Historical Events In May - 21

1878  On this day in history glenn Hammond Curtiss, US, inventor (hydroplane)   

1879  On this day in history battle of Iquiquw   

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

1881  On May - 21 american Red Cross founded by Clara Barton   

1881  US Nation Lawn Tennis Association is formed on this day in history.   

1882  On this day in history georgine M "May" Basting, actress (Hostage Rights of Aemstel)   

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

1885  Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer, dies at 73 on May - 21.   

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

1887  Mabel Taliaferro, NYC, actress (Sentimental Tommy, My Love Come Back) on this day in history.   

1888  May Aufderheide, composer on May - 21.   

1890  Albert van Raalte, conductor (AVRO-orchestra) on this day in history.   

1891  On May - 21 boxers Peter Jackson & Jim Corbett fight to a draw in 61 rounds   

1892  Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera "Pagliacci" premieres in Milan on this day in history.   

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

1893  Arthur Carr, cricket capt (England v Australia 1926) on this day in history.   

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

1894  August A Kundt, German physicist, (test of Kundt), dies at 54 on May - 21.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1898  On this day in history uS Assay Office in Seattle, Washington authorized   

1898  Armand Hammer, NYC, millionaire industrialist (Occidental Petroleum) on this day in history.   

1899  On May - 21 ilse Lagner, writer   

1900  Russia annexes Manchuria on this day in history.   

1901  On May - 21 horace Heidt, Alameda Calif, orch leader (Swift Show Wagon)   

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

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

1904  The birth of Fats Waller, American musician on this day in history.   

1904  On this day in history federation Internationale de Football Assn (Soccer) forms in Paris   

1904  On this day in history fats Waller, [Thomas Wright], jazz singer/composer (Ain't Misbehavin')   

1905  Edward Lockspeiser, composer on this day in history.   

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1471  On this day in history birth of albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker   

1527  On May - 21 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 this day in history birth of eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697)   

1671  Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer was born on May - 21.   

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

1688  On May - 21 birth of alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock)   

1720  Antonio Corbisiero, composer was born on this day in history.   

0987  On May - 21 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  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 May - 21.   

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

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

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