May 21st All Events |
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| May 21st, 2008 (May 21 2008) | Event | Manchester United And Chelsea Football Club compete in the first ever all English UEFA Champions League Final in Moscow, Russia. The game was won 6-5 on penalties by Manchester United. | |
| May 21st, 2007 (May 21 2007) | Event | The Cutty Sark is badly damaged by fire in London, Englandied in She was the last surviving clipper, now there is none. | |
| May 21st, 2006 (May 21 2006) | Event | 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%. | |
| May 21st, 2006 (May 21 2006) | Event | The Swedish ice hockey team Tre Kronor takes gold in the World Championship, becoming the first nation to hold both the World and Olympic titles separately in the same year. | |
| May 21st, 2006 (May 21 2006) | Death | Spencer Clark, American racecar driver (born in 1987) | |
| May 21st, 2006 (May 21 2006) | Death | Katherine Dunham, American dancer (born in 1909) | |
| May 21st, 2006 (May 21 2006) | Death | Cherd Songsri, Thai film director (born in 1931) | |
| May 21st, 2006 (May 21 2006) | Death | Billy Walker, American singer (born in 1929) | |
| May 21st, 2005 (May 21 2005) | Death | Howard Morris, American comic actor and director (born in 1919) | |
| May 21st, 2004 (May 21 2004) | Event | Sherpa Pemba Dorjie climbs Mount Everest in 8 hours 10 minutes, breaking his rival Sherpa Lakpa Gelu s record from the previous year. | |
| May 21st, 2004 (May 21 2004) | Event | Stanislav Petrov is awarded the World Citizen Award for averting a potential World War III in 1983. | |
| May 21st, 2003 (May 21 2003) | Event | An earthquake hits northern Algeria killing more than 2,000 people. | |
| May 21st, 2003 (May 21 2003) | Death | Frank D. White, American politician (born in 1933) | |
| May 21st, 2003 (May 21 2003) | Death | Alejandro de Tomaso, Argentine-Italian racing driver and car manufacturer (born in 1928) | |
| May 21st, 2002 (May 21 2002) | Death | Niki de Saint Phalle, French artist (born in 1930) | |
| May 21st, 2001 (May 21 2001) | Event | French Taubira law officially recognizes the Atlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity. | |
| May 21st, 2000 (May 21 2000) | Death | Barbara Cartland, English author (born in 1901) | |
| May 21st, 2000 (May 21 2000) | Death | Sir John Gielgud, British actor (born in 1904) | |
| May 21st, 2000 (May 21 2000) | Death | Mark R. Hughes, American entrepreneur (born in 1956) | |
| May 21st, 1999 (May 21 1999) | Death | Karnail "Bugz" Pitts, American rapper (D12) (born in 1979) | |
| May 21st, 1998 (May 21 1998) | Event | In Miami, Florida, five abortion clinics are hit by a butyric acid attacker. | |
| May 21st, 1998 (May 21 1998) | Event | Suharto, the Indonesian dictator who had ruled for 32 years, resigns. | |
| May 21st, 1996 (May 21 1996) | Event | The MV Bukoba sinks in Tanzanian waters on Lake Victoria, killing nearly 1000. | |
| May 21st, 1996 (May 21 1996) | Event | The Trappist Martyrs of Atlas are executed. | |
| May 21st, 1996 (May 21 1996) | Death | Paul Delph, American musician and producer (born in 1957) | |
| May 21st, 1996 (May 21 1996) | Death | Lash LaRue, American actor (born in 1917) | |
| May 21st, 1994 (May 21 1994) | Event | The Democratic Republic of Yemen secedes from the Republic of Yemen. | |
| May 21st, 1992 (May 21 1992) | Birth | Olivia Olson, American singer and actress | |
| May 21st, 1991 (May 21 1991) | Event | Former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a female suicide bomber near Madras. | |
| May 21st, 1991 (May 21 1991) | Event | Mengistu Haile Mariam, president of the People s Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, flees Ethiopia, effectively bringing the Ethiopian Civil War to an end. | |
| May 21st, 1991 (May 21 1991) | Birth | Sarah Ramos, American actress | |
| May 21st, 1991 (May 21 1991) | Death | Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (born in 1944) | |
| May 21st, 1988 (May 21 1988) | Birth | Jonathan Howson, English footballer | |
| May 21st, 1988 (May 21 1988) | Death | Sammy Davis, Sr., American dancer (born in 1900) | |
| May 21st, 1987 (May 21 1987) | Birth | Ashlie Brillault, American actress | |
| May 21st, 1986 (May 21 1986) | Birth | Myra, Mexican-American singer | |
| May 21st, 1985 (May 21 1985) | Birth | Andrew Miller, Major League Baseball player | |
| May 21st, 1985 (May 21 1985) | Birth | Kano, British rapper | |
| May 21st, 1985 (May 21 1985) | Birth | Mutya Buena, English singer (ex-Sugababes) | |
| May 21st, 1985 (May 21 1985) | Birth | Marco Carta, Italian singer | |
| May 21st, 1985 (May 21 1985) | Death | Julie Vega, Philippine Actress (born in 1968) | |
| May 21st, 1984 (May 21 1984) | Birth | Brandon Fields, National Football League punter | |
| May 21st, 1984 (May 21 1984) | Birth | Lorena Ayala, Spanish-Dutch model and beauty queen | |
| May 21st, 1984 (May 21 1984) | Death | Ann Little, American actress (born in 1891) | |
| May 21st, 1983 (May 21 1983) | Death | Kenneth Clark, English art historian (born in 1903) | Kenneth Clark Quotes |
| May 21st, 1981 (May 21 1981) | Birth | Belladonna, American pornographic actress | |
| May 21st, 1981 (May 21 1981) | Birth | Max, German singer | |
| May 21st, 1981 (May 21 1981) | Birth | Josh Hamilton, Major League Baseball player | |
| May 21st, 1981 (May 21 1981) | Death | Patsy O Hara, Irish hunger striker (born in 1957) | |
| May 21st, 1981 (May 21 1981) | Death | Raymond Mccreesh, Irish hunger striker (born in 1957) | |
| May 21st, 1980 (May 21 1980) | Birth | Chris Raab, American actor | |
| May 21st, 1979 (May 21 1979) | Event | White Night riots in San Francisco following the manslaughter conviction of Dan White for the assassinations of George Moscone and Harvey Milk. | Harvey Milk Quotes |
| May 21st, 1979 (May 21 1979) | Birth | Damian Ariel Alvarez, Argentinian footballer | Al Alvarez Quotes |
| May 21st, 1979 (May 21 1979) | Birth | Jesse Capelli, Canadian pornographic actress | |
| May 21st, 1979 (May 21 1979) | Birth | James Clancy Phelan, Australian novelist | |
| May 21st, 1979 (May 21 1979) | Birth | Jamie Hepburn, Member of the Scottish Parliament | |
| May 21st, 1979 (May 21 1979) | Birth | Scott Smith, mixed martial arts fighter | Martial Quotes |
| May 21st, 1978 (May 21 1978) | Birth | Briana Banks, German-American pornographic actress | |
| May 21st, 1978 (May 21 1978) | Birth | Jamaal Magloire, Canadian professional basketballer | |
| May 21st, 1978 (May 21 1978) | Birth | Adam Gontier, Canadian singer Three Days Grace | |
| May 21st, 1977 (May 21 1977) | Birth | Quinton Fortune, South African footballer | |
| May 21st, 1977 (May 21 1977) | Birth | Ricky Williams, American football player | |
| May 21st, 1976 (May 21 1976) | Birth | Deron Miller, American rock musician | |
| May 21st, 1976 (May 21 1976) | Birth | Kardinal Offishall, Canadian rapper | |
| May 21st, 1975 (May 21 1975) | Birth | Lee Gaze, Welsh guitarist | |
| May 21st, 1974 (May 21 1974) | Birth | Fairuza Balk, American actress | |
| May 21st, 1974 (May 21 1974) | Birth | Havoc, American rapper (Mobb Deep) | |
| May 21st, 1973 (May 21 1973) | Birth | Noel Fielding, British comedian | |
| May 21st, 1973 (May 21 1973) | Death | Vaughn Monroe, American musician (born in 1911) | |
| May 21st, 1972 (May 21 1972) | Event | Michelangelo s Pieta in St. Peter s Basilica in Rome is damaged by a vandal. | |
| May 21st, 1972 (May 21 1972) | Birth | Adriano Cintra, Brazilian musician (CSS) | |
| May 21st, 1972 (May 21 1972) | Birth | The Notorious B.I.G., American rapper (died in 1997) | |
| May 21st, 1972 (May 21 1972) | Birth | Alesha Oreskovich, American model | |
| May 21st, 1970 (May 21 1970) | Birth | Dorsey Levens, former American football player | |
| May 21st, 1970 (May 21 1970) | Birth | Carl Veart, Australian former footballer | |
| May 21st, 1970 (May 21 1970) | Death | E. L. Grant Watson, Australian biologist (born in 1885) | |
| May 21st, 1969 (May 21 1969) | Birth | Masayo Kurata, Japanese voice actress | |
| May 21st, 1969 (May 21 1969) | Birth | Pierluigi Brivio, Italian footballer | |
| May 21st, 1968 (May 21 1968) | Birth | Julie Vega, Filipino child actress and singer (died in 1985) | |
| May 21st, 1968 (May 21 1968) | Birth | Matthias Ungemach, German rower | |
| May 21st, 1967 (May 21 1967) | Birth | Chris Benoit, Canadian professional wrestler (died in 2007) | |
| May 21st, 1966 (May 21 1966) | Birth | Lisa Edelstein, American actress | |
| May 21st, 1965 (May 21 1965) | Death | Geoffrey de Havilland, British aircraft designer (born in 1882) | |
| May 21st, 1964 (May 21 1964) | Birth | Danny Bailey, English footballer | |
| May 21st, 1964 (May 21 1964) | Birth | Danny Lee Clark, American football player and American Gladiator "Nitro" | |
| May 21st, 1964 (May 21 1964) | Birth | Nancy Daus, American professional wrestler (died in 2007) | |
| May 21st, 1964 (May 21 1964) | Birth | Carolyn Lawrence, American actress | |
| May 21st, 1964 (May 21 1964) | Death | James Franck, German-born physicist, Nobel laureate (born in 1882) | |
| May 21st, 1963 (May 21 1963) | Birth | Richard Appel, American writer | |
| May 21st, 1963 (May 21 1963) | Birth | Kevin Shields, Musician (My Bloody Valentine) | |
| May 21st, 1961 (May 21 1961) | Event | American civil rights movement: Alabama Governor John Malcolm Patterson declares martial law in an attempt to restore order after race riots break out. | Martial Quotes |
| May 21st, 1960 (May 21 1960) | Birth | Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer (died in 1994) | |
| May 21st, 1960 (May 21 1960) | Birth | Kent Hrbek, American baseball player | |
| May 21st, 1960 (May 21 1960) | Birth | Mohanlal, Indian actor | |
| May 21st, 1959 (May 21 1959) | Birth | Nick Cassavetes, American actor and director | |
| May 21st, 1958 (May 21 1958) | Event | United Kingdom Postmaster General Ernest Marples announces that from December, subscriber trunk dialling will be introduced in the Bristol area. | |
| May 21st, 1958 (May 21 1958) | Birth | Jefery Levy, American television director | |
| May 21st, 1957 (May 21 1957) | Birth | Bruce Buffer, American Mixed Martial Arts Announcer | Martial Quotes |
| May 21st, 1957 (May 21 1957) | Birth | Nadine Dorries, British politician | |
| May 21st, 1957 (May 21 1957) | Birth | Judge Reinhold, American actor | |
| May 21st, 1957 (May 21 1957) | Birth | Renee Soutendijk, Dutch actress | |
| May 21st, 1957 (May 21 1957) | Death | Aleksandr Vertinsky, Russian singer (born in 1889) | |
| May 21st, 1955 (May 21 1955) | Birth | Paul Barber, British field hockey player | |
| May 21st, 1955 (May 21 1955) | Birth | Stan Lynch, American drummer | |
| May 21st, 1954 (May 21 1954) | Birth | Marc Ribot, American musician | |
| May 21st, 1952 (May 21 1952) | Birth | Mr. T, American actor | |
| May 21st, 1952 (May 21 1952) | Death | John Garfield, American actor (born in 1913) | |
| May 21st, 1951 (May 21 1951) | Event | The opening of the Ninth Street Show, otherwise known as the 9th Street Art Exhibitiona 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. | |
| May 21st, 1951 (May 21 1951) | Birth | Al Franken, American comedian | |
| May 21st, 1949 (May 21 1949) | Death | Klaus Mann, German writer (born in 1906) | |
| May 21st, 1948 (May 21 1948) | Birth | Leo Sayer, English musician | |
| May 21st, 1947 (May 21 1947) | Birth | Bill Champlin, American singer | |
| May 21st, 1947 (May 21 1947) | Birth | Jonathan Hyde, Australian-born actor | |
| May 21st, 1945 (May 21 1945) | Event | Screen legend Humphrey Bogart marries actress Lauren Bacall. | |
| May 21st, 1945 (May 21 1945) | Birth | Ernst Messerschmid, German astronaut | |
| May 21st, 1944 (May 21 1944) | Birth | Mary Robinson, President of Ireland | |
| May 21st, 1944 (May 21 1944) | Birth | Marcie Blane, American singer | |
| May 21st, 1943 (May 21 1943) | Birth | Hilton Valentine, British guitarist (The Animals) | |
| May 21st, 1942 (May 21 1942) | Birth | Danny Ongais, American race car driver | |
| May 21st, 1941 (May 21 1941) | Event | World War II: 950 miles off the coast of Brazil, the freighter SS Robin Moor becomes the first American ship sunk by a German U-boat. | |
| May 21st, 1941 (May 21 1941) | Birth | Martin Carthy, English musician | |
| May 21st, 1941 (May 21 1941) | Birth | Ronald Isley, American singer (The Isley Brothers) | |
| May 21st, 1941 (May 21 1941) | Birth | Bobby Cox, Manager of the Atlanta Braves (MLB) | |
| May 21st, 1939 (May 21 1939) | Birth | Heinz Holliger, Swiss musician | |
| May 21st, 1937 (May 21 1937) | Event | A Soviet station becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean. | |
| May 21st, 1936 (May 21 1936) | Event | Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover s severed genitals in her handied in Her story soon becomes one of Japan s most notorious scandals. | |
| May 21st, 1936 (May 21 1936) | Birth | Gunter Blobel, German biologist, Nobel laureate | |
| May 21st, 1935 (May 21 1935) | Death | Jane Addams, American social worker, Nobel laureate (born in 1860) | Jane Addams Quotes |
| May 21st, 1934 (May 21 1934) | Event | Oskaloosa, Iowa, becomes the first municipality in the United States to fingerprint all of its citizens. | |
| May 21st, 1934 (May 21 1934) | Birth | Bengt I. Samuelsson, Swedish biochemist, Nobel laureate | |
| May 21st, 1933 (May 21 1933) | Birth | Maurice Andre, French trumpeter | |
| May 21st, 1932 (May 21 1932) | Event | Bad weather forces Amelia Earhart to land in a pasture in Derry, Northern Ireland, and thereby becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. | |
| May 21st, 1930 (May 21 1930) | Birth | Malcolm Fraser, Australian politician | |
| May 21st, 1929 (May 21 1929) | Death | Archibald Primrose, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born in 1847) | |
| May 21st, 1928 (May 21 1928) | Birth | Tom Donahue, American disc jockey (freeform radio) (died in 1975) | |
| May 21st, 1927 (May 21 1927) | Event | Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world s first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. | |
| May 21st, 1926 (May 21 1926) | Birth | Robert Creeley, American poet (died in 2005) | Robert Ley Quotes |
| May 21st, 1924 (May 21 1924) | Event | University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing". | |
| May 21st, 1924 (May 21 1924) | Birth | Peggy Cass, American actress (died in 1999) | |
| May 21st, 1923 (May 21 1923) | Birth | Armand Borel, Swiss mathematician (died in 2003) | |
| May 21st, 1923 (May 21 1923) | Birth | Ara Parseghian, American football coach | |
| May 21st, 1921 (May 21 1921) | Birth | Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist (died in 1989) | Andrei Sakharov Quotes |
| May 21st, 1920 (May 21 1920) | Birth | Anthony Steel, British actor (died in 2001) | |
| May 21st, 1920 (May 21 1920) | Death | Venustiano Carranza, 54th President of Mexico (born in 1859) | |
| May 21st, 1919 (May 21 1919) | Death | Yevgraf Fyodorov, Russian mathematician (born in 1853) | |
| May 21st, 1918 (May 21 1918) | Birth | Dennis Day, American singer and comedian (died in 1988) | |
| May 21st, 1917 (May 21 1917) | Event | The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 takes place. | |
| May 21st, 1917 (May 21 1917) | Birth | Raymond Burr, American actor (died in 1993) | |
| May 21st, 1916 (May 21 1916) | Birth | Tinus Osendarp, Dutch runner (died in 2002) | |
| May 21st, 1916 (May 21 1916) | Birth | Harold Robbins, American novelist (died in 1997) | |
| May 21st, 1915 (May 21 1915) | Death | Leonid Gobyato, Russian general (born in 1875) | |
| May 21st, 1913 (May 21 1913) | Birth | Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist (died in 1976) | |
| May 21st, 1912 (May 21 1912) | Birth | John Curtis Gowan, American psychologist (died in 1986) | |
| May 21st, 1912 (May 21 1912) | Birth | Monty Stratton, baseball player (died in 1982) | |
| May 21st, 1911 (May 21 1911) | Death | Williamina Fleming, Scottish-born astronomer (born in 1857) | |
| May 21st, 1909 (May 21 1909) | Birth | Francois-Albert Angers, Quebec economist (died in 2003) | |
| May 21st, 1904 (May 21 1904) | Event | The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris. | |
| May 21st, 1904 (May 21 1904) | Birth | Robert Montgomery, American actor (died in 1981) | |
| May 21st, 1904 (May 21 1904) | Birth | Fats Waller, American pianist (died in 1943) | |
| May 21st, 1903 (May 21 1903) | Birth | Manly Wade Wellman, American author (died in 1986) | |
| May 21st, 1902 (May 21 1902) | Birth | Earl Averill, baseball player (died in 1983) | |
| May 21st, 1902 (May 21 1902) | Birth | Marcel Lajos Breuer, Hungarian-born architect (died in 1981) | |
| May 21st, 1901 (May 21 1901) | Birth | Horace Heidt, American band leader (died in 1986) | Horace Quotes |
| May 21st, 1901 (May 21 1901) | Birth | Sam Jaffe, American film producer (died in 2000) | |
| May 21st, 1901 (May 21 1901) | Birth | Suzanne Lilar, Belgian essayist, novelist and playwright (died in 1992) | |
| May 21st, 1898 (May 21 1898) | Birth | Armand Hammer, American physician (died in 1990) | |
| May 21st, 1898 (May 21 1898) | Birth | Charles Leon Hammes, Luxembourgian lawyer and President of the European Court of Justice (died in 1967) | |
| May 21st, 1895 (May 21 1895) | Death | Franz von Suppe, Austrian composer (born in 1819) | |
| May 21st, 1894 (May 21 1894) | Event | The Manchester Ship Canal in England is officially opened by Queen Victoria, who knights its designer Sir Edward Leader Williams. | William Manchester Quotes |
| May 21st, 1894 (May 21 1894) | Event | 22-year-old French Anarchist Emile Henry is executed by guillotine. | |
| May 21st, 1894 (May 21 1894) | Death | Emile Henry, French anarchist (born in 1872) | |
| May 21st, 1894 (May 21 1894) | Death | August Kundt, German physicist (born in 1839) | |
| May 21st, 1885 (May 21 1885) | Birth | Sophie of Schonburg-Waldenburg, wife of Prince William of Wied (d.1936) | |
| May 21st, 1881 (May 21 1881) | Event | The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton. | |
| May 21st, 1880 (May 21 1880) | Birth | Tudor Arghezi, Romanian writer (died in 1967) | |
| May 21st, 1879 (May 21 1879) | Event | 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. | |
| May 21st, 1879 (May 21 1879) | Death | Arturo Prat, Chilean naval officer (born in 1848) | |
| May 21st, 1878 (May 21 1878) | Birth | Glenn Curtiss, American aviation pioneer (died in 1930) | |
| May 21st, 1873 (May 21 1873) | Birth | Hans Berger, German neuroscientist (died in 1941) | |
| May 21st, 1871 (May 21 1871) | Event | 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. | |
| May 21st, 1864 (May 21 1864) | Event | Russia declares an end to the Russian-Circassian War and many Circassians are forced into exile. The day is designated to be the Circassian Day of Mourning. | |
| May 21st, 1864 (May 21 1864) | Birth | Princess Stephanie of Belgium (died in 1945) | |
| May 21st, 1863 (May 21 1863) | Event | American Civil War: Siege of Port Hudson - Union forces begin to lay siege to the Confederate-controlled Port Hudson, Louisiana. | |
| May 21st, 1863 (May 21 1863) | Birth | Archduke Eugen of Austria, Austrian field marshal (died in 1954) | |
| May 21st, 1862 (May 21 1862) | Death | John Drew, Irish-born American actor (born in 1827) | |
| May 21st, 1860 (May 21 1860) | Birth | Willem Einthoven, Dutch inventor, Nobel laureate (died in 1927) | |
| May 21st, 1856 (May 21 1856) | Event | Lawrence, Kansas is captured and burned by pro-slavery forces. | |
| May 21st, 1853 (May 21 1853) | Birth | Jacques Marie Eugene Godefroy Cavaignac, French politician (died in 1905) | |
| May 21st, 1851 (May 21 1851) | Event | Slavery is abolished in Colombia, South America. | |
| May 21st, 1851 (May 21 1851) | Birth | Leon Bourgeois, French statesman, Nobel laureate (died in 1925) | |
| May 21st, 1850 (May 21 1850) | Birth | Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (died in 1914) | |
| May 21st, 1844 (May 21 1844) | Birth | Henri Rousseau, French artist (died in 1910) | |
| May 21st, 1844 (May 21 1844) | Death | Giuseppe Baini, Italian composer (born in 1775) | |
| May 21st, 1843 (May 21 1843) | Birth | Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss politician (died in 1914) | |
| May 21st, 1835 (May 21 1835) | Birth | Frantisek Chvostek, Moravian physician (died in 1884) | |
| May 21st, 1832 (May 21 1832) | Birth | Elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator (died in 1917) | |
| May 21st, 1827 (May 21 1827) | Birth | William P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (died in 1899) | |
| May 21st, 1792 (May 21 1792) | Birth | Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French scientist (died in 1843) | |
| May 21st, 1790 (May 21 1790) | Death | Thomas Warton, English poet (born in 1728) | Thomas Warton Quotes |
| May 21st, 1786 (May 21 1786) | Death | Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Swedish chemist (born in 1742) | |
| May 21st, 1780 (May 21 1780) | Birth | Elizabeth Fry, British social reformer (died in 1845) | |
| May 21st, 1775 (May 21 1775) | Birth | Lucien Bonaparte, French politician, soldier and academic (died in 1840) | |
| May 21st, 1771 (May 21 1771) | Death | Christopher Smart, English poet (born in 1722) | |
| May 21st, 1763 (May 21 1763) | Birth | Joseph Fouche, French statesman (died in 1820) | Joseph Fouche Quotes |
| May 21st, 1758 (May 21 1758) | Event | Mary Campbell is abducted from her home in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War. | |
| May 21st, 1755 (May 21 1755) | Birth | Alfred Moore, American judge (died in 1810) | |
| May 21st, 1742 (May 21 1742) | Death | Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (born in 1664) | |
| May 21st, 1725 (May 21 1725) | Event | The Order of St. Alexander Nevsky is instituted in Russia by the empress Catherine I. It would later be discontinued and then reinstated by the Soviet government in 1942 as the Order of Alexander Nevsky. | Alexander Men Quotes |
| May 21st, 1724 (May 21 1724) | Death | Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, English statesman (born in 1661) | Robert Ley Quotes |
| May 21st, 1719 (May 21 1719) | Death | Pierre Poiret, French mystic (born in 1646) | |
| May 21st, 1690 (May 21 1690) | Death | John Eliot, English Puritan missionary (born in 1604) | |
| May 21st, 1688 (May 21 1688) | Birth | Alexander Pope, English poet (died in 1744) | Alexander Pope Quotes |
| May 21st, 1686 (May 21 1686) | Death | (N. S.) Otto von Guericke, German scientist (born in 1602) | |
| May 21st, 1674 (May 21 1674) | Event | The nobility elect John Sobieski King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. | |
| May 21st, 1670 (May 21 1670) | Death | Niccolo Zucchi, Italian astronomer (born in 1586) | |
| May 21st, 1664 (May 21 1664) | Birth | Giulio Alberoni, Italian cardinal (died in 1754) | |
| May 21st, 1664 (May 21 1664) | Death | Elizabeth Poole, Puritan businesswoman | |
| May 21st, 1653 (May 21 1653) | Birth | Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (died in 1697) | |
| May 21st, 1650 (May 21 1650) | Death | James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, Scottish royalist (born in 1612) | |
| May 21st, 1647 (May 21 1647) | Death | Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch poet (born in 1581) | |
| May 21st, 1639 (May 21 1639) | Death | Tommaso Campanella, Italian theologian (born in 1568) | |
| May 21st, 1607 (May 21 1607) | Death | John Rainolds, English scholar (born in 1549) | |
| May 21st, 1554 (May 21 1554) | Event | A royal Charter is granted to Derby School in Derby, England. | |
| May 21st, 1542 (May 21 1542) | Death | Hernando de Soto, Spanish explorer | |
| May 21st, 1527 (May 21 1527) | Birth | King Philip II of Spain (died in 1598) | |
| May 21st, 1524 (May 21 1524) | Death | Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, English soldier | |
| May 21st, 1512 (May 21 1512) | Death | Pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena | |
| May 21st, 1502 (May 21 1502) | Event | The island of Saint Helena is discovered by the Portuguese navigator Joao da Nova. | |
| May 21st, 1481 (May 21 1481) | Death | King Christian I of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (born in 1426) | |
| May 21st, 1471 (May 21 1471) | Birth | Albrecht Durer, German painter (died in 1528) | |
| May 21st, 1260 (May 21 1260) | Event | Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire sends his envoy Hao Jing and two other advisors to the Song Dynasty court of Emperor Lizong of Song; while attempting to negotiate with the Song in order to resolve their conflict, Hao Jing and his fellow emissaries are imprisoned by order of the high Chancellor of China, Jia Sidao. | |
| May 21st, 1254 (May 21 1254) | Death | Conrad IV of Germany (born in 1228) | |
| May 21st, 0996 (May 21 0996) | Event | Sixteen-year-old Otto III is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. | |
| May 21st, 0987 (May 21 0987) | Death | King Louis V of France (born in 967) | |
| May 21st, 0879 (May 21 0879) | Event | Pope John VIII gives blessings to duke Branimir and to Croatian people, considered to be international recognition of Croatian state. | |
| May 21st, 0878 (May 21 0878) | Event | Syracuse, Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. | |
| May 21st, 0427 (May 21 0427) | Birth | Plato, Greek philosopher (died in 348/7) | Plato Quotes |
