Historical Events In May - 21

1925  On May - 21 roald Amundsun leaves Spitsbergen with 2 seaplanes to North Pole   

1925  Canadians allow to sell beer on May - 21.   

1926  On May - 21 white Sox Earl Sheely hits a record 6th consecutive double   

1926  Dan Perlsweig, horse trainer on this day in history.   

1926  Georgy L'vovich Catoire, composer, dies at 65 on May - 21.   

1927  On this day in history charles Lindbergh becomes the first to fly solo across the Atlantic   

1927  On May - 21 lindbergh lands in Paris France, after first solo air crossing of Atlantic   

1927  Lindburgh lands in Paris, after 1st solo air crossing of Atlantic on May - 21.   

1927  On May - 21 george Levy, antique dealer/heritage campaigner   

1929  On May - 21 automatic electric stock quotation board installed, NYC   

1929  V P F A Royle, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1879), dies on this day in history.   

1930  New York Yankee Babe Ruth hits 3 consecutive homers on May - 21.   

1930  Max Bishop draws 8 walks in a doubleheader on this day in history.   

1931  On this day in history belgian Government of Jaspar falls   

1931  Belgian govt of Jaspar falls on May - 21.   

1932  1st Curtis Cup: US wins, 5½-3½ at Wentworth Club (Wentworth, England) on this day in history.   

1933  Mount Davidson Cross lit by FDR via telegraph on May - 21.   

1933  Mt Davidson Cross lit by FDR via telegraph on May - 21.   

1933  John Henry Mackay, Scottish/German author (Der Schwimmer), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1934  On May - 21 oskaloosa IA, becomes first US city to fingerprint its citizens   

1934  Oskaloosa Iowa, becomes 1st US city to fingerprint its citizens on this day in history.   

1935  Hugo de Vries, botanist Gruppenweise Artbildung, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1936  Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her hand. Her story soon becomes one of Japan's most notorious scandals on this day in history.   

1938  On this day in history bradman scores 143 Australia vs Surrey, 198 minutes, 11 fours   

1938  Bradman scores 143 Aust v Surrey, 198 mins, 11 fours on this day in history.   

1940  Allied counter attack at Atrecht North-France on May - 21.   

1940  AVRO-chairman Willem Vogt fires all Jewish employees on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history reynaud forms French Government   

1941  On May - 21 german airforce occupies airport at Maleme Kreta   

1941  On May - 21 singer Johan Heesters visits Dachau concentration camp   

1941  On this day in history the first US ship sunk by a U-boat (SS Robin Moore)   

1941  On May - 21 1st US ship sunk by a U-boat (SS Robin Moore)   

1942  On this day in history great-Britain convoy PQ16 departs to Russia   

1943  On this day in history fastest 9 inning AL baseball game (89 mins), White Sox beat Senators   

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

1527  On May - 21 birth of philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98)   

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

1653  Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697) was born on May - 21.   

1671  On May - 21 birth of azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer   

1680  On May - 21 birth of frederich Karl Erbach, composer   

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

1720  On this day in history birth of antonio Corbisiero, composer   

0987  On May - 21 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 this day in history.   

1524  Thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80 on May - 21.   

1542  Hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R on this day in history.   

1607  Death of John Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549) on this day in history.   

1639  On this day in history giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70