Page 7: Historical Events In May - 21

1944  Accidental explosion on board a LST unloading ammunition in West Loch, Pearl Harbor and the resulting fire and other explosions sink 5 LSTs and 1 other LST on May - 21.   

1944  Hitler begins attack on English/US "terror pilots" on this day in history.   

1945  Australia Services win first Victory Test Cricket at Lord's by 6 wickets on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history german war criminal Heinrich Himmler captured   

1945  Lauren Bacall & Humphrey Bogart wed on this day in history.   

1945  Aust Services win 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's by 6 wickets on this day in history.   

1948  NY Yank Joe Dimaggio hits for cycle (single, double, triple, HR) on May - 21.   

1949  On May - 21 klaus Mann, German writer, dies at 42   

1950  Vietnamese troops of Ho Chi-Minh attack Cambodia on this day in history.   

1951  Chinese offensive in Korea collapses on this day in history.   

1951  The opening of the Ninth Street Show, otherwise known as the 9th Street Art Exhibition on May - 21.   

1952  Dutch Queen Juliana opens Amsterdam-Rhine Canal on May - 21.   

1952  On this day in history bkln Dodgers score 15 runs in 1st inning & beat Cin Reds, 19-1   

1952  John Garfield, actor (Juarez, Air Force), dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1953  French Government of Mayer resigns on May - 21.   

1953  On this day in history french govt of Mayer resigns   

1954  On May - 21 amendment to give 18-year-olds right to vote is defeated   

1954  Janos Hammerschlag, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1955  On May - 21 "House of Flowers" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 165 performances   

1956  Jordan government of Said el-Mufti forms on May - 21.   

1956  On May - 21 uS explodes first airborne hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll   

1957  French Government of Mollet resigns on May - 21.   

1957  On this day in history edwin St Hill, cricketer (two Tests for West Indies 1930-31), dies   

1958  On this day in history indonesian paratroopers reconquers Morotai Island   

1958  US performs nuclear test at Bikini Island (atmospheric tests) on May - 21.   

1959  On May - 21 cleveland Metroparks Zoo Children's Petting Farm opens   

1961  On May - 21 governor Patterson declares martial law in Montgomery   

1964  Fire in Wégimond Belgium resort, kills 19 on this day in history.   

1964  On May - 21 the first nuclear-powered lighthouse begins operations (Chesapeake Bay)   

1964  The initiation of the standing carrier presence at Yankee Station in the South China Sea on this day in history.   

1964  US begin intelligence flights above Laos on May - 21.   

1966  "Louie Louie" by The Kingsmen reentered the chart & hits #97 on May - 21.   

1966  Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) TKOs Henry Cooper in 6 for heavyweight boxing title in London on this day in history.   

1966  Pat O'Malley, silent film actor (Wild One, Quiet Man), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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1471  On May - 21 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 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  On May - 21 birth of alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock)   

1720  On this day in history birth of antonio Corbisiero, composer   

0987  On May - 21 louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies   

1254  On May - 21 koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26   

1481  Christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies on May - 21.   

1512  On May - 21 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 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