Page 4: Historical Events In October - 21

1898  On October - 21 amedeo duke of Aosta, viceroy of Ethiopia/gov-gen of Ital East-Africa   

1899  On this day in history battle at Elandslaagte Natal: (Boers vs British army)   

1901  Gerhard von Rad, German old testament scholar (Deuteronomium) on October - 21.   

1902  In the United States, a five month strike by United Mine Workers ends on this day in history.   

1902  On October - 21 hilarion Rubio, composer   

1904  Edmond [Moore] Hamilton, US, sci-fi author (Danger Planet) on October - 21.   

1905  On October - 21 england Pilgrim Assn beats All NY 11, 7-1 in soccer at Polo Grounds   

1905  On October - 21 jose Teodor Vilar, composer, dies at 69   

1906  On October - 21 [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, actress (Small Lord), dies at 55   

1908  Alexander Schneider, Vilna Lith, violinist (Budapest String Quartet) on this day in history.   

1911  On October - 21 rS Hichens & M Hudsons "Garden of Allah," premieres in NYC   

1911  On this day in history peter Graves, London England, actor (Mission Impossible, Stalag 17)   

1912  On this day in history carlos Don Byas, US jazz saxophonist   

1914  On October - 21 battle of Warsaw ends with German defeat   

1914  On this day in history martin Gardner, Scientific American math & puzzles columnist   

1915  First transatlantic radiotelephone message, Arlington, Va to Paris on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history vera Deakin, daughter of former Prime Minister Alfred Deakin, establishes the Australian Red Cross Missing and Wounded Enquiry Bureau in Cairo, Egypt During the remainder of the war the bureau handled thousands of enquiries from Australian families seeking information about wounded and missing soldiers   

1915  On October - 21 1st transatlantic radiotelephone message, Arlington, Va to Paris   

1916  On October - 21 uS Army forms Reserve Officers Training Corps   

1916  On this day in history andrea Checchi, Firenze Italy, actress (Attack & Retreat)   

1916  On October - 21 karl von Storgkh, premier Austria, assassinated   

1917  On this day in history first Americans to see action on the front lines of WW I   

1917  On this day in history 1st Americans to see action on front lines of WW I   

1917  On this day in history dizzy Gillespie, [John B], jazz trumpeter, a creator of modern jazz   

1918  Margaret Owen sets world typing speed record of 170 wpm for 1 min on October - 21.   

1918  On this day in history the Mount Royal Tunnel, Montreal, is opened for regular traffic by the Canadian Northern Railway.   

1919  On this day in history claire Sterling, journalist   

1919  Sven August Korling, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1921  On this day in history tuschinski Theater opens in Amsterdam   

1921  On October - 21 jarmil Burghauser, composer   

1922  Liliane de Bettencourt, heir to L'Oreal on this day in history.   

1923  On October - 21 1st planetarium opens at Deutsche Museum in Munich   

1924  KLM Fokker's F7 H-NACC departs to Dutch East Indies on this day in history.   

1924  On October - 21 martin Pierre Joseph Marsick, composer, dies at 76   

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1449  On October - 21 birth of george, Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV and Richard III (d. 1478)   

1527  Louis I, Cardinal of Guise, French cardinal (d. 1578) was born on October - 21.   

1570  On October - 21 birth of wolfgang Schonsleder, composer   

1574  Nicolo Rubini, composer was born on October - 21.   

1581  Domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (d. 1641) was born on October - 21.   

1582  On October - 21 birth of johan Ernst earl of Nassau-Siegen, military/son of Johan VII   

1650  Jean Bart, French captain/sea hero (Escape from Plymouth) was born on October - 21.   

1660  On October - 21 birth of georg Ernst Stahl, German scientist (d. 1734)   

1125  Death of Cosmas of Prague, Bohemian writer on October - 21.   

1204  Death of Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester, English nobleman on this day in history.   

1221  Death of Alix of Thouars, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1201) on this day in history.   

1266  Death of Birger jarl, Swedish statesman (b. 1210) on October - 21.   

1422  On October - 21 charles VI, King of France (1380-1422), dies at 54   

1439  Traversari Ambrosius, Italian humanist/leader, dies at 53 on October - 21.   

1500  Death of Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (b. 1442) on October - 21.   

1505  On October - 21 death of paul Scriptoris, German mathematician