Page 4: Historical Events In April - 21

1898  On April - 21 phillies' pitcher Bill Duggleby hits a grand slam on 1st at bat   

1898  On April - 21 steve Owen, NFL tackle, coach (NY Giants)   

1898  Louis Theodore Gouvy, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1899  On this day in history clement D'Hooghe, composer   

1899  Heinrich Kiepert, German cartographer/geographer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1900  Heinrich Vogl, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history l Carnera discovers asteroid #470 Kilia   

1901  On April - 21 julian Bautista, composer   

1902  On this day in history bernard J H "Ben" Stroman, recensent/writer (Jomtof & Blue Beard)   

1903  Hans Hedtoft, premier Denmark (1947..55) on April - 21.   

1904  On this day in history ty Cobb makes his pro debut for Augusta (South Atlantic League)   

1904  Gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67) on April - 21.   

1905  On this day in history edmund G "Pat" Brown, (Gov-D-Calif)   

1906  On this day in history commander Robert Peary discovered supposed Arctic Continent did not exist.   

1906  On this day in history tom Burns, editor   

1907  On this day in history antoni Szalowski, composer   

1908  On April - 21 frederick A Cook claims to reach North Pole (NOT)   

1908  Frederick A Cook claims to reach North Pole (He didn't) on this day in history.   

1908  Louis Hostin, France, Light Heavyweight, Olympic-gold-1932, 36) on this day in history.   

1909  On April - 21 rollo May, US, psychologist, Love & Will)   

1910  On April - 21 mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens], author, dies in Redding Conn   

1910  On April - 21 cleve Naps play 1st game at League Park, lose to Det Tigers 5-0   

1910  On this day in history mark Twain, [Samuel Clemens], auther (Huckleberry Finn), dies at 74   

1911  Leonard Warren, NYC, baritone, Met 1939-60) died on stage on April - 21.   

1912  On April - 21 feike P Asma, Dutch organist   

1913  German passenger ship Imperator runs aground on this day in history.   

1913  On April - 21 choh Hao Li, bio-chemist professor, isolated growth hormones)   

1914  On April - 21 uS marines occupy Vera Cruz, Mexico, stay 6 months   

1915  The birth of Anthony Quinn, American actor on this day in history.   

1915  On April - 21 andor Kovach, composer   

1916  On this day in history sidney Clute, Brooklyn NY, actor, Lou Grant, Cagney & Lacey)   

1917  Foundation of Imperial War Graves Commission, later Commonwealth War Graves Commission The purpose of the commission was to erect and maintain war memorials and cemeteries on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history emanuel Vardi, Jerusalem Israel, violist, SD Symph 1978-82)   

1918  "Red" Baron Manfred von Richtofen, killed in WW I on this day in history.   

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1488  Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot was born on April - 21.   

1546  On this day in history birth of arcangelo Crivelli, composer   

1555  On April - 21 birth of ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619)   

1619  John A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder (Cape Colony) was born on April - 21.   

1651  On this day in history birth of blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711)   

1652  Michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719) was born on April - 21.   

1671  John Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729) was born on April - 21.   

1672  Johann Philipp Kafer, composer was born on April - 21.   

1073  Alexander II, [Anselmo da Baggio], Pope (1061-73), dies on this day in history.   

1109  On April - 21 anselmus, philosopher/archbishop of Canterbury, dies   

1142  On this day in history death of pierre Abélard, French writer (b. 1079)   

1329  Death of Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282) on this day in history.   

1509  On April - 21 henry VII, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509), dies at 52   

1551  Death of Oda Nobuhide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510) on this day in history.   

1552  Peter Apianus, [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German astronomer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1557  Death of Petrus Apianus, German mathematician (b. 1495) on this day in history.