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May 21st
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- Independence Day, honors the 2006 plebiscite that indicated that 55.5% of Montenegrins were in favor of becoming a sovereign nation. (Montenegro)
- Afro-Colombian Day (Colombia)
- Christian Feast Day
- Circassian Day of Mourning (Circassians)
- Navy Day or Día de las Glorias Navales (Chile)
- Saint Helena Day, celebrates the discovery of Saint Helena in 1502.
- World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development (International)
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- 1927 - Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.
- 2006 - The Republic of Montenegro holds a referendum proposing independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. The Montenegrin people choose independence with a majority of 55%.
- 2005 - The fastest roller coaster in the world, Kingda Ka opens at Six Flags Great Adventure.
- 2003 - An earthquake hits northern Algeria killing more than 2,000 people.
- 2001 - French Taubira law officially recognizes the Atlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity.
- 1998 - In Miami, Florida, five abortion clinics are hit by a butyric acid attacker.
- 1996 - The MV Bukoba sinks in Tanzanian waters on Lake Victoria, killing nearly 1,000.
- 1996 - The Trappist Martyrs of Atlas are executed.
- 1994 - The Democratic Republic of Yemen unsuccessful attempts to secede from Republic of Yemen; a war breaks out.
- 1991 - Former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a female suicide bomber near Madras.
- 1991 - Mengistu Haile Mariam, president of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, flees Ethiopia, effectively bringing the Ethiopian Civil War to an end.
- 1990 - Democratic Republic of Yemen and North Yemen agree to merge into the Republic of Yemen.
- 1982 - Falklands War: British amphibious assault during Operation Sutton lead to the Battle of San Carlos.
- 1981 - Irish Republican hunger strikers Raymond McCreesh and Patsy O’Hara die on hunger strike in Maze prison.
- 1979 - White Night riots in San Francisco following the manslaughter conviction of Dan White for the assassinations of George Moscone and Harvey Milk.
- 1972 - Michelangelo's Pietà in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome is damaged by a vandal, the mentally disturbed Hungarian geologist Laszlo Toth.
- 1969 - Civil unrest in Rosario, Argentina, known as Rosariazo, following the death of a 15-year-old student.
- 1966 - The Ulster Volunteer Force declares war on the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland.
- 1961 - American civil rights movement: Alabama Governor John Malcolm Patterson declares martial law in an attempt to restore order after race riots break out.
- 1958 - United Kingdom Postmaster General Ernest Marples announces that from December, subscriber trunk dialling will be introduced in the Bristol area.
- 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.
- 1946 - Physicist Louis Slotin is fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
- 1939 - The Canadian National War Memorial is unveiled by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Ottawa.
- 1937 - A Soviet station becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean.
- 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 becomes one of Japan's most notorious scandals.
- 1934 - Oskaloosa, Iowa, becomes the first municipality in the United States to fingerprint all of its citizens.
- 1932 - Bad weather forces Amelia Earhart to land in a pasture in Derry, Northern Ireland, and she thereby becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1924 - University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".
- 1917 - The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is established through Royal Charter to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations military forces.
- 1917 - The Great Atlanta fire of 1917.
- 1911 - Mexican President Porfirio Díaz and the revolutionary Francisco Madero sign the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez to put an end to the fighting between the forces of both men, and thus concluding the initial phase of the Mexican Revolution.
- 1904 - The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.
- 1894 - The Manchester Ship Canal in England is officially opened by Queen Victoria, who knights its designer Sir Edward Leader Williams.
- 1879 - War of the Pacific: Two Chilean ships blocking the harbor of Iquique (then belonging to Peru) battle two Peruvian vessels in the Battle of Iquique.
- 1871 - French 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.
- 1871 - Opening of the first rack railway in Europe, the Rigi-Bahnen on Mount Rigi.
- 1864 - Russia declares an end to the Russian-Circassian War and many Circassians are forced into exile. The day is designated the Circassian Day of Mourning.
- 1863 - American Civil War: Siege of Port Hudson – Union forces begin to lay siege to the Confederate-controlled Port Hudson, Louisiana.
- 1863 - Organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Battle Creek, Michigan.
- 1856 - Lawrence, Kansas is captured and burned by pro-slavery forces.
- 1851 - Slavery is abolished in Colombia, South America.
- 1809 - The first day of the Battle of Aspern-Essling between the Austrian army led by Archduke Charles and the French army led by Napoleon I of France sees the French attack across the Danube held.
- 1758 - Mary Campbell is abducted from her home in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War.
- 1725 - The Order of St. Alexander Nevsky is instituted in Russia by Empress Catherine I. It would later be discontinued and then reinstated by the Soviet government in as the Order of Alexander Nevsky.
- 1674 - The nobility elect John Sobieski King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.
- 1554 - A royal Charter is granted to Derby School in Derby, England.
- 1502 - The island of Saint Helena is discovered by the Portuguese explorer João da Nova.
- 996 - Sixteen-year-old Otto III is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
- 879 - Pope John VIII gives blessings to duke Branimir and to Croatian people, considered to be international recognition of the Croatian state.
- 878 - Syracuse, Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily.
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- 1994 - Tom Daley, English diver
- 1992 - Hutch Dano, American actor
- 1992 - Olivia Olson, American singer and actress
- 1991 - Sarah Ramos, American actress
- 1988 - Jonathan Howson, English footballer
- 1986 - Mario Mandžuki?, Croatian footballer
- 1986 - Myra, American singer
- 1986 - Alexander Noyes, American drummer (Honor Society)
- 1985 - Mutya Buena, English singer (Sugababes)
- 1985 - Marco Carta, Italian singer
- 1985 - Isa Guha, English cricketer and World Cup Winner
- 1985 - Kano, British rapper
- 1985 - Andrew Miller, American baseball player
- 1985 - Mark Cavendish, Manx cyclist
- 1985 - Alexander Dale Oen, Norwegian swimmer
- 1984 - Lorena Ayala, Dutch/Spanish model
- 1984 - Brandon Fields, American football player
- 1984 - Sara Goller, German beach volleyball player
- 1983 - Veloso, Brazilian footballer
- 1982 - Brian Klemm, American guitarist and vocalist (Suburban Legends)
- 1981 - Josh Hamilton, American baseball player
- 1981 - Maximilian Mutzke, German singer and drummer
- 1981 - Edson Buddle, American footballer
- 1980 - Chris Raab, American television personality
- 1979 - Scott Smith, American mixed martial arts fighter
- 1979 - Damián Ariel Álvarez, Argentinian footballer
- 1979 - Gaspard Augé, French DJ
- 1979 - Jamie Hepburn, Scottish SNP politician
- 1979 - James Clancy Phelan, Australian novelist
- 1978 - Adam Gontier, Canadian singer (Three Days Grace)
- 1978 - Jamaal Magloire, Canadian basketball player
- 1977 - Quinton Fortune, South African footballer
- 1977 - Michael Fuß, German footballer
- 1977 - Ricky Williams, American football player
- 1976 - Aditi Gowitrikar, Indian model, actress and physician
- 1976 - Deron Miller, American singer, guitarist and songwriter (CKY)
- 1976 - Kardinal Offishall, Canadian rapper
- 1975 - Lee Gaze, Welsh guitarist (Lostprophets)
- 1974 - Fairuza Balk, American actress
- 1974 - Havoc, American rapper (Mobb Deep)
- 1973 - Noel Fielding, British comedian
- 1972 - Adriano Cintra, Brazilian musician (CSS)
- 1972 - The Notorious B.I.G., American rapper (d. 1997)
- 1972 - Alesha Oreskovich, American model
- 1970 - Dorsey Levens, American football player
- 1970 - Carl Veart, Australian soccer player
- 1969 - Masayo Kurata, Japanese voice actress
- 1969 - Pierluigi Brivio, Italian footballer
- 1969 - Georgiy R. Gongadze, Ukrainian/Georgian journalist
- 1969 - George LeMieux, American politician and junior senator from Florida
- 1968 - Julie Vega, Filipino child actress and singer (d. 1985)
- 1968 - Matthias Ungemach, German rower
- 1967 - Chris Benoit, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 2007)
- 1966 - Lisa Edelstein, American actress
- 1964 - Danny Lee Clark, American football player and American Gladiator ("Nitro")
- 1964 - Nancy Benoit, American professional wrestler ("Woman") (d. 2007)
- 1964 - Carolyn Lawrence, American actress
- 1964 - Danny Bailey, English footballer
- 1963 - Richard Appel, American writer
- 1963 - Kevin Shields, American-born Irish vocalist and guitarist (My Bloody Valentine)
- 1962 - Richard Caputo, American Author
- 1960 - Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer
- 1960 - Kent Hrbek, American baseball player
- 1960 - Mohanlal, Indian actor
- 1960 - Jeffrey Toobin, American writer and political analyst
- 1960 - Vladimir Salnikov, Russian swimmer
- 1959 - Nick Cassavetes, American actor and director
- 1958 - Jefery Levy, American television director
- 1957 - Bruce Buffer, American Mixed Martial Arts announcer
- 1957 - Nadine Dorries, British Conservative politician
- 1957 - Judge Reinhold, American actor
- 1957 - Renée Soutendijk, Dutch actress
- 1956 - Sean Kelly, Irish cyclist
- 1955 - Paul Barber, British field hockey player
- 1955 - Stan Lynch, American drummer (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
- 1954 - Marc Ribot, American guitarist and composer
- 1953 - Trevor_Cooper, British actor
- 1952 - Mr. T, American actor
- 1951 - Al Franken, American comedian and politician
- 1948 - Leo Sayer, English singer and songwriter
- 1947 - Bill Champlin, American singer
- 1947 - Jonathan Hyde, Australian-born actor
- 1945 - Ernst Messerschmid, German astronaut
- 1944 - Mary Robinson, President of Ireland
- 1944 - Marcie Blane, American singer
- 1943 - Hilton Valentine, British guitarist (The Animals)
- 1942 - Danny Ongais, American race car driver
- 1941 - Ronald Isley, American singer (The Isley Brothers)
- 1941 - Bobby Cox, American baseball manager and former player
- 1941 - Martin Carthy, English folk singer and guitarist
- 1939 - Heinz Holliger, Swiss oboist, composer and conductor
- 1936 - Günter Blobel, German biologist, Nobel laureate
- 1934 - Bengt I. Samuelsson, Swedish biochemist, Nobel laureate
- 1933 - Maurice André, French trumpeter
- 1933 - Yevgeni Minaev, Soviet (Russian) weightlifter (d. 1993)
- 1930 - Malcolm Fraser, Australian politician
- 1929 - Alice Drummond, American actress
- 1928 - Tom Donahue, American disc jockey (freeform radio) (d. 1975)
- 1926 - Robert Creeley, American poet (d. 2005)
- 1924 - Peggy Cass, American actress (d. 1999)
- 1923 - Armand Borel, Swiss mathematician (d. 2003)
- 1923 - Ara Parseghian, American football coach
- 1921 - Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist (d. 1989)
- 1920 - Anthony Steel, British actor (d. 2001)
- 1918 - Dennis Day, American singer and comedian (d. 1988)
- 1917 - Raymond Burr, Canadian actor (d. 1993)
- 1916 - Tinus Osendarp, Dutch runner (d. 2002)
- 1916 - Harold Robbins, American novelist (d. 1997)
- 1913 - Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist (d. 1976)
- 1912 - John Curtis Gowan, American psychologist (d. 1986)
- 1912 - Monty Stratton, American baseball player (d. 1982)
- 1912 - Akiva Vroman, Dutch-born Israeli geologist and Israel Prize recipient (d. 1989)
- 1909 - François-Albert Angers, Quebec economist (d. 2003)
- 1907 - John C. Allen, American roller coaster designer (d. 1979)
- 1904 - Robert Montgomery, American actor (d. 1981)
- 1904 - Fats Waller, American pianist (d. 1943)
- 1903 - Manly Wade Wellman, American writer (d. 1986)
- 1902 - Earl Averill, American baseball player (d. 1983)
- 1902 - Marcel Lajos Breuer, Hungarian-born architect (d. 1981)
- 1901 - Sam Jaffe, American film producer (d. 2000)
- 1901 - Suzanne Lilar, Belgian essayist, novelist and playwright (d. 1992)
- 1901 - Manfred Aschner, German-born Israeli microbiologist and entomologist and Israel Prize recipient (d. 1989)
- 1901 - Horace Heidt, American band leader (d. 1986)
- 1898 - Armand Hammer, American businessman and physician (d. 1990)
- 1898 - Charles Léon Hammes, Luxembourgian lawyer and President of the European Court of Justice (d. 1967)
- 1885 - Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg, German wife of Prince William of Wied (d. 1936)
- 1884 - Manuel Pérez y Curis, Uruguayan poet (d. 1920)
- 1880 - Tudor Arghezi, Romanian writer (d. 1967)
- 1878 - Glenn Curtiss, American aviation pioneer (d. 1930)
- 1873 - Hans Berger, German neuroscientist (d. 1941)
- 1864 - Princess Stephanie of Belgium (d. 1945)
- 1863 - Archduke Eugen of Austria, Austrian field marshal (d. 1954)
- 1860 - Willem Einthoven, Dutch physiologist and inventor of the first practical electrocardiogram, Nobel laureate (d. 1927)
- 1856 - José Batlle y Ordóñez, President of Uruguay (d. 1929)
- 1853 - Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French politician (d. 1905)
- 1851 - Léon Bourgeois, French statesman, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (d. 1925)
- 1850 - Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian vulcanologist (d. 1914)
- 1844 - Henri Rousseau, French artist (d. 1910)
- 1843 - Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss politician (d. 1914)
- 1835 - František Chvostek, Moravian physician (d. 1884)
- 1832 - Elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator (d. 1917)
- 1827 - William P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (d. 1899)
- 1792 - Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French scientist (d. 1843)
- 1780 - Elizabeth Fry, British social reformer (d. 1845)
- 1775 - Lucien Bonaparte, French politician, soldier and academic (d. 1840)
- 1763 - Joseph Fouché, French statesman (d. 1820)
- 1755 - Alfred Moore, American judge (d. 1810)
- 1688 - Alexander Pope, English poet (d. 1744)
- 1664 - Giulio Alberoni, Italian cardinal (d. 1754)
- 1653 - Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697)
- 1527 - King Philip II of Spain (d. 1598)
- 1471 - Albrecht Dürer, German painter (d. 1528)