Page 4: Historical Events In April - 21

1898  On this day in history phillies' pitcher Bill Duggleby hits a grand slam on 1st at bat   

1898  On April - 21 steve Owen, NFL tackle, coach (NY Giants)   

1898  Louis Theodore Gouvy, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1899  On April - 21 clement D'Hooghe, composer   

1899  Heinrich Kiepert, German cartographer/geographer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1900  Heinrich Vogl, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history l Carnera discovers asteroid #470 Kilia   

1901  Julian Bautista, composer on this day in history.   

1902  Bernard J H "Ben" Stroman, recensent/writer (Jomtof & Blue Beard) on April - 21.   

1903  On April - 21 hans Hedtoft, premier Denmark (1947..55)   

1904  On this day in history ty Cobb makes his pro debut for Augusta (South Atlantic League)   

1904  Gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67) on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history edmund G "Pat" Brown, (Gov-D-Calif)   

1906  On April - 21 commander Robert Peary discovered supposed Arctic Continent did not exist.   

1906  Tom Burns, editor on this day in history.   

1907  Antoni Szalowski, composer on this day in history.   

1908  Frederick A Cook claims to reach North Pole (NOT) on April - 21.   

1908  Frederick A Cook claims to reach North Pole (He didn't) on April - 21.   

1908  Louis Hostin, France, Light Heavyweight, Olympic-gold-1932, 36) on this day in history.   

1909  On this day in history rollo May, US, psychologist, Love & Will)   

1910  On April - 21 mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens], author, dies in Redding Conn   

1910  On April - 21 cleve Naps play 1st game at League Park, lose to Det Tigers 5-0   

1910  On April - 21 mark Twain, [Samuel Clemens], auther (Huckleberry Finn), dies at 74   

1911  On this day in history leonard Warren, NYC, baritone, Met 1939-60) died on stage   

1912  On April - 21 feike P Asma, Dutch organist   

1913  German passenger ship Imperator runs aground on this day in history.   

1913  Choh Hao Li, bio-chemist professor, isolated growth hormones) on April - 21.   

1914  US marines occupy Vera Cruz, Mexico, stay 6 months on this day in history.   

1915  The birth of Anthony Quinn, American actor on this day in history.   

1915  Andor Kovach, composer on April - 21.   

1916  Sidney Clute, Brooklyn NY, actor, Lou Grant, Cagney & Lacey) on April - 21.   

1917  On April - 21 foundation of Imperial War Graves Commission, later Commonwealth War Graves Commission The purpose of the commission was to erect and maintain war memorials and cemeteries   

1917  Emanuel Vardi, Jerusalem Israel, violist, SD Symph 1978-82) on this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history "Red" Baron Manfred von Richtofen, killed in WW I   

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1488  On this day in history birth of ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot   

1546  On April - 21 birth of arcangelo Crivelli, composer   

1555  On this day in history birth of ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619)   

1619  On this day in history birth of john A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder (Cape Colony)   

1651  Blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711) was born on this day in history.   

1652  Michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719) was born on April - 21.   

1671  John Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729) was born on this day in history.   

1672  Johann Philipp Kafer, composer was born on this day in history.   

1073  Alexander II, [Anselmo da Baggio], Pope (1061-73), dies on April - 21.   

1109  Anselmus, philosopher/archbishop of Canterbury, dies on April - 21.   

1142  On April - 21 death of pierre Abélard, French writer (b. 1079)   

1329  On April - 21 death of frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282)   

1509  Henry VII, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509), dies at 52 on April - 21.   

1551  On April - 21 death of oda Nobuhide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510)   

1552  Peter Apianus, [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German astronomer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1557  Death of Petrus Apianus, German mathematician (b. 1495) on April - 21.