Page 4: Historical Events In May - 21

1878  On May - 21 glenn Hammond Curtiss, US, inventor (hydroplane)   

1879  On this day in history battle of Iquiquw   

1880  On this day in history pablo Luna y Carne, composer   

1881  On this day in history 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 May - 21.   

1885  On May - 21 sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg, wife of Prince William of Wied (d.1936)   

1885  On May - 21 gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer, dies at 73   

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

1887  Mabel Taliaferro, NYC, actress (Sentimental Tommy, My Love Come Back) on May - 21.   

1888  On this day in history may Aufderheide, composer   

1890  Albert van Raalte, conductor (AVRO-orchestra) on this day in history.   

1891  On this day in history boxers Peter Jackson & Jim Corbett fight to a draw in 61 rounds   

1892  Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera "Pagliacci" premieres in Milan on this day in history.   

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

1893  Arthur Carr, cricket capt (England v Australia 1926) on May - 21.   

1894  22-year-old French Anarchist Émile Henry is executed by guillotine on this day in history.   

1894  August A Kundt, German physicist, (test of Kundt), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

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

1897  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1898  On May - 21 uS Assay Office in Seattle WA authorized   

1898  On this day in history uS Assay Office in Seattle, Washington authorized   

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

1899  On May - 21 ilse Lagner, writer   

1900  Russia annexes Manchuria on May - 21.   

1901  On this day in history horace Heidt, Alameda Calif, orch leader (Swift Show Wagon)   

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

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

1904  On May - 21 the birth of Fats Waller, American musician   

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

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

1905  On May - 21 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  Joseph de La Barre, composer was born on May - 21.   

1653  Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697) was born on this day in history.   

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

1680  Frederich Karl Erbach, composer was born on this day in history.   

1688  Alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock) was born on this day in history.   

1720  On May - 21 birth of antonio Corbisiero, composer   

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  Christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies on this day in history.   

1512  On this day in history death of pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena   

1524  On May - 21 thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80   

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

1607  On May - 21 death of john Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549)   

1639  On May - 21 giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70