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  On this day in history hitler begins attack on English/US "terror pilots"   

1945  On this day in history australia Services win first Victory Test Cricket at Lord's by 6 wickets   

1945  German war criminal Heinrich Himmler captured on May - 21.   

1945  On May - 21 lauren Bacall & Humphrey Bogart wed   

1945  On May - 21 aust Services win 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's by 6 wickets   

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  On this day in history vietnamese troops of Ho Chi-Minh attack Cambodia   

1951  Chinese offensive in Korea collapses on May - 21.   

1951  On this day in history the opening of the Ninth Street Show, otherwise known as the 9th Street Art Exhibition   

1952  Dutch Queen Juliana opens Amsterdam-Rhine Canal on this day in history.   

1952  Bkln Dodgers score 15 runs in 1st inning & beat Cin Reds, 19-1 on May - 21.   

1952  On May - 21 john Garfield, actor (Juarez, Air Force), dies at 39   

1953  French Government of Mayer resigns on this day in history.   

1953  On May - 21 french govt of Mayer resigns   

1954  Amendment to give 18-year-olds right to vote is defeated on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history janos Hammerschlag, composer, dies at 68   

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

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

1956  US explodes first airborne hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll on this day in history.   

1957  On May - 21 french Government of Mollet resigns   

1957  On May - 21 edwin St Hill, cricketer (two Tests for West Indies 1930-31), dies   

1958  Indonesian paratroopers reconquers Morotai Island on May - 21.   

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  Governor Patterson declares martial law in Montgomery on May - 21.   

1964  On May - 21 fire in Wégimond Belgium resort, kills 19   

1964  The first nuclear-powered lighthouse begins operations (Chesapeake Bay) on May - 21.   

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

1964  On May - 21 uS begin intelligence flights above Laos   

1966  On this day in history "Louie Louie" by The Kingsmen reentered the chart & hits #97   

1966  Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) TKOs Henry Cooper in 6 for heavyweight boxing title in London on May - 21.   

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

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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 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 May - 21.   

1688  Alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 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 May - 21 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.