Historical Events In May - 21

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

1925  Canadians allow to sell beer on May - 21.   

1926  White Sox Earl Sheely hits a record 6th consecutive double on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history dan Perlsweig, horse trainer   

1926  Georgy L'vovich Catoire, composer, dies at 65 on May - 21.   

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 May - 21.   

1927  On May - 21 lindburgh lands in Paris, after 1st solo air crossing of Atlantic   

1927  On May - 21 george Levy, antique dealer/heritage campaigner   

1929  On this day in history automatic electric stock quotation board installed, NYC   

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

1930  New York Yankee Babe Ruth hits 3 consecutive homers on May - 21.   

1930  On May - 21 max Bishop draws 8 walks in a doubleheader   

1931  On this day in history belgian Government of Jaspar falls   

1931  On May - 21 belgian govt of Jaspar falls   

1932  1st Curtis Cup: US wins, 5½-3½ at Wentworth Club (Wentworth, England) on May - 21.   

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

1933  Mt Davidson Cross lit by FDR via telegraph on this day in history.   

1933  John Henry Mackay, Scottish/German author (Der Schwimmer), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1934  Oskaloosa IA, becomes first US city to fingerprint its citizens on May - 21.   

1934  On May - 21 oskaloosa Iowa, becomes 1st US city to fingerprint its citizens   

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 May - 21.   

1940  On May - 21 allied counter attack at Atrecht North-France   

1940  AVRO-chairman Willem Vogt fires all Jewish employees on this day in history.   

1940  Reynaud forms French Government on this day in history.   

1941  On May - 21 german airforce occupies airport at Maleme Kreta   

1941  Singer Johan Heesters visits Dachau concentration camp on May - 21.   

1941  The first US ship sunk by a U-boat (SS Robin Moore) on this day in history.   

1941  On May - 21 1st US ship sunk by a U-boat (SS Robin Moore)   

1942  On this day in history great-Britain convoy PQ16 departs to Russia   

1943  On May - 21 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 May - 21 birth of eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697)   

1671  On this day in history birth of azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer   

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  On May - 21 birth of antonio Corbisiero, composer   

0987  Louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies on May - 21.   

1254  Koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26 on this day in history.   

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

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