Historical Events For October - 21

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

1899  On October - 21 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  Hilarion Rubio, composer on October - 21.  

1904  On October - 21 edmond [Moore] Hamilton, US, sci-fi author (Danger Planet)  

1905  On October - 21 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  [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, actress (Small Lord), dies at 55 on this day in history.  

1908  Alexander Schneider, Vilna Lith, violinist (Budapest String Quartet) on this day in history.  

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1911  On October - 21 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 October - 21 carlos Don Byas, US jazz saxophonist  

1914  Battle of Warsaw ends with German defeat on October - 21.  

1914  Martin Gardner, Scientific American math & puzzles columnist on October - 21.  

1915  First transatlantic radiotelephone message, Arlington, Va to Paris on October - 21.  

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

1916  US Army forms Reserve Officers Training Corps on this day in history.  

1916  Andrea Checchi, Firenze Italy, actress (Attack & Retreat) on October - 21.  

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

1917  On October - 21 first Americans to see action on the front lines of WW I  

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

1917  Dizzy Gillespie, [John B], jazz trumpeter, a creator of modern jazz on October - 21.  

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

1918  On October - 21 the Mount Royal Tunnel, Montreal, is opened for regular traffic by the Canadian Northern Railway.  

1919  Claire Sterling, journalist on October - 21.  

1919  On this day in history sven August Korling, composer, dies at 77  

1921  On this day in history tuschinski Theater opens in Amsterdam  

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

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1449  On this day in history birth of george, Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV and Richard III (d. 1478)  

1527  On this day in history birth of louis I, Cardinal of Guise, French cardinal (d. 1578)  

1570  On October - 21 birth of wolfgang Schonsleder, composer  

1574  On this day in history birth of nicolo Rubini, composer  

1581  Domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (d. 1641) was born on this day in history.  

1582  Johan Ernst earl of Nassau-Siegen, military/son of Johan VII was born on this day in history.  

1650  Jean Bart, French captain/sea hero (Escape from Plymouth) was born on October - 21.  

1660  Georg Ernst Stahl, German scientist (d. 1734) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1221  On this day in history death of alix of Thouars, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1201)  

1266  Death of Birger jarl, Swedish statesman (b. 1210) on October - 21.  

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

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