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  Louis Theodore Gouvy, composer, dies at 78 on April - 21.  

1899  Clement D'Hooghe, composer on this day in history.  

1899  Heinrich Kiepert, German cartographer/geographer, dies at 80 on April - 21.  

1900  On April - 21 heinrich Vogl, composer, dies at 55  

1901  L Carnera discovers asteroid #470 Kilia on April - 21.  

1901  On this day in history julian Bautista, composer  

1902  On this day in history bernard J H "Ben" Stroman, recensent/writer (Jomtof & Blue Beard)  

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

1904  On this day in history 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  Edmund G "Pat" Brown, (Gov-D-Calif) on this day in history.  

1906  Commander Robert Peary discovered supposed Arctic Continent did not exist on April - 21.  

1906  Tom Burns, editor on April - 21.  

1907  Antoni Szalowski, composer on this day in history.  

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

1908  On this day in history frederick A Cook claims to reach North Pole (He didn't)  

1908  Louis Hostin, France, Light Heavyweight, Olympic-gold-1932, 36) on April - 21.  

1909  Rollo May, US, psychologist, Love & Will) on April - 21.  

1910  Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens], author, dies in Redding Conn on April - 21.  

1910  Cleve Naps play 1st game at League Park, lose to Det Tigers 5-0 on April - 21.  

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 April - 21 feike P Asma, Dutch organist  

1913  German passenger ship Imperator runs aground on April - 21.  

1913  On this day in history choh Hao Li, bio-chemist professor, isolated growth hormones)  

1914  On April - 21 uS marines occupy Vera Cruz, Mexico, stay 6 months  

1915  The birth of Anthony Quinn, American actor on April - 21.  

1915  On April - 21 andor Kovach, composer  

1916  Sidney Clute, Brooklyn NY, actor, Lou Grant, Cagney & Lacey) on April - 21.  

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  On this day in history emanuel Vardi, Jerusalem Israel, violist, SD Symph 1978-82)  

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

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1488  Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot was born on April - 21.  

1546  On April - 21 birth of arcangelo Crivelli, composer  

1555  Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619) was born on this day in history.  

1619  On April - 21 birth of john A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder (Cape Colony)  

1651  On April - 21 birth of blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711)  

1652  Michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719) was born on this day in history.  

1671  On this day in history birth of john Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729)  

1672  On April - 21 birth of johann Philipp Kafer, composer  

1073  Alexander II, [Anselmo da Baggio], Pope (1061-73), dies on this day in history.  

1109  Anselmus, philosopher/archbishop of Canterbury, dies on this day in history.  

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

1329  Death of Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282) on April - 21.  

1509  On this day in history henry VII, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509), dies at 52  

1551  On April - 21 death of oda Nobuhide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510)  

1552  Peter Apianus, [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German astronomer, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

1557  On this day in history death of petrus Apianus, German mathematician (b. 1495)