Page 5: Historical Events In May - 29
Saturday, 21 February 2026
1916 US forces invade Dominican Republic, stay until 1924 

1916 NY Giants win 17th consecutive road game 

1916 Carl M Story, fiddler 

1917 John F. Kennedy, Former (35th) American President is born. 

1917 John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Mass, (Sen-D-Mass), 35th Pres (1961-1963) 

1918 Herb Shriner, humorist/TV host (Herb Shriner Show) 

1919 Charles Strite patents pop-up toaster. 

1919 Einstein's light-bending prediction confirmed by Arthur Eddington. 

1919 Einstein's theories given a practical test during an eclipse 

1919 Charles Strite files patent for the pop-up toaster 

1920 Robin Haydon, British diplomat. 

1921 Clifton James, NYC, actor (Buster and Billie, David and Lisa) 

1922 Ecuador is recorded as becoming independent. 

1922 Iannis Xenakis, Braila Romania, composer/architect/mathematician. 

1922 Jevgeni B Vachtangov, Armenian/Russian actor/director, dies at 39. 

1923 Earl of Morley, Lord Lt (Devon). 

1924 AEK Athens FC is established on the anniversary of the siege of Constantinople by the Turks. 

1924 Pierre-Paul Cambon, French diplomat (Madrid/London), dies 

1925 Kenneth Couzens, CEO (Coal Products) 

1926 Charles Denner, Tarnow Poland, actor (And Now My Love). 

1927 Carl Toms, stage designer (1 Million BC, Moon Zero Two) 

1928 Fritz von Opel reaches 200 kph in experimental rocket car 

1928 Felix Rohatyn, Vienna Austria, investment banker (NY Big MAC Bonds). 

1929 Anthony Grant, British MP 

1930 Eleanor Fazan, opera/show choreographer (Lassiter, Ruling Class). 

1931 Carl Toms, stage designer 

1932 World War I Veterans begin to assemble in Washington, DC in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945 

1932 Paul R. Ehrlich, American biologist and author who founded the group Zero Population Growth. 

1933 Helmuth Rilling, German conductor. 

1933 Frank Sugg, cricketer (batted in 2 Tests for England 1888), dies. 

1934 Eugenie Besserer, actress (Anna Christie, Madame X), dies at 65 

1935 Hague local museum opens. 

1935 Andre P Brink, South African writer (Dry White Season). 

1935 Josef Suk, Czech violinist/composer, dies at 61. 

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