Page 3: Historical Events In November - 21

1854  On this day in history benedict XV, [Giacomo PGB marques della Chiessa], 258th Pope (1914-22)   

1861  On this day in history joao da Cruz, Brazilian poet   

1863  On November - 21 arthur Quiller-Couch, [Q], editor (Oxford Book of English Verse)   

1863  Joseph Mayseder, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1864  -22] Battle at Griswoldville, Georgia on this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history shaw University forms in Raleigh NC   

1867  On this day in history vladimir N Ipatiev, Russian chemist   

1870  Joe Darling, cricketer (Australian lefty batsman at turn of century) on this day in history.   

1870  On this day in history karel J Erben, Czech poet (Ruiker), dies at 69   

1871  Moses Gale patents a cigar lighter on this day in history.   

1871  On November - 21 moses F Gale patents a cigar lighter (NYC)   

1871  On November - 21 panayot Pipkov, composer   

1875  Friedrich A Lange, philosopher/socialist (Neo-Kantianism), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1876  On this day in history skirmish between HM Stanley's expedition & natives   

1877  On November - 21 tom Edison announces his "talking machine" invention   

1877  Tom Edison announces his "talking machine" invention (phonograph) on November - 21.   

1877  On this day in history louis Campbell-Tipton, composer   

1878  Gustav Radbruch, German lawyer/minister of Justice on November - 21.   

1880  On this day in history henry Stanley & Pierre de Brazza quarrel about possession of Congo   

1880  On this day in history franz Hessel, writer   

1882  Sergei G Netsjajev, Russian nihilist, dies at 35 on November - 21.   

1886  On November - 21 harold G Nicolson, English diplomat/author (Good Behaviour)   

1888  The birth of Harpo Marx, American comedian on November - 21.   

1894  Corinne Griffith, Texarkana TX, actress (3 Hours, Lilies of Field) on this day in history.   

1895  Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Bruce Partington Plans" (BG) on this day in history.   

1898  René Magritte, Belgian surrealistic painter (This is Not a Pipe) on this day in history.   

1899  Garret Augustus Hobart, 24th VP, dies on November - 21.   

1900  On November - 21 alice Calhoun, Cleveland OH, Silent film actress (Flowing Gold)   

1900  J J Ferris, cricketer (48 wickets for Aust in 8 Tests in 1880's), dies on November - 21.   

1901  Richard Strauss' opera "Feuersnot," premieres in Dresden on this day in history.   

1902  Hocky broadcaster Foster Hewitt is born on this day in history.   

1902  On this day in history 1st night football game, Phila Athletics beats Kanaweola AC, 39-0   

1902  On November - 21 michail A Suslov, Russian party ideologist [OS=Nov 8]   

1904  Coleman Hawkins, virtually created tenor saxophone for jazz on this day in history.   

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1495  On this day in history birth of john Bale, England, bishop/anti-catholic playwright (Kynge Johan)   

1561  On November - 21 birth of carolus Scribani, Italian/Flemish jesuit/author   

1567  On November - 21 birth of anne de Xainctonge, French saint (d. 1621)   

1637  On this day in history birth of catharina Questiers, Dutch poetess (Friend of Abandoned Child)   

1645  On November - 21 birth of johann Lohner, composer   

1683  On November - 21 birth of johann Michael Muller, composer   

1692  On November - 21 birth of carlo Fragoni, Italy, poet   

1694  Voltaire, [Francois-Marie Arouet], France, writer, essayist, philosopher and playwright (Candide) (. 1778) was born on November - 21.   

0496  Death of Pope Gelasius I on this day in history.   

1361  On November - 21 death of philip I, Duke of Burgundy (plague) (b. 1346)   

1481  Ikkyu Sojun, Zen head of Daitokuji temple, dies in Kyoto, Japan at 87 on November - 21.   

1555  On November - 21 georg Agricola, [Bauer], German mineralogist (zinc), dies at 61   

1566  Death of Annibale Caro, Italian poet (b. 1507) on this day in history.   

1579  Death of Thomas Gresham, English merchant and financier on this day in history.   

1580  Death of Willem Van Hoorn, baron of Heze, governor of Brussels, executed on November - 21.   

1610  On November - 21 benedict van Canfield, [William Fish], English missionary, dies