of WW I   

1917  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.   

1918  The Mount Royal Tunnel, Montreal, is opened for regular traffic by the Canadian Northern Railway.   

1919  Claire Sterling, journalist   

1919  Sven August Korling, composer, dies at 77.   

1921  Tuschinski Theater opens in Amsterdam.   

1921  Jarmil Burghauser, composer   

1922  Liliane de Bettencourt, heir to L'Oreal   

1923  1st planetarium opens at Deutsche Museum in Munich.   

1924  KLM Fokker's F7 H-NACC departs to Dutch East Indies.   

1924  Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick, composer, dies at 76   

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1449  George, Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV and Richard III (d. 1478) was born on October - 21.   

1527  On October - 21 birth of louis I, Cardinal of Guise, French cardinal (d. 1578)   

1570  Wolfgang Schonsleder, composer was born on this day in history.   

1574  Nicolo Rubini, composer was born on October - 21.   

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 this day in history birth of jean Bart, French captain/sea hero (Escape from Plymouth)   

1660  Georg Ernst Stahl, German scientist (d. 1734) was born on October - 21.   

1125  Death of Cosmas of Prague, Bohemian writer on October - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

1266  On October - 21 death of birger jarl, Swedish statesman (b. 1210)   

1422  Charles VI, King of France (1380-1422), dies at 54 on October - 21.   

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

1500  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (b. 1442)   

1505  Death of Paul Scriptoris, German mathematician on this day in history.