May, 21st in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Saturday 21, 2005:
In Kiev, Ukraine, Greece wins the fiftieth Eurovision Song Contest with "My Number One" performed by Elena Paparizou.

Friday 21, 2004:
Stanislav Petrov is awarded the World Citizen Award for averting a potential World War III in 1983

Wednesday 21, 2003:
An earthquake hits northern Algeria, killing more than 2,000 people.

Sunday 21, 2000:
A chartered British Aerospace Jetstream 31 crashes near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, killing 19.

Thursday 21, 1998:
Reproductive rights: In Miami, Florida, five abortion clinics are hit by a butyric acid attacker.

Tuesday 21, 1991:
Former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a female suicide bomber near Madras.

Thursday 21, 1981:
Pierre Mauroy becomes Prime Minister of France.

Wednesday 21, 1980:
1980 - ' opens in theaters.

Monday 21, 1979:
White Night riots in San Francisco following the manslaughter conviction of Dan White for the assassinations of George Moscone and Harvey Milk.

Saturday 21, 1966:
Cassius Clay beat Henry Cooper in the sixth round at the Arsenal football ground, North London.

Sunday 21, 1961:
American civil rights movement: Alabama Governor John Patterson declares martial law in an attempt to restore order after race riots break out.

Wednesday 21, 1958:
United Kingdom Postmaster General Ernest Marples announces that from December, Subscriber Trunk Dialling will be introduced in the Bristol area.

Monday 21, 1956:
Nuclear testing: In the Pacific Ocean, Bikini Atoll is nearly obliterated by the first airborne explosion of a hydrogen bomb.

Monday 21, 1945:
American screen legend Humphrey Bogart marries actress Lauren Bacall.

Wednesday 21, 1941:
World War II: 950 miles off the coast of Brazil, the freighter SS Robin Moor becomes the first United States ship sunk by a German U-boat.

Thursday 21, 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 became one of Japan's most notorious scandals.

Monday 21, 1934:
Oskaloosa, Iowa, becomes the first municipality in the United States to fingerprint each of its citizens.

Saturday 21, 1932:
Amelia Earhart, because of bad weather, lands in a pasture in Derry, Northern Ireland, becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

Saturday 21, 1927:
Charles Lindbergh touchs down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

Wednesday 21, 1924:
University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing."

Saturday 21, 1904:
Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) founded in Paris.

Monday 21, 1894:
22-year-old French Anarchist Emile Henry is executed by guillotine.

Saturday 21, 1881:
The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

Wednesday 21, 1879:
War of the Pacific: Two Chilean ships blocking the harbor of Iquique, Chile, battle two Peruvian vessels in the Battle of Iquique.

Sunday 21, 1871:
French Government troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "Bloody Week" some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested.

Thursday 21, 1863:
American Civil War: Siege of Port Hudson – Union forces begin to lay siege to the Confederate-controlled Port Hudson, Louisiana.

Wednesday 21, 1856:
Lawrence, Kansas is captured and burned by pro-slavery forces.

Monday 21, 1725:
The Order of Alexander Nevsky was instituted in Russia by an empress Catherine I.

Monday 21, 1674:
John Sobieski is elected by the nobility to be the King of Poland.

Wednesday 21, 1502:
The island of Saint Helena is discovered by the Portuguese navigator João da Nova.

Saturday 21, 996:
Sixteen-year-old Otto III is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/21-may/on-this-day.html


People born on May 21

1987:
Ashlie Brillault, American actress (b: May 21, 1987) (Biography of Ashlie Brillault)

1981:
Max, German singer (b: May 21, 1981) (Biography of Maximilian Mutzke)
Belladonna, American actress (b: May 21, 1981) (Biography of Belladonna (erotic actress))

1980:
Raab Himself, American actor (b: May 21, 1980) (Biography of Chris Raab)

1978:
Briana Banks, German actress (b: May 21, 1978) (Biography of Briana Banks)
Liam Fitzpatrick, English genius and academic. (b: May 21, 1978) (Biography of Liam Fitzpatrick)

1977:
Ricky Williams, American football player (b: May 21, 1977) (Biography of Ricky Williams)
Quinton Fortune, South African footballer (b: May 21, 1977) (Biography of Quinton Fortune)

1972:
The Notorious B.I.G., American musician (b: May 21, 1972 ; d: March 9, 1997) (Biography of The Notorious B.I.G.)
Alesha Oreskovich, American model (b: May 21, 1972) (Biography of Alesha Oreskovich)

1967:
Chris Benoit, Canadian professional wrestler (b: May 21, 1967) (Biography of Chris Benoit)
Lisa Edelstein, American actress (b: May 21, 1967) (Biography of Lisa Edelstein)

1957:
Renée Soutendijk, Dutch actress (b: May 21, 1957) (Biography of Renée Soutendijk)

1956:
Judge Reinhold, American actor (b: May 21, 1956) (Biography of Judge Reinhold)

1952:
Mr. T, American actor (b: May 21, 1952) (Biography of Mr. T)

1951:
Al Franken, English comedian (b: May 21, 1951) (Biography of Al Franken)

1948:
Leo Sayer, English musician (b: May 21, 1948) (Biography of Leo Sayer)

1945:
Ernst Messerschmid, German physicist and astronaut (b: May 21, 1945) (Biography of Ernst Messerschmid)

1944:
Mary Robinson, President of Ireland (b: May 21, 1944) (Biography of Mary Robinson)

1941:
Martin Carthy, singer and guitarist (b: May 21, 1941) (Biography of Martin Carthy)

1939:
Heinz Holliger, Swiss oboist and composer (b: May 21, 1939) (Biography of Heinz Holliger)

1933:
Maurice André, French trumpeter (b: May 21, 1933) (Biography of Maurice André)

1930:
Malcolm Fraser, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia (b: May 21, 1930) (Biography of Malcolm Fraser)

1923:
Armand Borel, Swiss mathematician (b: May 21, 1923 ; d: August 11, 2003) (Biography of Armand Borel)
Ara Parseghian, American football coach (b: May 21, 1923) (Biography of Ara Parseghian)

1921:
Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist and activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (refused) (b: May 21, 1921) (Biography of Andrei Sakharov)

1917:
Raymond Burr, American actor (b: May 21, 1917 ; d: September 12, 1993) (Biography of Raymond Burr)

1916:
Harold Robbins, American novelist (b: May 21, 1916 ; d: October 14, 1997) (Biography of Harold Robbins)
Tinus Osendarp, Dutch runner (b: May 21, 1916 ; d: June 20, 2002) (Biography of Tinus Osendarp)

1912:
Monty Stratton, baseball player (b: May 21, 1912 ; d: September 29, 1982) (Biography of Monty Stratton)

1904:
Fats Waller, American pianist (b: May 21, 1904 ; d: December 15, 1943) (Biography of Fats Waller)
Robert Montgomery, American actor (b: May 21, 1904 ; d: September 27, 1981) (Biography of Robert Montgomery (actor))

1903:
Manly Wade Wellman, American author (b: May 21, 1903) (Biography of Manly Wade Wellman)

1902:
Earl Averill, baseball player (b: May 21, 1902 ; d: August 16, 1983) (Biography of Earl Averill)
Marcel Lajos Breuer, Hungarian-born architect (b: May 21, 1902) (Biography of Marcel Lajos Breuer)

1901:
Sam Jaffe, American film producer (b: May 21, 1901 ; d: January 10, 2000) (Biography of Sam Jaffe (producer))
Horace Heidt, American band leader (b: May 21, 1901) (Biography of Horace Heidt)

1898:
Armand Hammer, American physician, entrepreneur, oil magnate, and art collector (b: May 21, 1898) (Biography of Armand Hammer)

1863:
Eugen, Archduke of Austria, Austrian field marshal (b: May 21, 1863 ; d: December 30, 1954) (Biography of Eugen, Archduke of Austria)

1860:
Willem Einthoven, Dutch inventor (b: May 21, 1860 ; d: September 29, 1927) (Biography of Willem Einthoven)

1850:
Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (b: May 21, 1850) (Biography of Giuseppe Mercalli)

1844:
Henri Rousseau, French artist (b: May 21, 1844 ; d: September 2, 1910) (Biography of Henri Rousseau)

1780:
Elizabeth Fry, British social reformer and philanthropist (b: May 21, 1780 ; d: October 12, 1845) (Biography of Elizabeth Fry)

1763:
Joseph Fouché, French statesman (b: May 21, 1763) (Biography of Joseph Fouché)

1664:
Giulio Alberoni, Italian cardinal and statesman (b: May 21, 1664 ; d: June 16, 1752) (Biography of Giulio Alberoni)

1526:
King Philip II of Spain (b: May 21, 1526 ; d: September 13, 1598) (Biography of Philip II of Spain)

1471:
Albrecht Dürer, German painter and graphic artist (b: May 21, 1471 ; d: April 6, 1528) (Biography of Albrecht Dürer)

-427:
Plato, Greek philosopher (b: May 21, -427) (Biography of Plato)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/21-may/births.html

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People who died on May 21

2003:
Frank D. White (d: May 21, 2003) (Biography of Frank D. White)

2002:
Niki de Saint Phalle (d: May 21, 2002) (Biography of Niki de Saint Phalle)

2000:
Sir John Gielgud, English actor (b: April 14, 1904 ; d: May 21, 2000) (Biography of John Gielgud)
Dame Barbara Cartland, English novelist (b: July 9, 1901 ; d: May 21, 2000) (Biography of Barbara Cartland)

1996:
Lash LaRue (d: May 21, 1996) (Biography of Lash LaRue)

1991:
Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (b: August 20, 1944 ; d: May 21, 1991) (Biography of Rajiv Gandhi)

1988:
Sammy Davis, Sr., American dancer (b: December 12, 1900 ; d: May 21, 1988) (Biography of Sammy Davis, Sr.)

1970:
E. L. Grant Watson (d: May 21, 1970) (Biography of E. L. Grant Watson)

1965:
Geoffrey de Havilland, British aircraft designer (b: July 27, 1882 ; d: May 21, 1965) (Biography of Geoffrey de Havilland)

1964:
James Franck, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: August 26, 1882 ; d: May 21, 1964) (Biography of James Franck)

1952:
John Garfield, American actor (b: March 4, 1913 ; d: May 21, 1952) (Biography of John Garfield)

1935:
Jane Addams, American social worker, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b: September 6, 1860 ; d: May 21, 1935) (Biography of Jane Addams)

1929:
Archibald Primrose, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b: May 7, 1847 ; d: May 21, 1929) (Biography of Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery)

1911:
Williamina Fleming, Scottish-born astronomer (b: May 15, 1857 ; d: May 21, 1911) (Biography of Williamina Fleming)

1897:
Arturo Prat (d: May 21, 1897) (Biography of Arturo Prat)

1895:
Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer (b: April 18, 1819 ; d: May 21, 1895) (Biography of Franz von Suppé)

1894:
Emile Henry (d: May 21, 1894) (Biography of Emile Henry)
August Kundt, German physicist (b: November 18, 1839 ; d: May 21, 1894) (Biography of August Kundt)

1844:
Giuseppe Baini, Italian composer (b: October 21, 1775 ; d: May 21, 1844) (Biography of Giuseppe Baini)

1790:
Thomas Warton, English poet (b: January 9, 1728 ; d: May 21, 1790) (Biography of Thomas Warton)

1786:
Carl Wilhelm Scheele (d: May 21, 1786) (Biography of Carl Wilhelm Scheele)

1742:
Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (b: January 4, 1664 ; d: May 21, 1742) (Biography of Lars Roberg)

1724:
Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, English statesman (b: December 5, 1661 ; d: May 21, 1724) (Biography of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer)

1690:
John Eliot, English missionary (b: August 3, 1604 ; d: May 21, 1690) (Biography of John Eliot (missionary))

1670:
Niccolo Zucchi, Italian astronomer (b: December 6, 1586 ; d: May 21, 1670) (Biography of Niccolo Zucchi)

1664:
Elizabeth Poole (d: May 21, 1664) (Biography of Elizabeth Poole)

1650:
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (d: May 21, 1650) (Biography of James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose)

1647:
Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (b: March 16, 1581 ; d: May 21, 1647) (Biography of Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft)

1639:
Tommaso Campanella, Italian theologian, philosopher, and poet (b: September 5, 1568 ; d: May 21, 1639) (Biography of Tommaso Campanella)

1607:
John Rainolds (d: May 21, 1607) (Biography of John Rainolds)

1542:
Hernando_de_Soto_(explorer) (d: May 21, 1542) (Biography of Hernando_de_Soto_(explorer))

1524:
Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (d: May 21, 1524) (Biography of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk)

1512:
Pandolfo Petrucci (d: May 21, 1512) (Biography of Pandolfo Petrucci)

987:
Louis V of France (d: May 21, 987) (Biography of Louis V of France)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/21-may/deaths.html