Page 3: Historical Events In June - 21

1876  Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Mexican general (took Alamo), dies at 79 on June - 21.   

1877  On June - 21 the Molly Maguires, ten Irish immigrants, are hanged at the Schuylkill County and Carbon County, Pennsylvania prisons.   

1879  F W Woolworth opens first store (failed almost immediately) on this day in history.   

1879  On this day in history f W Woolworth opens 1st store (failed almost immediately)   

1879  On this day in history umberto Brunelleschi, Italian cartoonist/illustrator (Candide)   

1882  Rockwell Kent, artist/painter/illustrator (Canterbury Tales) on June - 21.   

1883  Fjodor W Gladkow, Russian writer (Cement) on June - 21.   

1884  Claude "Auk" Auchinleck, British fieldmarshal North-Africa on this day in history.   

1884  On this day in history alexander, prince/last male descendent of Johan W Friso, dies   

1887  Britain celebrates golden jubilee of Queen Victoria on June - 21.   

1887  Adolf Schimon, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1891  Hermann Scherchen, Berlin Germany, conductor (Nature of Music) on June - 21.   

1892  On June - 21 reinhold Niebuhr, US, theologian (Nature & Destiny of Man)   

1893  The first Ferris wheel premieres (Chicago's Columbian Exposition) on this day in history.   

1893  On June - 21 1st Ferris wheel premieres (Chicago's Columbian Exposition)   

1893  Leland Stanford, American business tycoon and founder of Stanford University on this day in history.   

1894  Workers in Pittsburgh strike Pullman sleeping car company on June - 21.   

1895  British Roseberry govt falls on this day in history.   

1898  Guam becomes a territory of US on June - 21.   

1899  Pavel Haas, composer on June - 21.   

1900  On this day in history arthur MacArthur, U.S. military governor in the Philippines, grants an amnesty to Filipino rebels   

1900  On June - 21 dodgers score 7 in top of 11th to go ahead of Phillies, 20-13, In bottom of 11th Phillies stalls so umpire forfeits game to Dodgers   

1900  Gunnar Ek, composer on June - 21.   

1900  On this day in history polibo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 69   

1902  On this day in history wilhelm Maler, composer   

1903  Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Mazarine Stone" takes place (BG) on June - 21.   

1903  On June - 21 al[bert] Hirschfield, St Louis Mo, cartoonist (NINA, NY Times)   

1904  On this day in history boston Herald tells of Red Sox trade "Dougherty as a Yankee," 1st known reference to NY club as Yankees (became Yankees in 1913)   

1905  The birth of Jean-Paul Sartre, French playwright on June - 21.   

1905  On June - 21 jacques Goddot, French publisher (Tour de France)   

1906  On June - 21 m Wolf discovers asteroid #601 Nerthus   

1906  Luis Maria Millet, composer on this day in history.   

1907  13th US Golf Open: Alec Ross shoots a 302 at Phila Cricket Club PA on this day in history.   

1908  On June - 21 nikolai A Rimski-Korssakov, Russian composer (Sheherazade), dies at 64   

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1002  Leo IX, [Bruno count of Egesheim & Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54) was born on June - 21.   

1002  Pope Leo IX (d. 1054) was born on this day in history.   

1226  On June - 21 birth of king Boleslaus V of Poland (d. 1279)   

1528  On June - 21 birth of maria of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress (1603)   

1577  Giovanni Del Turco, composer was born on June - 21.   

1596  Michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia (1613-45)/1st Romanov was born on this day in history.   

1639  On this day in history birth of increase Mather, New England Puritan minister (d. 1723)   

1640  Abraham Mignon, still life painter was born on June - 21.   

0524  Chlodomir, king of the France to Orleans (511-24), dies at about 28 on this day in history.   

1205  On June - 21 death of enrico Dandolo, Doge of Venice (b. 1107)   

1208  On this day in history philips van Zwaben Hohenstaufen, Roman-German King, dies   

1305  Death of King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland (b. 1271) on June - 21.   

1377  Edward III, king of England (1327-77), dies on this day in history.   

1421  On June - 21 death of jean Le Maingre, Marshal of France (b. 1366)   

1527  Niccolo Machiavelli, Florentine statesman/author, dies at 57 on June - 21.   

1529  John Skelton, English poet, dies at about 69 on this day in history.