Historical Events In October - 21

1898  Amedeo duke of Aosta, viceroy of Ethiopia/gov-gen of Ital East-Africa on this day in history.   

1899  Battle at Elandslaagte Natal: (Boers vs British army) on October - 21.   

1901  Gerhard von Rad, German old testament scholar (Deuteronomium) on this day in history.   

1902  On this day in history in the United States, a five month strike by United Mine Workers ends.   

1902  On this day in history hilarion Rubio, composer   

1904  Edmond [Moore] Hamilton, US, sci-fi author (Danger Planet) on this day in history.   

1905  England Pilgrim Assn beats All NY 11, 7-1 in soccer at Polo Grounds on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history jose Teodor Vilar, composer, dies at 69   

1906  [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, actress (Small Lord), dies at 55 on October - 21.   

1908  Alexander Schneider, Vilna Lith, violinist (Budapest String Quartet) on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history rS Hichens & M Hudsons "Garden of Allah," premieres in NYC   

1911  On October - 21 peter Graves, London England, actor (Mission Impossible, Stalag 17)   

1912  Carlos Don Byas, US jazz saxophonist on October - 21.   

1914  On October - 21 battle of Warsaw ends with German defeat   

1914  On October - 21 martin Gardner, Scientific American math & puzzles columnist   

1915  On this day in history first transatlantic radiotelephone message, Arlington, Va to Paris   

1915  Vera Deakin, daughter of former Prime Minister Alfred Deakin, establishes the Australian Red Cross Missing and Wounded Enquiry Bureau in Cairo, Egypt During the remainder of the war the bureau handled thousands of enquiries from Australian families seeking information about wounded and missing soldiers on this day in history.   

1915  1st transatlantic radiotelephone message, Arlington, Va to Paris on October - 21.   

1916  On October - 21 uS Army forms Reserve Officers Training Corps   

1916  On this day in history andrea Checchi, Firenze Italy, actress (Attack & Retreat)   

1916  On this day in history karl von Storgkh, premier Austria, assassinated   

1917  First Americans to see action on the front lines of WW I on October - 21.   

1917  On this day in history 1st Americans to see action on front lines of WW I   

1917  On this day in history dizzy Gillespie, [John B], jazz trumpeter, a creator of modern jazz   

1918  Margaret Owen sets world typing speed record of 170 wpm for 1 min on October - 21.   

1918  The Mount Royal Tunnel, Montreal, is opened for regular traffic by the Canadian Northern Railway on this day in history.   

1919  On October - 21 claire Sterling, journalist   

1919  On October - 21 sven August Korling, composer, dies at 77   

1921  On October - 21 tuschinski Theater opens in Amsterdam   

1921  On October - 21 jarmil Burghauser, composer   

1922  Liliane de Bettencourt, heir to L'Oreal on this day in history.   

1923  On October - 21 1st planetarium opens at Deutsche Museum in Munich   

1924  On October - 21 kLM Fokker's F7 H-NACC departs to Dutch East Indies   

1924  On this day in history martin Pierre Joseph Marsick, composer, dies at 76   

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1449  On October - 21 birth of george, Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV and Richard III (d. 1478)   

1527  On October - 21 birth of louis I, Cardinal of Guise, French cardinal (d. 1578)   

1570  On this day in history birth of wolfgang Schonsleder, composer   

1574  On this day in history birth of nicolo Rubini, composer   

1581  Domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (d. 1641) was born on this day in history.   

1582  Johan Ernst earl of Nassau-Siegen, military/son of Johan VII was born on this day in history.   

1650  On this day in history birth of jean Bart, French captain/sea hero (Escape from Plymouth)   

1660  Georg Ernst Stahl, German scientist (d. 1734) was born on this day in history.   

1125  On this day in history death of cosmas of Prague, Bohemian writer   

1204  Death of Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester, English nobleman on this day in history.   

1221  Death of Alix of Thouars, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1201) on October - 21.   

1266  Death of Birger jarl, Swedish statesman (b. 1210) on October - 21.   

1422  Charles VI, King of France (1380-1422), dies at 54 on October - 21.   

1439  Traversari Ambrosius, Italian humanist/leader, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1500  Death of Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (b. 1442) on October - 21.   

1505  On October - 21 death of paul Scriptoris, German mathematician