Page 6: Historical Events In May - 21
Friday, 10 April 2026
1926 White Sox Earl Sheely hits a record 6th consecutive double 

1926 Dan Perlsweig, horse trainer. 

1926 Georgy L'vovich Catoire, composer, dies at 65 

1927 Charles Lindbergh is recorded as becoming the inaugural to fly solo across the Atlantic. 

1927 Lindbergh lands in Paris France, after inaugural solo air crossing of Atlantic 

1927 Lindburgh lands in Paris, after 1st solo air crossing of Atlantic 

1927 George Levy, antique dealer/heritage campaigner. 

1929 Automatic electric stock quotation board installed, NYC 

1929 V P F A Royle, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1879), dies 

1930 New York Yankee Babe Ruth hits 3 consecutive homers. 

1930 Max Bishop draws 8 walks in a doubleheader 

1931 Belgian Government of Jaspar falls. 

1931 Belgian govt of Jaspar falls. 

1932 1st Curtis Cup: US claims, 5½-3½ at Wentworth Club (Wentworth, England). 

1933 Mount Davidson Cross lit by FDR via telegraph 

1933 Mt Davidson Cross lit by FDR via telegraph. 

1933 John Henry Mackay, Scottish/German author (Der Schwimmer), dies at 69 

1934 Oskaloosa IA, is recorded as becoming inaugural US city to fingerprint its citizens 

1934 Oskaloosa Iowa, is recorded as becoming 1st US city to fingerprint its citizens 

1935 Hugo de Vries, botanist Gruppenweise Artbildung, dies at 87 

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 is recorded as becoming one of Japan's most notorious scandals. 

1938 Bradman scores 143 Australia vs Surrey, 198 minutes, 11 fours 

1938 Bradman scores 143 Aust v Surrey, 198 mins, 11 fours 

1940 Allied counter attack at Atrecht North-France. 

1940 AVRO-chairman Willem Vogt fires all Jewish employees. 

1940 Reynaud forms French Government. 

1941 German airforce occupies airport at Maleme Kreta 

1941 Singer Johan Heesters visits Dachau concentration camp 

1941 The inaugural US ship sunk by a U-boat (SS Robin Moore). 

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

1942 Great-Britain convoy PQ16 departs to Russia. 

1943 quickest 9 inning AL baseball game (89 mins), White Sox beat Senators. 

1944 Accidental explosion on board a LST unloading ammunition in West Loch, Pearl Harbor and the resulting fire and other explosions sink 5 LSTs and 1 other LST. 

1944 Hitler begins attack on English/US "terror pilots". 

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