Historical Events In May - 21

1944  On May - 21 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" on May - 21.   

1945  On this day in history australia Services win first Victory Test Cricket at Lord's by 6 wickets   

1945  German war criminal Heinrich Himmler captured on this day in history.   

1945  Lauren Bacall & Humphrey Bogart wed on May - 21.   

1945  Aust Services win 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's by 6 wickets on this day in history.   

1948  NY Yank Joe Dimaggio hits for cycle (single, double, triple, HR) on this day in history.   

1949  On May - 21 klaus Mann, German writer, dies at 42   

1950  On May - 21 vietnamese troops of Ho Chi-Minh attack Cambodia   

1951  Chinese offensive in Korea collapses on this day in history.   

1951  On May - 21 the opening of the Ninth Street Show, otherwise known as the 9th Street Art Exhibition   

1952  On May - 21 dutch Queen Juliana opens Amsterdam-Rhine Canal   

1952  Bkln Dodgers score 15 runs in 1st inning & beat Cin Reds, 19-1 on May - 21.   

1952  John Garfield, actor (Juarez, Air Force), dies at 39 on May - 21.   

1953  French Government of Mayer resigns on May - 21.   

1953  French govt of Mayer resigns on May - 21.   

1954  On May - 21 amendment to give 18-year-olds right to vote is defeated   

1954  On this day in history janos Hammerschlag, composer, dies at 68   

1955  On May - 21 "House of Flowers" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 165 performances   

1956  Jordan government of Said el-Mufti forms on May - 21.   

1956  On May - 21 uS explodes first airborne hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll   

1957  On May - 21 french Government of Mollet resigns   

1957  On May - 21 edwin St Hill, cricketer (two Tests for West Indies 1930-31), dies   

1958  Indonesian paratroopers reconquers Morotai Island on May - 21.   

1958  US performs nuclear test at Bikini Island (atmospheric tests) on May - 21.   

1959  Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Children's Petting Farm opens on this day in history.   

1961  Governor Patterson declares martial law in Montgomery on May - 21.   

1964  Fire in Wégimond Belgium resort, kills 19 on this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history the first nuclear-powered lighthouse begins operations (Chesapeake Bay)   

1964  On this day in history the initiation of the standing carrier presence at Yankee Station in the South China Sea.   

1964  US begin intelligence flights above Laos on May - 21.   

1966  "Louie Louie" by The Kingsmen reentered the chart & hits #97 on this day in history.   

1966  Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) TKOs Henry Cooper in 6 for heavyweight boxing title in London on May - 21.   

1966  Pat O'Malley, silent film actor (Wild One, Quiet Man), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

1527  On this day in history birth of philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98)   

1633  Joseph de La Barre, composer was born on May - 21.   

1653  On May - 21 birth of eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697)   

1671  On this day in history birth of azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer   

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

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

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

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  On this day in history christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies   

1512  On May - 21 death of pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena   

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 May - 21.   

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 this day in history.