Historical Events In May - 21

1878  Glenn Hammond Curtiss, US, inventor (hydroplane) on this day in history.   

1879  On May - 21 battle of Iquiquw   

1880  On this day in history pablo Luna y Carne, composer   

1881  American Red Cross founded by Clara Barton on this day in history.   

1881  US Nation Lawn Tennis Association is formed on May - 21.   

1882  Georgine M "May" Basting, actress (Hostage Rights of Aemstel) on May - 21.   

1885  On May - 21 sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg, wife of Prince William of Wied (d.1936)   

1885  On May - 21 gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer, dies at 73   

1886  On this day in history 14th Preakness: S Fisher aboard Bard wins in 2:45   

1887  Mabel Taliaferro, NYC, actress (Sentimental Tommy, My Love Come Back) on this day in history.   

1888  On May - 21 may Aufderheide, composer   

1890  Albert van Raalte, conductor (AVRO-orchestra) on this day in history.   

1891  On this day in history boxers Peter Jackson & Jim Corbett fight to a draw in 61 rounds   

1892  Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera "Pagliacci" premieres in Milan on this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history john Peale Bishop, US poet (This Side of Paradise)   

1893  Arthur Carr, cricket capt (England v Australia 1926) on May - 21.   

1894  22-year-old French Anarchist Émile Henry is executed by guillotine on May - 21.   

1894  On this day in history august A Kundt, German physicist, (test of Kundt), dies at 54   

1895  On this day in history franz von Suppe, Austrian composer (Poet und Bauer), dies at 76   

1897  On May - 21 yerkes Observatory 40" (1 meter) refractor used for first time   

1897  On this day in history yerkes Observatory 40" (1m) refractor used for 1st time   

1897  On this day in history karol Mikuli, composer, dies at 77   

1898  US Assay Office in Seattle WA authorized on May - 21.   

1898  On this day in history uS Assay Office in Seattle, Washington authorized   

1898  On this day in history armand Hammer, NYC, millionaire industrialist (Occidental Petroleum)   

1899  On this day in history ilse Lagner, writer   

1900  Russia annexes Manchuria on May - 21.   

1901  Horace Heidt, Alameda Calif, orch leader (Swift Show Wagon) on this day in history.   

1903  On May - 21 ali Sastroamidjojo, Indonesian attorney/minister/premier (1953..7)   

1904  On May - 21 federation Internationale de Football Association (Soccer) forms in Paris France   

1904  On this day in history the birth of Fats Waller, American musician   

1904  Federation Internationale de Football Assn (Soccer) forms in Paris on this day in history.   

1904  Fats Waller, [Thomas Wright], jazz singer/composer (Ain't Misbehavin') on May - 21.   

1905  Edward Lockspeiser, composer on May - 21.   

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1471  Albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker was born on this day in history.   

1527  On May - 21 birth of philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98)   

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

1653  On May - 21 birth of eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697)   

1671  Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer was born on May - 21.   

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

1688  On May - 21 birth of alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock)   

1720  On this day in history birth of antonio Corbisiero, composer   

0987  Louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies on May - 21.   

1254  Koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26 on this day in history.   

1481  Christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies on this day in history.   

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

1524  On May - 21 thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80   

1542  On this day in history hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R   

1607  On May - 21 death of john Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549)   

1639  On May - 21 giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70