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 this day in history.   

1945  German war criminal Heinrich Himmler captured on this day in history.   

1945  Lauren Bacall & Humphrey Bogart wed on this day in history.   

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  Klaus Mann, German writer, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1950  Vietnamese troops of Ho Chi-Minh attack Cambodia on this day in history.   

1951  Chinese offensive in Korea collapses on May - 21.   

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

1952  Dutch Queen Juliana opens Amsterdam-Rhine Canal on May - 21.   

1952  On this day in history bkln Dodgers score 15 runs in 1st inning & beat Cin Reds, 19-1   

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  On this day in history amendment to give 18-year-olds right to vote is defeated   

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  On this day in history jordan government of Said el-Mufti forms   

1956  On May - 21 uS explodes first airborne hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll   

1957  On May - 21 french Government of Mollet resigns   

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 this day in history.   

1958  On May - 21 uS performs nuclear test at Bikini Island (atmospheric tests)   

1959  On May - 21 cleveland Metroparks Zoo Children's Petting Farm opens   

1961  Governor Patterson declares martial law in Montgomery on May - 21.   

1964  Fire in Wégimond Belgium resort, kills 19 on May - 21.   

1964  On May - 21 the first nuclear-powered lighthouse begins operations (Chesapeake Bay)   

1964  On this day in history the initiation of the standing carrier presence at Yankee Station in the South China Sea.   

1964  US begin intelligence flights above Laos on this day in history.   

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 May - 21 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  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  On May - 21 birth of azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer   

1680  On May - 21 birth of frederich Karl Erbach, composer   

1688  Alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock) was born on this day in history.   

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

0987  Louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies on this day in history.   

1254  On this day in history koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26   

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

1512  Death of Pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena on this day in history.   

1524  Thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80 on May - 21.   

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

1607  Death of John Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549) on this day in history.   

1639  Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70 on this day in history.