Page 6: Historical Events In May - 21

1925  Roald Amundsun leaves Spitsbergen with 2 seaplanes to North Pole on May - 21.   

1925  On this day in history canadians allow to sell beer   

1926  White Sox Earl Sheely hits a record 6th consecutive double on May - 21.   

1926  Dan Perlsweig, horse trainer on this day in history.   

1926  Georgy L'vovich Catoire, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1927  Charles Lindbergh becomes the first to fly solo across the Atlantic on this day in history.   

1927  Lindbergh lands in Paris France, after first solo air crossing of Atlantic on this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history lindburgh lands in Paris, after 1st solo air crossing of Atlantic   

1927  George Levy, antique dealer/heritage campaigner on May - 21.   

1929  Automatic electric stock quotation board installed, NYC on this day in history.   

1929  V P F A Royle, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1879), dies on this day in history.   

1930  On May - 21 new York Yankee Babe Ruth hits 3 consecutive homers   

1930  On this day in history max Bishop draws 8 walks in a doubleheader   

1931  Belgian Government of Jaspar falls on May - 21.   

1931  On May - 21 belgian govt of Jaspar falls   

1932  1st Curtis Cup: US wins, 5½-3½ at Wentworth Club (Wentworth, England) on this day in history.   

1933  Mount Davidson Cross lit by FDR via telegraph on May - 21.   

1933  On this day in history mt Davidson Cross lit by FDR via telegraph   

1933  John Henry Mackay, Scottish/German author (Der Schwimmer), dies at 69 on May - 21.   

1934  On this day in history oskaloosa IA, becomes first US city to fingerprint its citizens   

1934  Oskaloosa Iowa, becomes 1st US city to fingerprint its citizens on May - 21.   

1935  On this day in history hugo de Vries, botanist Gruppenweise Artbildung, dies at 87   

1936  Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her hand. Her story soon becomes one of Japan's most notorious scandals on this day in history.   

1938  Bradman scores 143 Australia vs Surrey, 198 minutes, 11 fours on May - 21.   

1938  Bradman scores 143 Aust v Surrey, 198 mins, 11 fours on this day in history.   

1940  Allied counter attack at Atrecht North-France on this day in history.   

1940  On May - 21 aVRO-chairman Willem Vogt fires all Jewish employees   

1940  Reynaud forms French Government on May - 21.   

1941  German airforce occupies airport at Maleme Kreta on this day in history.   

1941  Singer Johan Heesters visits Dachau concentration camp on this day in history.   

1941  The first US ship sunk by a U-boat (SS Robin Moore) on May - 21.   

1941  On this day in history 1st US ship sunk by a U-boat (SS Robin Moore)   

1942  Great-Britain convoy PQ16 departs to Russia on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history fastest 9 inning AL baseball game (89 mins), White Sox beat Senators   

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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 this day in history.   

1633  On May - 21 birth of joseph de La Barre, composer   

1653  On this day in history 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 May - 21.   

1688  On this day in history birth of alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock)   

1720  Antonio Corbisiero, composer was born on May - 21.   

0987  Louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1524  On May - 21 thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80   

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 May - 21 giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70