Today in History for 21st May 2017:
Historical Events
685 – Battle of Nechtansmere/Dun Nechtain: Picts beat Northumbrians
1758 – Mary Campbell is abducted from her home in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War.
1951 – The opening of the Ninth Street Show, otherwise known as the 9th Street Art Exhibition – a gathering of a number of notable artists, and the stepping-out of the post war New York avant-garde, collectively know as the New York School.
1966 – Muhammad Ali TKOs Henry Cooper in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1970 – National Guard mobilizes to quell disturbances at Ohio State University
1986 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Famous Birthdays
1923 – Ara Parseghian, American football player and coach (Northwestern, Notre Dame), born in Akron, Ohio
1932 – Robert Sherlaw Johnson, composer
1941 – Anatoli Semyonovich Levchenko, USSR, cosmonaut (TM-4)
1944 – Marcie Blane, American singer, born in New York City
1959 – Nick Cassavetes, American actor and director (The Notebook), born in New York City
1964 – Annabel Schofield, Llanelli Wales, actress (Laurel Ellis-Dallas)
Famous Deaths
1664 – Elizabeth Poole, Puritan businesswoman
1812 – Joseph Wolfl, composer, dies at 38
1885 – Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer, dies at 73
1926 – Georgy L’vovich Catoire, composer, dies at 65
1971 – Dennis King, actor (Devil’s Brother), dies of heart ailment at 73
1981 – Yuki Shimoda, actor (Farewell to Manzanar), dies