May 21

Events

 * - is captured by the Muslim sultan of.
 * - gives blessings to duke  and to Croatian people, considered to be international recognition of Croatian state
 * - Sixteen-year-old is crowned.
 * - of the  sends his envoy Hao Jing and two other advisors to the  court of ; while attempting to negotiate with the Song in order to resolve their conflict, Hao Jing and his fellow emissaries were imprisoned by order of the high, Jia Sidao.
 * - The island of is discovered by the.
 * - of  at ,
 * - the elects  King of  and Grand Duke of.
 * - The was instituted in  by the  . It would later be discontinued and then reinstated by the Soviet government in 1942 as the.
 * - is abducted from her home in  by  during the.
 * - Abolition of in,.
 * - is captured and burned by pro- forces.
 * - : –  forces begin to lay  to the -controlled.
 * - Government troops invade the  and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "" some 20,000 s have been killed and 38,000 arrested.
 * - : Two an ships blocking the harbor of (then belonging to Peru), battle two vian vessels in the.
 * - The is established by.
 * - The in  is officially opened by, who knights its designer.
 * 1894  - 22-year-old    is executed by.
 * -  founded in.
 * - students  murder 14-year-old  in a "."
 * - touches down at  in, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the.
 * -, because of bad weather, lands in a pasture in , , becoming the first woman to fly solo across the.
 * -, becomes the first municipality in the to fingerprint each of its citizens.
 * - is arrested after wandering the streets of  for days with her dead lover's severed  in her hand. Her story soon became one of 's most notorious s.
 * - a becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the  of the.
 * - : 950 miles off the coast of, the freighter becomes the first  ship sunk by a.
 * - screen legend  marries actress.
 * - opening of the otherwise known as the  was a gathering of a number of notable artists, and it was the stepping-out of the post war , collectively know as the.
 * - : Shot Redwing-Cherokee is successfully detonated at at the  in the .  With a yield of 3.8 megatons, it is the first aircraft deliverable  tested by the United States.
 * -  announces that from,  will be introduced in the  area.
 * - :   declares  in an attempt to restore order after s break out.
 * - 's , in in, is damaged by a.
 * - in  following the  conviction of  for the assassinations of  and.
 * - becomes  of.
 * - Former n  is assassinated by a  near.
 * - The secedes from the.
 * - The sinks in n waters on, killing nearly 1000.
 * 1996  - The   are executed.
 * - At in, , suspended for bringing a  to school, shoots a  into a room filled with students, killing 2 wounding 25 others after killing his parents at home.
 * 1998  - In, five  s are hit by a  attacker.
 * 1998  -, Indonesian dictator who had been ruling for 32 years, resigned.
 * - A chartered  crashes near, killing 19.
 * -  which officially recognize the  and  as.
 * - An hits northern, killing more than 2,000 people.
 * - climbs  in 8 hours 10 minutes, breaking his rival 's record from the previous year.
 * 2004  -  is awarded the  for averting a potential  in.
 * - In, , wins the fiftieth  with "" performed by.
 * - The holds a  proposing independence from the ; Montenegrin people choose independence by the majority of 55%.
 * 2006  - The Swedish  team  takes gold in the, becoming the first nation to hold both the World and  titles separately in the same year.
 * - One of the best-preserved s in existence, the , while preserved in, is severely damaged by fire.
 * - One of the best-preserved s in existence, the , while preserved in, is severely damaged by fire.

Births

 * -, German painter (d. )
 * - King (d. )
 * -, queen consort of Poland and Lthuania (d. )
 * -, Italian cardinal (d. )
 * -, English poet (d. )
 * -, American judge (d. )
 * -, French statesman (d. )
 * -, French politician, soldier and academic (d. )
 * -, British social reformer (d. )
 * -, French scientist (d. )
 * -, American politician from Ohio (d. )
 * -, American educator (d. )
 * -, Moravian physician (d. )
 * -, Swiss politician (d. )
 * -, French artist (d. )
 * -, Italian volcanologist (d. )
 * -, French statesman, (d. )
 * -, French politician (d. )
 * -, Dutch inventor, (d. )
 * -, Austrian field marshal (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, German neuroscientist (d. )
 * -, American aviation pioneer (d. )
 * -, Romanian writer (d. )
 * -, wife of Prince William of Wied (d.)
 * -, American physician (d. )
 * -, American band leader (d. )
 * 1901  -, American film producer (d. )
 * 1901  -, Belgian essayist, novelist and playwright (d. )
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * 1902  -, Hungarian-born architect (d. )
 * -, American author (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * 1904  -, American pianist (d. )
 * -, Quebec economist (d. )
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, Greek pianist (d. )
 * -, Dutch runner (d. )
 * 1916  -, American novelist (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American singer and comedian (d. )
 * -, British actor (d. )
 * -, Russian physicist (d. )
 * -, Swiss mathematician (d. )
 * 1923  -, American football coach
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, American poet (d. )
 * -, American disc jockey ( radio) (d. )
 * -, Australian politician
 * -, French trumpeter
 * -, Swedish biochemist,
 * -, German biologist,
 * -, Swiss musician
 * -, English musician
 * 1941  -, American singer
 * -, British guitarist
 * 1944  -, American singer
 * -, German astronaut
 * -, Australian-born actor
 * -, English musician
 * -, American comedian
 * -, American actor
 * -, American musician
 * -, British field hockey player
 * 1955  -, American drummer
 * -, American Mixed Martial Arts Announcer
 * 1957  -, American actor
 * 1957  -, Dutch actress
 * -, American actor
 * -, American serial killer (d. )
 * 1960  -, American professional baseball player
 * -, American writer
 * -, Musician
 * -, English footballer
 * -, American actress
 * 1964  -, American football player
 * 1964  -, American professional wrestler (d. )
 * -, American actress
 * -, Canadian professional wrestler (d. )
 * -, Filipino child actress and singer (d. )
 * 1968  -, German rower
 * -, Japanese voice actress
 * -, Australian soccer player
 * -, Brazilian musician
 * 1972  -, American musician (d. )
 * 1972  -, American model
 * -, British comedian
 * -, American actress
 * 1974  -, American rapper
 * -, Welsh guitarist
 * -, American rock musician
 * 1976  -, Canadian rapper
 * -, South African footballer
 * 1977  -, American football player
 * -, German-American pornographic actress
 * 1978  -, Canadian professional basketballer
 * 1978  -, Canadian singer
 * -, Argentinian footballer
 * 1979  -, Canadian pornographic actress
 * 1979  - ,
 * 1979  -, mixed martial arts fighter
 * -, American actor
 * -, American pornographic actress
 * 1981  -, German singer
 * -, American model
 * -, American baseball player
 * 1985  -, British rapper
 * 1985  -, British singer (ex-)
 * -, Mexican-American singer
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actress

Deaths

 * - King
 * - (b. )
 * - King, Norway and Sweden (b. )
 * -, ruler of Siena
 * -, English soldier
 * -, Spanish explorer
 * -, English scholar (b. )
 * -, Italian theologian (b. )
 * -, Dutch poet (b. )
 * -, Scottish royalist (b. )
 * -, Puritan businesswoman
 * -, Italian astronomer (b. )
 * -, German scientist (b. )
 * -, English Puritan missionary (b. )
 * -, French mystic (b. )
 * -, English statesman (b. )
 * -, Swedish physician (b. )
 * -, English poet (b. )
 * -, Swedish chemist (b. )
 * -, English poet (b. )
 * -, Italian composer (b. )
 * -, Irish-born American actor (b. )
 * -, Chilean naval officer (b. )
 * -, French anarchist (b. )
 * 1894  -, German physicist (b. )
 * -, Austrian composer (b. )
 * -, Scottish-born astronomer (b. )
 * -, Russian general (b. )
 * -, Russian mathematician (b. )
 * -, 54th (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, American social worker, (b. )
 * -, German writer (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Russian singer (b. )
 * -, German-born physicist, (b. )
 * -, British aircraft designer (b. )
 * -, Australian biologist (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, Irish hunger striker (b. )
 * -, Irish hunger striker (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, Philippine Actress (b. )
 * -, American dancer (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, American musician and producer (b. )
 * 1996  -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American rapper (b. )
 * -, English author (b. )
 * 2000  - Sir, British actor (b. )
 * 2000  -, American entrepreneur (b. )
 * -, French artist (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * 2003  -, Argentine-Italian racing driver and car manufacturer (b. )
 * -, American comic actor and director (b. )
 * -, Thai film director (b. )
 * 2006  -, American dancer (b. )
 * 2006  -, American racecar driver (b. )
 * 2006  -, American singer (b. )

Holidays and observances

 *  in.
 * marks the abolition of slavery in.
 * is celebrated in.

Liturgical feasts



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