Historical Events In June - 21

1909  On this day in history kurt Schwaen, composer   

1910  Bela Tardos, composer on this day in history.   

1912  On June - 21 mary McCarthy, US, novelist (Group)   

1913  Tiny Broadwick becomes first woman to parachute from an airplane on June - 21.   

1913  On this day in history tiny Broadwick is 1st woman to parachute from an airplane   

1913  On June - 21 irving Shulman, author/screenwriter   

1913  Stefan O Iosif, Romanian poet (Beautiful Irine), dies at 37 on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history jan Decadt, composer   

1914  Glauco Velasquez, composer, dies at 30 on June - 21.   

1915  On June - 21 anti-British revolt in South-Africa ends with arrest of Gen De Law   

1916  On this day in history boston Rube Forster no-hits NY Yankees, 2-0   

1916  On June - 21 joe Bamford, British manufacturer/multi-millionaire   

1917  Hawaiian Red Cross founded on June - 21.   

1917  On June - 21 hawaiian Red Cross forms   

1918  James Bysse Joll, historian on June - 21.   

1919  On June - 21 germans scuttle their own fleet rather than surrender it to the Allies   

1919  On this day in history bauer forms German govt   

1920  The birth of Jane Russell, American film actress on June - 21.   

1921  HSC '21 soccer team forms in Haaksbergen on June - 21.   

1923  On June - 21 marcus Garvey sentenced to 5 years for using the mail to defraud   

1923  Marcus Garvey sentenced to 5 years for using mail to defraud on June - 21.   

1924  NCRV, Dutch Christian Radio Society, forms on June - 21.   

1925  On June - 21 jan H Leopold, poet/classical (translated Omar Khayyam), dies at 60   

1930  Ruth hits 3 HRs as Yanks blow 6-0 lead in 7th & lose 15-7 on this day in history.   

1932  Heavyweight Jack Sharkey TKOs Max Schmeling (NYC) on this day in history.   

1933  The first Great Lakes-to-Gulf of Mexico barge trip completed, New Orleans on this day in history.   

1933  1st Great Lakes-to-Gulf of Mexico barge trip completed, New Orleans on June - 21.   

1934  [James] Thorne Smith, US, sci-fi author (Stray Lamb, Turnabout) on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history french People's front govt-Blum falls   

1938  On this day in history baseball's Pinky Higgins gets 12th straight hit   

1939  On June - 21 doctors reveal Lou Gehrig has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis   

1940  On this day in history hMAS Sydney and Stuart bombard Bardia   

1940  German occupiers disband Dutch States-General/Council of State on this day in history.   

1940  Edouard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist, dies on June - 21.   

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1002  On June - 21 birth of leo IX, [Bruno count of Egesheim & Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54)   

1002  On June - 21 birth of pope Leo IX (d. 1054)   

1226  On this day in history birth of king Boleslaus V of Poland (d. 1279)   

1528  Maria of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress (1603) was born on June - 21.   

1577  Giovanni Del Turco, composer was born on June - 21.   

1596  Michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia (1613-45)/1st Romanov was born on this day in history.   

1639  Increase Mather, New England Puritan minister (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.   

1640  Abraham Mignon, still life painter was born on June - 21.   

0524  Chlodomir, king of the France to Orleans (511-24), dies at about 28 on this day in history.   

1205  On June - 21 death of enrico Dandolo, Doge of Venice (b. 1107)   

1208  Philips van Zwaben Hohenstaufen, Roman-German King, dies on this day in history.   

1305  On this day in history death of king Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland (b. 1271)   

1377  Edward III, king of England (1327-77), dies on this day in history.   

1421  Death of Jean Le Maingre, Marshal of France (b. 1366) on June - 21.   

1527  Niccolo Machiavelli, Florentine statesman/author, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1529  On this day in history john Skelton, English poet, dies at about 69