Historical Events In May - 21

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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1471  Albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker was born on May - 21.   

1527  On May - 21 birth of philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98)   

1633  On this day in history birth of joseph de La Barre, composer   

1653  On this day in history birth of eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697)   

1671  On May - 21 birth of azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer   

1680  Frederich Karl Erbach, composer was born on May - 21.   

1688  On this day in history birth of alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock)   

1720  On May - 21 birth of antonio Corbisiero, composer   

0987  On May - 21 louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies   

1254  On this day in history koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26   

1481  Christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies on May - 21.   

1512  Death of Pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena on May - 21.   

1524  On this day in history thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80   

1542  On May - 21 hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R   

1607  Death of John Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549) on this day in history.   

1639  On May - 21 giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70