Historical Events In November - 21

1905  1st game ever played in the Australian Tennis Open on this day in history.  

1905  David Moule-Evans, composer on November - 21.  

1906  On this day in history china prohibits opium trade  

1907  Charles Korvin, Czechoslovakia, actor (Berlin Express, Ship of Fools) on November - 21.  

1907  On November - 21 gaetano Braga, composer, dies at 78  

1912  Anne Bolt, photo-journalist/trade unionist on this day in history.  

1914  On this day in history billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game  

1916  On November - 21 franz Josef of Austria, dies  

1916  HMHS Britannic sinks in the Aegean Sea after a mine explodes, killing 30 people on this day in history.  

1916  Cecilia P J "Cilly" Bach, Dutch/US/Spanish actress (In Pyama) on November - 21.  

1916  On November - 21 franz Jozef I, King of Austria/Hungary, dies  

1917  M Gorki calls Lenin a blind fanatic/unthinking adventurer on November - 21.  

1917  On November - 21 sem Presser, Dutch press photographer  

1918  On this day in history 2 German ammunition trains explode in Hamont Belgium, 1,750 die  

1919  Steve Brodie, El Dorado Kansas, actor (Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp) on November - 21.  

1920  Karel Capék's "Vec Makropulos," premieres in Prague on this day in history.  

1920  Ralph Meeker, Minneapolis MN, actor (Anderson Tapes, Night Stalker) on this day in history.  

1920  Caryl Florio, composer, dies at 77 on November - 21.  

1921  On November - 21 geza Anda, Hungarian/Swiss pianist (Mozart/Bartok)  

1922  The birth of Telly Savalas, American actor on this day in history.  

1922  On November - 21 rebecca L Felton (Ga) sworn in as 1st female US Senator  

1922  On this day in history maria Casares, La Coruna Spain, French actress (Orpheus, Lectrice)  

1924  British premier Baldwin cancels Labor contract with USSR on this day in history.  

1924  On November - 21 christopher Tolkien, British author  

1925  Red Grange plays final Univ of Illinois game, signs with Chicago Bears on November - 21.  

1925  Johan "Poncke" Princen, KNIL-defector/civil rights in Djakarta on November - 21.  

1927  Joseph Campanella, NYC, actor (Dr Steffen-The Nurses, Lou-Mannix) on November - 21.  

1928  Hermann Sudermann, German author (Frau Sorge), dies on this day in history.  

1929  On November - 21 spanish surrealist Salvador Dali had his first exhibit  

1929  On November - 21 marilyn French, US author (The Women's Room)  

1931  On this day in history malcolm Williamson, composer  

1932  On November - 21 jim Ringo, NFL center (Green Bay, Philadelphia)  

1932  Vito Pardo, Italian sculptor (Columbus monument Argentina), dies on this day in history.  

1933  The first US ambassador to USSR, W.C. Bullitt, begins service on November - 21.  

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

1561  Carolus Scribani, Italian/Flemish jesuit/author was born on November - 21.  

1567  Anne de Xainctonge, French saint (d. 1621) was born on November - 21.  

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

1645  Johann Lohner, composer was born on November - 21.  

1683  Johann Michael Muller, composer was born on this day in history.  

1692  Carlo Fragoni, Italy, poet was born on November - 21.  

1694  On November - 21 birth of voltaire, [Francois-Marie Arouet], France, writer, essayist, philosopher and playwright (Candide) (. 1778)  

0496  Death of Pope Gelasius I on November - 21.  

1361  Death of Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (plague) (b. 1346) on this day in history.  

1481  On November - 21 ikkyu Sojun, Zen head of Daitokuji temple, dies in Kyoto, Japan at 87  

1555  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of willem Van Hoorn, baron of Heze, governor of Brussels, executed  

1610  Benedict van Canfield, [William Fish], English missionary, dies on November - 21.