Page 4: Historical Events In May - 21

1878  On May - 21 glenn Hammond Curtiss, US, inventor (hydroplane)   

1879  Battle of Iquiquw on May - 21.   

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

1881  American Red Cross founded by Clara Barton on May - 21.   

1881  On this day in history uS Nation Lawn Tennis Association is formed   

1882  On this day in history georgine M "May" Basting, actress (Hostage Rights of Aemstel)   

1885  On this day in history 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 May - 21 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 this day in history may Aufderheide, composer   

1890  Albert van Raalte, conductor (AVRO-orchestra) on May - 21.   

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

1892  On May - 21 ruggero Leoncavallo's opera "Pagliacci" premieres in Milan   

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  On this day in history 22-year-old French Anarchist Émile Henry is executed by guillotine.   

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

1895  Franz von Suppe, Austrian composer (Poet und Bauer), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1897  Yerkes Observatory 40" (1 meter) refractor used for first time on this day in history.   

1897  Yerkes Observatory 40" (1m) refractor used for 1st time on May - 21.   

1897  Karol Mikuli, composer, dies at 77 on May - 21.   

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

1898  On May - 21 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  On this day in history horace Heidt, Alameda Calif, orch leader (Swift Show Wagon)   

1903  On this day in history ali Sastroamidjojo, Indonesian attorney/minister/premier (1953..7)   

1904  Federation Internationale de Football Association (Soccer) forms in Paris France on May - 21.   

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  On this day in history fats Waller, [Thomas Wright], jazz singer/composer (Ain't Misbehavin')   

1905  On May - 21 edward Lockspeiser, composer   

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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  Joseph de La Barre, composer was born on May - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1720  On May - 21 birth of antonio Corbisiero, composer   

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

1254  On May - 21 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  On this day in history death of pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena   

1524  Thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80 on this day in history.   

1542  Hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R on this day in history.   

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