Page 7: 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  On this day in history hitler begins attack on English/US "terror pilots"   

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

1945  On May - 21 german war criminal Heinrich Himmler captured   

1945  On May - 21 lauren Bacall & Humphrey Bogart wed   

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

1948  On this day in history nY Yank Joe Dimaggio hits for cycle (single, double, triple, HR)   

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

1950  Vietnamese troops of Ho Chi-Minh attack Cambodia on May - 21.   

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

1951  On this day in history the opening of the Ninth Street Show, otherwise known as the 9th Street Art Exhibition   

1952  Dutch Queen Juliana opens Amsterdam-Rhine Canal on May - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

1953  French Government of Mayer resigns on May - 21.   

1953  On this day in history french govt of Mayer resigns   

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

1954  Janos Hammerschlag, composer, dies at 68 on May - 21.   

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

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

1956  US explodes first airborne hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll on May - 21.   

1957  On this day in history french Government of Mollet resigns   

1957  Edwin St Hill, cricketer (two Tests for West Indies 1930-31), dies on May - 21.   

1958  On this day in history indonesian paratroopers reconquers Morotai Island   

1958  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Bikini Island (atmospheric tests)   

1959  Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Children's Petting Farm opens on May - 21.   

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

1964  Fire in Wégimond Belgium resort, kills 19 on May - 21.   

1964  The first nuclear-powered lighthouse begins operations (Chesapeake Bay) on this day in history.   

1964  On May - 21 the initiation of the standing carrier presence at Yankee Station in the South China Sea.   

1964  On May - 21 uS begin intelligence flights above Laos   

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

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 May - 21.   

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

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

1633  Joseph de La Barre, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 21 birth of antonio Corbisiero, composer   

0987  Louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies on May - 21.   

1254  On May - 21 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  On May - 21 thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80   

1542  Hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R on May - 21.   

1607  Death of John Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549) on May - 21.   

1639  Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70 on this day in history.