Historical Events In May - 21

1925  Roald Amundsun leaves Spitsbergen with 2 seaplanes to North Pole on May - 21.   

1925  Canadians allow to sell beer on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history white Sox Earl Sheely hits a record 6th consecutive double   

1926  Dan Perlsweig, horse trainer on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history georgy L'vovich Catoire, composer, dies at 65   

1927  Charles Lindbergh becomes the first to fly solo across the Atlantic on this day in history.   

1927  Lindbergh lands in Paris France, after first solo air crossing of Atlantic on May - 21.   

1927  On this day in history lindburgh lands in Paris, after 1st solo air crossing of Atlantic   

1927  On this day in history george Levy, antique dealer/heritage campaigner   

1929  On this day in history automatic electric stock quotation board installed, NYC   

1929  On this day in history v P F A Royle, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1879), dies   

1930  On this day in history new York Yankee Babe Ruth hits 3 consecutive homers   

1930  On this day in history max Bishop draws 8 walks in a doubleheader   

1931  Belgian Government of Jaspar falls on this day in history.   

1931  Belgian govt of Jaspar falls on May - 21.   

1932  1st Curtis Cup: US wins, 5½-3½ at Wentworth Club (Wentworth, England) on May - 21.   

1933  On this day in history mount Davidson Cross lit by FDR via telegraph   

1933  Mt Davidson Cross lit by FDR via telegraph on this day in history.   

1933  John Henry Mackay, Scottish/German author (Der Schwimmer), dies at 69 on May - 21.   

1934  Oskaloosa IA, becomes first US city to fingerprint its citizens on May - 21.   

1934  On this day in history oskaloosa Iowa, becomes 1st US city to fingerprint its citizens   

1935  Hugo de Vries, botanist Gruppenweise Artbildung, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1936  Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her hand. Her story soon becomes one of Japan's most notorious scandals on May - 21.   

1938  On May - 21 bradman scores 143 Australia vs Surrey, 198 minutes, 11 fours   

1938  Bradman scores 143 Aust v Surrey, 198 mins, 11 fours on May - 21.   

1940  On this day in history allied counter attack at Atrecht North-France   

1940  AVRO-chairman Willem Vogt fires all Jewish employees on May - 21.   

1940  Reynaud forms French Government on May - 21.   

1941  German airforce occupies airport at Maleme Kreta on May - 21.   

1941  On May - 21 singer Johan Heesters visits Dachau concentration camp   

1941  On May - 21 the first US ship sunk by a U-boat (SS Robin Moore)   

1941  On May - 21 1st US ship sunk by a U-boat (SS Robin Moore)   

1942  On this day in history great-Britain convoy PQ16 departs to Russia   

1943  Fastest 9 inning AL baseball game (89 mins), White Sox beat Senators 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 May - 21 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  On May - 21 birth of frederich Karl Erbach, composer   

1688  On May - 21 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  On this day in history death of pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena   

1524  Thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80 on May - 21.   

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

1607  On this day in history death of john Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549)   

1639  Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70 on this day in history.