Page 4: Historical Events In May - 21

1878  Glenn Hammond Curtiss, US, inventor (hydroplane) on this day in history.   

1879  On May - 21 battle of Iquiquw   

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

1881  On this day in history american Red Cross founded by Clara Barton   

1881  On May - 21 uS Nation Lawn Tennis Association is formed   

1882  Georgine M "May" Basting, actress (Hostage Rights of Aemstel) on this day in history.   

1885  On May - 21 sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg, wife of Prince William of Wied (d.1936)   

1885  On this day in history gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer, dies at 73   

1886  On this day in history 14th Preakness: S Fisher aboard Bard wins in 2:45   

1887  On this day in history mabel Taliaferro, NYC, actress (Sentimental Tommy, My Love Come Back)   

1888  May Aufderheide, composer on this day in history.   

1890  On May - 21 albert van Raalte, conductor (AVRO-orchestra)   

1891  Boxers Peter Jackson & Jim Corbett fight to a draw in 61 rounds on May - 21.   

1892  Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera "Pagliacci" premieres in Milan on May - 21.   

1892  On May - 21 john Peale Bishop, US poet (This Side of Paradise)   

1893  On May - 21 arthur Carr, cricket capt (England v Australia 1926)   

1894  On May - 21 22-year-old French Anarchist Émile Henry is executed by guillotine.   

1894  On May - 21 august A Kundt, German physicist, (test of Kundt), dies at 54   

1895  On May - 21 franz von Suppe, Austrian composer (Poet und Bauer), dies at 76   

1897  On May - 21 yerkes Observatory 40" (1 meter) refractor used for first time   

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

1897  On May - 21 karol Mikuli, composer, dies at 77   

1898  On May - 21 uS Assay Office in Seattle WA authorized   

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  Ilse Lagner, writer on this day in history.   

1900  Russia annexes Manchuria on May - 21.   

1901  On this day in history horace Heidt, Alameda Calif, orch leader (Swift Show Wagon)   

1903  On May - 21 ali Sastroamidjojo, Indonesian attorney/minister/premier (1953..7)   

1904  On May - 21 federation Internationale de Football Association (Soccer) forms in Paris France   

1904  On May - 21 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  Edward Lockspeiser, composer on May - 21.   

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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 May - 21.   

1633  Joseph de La Barre, composer was born on May - 21.   

1653  On May - 21 birth of eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697)   

1671  On May - 21 birth of azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer   

1680  Frederich Karl Erbach, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1720  On May - 21 birth of antonio Corbisiero, composer   

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

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 May - 21.   

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 May - 21 hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R   

1607  On May - 21 death of john Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549)   

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