Page 4: Historical Events In May - 21

1878  On this day in history glenn Hammond Curtiss, US, inventor (hydroplane)   

1879  Battle of Iquiquw on May - 21.   

1880  On May - 21 pablo Luna y Carne, composer   

1881  On May - 21 american Red Cross founded by Clara Barton   

1881  On May - 21 uS Nation Lawn Tennis Association is formed   

1882  Georgine M "May" Basting, actress (Hostage Rights of Aemstel) on this day in history.   

1885  On this day in history sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg, wife of Prince William of Wied (d.1936)   

1885  On this day in history gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer, dies at 73   

1886  14th Preakness: S Fisher aboard Bard wins in 2:45 on May - 21.   

1887  On this day in history mabel Taliaferro, NYC, actress (Sentimental Tommy, My Love Come Back)   

1888  On May - 21 may Aufderheide, composer   

1890  On May - 21 albert van Raalte, conductor (AVRO-orchestra)   

1891  Boxers Peter Jackson & Jim Corbett fight to a draw in 61 rounds on May - 21.   

1892  Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera "Pagliacci" premieres in Milan on May - 21.   

1892  On May - 21 john Peale Bishop, US poet (This Side of Paradise)   

1893  On this day in history arthur Carr, cricket capt (England v Australia 1926)   

1894  On May - 21 22-year-old French Anarchist Émile Henry is executed by guillotine.   

1894  On May - 21 august A Kundt, German physicist, (test of Kundt), dies at 54   

1895  On May - 21 franz von Suppe, Austrian composer (Poet und Bauer), dies at 76   

1897  On May - 21 yerkes Observatory 40" (1 meter) refractor used for first time   

1897  Yerkes Observatory 40" (1m) refractor used for 1st time on May - 21.   

1897  Karol Mikuli, composer, dies at 77 on May - 21.   

1898  On this day in history uS Assay Office in Seattle WA authorized   

1898  US Assay Office in Seattle, Washington authorized on May - 21.   

1898  Armand Hammer, NYC, millionaire industrialist (Occidental Petroleum) on this day in history.   

1899  On May - 21 ilse Lagner, writer   

1900  On May - 21 russia annexes Manchuria   

1901  Horace Heidt, Alameda Calif, orch leader (Swift Show Wagon) on May - 21.   

1903  Ali Sastroamidjojo, Indonesian attorney/minister/premier (1953..7) on May - 21.   

1904  On May - 21 federation Internationale de Football Association (Soccer) forms in Paris France   

1904  The birth of Fats Waller, American musician on this day in history.   

1904  Federation Internationale de Football Assn (Soccer) forms in Paris on this day in history.   

1904  Fats Waller, [Thomas Wright], jazz singer/composer (Ain't Misbehavin') on May - 21.   

1905  On this day in history edward Lockspeiser, composer   

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1471  Albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker was born on May - 21.   

1527  Philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98) was born on this day in history.   

1633  On May - 21 birth of joseph de La Barre, composer   

1653  On this day in history birth of eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697)   

1671  Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer was born on May - 21.   

1680  On this day in history birth of frederich Karl Erbach, composer   

1688  On this day in history birth of alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock)   

1720  Antonio Corbisiero, composer was born on this day in history.   

0987  On this day in history louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies   

1254  On this day in history koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26   

1481  On May - 21 christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies   

1512  Death of Pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena on May - 21.   

1524  Thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80 on this day in history.   

1542  On this day in history hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R   

1607  On this day in history death of john Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549)   

1639  Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70 on this day in history.