Historical Events In June - 21

1876  Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Mexican general (took Alamo), dies at 79 on June - 21.   

1877  On this day in history the Molly Maguires, ten Irish immigrants, are hanged at the Schuylkill County and Carbon County, Pennsylvania prisons.   

1879  On this day in history f W Woolworth opens first store (failed almost immediately)   

1879  On this day in history f W Woolworth opens 1st store (failed almost immediately)   

1879  On this day in history umberto Brunelleschi, Italian cartoonist/illustrator (Candide)   

1882  Rockwell Kent, artist/painter/illustrator (Canterbury Tales) on this day in history.   

1883  On June - 21 fjodor W Gladkow, Russian writer (Cement)   

1884  On this day in history claude "Auk" Auchinleck, British fieldmarshal North-Africa   

1884  Alexander, prince/last male descendent of Johan W Friso, dies on June - 21.   

1887  Britain celebrates golden jubilee of Queen Victoria on this day in history.   

1887  On this day in history adolf Schimon, composer, dies at 67   

1891  Hermann Scherchen, Berlin Germany, conductor (Nature of Music) on this day in history.   

1892  Reinhold Niebuhr, US, theologian (Nature & Destiny of Man) on this day in history.   

1893  On June - 21 the first Ferris wheel premieres (Chicago's Columbian Exposition)   

1893  On June - 21 1st Ferris wheel premieres (Chicago's Columbian Exposition)   

1893  Leland Stanford, American business tycoon and founder of Stanford University on June - 21.   

1894  On this day in history workers in Pittsburgh strike Pullman sleeping car company   

1895  British Roseberry govt falls on this day in history.   

1898  Guam becomes a territory of US on June - 21.   

1899  Pavel Haas, composer on June - 21.   

1900  On June - 21 arthur MacArthur, U.S. military governor in the Philippines, grants an amnesty to Filipino rebels   

1900  On June - 21 dodgers score 7 in top of 11th to go ahead of Phillies, 20-13, In bottom of 11th Phillies stalls so umpire forfeits game to Dodgers   

1900  Gunnar Ek, composer on June - 21.   

1900  On June - 21 polibo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 69   

1902  On June - 21 wilhelm Maler, composer   

1903  On June - 21 sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Mazarine Stone" takes place (BG)   

1903  Al[bert] Hirschfield, St Louis Mo, cartoonist (NINA, NY Times) on June - 21.   

1904  On this day in history boston Herald tells of Red Sox trade "Dougherty as a Yankee," 1st known reference to NY club as Yankees (became Yankees in 1913)   

1905  On this day in history the birth of Jean-Paul Sartre, French playwright   

1905  On this day in history jacques Goddot, French publisher (Tour de France)   

1906  On this day in history m Wolf discovers asteroid #601 Nerthus   

1906  Luis Maria Millet, composer on this day in history.   

1907  13th US Golf Open: Alec Ross shoots a 302 at Phila Cricket Club PA on this day in history.   

1908  Nikolai A Rimski-Korssakov, Russian composer (Sheherazade), dies at 64 on June - 21.   

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1002  Leo IX, [Bruno count of Egesheim & Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54) was born on June - 21.   

1002  Pope Leo IX (d. 1054) was born on June - 21.   

1226  On June - 21 birth of king Boleslaus V of Poland (d. 1279)   

1528  On this day in history birth of maria of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress (1603)   

1577  On June - 21 birth of giovanni Del Turco, composer   

1596  Michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia (1613-45)/1st Romanov was born on this day in history.   

1639  Increase Mather, New England Puritan minister (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.   

1640  On June - 21 birth of abraham Mignon, still life painter   

0524  On June - 21 chlodomir, king of the France to Orleans (511-24), dies at about 28   

1205  Death of Enrico Dandolo, Doge of Venice (b. 1107) on this day in history.   

1208  Philips van Zwaben Hohenstaufen, Roman-German King, dies on this day in history.   

1305  Death of King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland (b. 1271) on this day in history.   

1377  On June - 21 edward III, king of England (1327-77), dies   

1421  Death of Jean Le Maingre, Marshal of France (b. 1366) on June - 21.   

1527  Niccolo Machiavelli, Florentine statesman/author, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1529  John Skelton, English poet, dies at about 69 on this day in history.