Historical Events In May - 21

1944  Accidental explosion on board a LST unloading ammunition in West Loch, Pearl Harbor and the resulting fire and other explosions sink 5 LSTs and 1 other LST on May - 21.   

1944  Hitler begins attack on English/US "terror pilots" on May - 21.   

1945  On May - 21 australia Services win first Victory Test Cricket at Lord's by 6 wickets   

1945  On May - 21 german war criminal Heinrich Himmler captured   

1945  Lauren Bacall & Humphrey Bogart wed on this day in history.   

1945  On May - 21 aust Services win 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's by 6 wickets   

1948  On this day in history nY Yank Joe Dimaggio hits for cycle (single, double, triple, HR)   

1949  On this day in history klaus Mann, German writer, dies at 42   

1950  Vietnamese troops of Ho Chi-Minh attack Cambodia on this day in history.   

1951  Chinese offensive in Korea collapses on May - 21.   

1951  On this day in history the opening of the Ninth Street Show, otherwise known as the 9th Street Art Exhibition   

1952  Dutch Queen Juliana opens Amsterdam-Rhine Canal on May - 21.   

1952  On this day in history bkln Dodgers score 15 runs in 1st inning & beat Cin Reds, 19-1   

1952  On this day in history john Garfield, actor (Juarez, Air Force), dies at 39   

1953  French Government of Mayer resigns on May - 21.   

1953  French govt of Mayer resigns on this day in history.   

1954  Amendment to give 18-year-olds right to vote is defeated on this day in history.   

1954  Janos Hammerschlag, composer, dies at 68 on May - 21.   

1955  "House of Flowers" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 165 performances on this day in history.   

1956  On May - 21 jordan government of Said el-Mufti forms   

1956  US explodes first airborne hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll on May - 21.   

1957  French Government of Mollet resigns on May - 21.   

1957  Edwin St Hill, cricketer (two Tests for West Indies 1930-31), dies on this day in history.   

1958  On May - 21 indonesian paratroopers reconquers Morotai Island   

1958  On May - 21 uS performs nuclear test at Bikini Island (atmospheric tests)   

1959  On this day in history cleveland Metroparks Zoo Children's Petting Farm opens   

1961  Governor Patterson declares martial law in Montgomery on this day in history.   

1964  Fire in Wégimond Belgium resort, kills 19 on May - 21.   

1964  The first nuclear-powered lighthouse begins operations (Chesapeake Bay) on this day in history.   

1964  The initiation of the standing carrier presence at Yankee Station in the South China Sea on May - 21.   

1964  On May - 21 uS begin intelligence flights above Laos   

1966  "Louie Louie" by The Kingsmen reentered the chart & hits #97 on May - 21.   

1966  Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) TKOs Henry Cooper in 6 for heavyweight boxing title in London on May - 21.   

1966  Pat O'Malley, silent film actor (Wild One, Quiet Man), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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1471  On May - 21 birth of albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker   

1527  Philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98) was born on this day in history.   

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

1653  Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697) was born on this day in history.   

1671  Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1688  Alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock) was born on May - 21.   

1720  Antonio Corbisiero, composer was born on this day in history.   

0987  On this day in history 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  On this day in history christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies   

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

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  On this day in history giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70