Page 4: Historical Events In May - 21

1878  On May - 21 glenn Hammond Curtiss, US, inventor (hydroplane)   

1879  Battle of Iquiquw on May - 21.   

1880  Pablo Luna y Carne, composer on this day in history.   

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

1881  On this day in history uS Nation Lawn Tennis Association is formed   

1882  Georgine M "May" Basting, actress (Hostage Rights of Aemstel) on May - 21.   

1885  Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg, wife of Prince William of Wied (d.1936) on this day in history.   

1885  Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1886  On May - 21 14th Preakness: S Fisher aboard Bard wins in 2:45   

1887  On May - 21 mabel Taliaferro, NYC, actress (Sentimental Tommy, My Love Come Back)   

1888  On May - 21 may Aufderheide, composer   

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

1891  Boxers Peter Jackson & Jim Corbett fight to a draw in 61 rounds on this day in history.   

1892  On May - 21 ruggero Leoncavallo's opera "Pagliacci" premieres in Milan   

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

1893  On this day in history arthur Carr, cricket capt (England v Australia 1926)   

1894  On this day in history 22-year-old French Anarchist Émile Henry is executed by guillotine.   

1894  On this day in history august A Kundt, German physicist, (test of Kundt), dies at 54   

1895  Franz von Suppe, Austrian composer (Poet und Bauer), dies at 76 on May - 21.   

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

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

1897  On this day in history karol Mikuli, composer, dies at 77   

1898  US Assay Office in Seattle WA authorized on May - 21.   

1898  US Assay Office in Seattle, Washington authorized on this day in history.   

1898  Armand Hammer, NYC, millionaire industrialist (Occidental Petroleum) on May - 21.   

1899  On May - 21 ilse Lagner, writer   

1900  On May - 21 russia annexes Manchuria   

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

1903  Ali Sastroamidjojo, Indonesian attorney/minister/premier (1953..7) on this day in history.   

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

1904  The birth of Fats Waller, American musician on May - 21.   

1904  Federation Internationale de Football Assn (Soccer) forms in Paris on May - 21.   

1904  Fats Waller, [Thomas Wright], jazz singer/composer (Ain't Misbehavin') on May - 21.   

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  On this day in history birth of philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98)   

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  On this day in history 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 May - 21 koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26   

1481  On this day in history christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies   

1512  On May - 21 death of pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena   

1524  Thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80 on this day in history.   

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

1607  On this day in history death of john Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549)   

1639  Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70 on May - 21.