Page 6: Historical Events In May - 21

1925  Roald Amundsun leaves Spitsbergen with 2 seaplanes to North Pole on this day in history.   

1925  On this day in history canadians allow to sell beer   

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

1926  On this day in history dan Perlsweig, horse trainer   

1926  Georgy L'vovich Catoire, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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

1927  On this day in history lindbergh lands in Paris France, after first solo air crossing of Atlantic   

1927  On May - 21 lindburgh lands in Paris, after 1st solo air crossing of Atlantic   

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

1929  On this day in history automatic electric stock quotation board installed, NYC   

1929  V P F A Royle, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1879), dies on May - 21.   

1930  On May - 21 new York Yankee Babe Ruth hits 3 consecutive homers   

1930  Max Bishop draws 8 walks in a doubleheader on May - 21.   

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

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  On this day in history mount Davidson Cross lit by FDR via telegraph   

1933  On this day in history mt Davidson Cross lit by FDR via telegraph   

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 May - 21.   

1934  On May - 21 oskaloosa Iowa, becomes 1st US city to fingerprint its citizens   

1935  On May - 21 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 becomes one of Japan's most notorious scandals on May - 21.   

1938  Bradman scores 143 Australia vs Surrey, 198 minutes, 11 fours on this day in history.   

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

1940  On May - 21 allied counter attack at Atrecht North-France   

1940  AVRO-chairman Willem Vogt fires all Jewish employees on May - 21.   

1940  Reynaud forms French Government on this day in history.   

1941  German airforce occupies airport at Maleme Kreta on this day in history.   

1941  Singer Johan Heesters visits Dachau concentration camp on May - 21.   

1941  On May - 21 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  Great-Britain convoy PQ16 departs to Russia on this day in history.   

1943  On May - 21 fastest 9 inning AL baseball game (89 mins), White Sox beat Senators   

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1471  On this day in history birth of albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker   

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

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 May - 21.   

1671  Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1688  On May - 21 birth of alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock)   

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

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

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