Historical Events In April - 21

1898  On April - 21 phillies' pitcher Bill Duggleby hits a grand slam on 1st at bat  

1898  On April - 21 steve Owen, NFL tackle, coach (NY Giants)  

1898  On April - 21 louis Theodore Gouvy, composer, dies at 78  

1899  On this day in history clement D'Hooghe, composer  

1899  Heinrich Kiepert, German cartographer/geographer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1900  Heinrich Vogl, composer, dies at 55 on April - 21.  

1901  L Carnera discovers asteroid #470 Kilia on this day in history.  

1901  On April - 21 julian Bautista, composer  

1902  Bernard J H "Ben" Stroman, recensent/writer (Jomtof & Blue Beard) on April - 21.  

1903  On April - 21 hans Hedtoft, premier Denmark (1947..55)  

1904  On April - 21 ty Cobb makes his pro debut for Augusta (South Atlantic League)  

1904  Gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67) on April - 21.  

1905  On this day in history edmund G "Pat" Brown, (Gov-D-Calif)  

1906  Commander Robert Peary discovered supposed Arctic Continent did not exist on this day in history.  

1906  Tom Burns, editor on April - 21.  

1907  On this day in history antoni Szalowski, composer  

1908  On this day in history frederick A Cook claims to reach North Pole (NOT)  

1908  Frederick A Cook claims to reach North Pole (He didn't) on this day in history.  

1908  Louis Hostin, France, Light Heavyweight, Olympic-gold-1932, 36) on this day in history.  

1909  Rollo May, US, psychologist, Love & Will) on this day in history.  

1910  Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens], author, dies in Redding Conn on this day in history.  

1910  On April - 21 cleve Naps play 1st game at League Park, lose to Det Tigers 5-0  

1910  Mark Twain, [Samuel Clemens], auther (Huckleberry Finn), dies at 74 on April - 21.  

1911  On this day in history leonard Warren, NYC, baritone, Met 1939-60) died on stage  

1912  On this day in history feike P Asma, Dutch organist  

1913  On this day in history german passenger ship Imperator runs aground  

1913  Choh Hao Li, bio-chemist professor, isolated growth hormones) on April - 21.  

1914  US marines occupy Vera Cruz, Mexico, stay 6 months on April - 21.  

1915  On April - 21 the birth of Anthony Quinn, American actor  

1915  Andor Kovach, composer on this day in history.  

1916  Sidney Clute, Brooklyn NY, actor, Lou Grant, Cagney & Lacey) on this day in history.  

1917  Foundation of Imperial War Graves Commission, later Commonwealth War Graves Commission The purpose of the commission was to erect and maintain war memorials and cemeteries on April - 21.  

1917  Emanuel Vardi, Jerusalem Israel, violist, SD Symph 1978-82) on this day in history.  

1918  "Red" Baron Manfred von Richtofen, killed in WW I on April - 21.  

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1488  Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot was born on this day in history.  

1546  On this day in history birth of arcangelo Crivelli, composer  

1555  On April - 21 birth of ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619)  

1619  John A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder (Cape Colony) was born on April - 21.  

1651  On this day in history birth of blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711)  

1652  Michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719) was born on April - 21.  

1671  On April - 21 birth of john Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729)  

1672  Johann Philipp Kafer, composer was born on this day in history.  

1073  Alexander II, [Anselmo da Baggio], Pope (1061-73), dies on April - 21.  

1109  On April - 21 anselmus, philosopher/archbishop of Canterbury, dies  

1142  Death of Pierre Abélard, French writer (b. 1079) on this day in history.  

1329  On this day in history death of frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282)  

1509  On April - 21 henry VII, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509), dies at 52  

1551  Death of Oda Nobuhide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510) on April - 21.  

1552  On this day in history peter Apianus, [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German astronomer, dies at 50  

1557  Death of Petrus Apianus, German mathematician (b. 1495) on April - 21.