Page 6: 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 this day in history.   

1926  White Sox Earl Sheely hits a record 6th consecutive double on this day in history.   

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

1926  On this day in history georgy L'vovich Catoire, composer, dies at 65   

1927  On May - 21 charles Lindbergh becomes the first to fly solo across the Atlantic   

1927  Lindbergh lands in Paris France, after first solo air crossing of Atlantic on this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history lindburgh lands in Paris, after 1st solo air crossing of Atlantic   

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

1929  Automatic electric stock quotation board installed, NYC on this day in history.   

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

1930  On this day in history new York Yankee Babe Ruth hits 3 consecutive homers   

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

1931  Belgian Government of Jaspar falls on this day in history.   

1931  Belgian govt of Jaspar falls on May - 21.   

1932  On May - 21 1st Curtis Cup: US wins, 5½-3½ at Wentworth Club (Wentworth, England)   

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  Oskaloosa IA, becomes first US city to fingerprint its citizens on this day in history.   

1934  On this day in history oskaloosa Iowa, becomes 1st US city to fingerprint its citizens   

1935  Hugo de Vries, botanist Gruppenweise Artbildung, dies at 87 on May - 21.   

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 May - 21 bradman scores 143 Australia vs Surrey, 198 minutes, 11 fours   

1938  On this day in history bradman scores 143 Aust v Surrey, 198 mins, 11 fours   

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 May - 21 reynaud forms French Government   

1941  On this day in history german airforce occupies airport at Maleme Kreta   

1941  Singer Johan Heesters visits Dachau concentration camp on this day in history.   

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

1941  On this day in history 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 May - 21 fastest 9 inning AL baseball game (89 mins), White Sox beat Senators   

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1471  On May - 21 birth of albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker   

1527  Philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98) was born on May - 21.   

1633  On this day in history 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  On May - 21 birth of azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer   

1680  Frederich Karl Erbach, composer was born on May - 21.   

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

1720  Antonio Corbisiero, composer was born on May - 21.   

0987  Louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies on this day in history.   

1254  Koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26 on this day in history.   

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

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

1524  On this day in history thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80   

1542  On May - 21 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 May - 21.