Historical Events In May - 21
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1878 Glenn Hammond Curtiss, US, inventor (hydroplane) on this day in history.
1879 Battle of Iquiquw on May - 21.
1880 On this day in history pablo Luna y Carne, composer
1881 American Red Cross founded by Clara Barton on May - 21.
1881 US Nation Lawn Tennis Association is formed on May - 21.
1882 Georgine M "May" Basting, actress (Hostage Rights of Aemstel) on May - 21.
1885 On May - 21 sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg, wife of Prince William of Wied (d.1936)
1885 Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.
1886 On this day in history 14th Preakness: S Fisher aboard Bard wins in 2:45
1887 On May - 21 mabel Taliaferro, NYC, actress (Sentimental Tommy, My Love Come Back)
1888 On May - 21 may Aufderheide, composer
1890 On this day in history albert van Raalte, conductor (AVRO-orchestra)
1891 On this day in history boxers Peter Jackson & Jim Corbett fight to a draw in 61 rounds
1892 On May - 21 ruggero Leoncavallo's opera "Pagliacci" premieres in Milan
1892 John Peale Bishop, US poet (This Side of Paradise) on this day in history.
1893 On May - 21 arthur Carr, cricket capt (England v Australia 1926)
1894 On May - 21 22-year-old French Anarchist Émile Henry is executed by guillotine.
1894 On May - 21 august A Kundt, German physicist, (test of Kundt), dies at 54
1895 On May - 21 franz von Suppe, Austrian composer (Poet und Bauer), dies at 76
1897 On this day in history yerkes Observatory 40" (1 meter) refractor used for first time
1897 Yerkes Observatory 40" (1m) refractor used for 1st time on May - 21.
1897 On this day in history karol Mikuli, composer, dies at 77
1898 US Assay Office in Seattle WA authorized on this day in history.
1898 On this day in history uS Assay Office in Seattle, Washington authorized
1898 On this day in history armand Hammer, NYC, millionaire industrialist (Occidental Petroleum)
1899 Ilse Lagner, writer on May - 21.
1900 Russia annexes Manchuria on this day in history.
1901 On May - 21 horace Heidt, Alameda Calif, orch leader (Swift Show Wagon)
1903 On May - 21 ali Sastroamidjojo, Indonesian attorney/minister/premier (1953..7)
1904 On May - 21 federation Internationale de Football Association (Soccer) forms in Paris France
1904 On May - 21 the birth of Fats Waller, American musician
1904 On May - 21 federation Internationale de Football Assn (Soccer) forms in Paris
1904 Fats Waller, [Thomas Wright], jazz singer/composer (Ain't Misbehavin') on this day in history.
1905 Edward Lockspeiser, composer on May - 21.
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