Page 7: Historical Events In May - 21

1944  Accidental explosion on board a LST unloading ammunition in West Loch, Pearl Harbor and the resulting fire and other explosions sink 5 LSTs and 1 other LST on this day in history.   

1944  On May - 21 hitler begins attack on English/US "terror pilots"   

1945  Australia Services win first Victory Test Cricket at Lord's by 6 wickets on May - 21.   

1945  On this day in history german war criminal Heinrich Himmler captured   

1945  Lauren Bacall & Humphrey Bogart wed on May - 21.   

1945  On May - 21 aust Services win 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's by 6 wickets   

1948  On May - 21 nY Yank Joe Dimaggio hits for cycle (single, double, triple, HR)   

1949  On May - 21 klaus Mann, German writer, dies at 42   

1950  On May - 21 vietnamese troops of Ho Chi-Minh attack Cambodia   

1951  On May - 21 chinese offensive in Korea collapses   

1951  The opening of the Ninth Street Show, otherwise known as the 9th Street Art Exhibition on May - 21.   

1952  On this day in history dutch Queen Juliana opens Amsterdam-Rhine Canal   

1952  Bkln Dodgers score 15 runs in 1st inning & beat Cin Reds, 19-1 on May - 21.   

1952  John Garfield, actor (Juarez, Air Force), dies at 39 on May - 21.   

1953  On this day in history french Government of Mayer resigns   

1953  French govt of Mayer resigns on this day in history.   

1954  Amendment to give 18-year-olds right to vote is defeated on May - 21.   

1954  Janos Hammerschlag, composer, dies at 68 on May - 21.   

1955  On May - 21 "House of Flowers" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 165 performances   

1956  Jordan government of Said el-Mufti forms on this day in history.   

1956  US explodes first airborne hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll on this day in history.   

1957  French Government of Mollet resigns on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history edwin St Hill, cricketer (two Tests for West Indies 1930-31), dies   

1958  Indonesian paratroopers reconquers Morotai Island on May - 21.   

1958  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Bikini Island (atmospheric tests)   

1959  On this day in history cleveland Metroparks Zoo Children's Petting Farm opens   

1961  Governor Patterson declares martial law in Montgomery on this day in history.   

1964  On May - 21 fire in Wégimond Belgium resort, kills 19   

1964  On this day in history the first nuclear-powered lighthouse begins operations (Chesapeake Bay)   

1964  The initiation of the standing carrier presence at Yankee Station in the South China Sea on May - 21.   

1964  US begin intelligence flights above Laos on May - 21.   

1966  On May - 21 "Louie Louie" by The Kingsmen reentered the chart & hits #97   

1966  On May - 21 muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) TKOs Henry Cooper in 6 for heavyweight boxing title in London   

1966  On this day in history pat O'Malley, silent film actor (Wild One, Quiet Man), dies at 75   

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

1527  Philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98) was born on this day in history.   

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

1653  On this day in history 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  On May - 21 birth of frederich Karl Erbach, composer   

1688  Alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock) was born on May - 21.   

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

0987  On this day in history louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies   

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

1481  On May - 21 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 May - 21.   

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

1607  Death of John Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549) on May - 21.   

1639  On this day in history giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70