May 21st in History
May 21st
1455 The first battle of the Wars of the Roses took place, marking a pivotal moment in English history.
1471Henry VI, King of England, was murdered in the Tower of London where he had been imprisoned by Edward IV, who then resumed the throne.1554A royal Charter was granted to Derby School as a grammar school for boys, by Queen Mary I, in return for a payment of £260 13s 4d, 'for the instruction and education of boys and youths in the said town of Derby for ever to be maintained by the Bailiffs and Burgesses of the same town.'
1894Queen Victoria officially opened the Manchester Ship Canal, a major engineering achievement of the time.
1901: Connecticut became the first state to pass a law regulating motor vehicles, setting speed limits for the first time.
1927: Aviator Charles Lindbergh completes the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean when he touches down at Le Bourget Field, Paris.
Music
Myfanwy', Wales’ most famous love song was first performed on 21st May 1875, at the opening concert of the Aberystwyth and University Musical Society, The occasion was the 34th birthday of the song's composer, Joseph Parry, who at the time was Professor of Music at Aberystwyth University.
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2003: Paul McCartney is awarded an honorary doctorate in music from the conservatory of Russia's St. Petersburg University.
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1455 The first battle of the Wars of the Roses took place, marking a pivotal moment in English history.
1471Henry VI, King of England, was murdered in the Tower of London where he had been imprisoned by Edward IV, who then resumed the throne.1554A royal Charter was granted to Derby School as a grammar school for boys, by Queen Mary I, in return for a payment of £260 13s 4d, 'for the instruction and education of boys and youths in the said town of Derby for ever to be maintained by the Bailiffs and Burgesses of the same town.'
1894Queen Victoria officially opened the Manchester Ship Canal, a major engineering achievement of the time.
1901: Connecticut became the first state to pass a law regulating motor vehicles, setting speed limits for the first time.
1927: Aviator Charles Lindbergh completes the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean when he touches down at Le Bourget Field, Paris.
Music
Myfanwy', Wales’ most famous love song was first performed on 21st May 1875, at the opening concert of the Aberystwyth and University Musical Society, The occasion was the 34th birthday of the song's composer, Joseph Parry, who at the time was Professor of Music at Aberystwyth University.
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2003: Paul McCartney is awarded an honorary doctorate in music from the conservatory of Russia's St. Petersburg University.
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