Historical Events In November - 21

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

1905  On this day in history david Moule-Evans, composer  

1906  On November - 21 china prohibits opium trade  

1907  On this day in history charles Korvin, Czechoslovakia, actor (Berlin Express, Ship of Fools)  

1907  Gaetano Braga, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1912  On November - 21 anne Bolt, photo-journalist/trade unionist  

1914  On November - 21 billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game  

1916  On November - 21 franz Josef of Austria, dies  

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

1916  On November - 21 cecilia P J "Cilly" Bach, Dutch/US/Spanish actress (In Pyama)  

1916  Franz Jozef I, King of Austria/Hungary, dies on this day in history.  

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

1917  Sem Presser, Dutch press photographer on this day in history.  

1918  2 German ammunition trains explode in Hamont Belgium, 1,750 die on November - 21.  

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 November - 21.  

1920  Ralph Meeker, Minneapolis MN, actor (Anderson Tapes, Night Stalker) on November - 21.  

1920  On November - 21 caryl Florio, composer, dies at 77  

1921  On this day in history geza Anda, Hungarian/Swiss pianist (Mozart/Bartok)  

1922  The birth of Telly Savalas, American actor on November - 21.  

1922  On this day in history 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  On November - 21 british premier Baldwin cancels Labor contract with USSR  

1924  Christopher Tolkien, British author on November - 21.  

1925  On November - 21 red Grange plays final Univ of Illinois game, signs with Chicago Bears  

1925  On November - 21 johan "Poncke" Princen, KNIL-defector/civil rights in Djakarta  

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

1928  On this day in history hermann Sudermann, German author (Frau Sorge), dies  

1929  Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali had his first exhibit on November - 21.  

1929  Marilyn French, US author (The Women's Room) on this day in history.  

1931  Malcolm Williamson, composer on November - 21.  

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

1932  Vito Pardo, Italian sculptor (Columbus monument Argentina), dies on November - 21.  

1933  On this day in history the first US ambassador to USSR, W.C. Bullitt, begins service  

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1495  John Bale, England, bishop/anti-catholic playwright (Kynge Johan) was born on November - 21.  

1561  Carolus Scribani, Italian/Flemish jesuit/author was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history birth of johann Lohner, composer  

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

1692  On this day in history birth of carlo Fragoni, Italy, poet  

1694  Voltaire, [Francois-Marie Arouet], France, writer, essayist, philosopher and playwright (Candide) (. 1778) was born on this day in history.  

0496  Death of Pope Gelasius I on November - 21.  

1361  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of annibale Caro, Italian poet (b. 1507)  

1579  On this day in history death of thomas Gresham, English merchant and financier  

1580  On this day in history death of willem Van Hoorn, baron of Heze, governor of Brussels, executed  

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